Speed

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Speed (velocity)

Actually some drum teachers we knew less agree if the exercise was put forward speed, because it is considered less important. We try to ask why is not that important. The answer is quite reasonable, that is because the current music industry to put forward the songs are slow or medium tempo, with the speed of the beat and stuffing that tend to relax. Band needs to find income from cafes, restaurants, pubs, Night clubs, events, even weddings, do not require fast songs and full of techniques. So what good is speed train?I am as a writer, was initially confused about how to answer the question above. Had I agree with the statement of the drum teacher, and eventually ignore speed workout itself. The longer I teach, the more I was confronted by the needs of my students will track an energetic, fast, straightforward, and full drum moves are deadly. At that time students will require us to practice our skills. These moments really nightmare for me. My speed lagged by the requested song, play me so rigid, less flexible, and worse, I lost the trust of my students. Regrets? Definitely! What is my attitude to do next? I started taking a special hour each day to train my hands and feet speed, measure my speed with a metronome, and voala! a few months later I had joined the band be-bop and hard bop (jazz is very fast and wild). Some time later my tastes change from listening to the Four Play switch Chick Corea Acoustic and Electric band, coupled with McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarret, Bud Powell, and John Coltraine.
Slowly trust my students went back. I tried to understand what students want drums in general. Each student would not want to have a teacher who can not challenge them (the needs of their youth.) So, train speed will increase flexibility of muscle movement, spontaneous and quick reflexes, and poise while playing the song in any tempo, certainly beats accuracy is also very important to be trained.

Practicing speed: Dennis Chambers (Santana) had explained in his video Serious Move, if you want to increase speed of a trained rudiment (single strokes, double, paradidle, etc.), then he would use a pillow to hit. The reason is because the pillow does not have the bounce surface, thus requiring muscle movement fingers, wrists, and arms are pure without the help of the stick that struck reflective effect. But he also explained that after a long train with a pillow, then he will have a new problem of controlling the roll speed above the snare, because the surface of the snare tends to bounce. Then what?Simon Phillips (TOTO) prefer practicing drums speed with the media directly, so that he could feel the power reflectance of each drum hit, to control the accuracy of his punches. Which continue to be followed? The answer, why not both. We all know that Dennis Chambers is one of the world's top drummer who could play with extreme speed roll. So why not follow just how berlatihnya. Drummer Simon Philips is known for accuracy and control of a mature technique. So why do we hesitate to take the way berlatihnya. From the above considerations, finally I practiced on any media, whether it is not a reflection (pillows, bolsters, blankets folded), or things are bouncing (pad, snare, even the floors and walls), even I practice speed with mengerakkan stick without hitting any media.