Health and fitness benefits of drumming
Posted on Aug 21, 2010 in Guides and Resources
Research suggests that drummers are as fit as Premiership footballers! A joint study conducted in 2008 by the University of Chichester and the University of Gloucester followed top drummers and monitored their fitness levels. They found that an hour of drumming can burn between 400 and 600 calories. But it’s clear that drummers come in all shapes and sizes – not all drummers look like...
Read MoreThe secret of reading drum music
Posted on Aug 5, 2010 in Creative Concepts, Guides and Resources
Following on from the previous post about “punctuation” in drumming, this article takes a step back to look at the bigger picture of “how to read drum music”. First a bit of fun: Read the following sentences (read through quickly without paying much attention to detail, and then read again more slowly)… Aoccdrnig to rseearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t...
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