Drums Classes

Drums Classes in Bhubaneswar. Learn Drums. Drum lessons for beginners, Drums Teachers, Drums Courses, Drums Grade Exam available for all age groups. Music Classes for Drums are available as Hobby and Career online and offline. Learn Drums at Ekak School of Music Art Dance. 

The drum classes of Ekak School of Music Art Dance enable you to grow both technically and theoretically – all whilst studying some of the most iconic tracks from the world of popular music. Our goal is not just to provide drummers with a recognized qualification, but to ensure successful candidates become dynamic, confident players who can comfortably raise their sticks in professional settings. 

WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR:

• Anyone interested in playing the drums!
• For beginners, intermediate and advanced drummers

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Learn different Rhythms that make up everything we play on the drums
• Learn to play Rudiments - Patterns that are the building blocks of drumming
• Learn to play Rock Grooves - Impress your friends with your excellent beats
• Learn how to play along to Popular Songs
• Learn different Styles of Drumming - Latin, March, Blues, Reggae
• Learn Theory of Drum Music and how to read Drum Notation

INTRODUCTION LEVEL

• The Anatomy of the Drum Kit - Learn the names and how it sounds
• Hitting the Drums - Make some noise & how to get a good tone
• Right vs Left - Right handed or left-handed?

INITIAL LEVEL: DRUM NOTATION, SIMPLE FILLS, QUARTER NOTES AND EIGHTH NOTES.

• Quarter Notes - Start Playing Simple Rhythms Using All the Drums
• Eighth Notes - Your Next Rhythm Using Both Hands
• Drum Notation - What You Need to Know So Far - Read Drum Music
• We Will Rock You by Queen - Bass, Snare & Floor Tom Rock
• Rudiments: Snare Drum Rhythms - Single Strokes, Double Strokes & Paradiddles
• The Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? - Bass Drum and Snare Drum Quarter Notes

LEVEL 1. PLAYING WITH A CLICK. ¾ GROVES, 16^TH NOTES AND PARADIDDLES.

• he Click explained - What it is and how it can help with your playing
• Practice playing with the click - practical playing practice
• Practice playing with a song - Do I Wanna Know? by the Arctic Monkeys
• The Rock Groove - The Most Impressive Coordination Exercise So Far!
• Learn how to play the Cross Stick / Rim Click technique
• Bob Marley - Three Little Birds - Learn how to play Reggae
• Play along Track: Black Betty - Learn to Play a Whole Song
• Rock Grooves A - D - Grooves for Life!
• Yellow by Coldplay - Rock Grooves Using All the Cymbals
• Sixteenth Notes - The Most Rhythmic Rhythm.
• Queen - We Will Rock You - A Rock Classic
• Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock - Half Bar Fills and Ride Cymbal Grooves.
• Sixteenth Notes - Three note rhythms - 1e+_, 1_+a, & 1e_a.
• Billie Jean - Michael Jackson - A simple Rock Groove with some added Fills
• The Wombats - Jump into The Fog - Floor Tom Grooves for the Chorus
• I Believe I'll Dust My Broom by Robert Johnson - Play the Blues
• Rudiments: Singles, Doubles & Paradiddles Using the Toms
• Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson - A Funk Pop Modern Classic
• Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes - Thumping Beats to Guitar Riffs
• Rhythm Recap Played Around the Drums - Add Different Combinations

LEVEL 2 – MORE ADVANCED GROVES USING THE FLOOR TOM AND DIFFERENT TIME SIGNATURE.

• Bass Drum Foot Technique: Heel Up or Heel Down? Both Techniques Explained
• Rudiments: Singles, Doubles & Paradiddles using the Bass Drum and Snare Drum
• Float On by Modest Mouse - Four to the Floor and 16th note grooves
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - Retro Quarter Note Rock Grooves
• Sing for Absolution - Muse - 8th Note Rock Grooves on the Floor Tom
• Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash - 2 Bar Rock Grooves
• Part 1 Playback Test - Listen, Read & Play in time with the track
• 2 Bar Loops - Rock Grooves and Fills
• Linear Snare and Bass Drum 8th Notes Rhythms - Test Your Coordination
• Brown Eyes by Lady Gaga - Play a 2-bar rock loop along with Gaga
• Rock Grooves E - H - Add some offbeats Bass Drums to your Grooves
• Learn to play Rock Grooves on the Ride Cymbal & add a Left Foot Hi Hat!
• Dynamics and Accents - Make your drumming more interesting!
• Latin - Learn how to play the ride bell properly and the left-hand pattern
• Notation: Time Signatures - How Many Beats in a Bar?
• March - Learn how to play a march pattern whilst keeping a consistent bass drum
• The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles - Rock with a March Section!
• Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere - March style rhythms with a Rock ending
• 3/4 - Learn how to play a groove in a different time signature
• 16th Note Fills Played Around the Kit - Get Good At Playing Around Your Drums
• Play Rock Grooves with different 16th note Fills around the Drum Kit
• Flams - Make your playing 'Fatter'
• Drags - Develop this rudiment and your double strokes
• Ruffs - Learn this rudiment and improve your single strokes
• Quarter Note Grooves - Learn how to play Rock Grooves in another way
• Rock Grooves A - D played as Quarter Note Rock
• Rudiments: Singles, Doubles & Paradiddles with Toms & Bass Drum
• 12/8 Time Signature Style Grooves

LEVEL 3- USING ADVANCED 16^TH NOTE IN DRUMMING.

• Billy's Top Tip #1 - Drum Thone/Stool - Never Fall Off Stage!
• Setting Up Your Drum Kit - How to do it the most efficient and safe way
• Double Paradiddle
• Paradiddle-Diddle
• Flam Rudiments: Flam Tap
• Flam Accent
• 8 Note Sequence of Single Strokes and Double Strokes - Test Your Rudiments!
• Displaced Snare Drum Rock Grooves
• Groove I
• Groove J
• Groove K
• Groove L
• How to Play a Shuffle Groove
• Triplet Fills
• 8th Note Rock Grooves A - P Played as a Shuffle
• Open Hi Hats 1 - Add some Hi Hat Sizzle to your Playing!
• Coldplay - In My Place
• 'Yesterday Threw Everything At Me' by Athlete - Add a 16th note Snare in Groove
• Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz - Rock Out with Flams!
• Natural Blues by Moby - 16th Note Grooves and Punctuated Rudiments!

LEVEL 4- NEXT LEVEL COORDINATION

• Groove M
• Groove N
• Groove O
• Groove P
• Half Time Grooves - 8 Grooves with the backbeat on 3
• Open Hi Hats 2 - More advanced Open Hi Hat Grooves
• Walk This Way by Aerosmith - A Rock/Hip Hop Classic with Open Hi Hats
• Elbow - The Bones of You - 6/8 Grooves with 16th notes.

LEVEL 5 – ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, FEEL AND ADVANCED TIME SIGNATURE.

• Pearl Jam - Alive - Changes of time signature with 16th note bass drums
• Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good - RnB Grooves with Grace Snare Drum Notes
• Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song - Rock in 6/4 Time
• Pharrell - Happy - Quarter Note Groove with 8th kicks and an open Hi Hat

LEVEL 6 – ADVANCED COMBINATION OF RHYTHM

• Rudiment Ideas Around the Drums - Singles, Doubles & Paradiddles Coordination
• Kate Bush - Lily - 16th Note Groove with Open Hi Hats
• Rage Against the Machine - Wake Up - Heavy Funk Grooves with Displaced Snares
• The Strokes - What Ever Happened? Groove - Quarter Note Groove with 16th Bass
• 7/8 Grooves - Rock Grooves with an 8th Note cut off

LEVEL 7 – FASTER DOUBLE STROKE, DOUBLE PEDAL AND WEEK HAND LEAD

• 32nd Note Combinations on the Snare Drum/Kit
• Left Foot Clave Coordination Exercises with Snare Drum Rudiments
• Left Foot Clave Coordination Exercises with Orchestrated Rudiments
• Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet - Broken 16th Note Grooves with Cross Stick

FACILITIES AT CAMPUS

• Examination and certification available.
• Instruments are available for each individual inside class room.
• Practice time available for every student.
• Free downloadable Audio - Video - PDF available for each lesson.
• In-house and outdoor programs
• State level and national level performing stages.
• In-house and outdoor Competitions and appreciation.
• Monthly In-house activities.
• Annual function and departmental functions.
• Free promotions of creative activities on its own network pages and YouTube channel.

Benefits of Learning Drums.

1: Reduce Stress: Playing drums can relieve frustration, disappointment and stress. Playing for just a few minutes can boost your mood. Similar to a “runner’s high,” drummers’ brains release feel-good endorphins immediately after playing. The physical stimulation of drumming and the sound vibrations that resonate through every cell in the body stimulate the release of negative emotions.  

2: Boost Brain Power and Increase Academic Performance: When you play the drum kit, you coordinate all four limbs to work together at the same time requiring you to use both sides of your brain simultaneously. This type of brain activity can improve an individual’s IQ level. Learning drums can boost academic performance especially in math; after all, drummers have to count! Drumming can also help students learn fractions, frequencies and intervals.  

3: Develop Confidence: Drumming is powerful. To be successful, drummers must learn to play dynamically: loud and soft. The act of playing a loud beat takes guts and confidence. In the act of learning the instrument, drummers develop a growth mindset. That is, you must believe that you can learn challenging parts by starting to slow and breaking them down. The skill of breaking complex tasks into manageable parts carries over in many areas of life. Believing you are able to learn difficult material is crucial to overcoming obstacles both in music and in life.  

4: Motor Skill Development: Playing the drums requires synchronicity between the brain’s visual encoding and the body’s muscular coordination. Research shows that drummers are better able to control their motor functions, possess a higher degree of dexterity, are better at activities that require steady hands, and have the ability to react quickly. Drumming demands the coordination of both fine and gross motor skills, mental speed, listening ability and the ability to automate movements.  

5: A Therapeutic Tool: The physical sensory nature of drumming provides a unique aesthetic experience. Recent research indicates that drumming accelerates physical healing, boosts the immune system and assists in releasing emotional trauma. Drumming has a positive effect on anxiety, grief, fatigue, depression and behavioral issues. While drumming children strengthen their ability to focus and work on impulse control and decision-making skills.  

6: Self-Expression: Playing the drums can help people express themselves and get in touch with their emotional state. Drumming helps us connect to our core, enhances our sense of empowerment and stimulates our creative expression.  

7: Get Fit: Nothing gets your adrenaline flowing like playing the drums! A drum practice session is a great way to break a sweat while having fun. Drum students burn an average of 270.4 calories in 30 minutes just by playing the drum kit and moving to the beat.  

8: Make New Friends: When you learn how to speak drums, the opportunities to meet new and interesting people grow. You may find yourself forming your own band or joining a percussion ensemble.  

9: Lifelong Learning: You can be a drummer at any age. Once you start, you can keep drumming as long as you want. Learning drums will enhance your life well beyond your first few lessons, and as long as you never stop learning, you will have endless opportunities to improve, perform, and be the best musician you can be.  

10: Be in the Present Moment: When one plays the drum, they are placed squarely in the here and now. One of the paradoxes of rhythm is that it has both the capacity to move your awareness out of your body into realms beyond time and space and to ground you firmly in the present moment.