Tip 1: How to make a drum kit
Tip 1: How to make a drum kit
You want to learn how to play drums, but you do not have the money to buy a drum installation? There is a way to build your own drums from empty plastic buckets and paint cans. The choice of improvised material is based on the basic principles of working with sound.
You will need
- Plastic buckets, metal paint cans, ice cream trays, glasses, lids from saucepans, drum sticks
Instructions
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Before you start running around the neighborhood inlooking for empty cans and buckets, it is worth studying a few basic sound rules. Hollow containers, such as large plastic buckets or metal cans, sound differently depending on their size. According to the laws of physics, large tanks with a large space for sound vibration will have a lower tone, while smaller capacities will sound higher.
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Based on this principle, start creatingits installation. Start with the bass drum (barrel). The best choice will be a fifteen-liter industrial-type bucket, like the ones used in construction. The sound of this capacity will be the deepest and lowest.
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The best solution for creating the main drum is an inverted three-liter metal can. To create a special percussive effect, you can fill it with a couple of nails or coins.
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To create volumes, use two inverted 3-liter plastic ice cream trays. To extract sounds of different heights, experiment with blows along the edge and in the center.
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To create plates, use glasses of differentsizes. Depending on the size and material, the glasses will sound differently. If you are afraid to break the glasses, then try using metal covers from the pans.
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Once you have collected all your buckets, placethem on a flat surface with holes down, so that the sound does not spread outward, but vibrates inside the drums. Place a chair, sit on it so that the bass drum is between your knees. Place the rest of the drums on the table just above your knees. It remains to find a pair of drumsticks and start playing.
Tip 2: How to make a drum
Listened to the national music of the peoples of Africa and decided to learn how to play the drum? You can do it yourself, and it will not be worse than purchased!
You will need
- desire to make a drum, leather, veneer
Instructions
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There was a passion for making music, but there is no money to buy a drum? Do not worry, you can make a drum by yourself!
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Take the bucket, turn it over and tryknock on it. If such a drum seems too primitive to you, then it can be complicated. Turn the bucket over. Take the leather jacket, push back against it. This skin you will use as the basis of the drum. With a thin rope tie tightly tight skin on the bucket, secure. Try on the sound now. In this case, you can vary the size and material of the bucket; sound from a metal or plastic drum will be radically different.
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If the drum from the bucket seems like a fewunaesthetic, then you can try a more noble model. Take a thin veneer, glue it in several layers of quality glue. Bend neatly the veneer, secure. Now treat the basis of the drum with a sandpaper, cover with varnish or, if you prefer, then first with paint, and already on top with varnish. Wait until the coating dries. Bottom also make of veneer, attach to the base. Tightly tighten the skin, fix it. Now you can decorate the drum to your taste, and - everything! You can be proud of your own drum.
Tip 3: How to create a drum kit
The creation of a drum kit can be the firstthe stage of creating a musical work or arranging a melody. The drums set the rhythm and indicate the path to the entire track. This is the basis of music, and its creation is not an easy task. There are several tools-programs designed to help in creating a drum kit.
Instructions
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Select the elements and rhythms that you want to include in the drum Party. In special computer programs, you can compose music, selecting instruments and rhythms to create your own theme. Please note that they must match the style of the work.
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Determine the main rhythm and decide whichtrack, that is, an element, to carry it. You can select multiple tracks. The basic rhythm does not have to be present throughout the whole batch. You yourself can set the areas on which it should lead, and even set a certain percentage of the predominance of the main rhythm.
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Include in the batch the original element, that isThe theme in which different elements sound at different heights. These elements dynamically mix, and the rhythm is combined. Such a unique theme will be the highlight of your drum kit.
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Connect the main rhythm and the original theme. Be careful and take care that harmony is not broken. Despite its unusual nature, the party must be perceived as a single whole.
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Arrange the necessary accents by changing thesensitivity in some areas. There are certain patterns on which you can set the sensitivity. With their application, your drumming will become more interesting and musical.
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Listen to the result of your work. Now you have a goal: to understand where and what notes you need to slightly shift. Experiment with the game. Adjust the drum balance and volume level. Play with the dynamics. Let somewhere the instruments sound stronger. Then on this site music will be more expressive.
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Run the whole batch after adjusting againand think how natural it sounds. To make the drum part more realistic, do not mix sounds that can not sound together in life. Take into account when adjusting the volume of the sound, that frequent strokes can only be quiet, because the drummer will not have time to raise his hand high between them. If the volume of instruments is higher than the maximum possible in reality, the drum kit will be awkward.
Tip 4: How to make an ottoman from a plastic bucket
Even from a simple plastic bucket, you canto make a very necessary and useful thing for home - an ottoman. I suggest you allocate a little time and make this amazing hand-crafted article, which will be an excellent addition to any interior!
You will need
- - plastic bucket;
- - glue gun;
- - thick jute rope;
- - Building stapler;
- - scissors;
- - large round button;
- - Velcro tape;
- - the cloth;
- - new cloths from microfiber.
Instructions
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First of all, prepare a bucket of plastic. Wash off any dirt on its surface and remove the handle if it is present. Having installed a dry bucket upside down, start gluing it on the side. To do this, apply hot glue on a small piece of jute rope, then firmly press it against the surface of the object to be glued. As soon as the bucket clings to the rope, apply the next section of the glue and glue it again. Do this action to the very bottom of the pouffe. If the plastic bucket had a ledge around the handle, then twist it twice. At the end of this procedure, fix the edges of the rope with glue.
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While the ottoman dries up, it's time to do it.His soft seat. To do this, place a bucket with a rope on the corrugated cardboard and circle it. Cut out the cut out pattern to a thick enough fabric and cut out of it a circle whose diameter is 10 centimeters larger than a circle of corrugated cardboard. Blank the workpiece from the fabric.
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Make a central hole in the cardboard, afterthen put the cut out cloth in it. The centers of the corrugated cardboard and the circle of the fabric must coincide. The data of the workpiece is fastened together with a large round button.
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Folding a rag from the microfiber in the shape of a tube,Wrap the bottom of the button with it. To ensure that the future seat of the puffin does not get stuck, fix this cloth with hot glue. Similarly, do the rest of the rags.
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Glued microfiber cloths coverCloth. Carefully straighten, hide the edges of the fabric on the inside of the seat and secure them with a construction stapler. Do this procedure carefully, otherwise the seat will be folded. Agree that the folds will significantly spoil the appearance of the puff.
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From a fabric of exactly the same color as the seat, cut a circle whose diameter is equal to the diameter of the cardboard backing and glue it. Thus, you hide from the eyes corrugated cardboard.
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Taking the tape Velcro, cut off from it twoA piece that will be equal to the radius of the puff's seat. Glue the soft part of the Velcro to the bucket crosswise, and the part with the bristles to the bottom of the cardboard base. It remains only to connect everything. Puff from the plastic bucket is ready!
Tip 5: Medeli Drum Overview
Drums are an important tool in any musicalteam. Despite the chosen genre of performance, they are always needed. For cost, functionality and bundling, electronic drums are different. Today we will talk about budget models from the company Medeli. Many of them can be bought even by a novice musician or a newly formed band. The variety of models is so extensive that it allows satisfying the needs for quality and price simultaneously.
Medeli DD305
This electronic drum set budgettype at an average cost of 5,000 rubles. It differs not only in its expanded functionality, but also in a tolerable sound, despite such a low price. This instrument will be an excellent gift for a beginner drummer. It is very convenient for honing technical skills, but it is not suitable for rehearsals before a serious performance. Seven pads of percussion instruments with a lot of samples, as well as pedals for playing bass, make this setting even more universal.
Medeli DD501
This drum set is much closer tomultifunctional professional tool. It's worth about 16,000 rubles, but it's ready to compete on its device with more expensive models. Beginning drummers can easily prepare on this instrument for a serious performance, and also move to a higher stage. Model Medeli DD501 contains in the complete set:
• two plates with a hat;
• three volumes;
• pedal for bass drum;
• USB output.
Medeli DD501
This installation costs about 30,000 rubles andis completely professional. A small recording studio can easily find in it a replacement for expensive drums from Roland. When interacting with a computer, this setup will help in creating the most interesting sounds, and will also become the basic tool of a budding composer. Model Medeli DD501 contains in the complete set:
• two-zone plates with the possibility of manual jamming;
• two-zone drum;
• module with all necessary settings;
• three volumes;
• pedal for bass drum;
• USB output.
Medeli DD508
Even more perfect than the previous one,drum set. Its cost is slightly more than thirty thousand, but the functionality is noticeably expanded in comparison with the above-described models. Despite the lack of prestige of this manufacturer in front of companies such as Yamaha or Roland, they can not buy such a complete installation for such a price. Model Medeli DD508 contains in the complete set:
• Two-zone drum pads of large size;
• two large-size crash plates;
• three-zone ride;
• Advanced module for management;
• Ability to work with the SD card.
