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#465752 - 02/05/19 10:43 AM Basic course playing finger drums
Bachus Offline
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Registered: 03/02/06
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Tought i would share this with you
I found this basic guide on fingerdrumming
Played around with it on the modx for a few weeks
It really worked



By the way, this is Don Sigilas, does a lot of wok for yamaha’s synth division..



This finally made playing finger drums a fun thing for me
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#465767 - 02/05/19 05:30 PM Re: Basic course playing finger drums [Re: Bachus]
travlin'easy Offline
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Neat!
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#465781 - 02/05/19 09:41 PM Re: Basic course playing finger drums [Re: travlin'easy]
Mark79100 Offline
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Registered: 10/23/06
Posts: 1661
Loc: USA
Good find, Bachus. I watched the whole thing. That's a great way to make up a rhythm that you can't find on your keyboard (like the elusive cha-cha style I'm still searching for).

Those software sounds I'm hearing sound real good to me. Thick, realistic and with substance...especially the crash cymbal. I can see why they say to get authentic sounds, go "software."

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#465787 - 02/06/19 06:42 AM Re: Basic course playing finger drums [Re: Bachus]
Dnj Offline
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Registered: 09/21/00
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don't be fooled... if your not a drummer per-say you will have a very difficult time playing drums on keys that sound realistic...
try recording some drum tracks on your arranger kb and you will see what I mean. Yes its great if you can do it but it's a process.
good luck...nice demo for those that can do it properly to enhance your tracks or possibly beef up your custom styles.




Edited by Dnj (02/06/19 07:09 AM)

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#465793 - 02/06/19 08:52 AM Re: Basic course playing finger drums [Re: Bachus]
Jerryghr Offline
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Registered: 01/14/02
Posts: 1497
Loc: Buffalo, NY
Here is a cheat sheet.

I use the drums, and multi-pads (fanfares) to create drum rolls etc for announcements for prizes, drawings at performances.


Jerryghr



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Edited by Jerryghr (02/06/19 09:00 AM)

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#465823 - 02/06/19 10:32 PM Re: Basic course playing finger drums [Re: Bachus]
Mark79100 Offline
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Registered: 10/23/06
Posts: 1661
Loc: USA
Jerry........good idea! And thanks for the diagram. I printed it out. If I can ever get back to playing regularly again, I had a few ideas myself for working with drum patterns both as novelty and and as song supplement.

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#465865 - 02/07/19 09:43 PM Re: Basic course playing finger drums [Re: Mark79100]
ekurburski Offline
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Registered: 03/22/17
Posts: 449
Loc: Mountain Home, AR
excellent! One more technique to practice and take up more of my time!
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