Practice From The Head But Play From The Heart

Practice From The Head But Play From The Heart

This is very much like when people ask “ Will lessons effect the creativity of the musician?” Granted this is always a conversation I have with teens and adult students rather then the kids but its one that really leans to the belief that lesson will interfere with creativity. I obviously think that with lesson from the right teacher, drumming eduction will improve creativity, as it gives the student drummer more tools to make better and more informed musical choices. But I have seen that too much technical and methodical playing can completely ruin a drummers or a bands spontaneity and feel.

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Its About The Students

Its About The Students

In H91 Drum School everything is done with the student in mind. Be it online drum lessons or in person lessons they are one to one, so full attention is on the student, there is a limited amount of students in a day, with a maximum of a two hour lesson block so that each student gets the best out of myself.

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Cajon Lesson Ireland

Cajon Lesson Ireland

This beautiful south american percussion instrument is a great way to learn the traditional style of Peruvian music or to learn more contemporary styles like Funk, Pop, Rock, Jazz and is used a lot for Irish Traditional Music.

Cajon is not an expensive instrument, the entry point to the instrument can be as low as €50 - €80 so it’s great for people that are thinking of getting into drumming and learning more about rhythm and the history of drumming. Also, learning the Cajon will improve manual dexterity giving the hands of the student more control over skillful day to day tasks and improve their range of motion. This can help students with Dyspraxia.

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How To Set Up A Drum Kit?

How To Set Up A Drum Kit?

One of the things i’ve found when teaching beginners drum lessons in Galway city in Ireland and online is that parents and beginner drummers set the drum kit up where everything is in place, however it is not ergonomically in place in order to play drums more efficiently. This can be a bit of a problem for a beginner drummer and especially for kids that wants to learn drums, and generally it’s only a few tweaks that make it perfect.

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Drum Lesson: Improve Weak Hand

Drum Lesson: Improve Weak Hand

Below is a free drum lesson that will help you improve your weaker hand, by pushing it to do things in places it hasn’t it hasn’t done before.

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