Pocket Change: Ndugu Chancler Is a World Renowned Drummer,Percussionist,Producer,Composer, Clinician and Educator
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The new method book by Ndugu Chancler,That teaches the Drummer to become a versatile musician and a working drummer.
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Pocket Change - Ndugu Chancler
BUILDING A STRONG TECHNICAL AND MUSICAL FOUNDATION
Playing music deals with raw natural talent and refined, disciplined acquired learning. It is the combination of these methods of learning that makes a total musician. A great musician has a solid technical and musical foundation. For most beginning drummers, the focus starts with playing the drums and not learning the fundamentals of music. It becomes a shock as you find out that the greatest drummers know music as well as drums. The question should never be, What would I need that for? More importantly, the fact is you must have everything that you may need at any given time. The canvas and scene of good working situations is forever changing and you must adapt and have the tools already in place. Being overly equipped is always better than being under-equipped.
There is no substitute for being in music and having all of the fundamentals in place. This is what makes the job easy and enjoyable. There is a high comfort level when you are musically on the top level of your skill set. There is no excuse for not having everything you may need and knowing music. In order to demand the big bucks, your skill has to be on the top shelf.
Rudiments are the primary building blocks on the road to developing great technique. When one is being taught, sometimes, depending on the skill level of the instructor, the rudiments are not held in high regard as an essential tool for development. This myth is far away from the truth. Rudiments to a drummer are what scales are to every other instrumentalist: the necessary fundamental foundation.
For the drum set, rudimental development goes beyond just playing rudiments on the snare. The development of all limbs being as equal as physically possible is the first important reason for mastering the rudiments in both hands and feet. Once you have this, your learning potential has increased twofold.
Rudimental Drumset
Developement Exercise
RUDIMENTAL DEVELOPEMENT 2
RUDIMENTAL DEVELOPEMENT 3
RUDIMENTAL DEVELOPEMENT 4
DEVELOPING A SOUND AND CONCEPT
In the beginning stages of development, there is so much emphasis placed on proper technique that the development of great sound is usually an accident or an afterthought. Let us not forget that playing music is a sound-art form. It is this premise that forms that development of great sound is of the utmost importance.
There are some important aspects for proper sound development. Height and intensity of strokes, and also consistent playing area, are essential to sounding great. Utilizing these concepts of playing helps develop the most important reason for playing music: to listen. The concept of listening with a critical ear is the true testament of great-sounding musicians. Listening will soon move into how you truly sound and how you become consistent with it.
Concept is figuring out how your sound fits into your desired music. For every type of music, there is a comparable drum sound that lends itself to being harmonious with that type. When you listen to your drum sound in the context of the music, one must ask whether the drums are adding or distracting. One initial concept involves drum set volume in various musical styles. Every type of music has a dynamic range. The drummer must learn to play inside of that dynamic range to be accommodating to the music.
There is a natural tendency to overplay in situations when you are not totally familiar with the type of sound that is best for that music. There is no greater tool than having listened to various forms of music as you are developing your sound. One great attribute of great musicians is that they never stop listening.
Exercises for Sound Development
In order to develop the timing for getting around the drum set, you can use the rudiments to develop the timing and the sound. Playing your rudiments will help you to get a clean and consistent way of playing all of the voices of the drum set.
The first way to practice this exercise is to play the kick and hi-hat as in the rudimental exercise and first play the rudiment on one drum before moving to the next drum. An example would be to play one paradiddle on the snare drum, then play the next paradiddle on the highest tom tom (in pitch). Next paradiddle on the next tom, and on and on until you reach the lowest tom. These rudiments should all be in time with no lapse in time between each drum.
If you are playing in the clockwise direction, and start with your right hand you are doing right hand Lead. If you start with your left hand, you are doing left-hand lead. It is advisable to learn to go in both directions with left- and right-hand lead.
The second way to practice this is to separate each hand onto a different drum and play the rudiment. As you select various drums, never have both hands on the same drum at the same time. By practicing this way you will begin to hear how the sound of the rudiment changes with the various drum voices.
Playing this exercise is the beginning of you creating your own movement and style. Some rudiments can be played at multiple note values inside the same tempo. Objectively practicing the multiple note values will give you options of rhythmic taste and variation inside any tempo.
After practicing these exercises, you will realize that each movement is time and has a rhythm. By getting the timing of each movement, getting around the Drum Set you will have a natural flow while playing each voice of the Drum Set. You will also need to alter your strokes to get the lower drums to speak the same as the snare drum. The difference in drum tension has to be compensated for.
APPROACHING AND APPLYING YOURSELF TO VARIOUS STYLES AND GENRES
Having great technique, sound and concept are essential in the making of a great musician. How do you apply all of these elements into