How to deal with the missing Tom




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Hi, To beef up my training material I resort to regular drumming literature. Most of these books assume that I have at least a basic 5 piece kit plus HiHat, Crash and Ride. But we have only eight pads (for each hand) and the HiHat needs two, so one p...
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I just started the course and was surprised to be dropped into sheet-looking music (screenshots attached)...how am I supposed to read this? Is there an explanation that I missed? The first one I more or less understand (hit the high hat, then the bas...
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Does the e-course have any setups with full tom setups. i.e. more than 1 or 2 toms, as in modern drum kits? The setup PDFs seems to be for a smaller kit. Not so sure the symmetrical setup is advantageous to finger style guitar players, as finger roll...
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In the section about basic finger exercises, it says: "if possible, monitor your velocity levels with a display that shows your MIDI velocity in real time." Do you have any suggestions how to do this? It sounds like a very handy feature to have, but ...
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Hello! While reading excercises, i don't understand clearly what i need to do. For example, in basic finger exercises i need only move fingers, keep my hands still. I cannot do that) It will be nice to see videos (with private access) for some exerci...
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"a VDM knows that a hi hat gliss has to stop as soon as a closed hit is played" This is what I read in the course. Using a MPC One, I don't know how to make that work. Appreciate a hint. Thanks // Zsolt
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Question 1: still a beginner but making fast progress. Would it be horrible to modify and start using the thumb in a kick/open hats combo hit? I cant seem to get the strength in my middle finger to get a solid kick out of the pad. Question 2: This ma...
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Hi Andreas I don’t think I quite understood the “Kit piece shuffle” exercise at the end of the Basics section. Could you give an example of it? Thank You [name removed]
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I’m not quite sure if I fully understand the concept of hand alternation: Do I always need to alternate hand, e.g. play first note in the bar with dominant hand, next with nondominant, then dominant, nondominant etc. or do I have to alternate hand on...
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[This question was asked by a customer via email] I am now on the accent lesson of the program. As you emphasis on alteration of hand, it does feel more fluent in playing. But when playing with accents, it will be a lot harder? when the accent beat i...
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