The Benefits of Learning to Play the Drumkit
Playing the drums is a great way to keep you both mentally stimulated and get some physical exercise at the same time. Drumming requires different thought processes and engages parts of your brain which are not used during other routine activities. There are many mental, physical and of course, musical benefits to drumming, some less obvious than others...
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- Improves Hand-eye and 4-way Co-ordination.
- Helps to improve mathmatical logic.
- Can have positive affects on self-control and teamwork.
- Instills a discipline to work hard at skills or crafts you want to improve at.
- Emphasises the importance of being kind to yourself in order to learn slowly and effectively.
- Endorphins will make you feel good, and help you to concentrate and focus for longer periods, drumming can help improve concentration, build up confidence and help set your mind to an achievable goal.
- As a result, learning to play the drums can be massively beneficial to those with ADD or on the autistic spectrum.
- A recent study shows that playing drums improves IQ scores of children.
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- In order to understand the musical context behind the material, we will be listening to a wide range of musical styles from across history worldwide, which is likely to branch out your tastes.
- You will learn to understand the theory behind the drums, music notation, rudiments and polyrhythms, also a little musical history!
- Drumming improves our internal clock - a term we use to reference the ability to sense time correctly whilst playing any instrument. Even a few drum lessons can help any musician to affirm their understanding of musical time flow and how new rhythmic ideas and motifs can be built for any instrument.
- Oxford has a lively, friendly and welcoming scene for a whole host of different genres and new bands are given a chance in very reasonable venues. Starting to play in a band or just jamming with friends for fun will open up a whole new world of understanding - how to interact with other musicians to create musical parts and structure a song
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- Improves Posture, Flexibility and Co-ordination.
- Helps to develop a strong cardiovascular muscle system.
- Releases endorphins, your body's "feel good" hormones.
- Learn to relax while you play and boil ideas down to 'muscle memory'. Perfect practice makes perfect.
- Great for stress relief and those with spare energy!
- You can burn approx 400+ calories an hour playing drums.
- If you are a parent who struggles getting their young ones to keep fit, try sitting them on a drum kit. Not only will they get the exercise they need, they will also have fun and feel great! Learning new techniques and styles and knowing they have improved will be very rewarding.
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