I have now been learning drums for about 4 months now-since I've started in October. However, during this time span I have only played about 8 hours of drums since a lesson is just 30 minutes long and I can only go once a week. This is a very short amount of actual time on drums whilst over a large time span and so because of this, I have decided to go for lessons at least twice a week and also make them 1 hour sessions each by the next month. In order to this I would have to start lessons outside school and with a new instructor. For my part, I would say that this is showing perseverance and commitment to drumming because I have really learnt to love this instrument and I want to do more.
So far, I was able to successfully learn how to play 4 beats, these are: the 4/4 basic beat, the 3/4 Waltz, the Cha Cha beat and the Latin American Mamba beat. I still have a few difficulties with the last one; such as the drum roll part (this is played after the regular beat usually when changing between different beats), however, I am able to to play the other three beats with no difficulty including each of there drum rolls and I would be posting a video of it by next week during the next lesson or before it begins (I don't have a drum set at home yet). So overall, I'd say have definitely developed new skilled since I have never been able to play anything in drums before.
Looking back at what I'm able to do in drums now, I certainly feel that I have learnt a lot over those short sessions much more than I expected I could and I have constantly gotten better with hand and feet movement after each beat I've learnt, but, I also feel that I have the potential do much better and maybe I will be able find out whether this is true after I start going for extra lessons. Mr Roshan; my drums teacher, told me that he will bring in a few songs to the next class so that I can actually play along to them rather than just playing the beat, stopping and then starting again. By doing this I will be able to gain more confidence and improve my concentration in order to play beats without stopping or messing up.
