Behind the Music, Behind the Beat

Coordination is the first key factor in the concept. This allows the drummer to add as much spice as the beat lacks by being flexible and creative. Ever since then, drumming has been structured on three principals: Technique, Coordination, and Independence. They fail to realize that there is actually a meaning to Drum Theory and the principals in which they can benefit from. The only limit would be the imagination and creativity. It is very important because beats are formed on the coordination of sounds.

Independence is the last of the key factors. This concept is taken much deeper by many drummers when they want to create independence between all four of their ‘hands’ in order to be limitless with their flexibility. They focus only on developing drumming speed and not an understanding of technique and the concept of drumming.

If a drummer masters these three principals, that person can have complete and perfect control of whatever beat patterns or ideas that comes to mind.

There are too many ignorant drummers who do nothing but beat the sounding soul out of their drums and at the same time beat up and make a botch of any reputation drummers still may have left.

I’ve been fortunate enough as a drummer to discover all three of them but I have met too many drummers that lack a least one of them and therefore they limit themselves by failing to stand on all three principals.