Do you think drumming is more innate to those who are good at it or can it be mastered by practice?

discord · 6 months

It is a fallacy that some people are just "born with it." However, people learn different things at different speeds. Some are more adept learning drumming, for example. Nobody starts out good. Just about any instrument can be mastered through practice. You just gotta put in your 10,000 hours.

TroutM4n · 6 months

As with any practiced skill, some people show a greater proclivity for the activity when starting. Being able to do different things with your limbs at the same time is a good example - like patting your head with one arm and rubbing your belly with the other.

Nothing can compare to the benefits of guided instruction and how quickly that will help you progress.

thewhits · 6 months

I think some people have better natural rhythm and and ear for music than others, but anybody can learn to be proficient playing and instrument with enough determined practice.

thebeat42 · 6 months

Practice practice practice. When I got my first kit at age seven, I couldn't do shit and it was very frustrating. At such a young age and without a teacher I didn't progress very quickly at all and I thought the drums weren't for me. It wasn't until my early teens that I really developed a passion for playing and started really putting the hours in and really trying to better myself. The most important thing is the willingness to learn coupled with the time and effort to make it happen.

[deleted] · 6 months

i don't think any talent like this is innate. you may call your interest a predisposition, but it really just boils down to whether you want to actually play the drums or you just like the idea of playing the drums.

bang on!

kungfumastah · 6 months

Sit your butt on the throne. You will get better. The ability to practice is a talent in and of itself, regardless of the instrument.

nubbled21 · 6 months

Thanks everyone! Exactly the kind of responses I was looking for. Practice it is! Hopefully I will soon be able to drum out a whole song without cringing at myself, haha.

fierylungs · 6 months

Wait, you mean most people aren't born being able to do a double-stroke roll?

WayByWind · 6 months

It's the passion and the practice. The best drummer I know couldn't count to four in rhythm seven years ago.

moothemagiccow · 6 months

nobody is born with it

get to work

carusargus · 6 months

On topic you should watch, on the very question you asked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pilLBcdSMI

Beatnik_Soiree · 6 months

Neil Pearte is an example of someone who is was not naturally good, but mastered it nontheless

DawieKabouter · 6 months

Being naturally talented is not the only key to success or being a great drummer. It helps getting a foot up in the beginning, but in the end everyone has to put in their hours. I would consider myself averagely talented when it comes to drums, but I do have a great passion for it. I manage to play part time in a band, we play gigs a couple times a month and get paid fairly well to do it. I am not an amazing drummer by any measure, but do enjoy it an feel I add enough value to the band that I won't be fired soon :) I think having a passion for your instrument is very important, think you are on the right track!

thisisnuckinfuts · 6 months

I myself have been playing from a young age and always sort of thought I had a small amount of natural rhythmic capacity/understanding or could just feel what I was doing without being knowledgeable about it to a certain degree. Which I think can be true for any musician, singer, dancer, etc...but that never diminishes the need for constant practice no matter how good you get. If you don't use it, you will most certainly lose it.

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