i have serious trouble holding coordinating 2 arms and 1 leg
will practice take care of it?
after 4 years of off and on practicing i dont seem to getting a whole lot better

 

i played the snare in 6th grade :hsdunno:

 

Yep practice usually works wonders.

4 years though? hmmm...maybe it is your practice technique. I learned to do it through repetition of simple beats and slowly speeding up the count. As soon as I missed a beat I would slow it down again and keep it there for a few minutes then speed it up again.

Start real simple and as you get better add another movement to it. It's a bitch once you start doing a bass and a hi hat along with hand motion around the kit..gets confusing fast but if you know the music it gets easier.

 

I played drums like a crazy person in high school. It was like once I got started I could just keep learning and doing different stuff with no limits.

Strangely enough I think the biggest thing that affected me in learning the coordination part was learning how to read a beat, almost like reading music. Once you understand the basics of the technical side the creative side should just flow. Of course you do have to have a level of hand/eye coordination too. And practice more than just off and on. It takes a lot of stool time to get good.

 

It's been awhile since I played... but...



Excuse the mess but you should get the general idea.

Start out with a basic beat, 4/4 count, bass, snare, bass, snare, etc...

Get that beat down, it trains your foot and hand to work in unison. Count in your head, 1, 2, 3, 4... for every number hit the bass, then the snare, then bass, snare, etc...



Practice this till you feel comfortable with it.

Then move on to the second half of my drawing
same beat, still 4/4 count, however we add the hi hat part, slightly faster than the rest of the beat, by 1/2 .

so





Once you get that beat, you can vary the beat from there.... Once you get this beat down, you're pretty much set...

Remember, if it doesn't sound right, it probably sucks h:

 

this is what i started with when i learned how to play the drums

 

Start out slow, leave out the hi-hat and try bass 1 and 3 snare 2 and 4.Then work in the hi hat until you can do it.
Or to get your muscles built up.
Left hand 4 beats on snare, right hand 4 beats on the floor tom, right foot 4 beats, left foot 4 beats.
Start out slow and speed up.

 

practice rudiments to get your hands on point. and like someone said, reading music helps. just play through a few sheets to get your body used to moving together

no offense, but i dont see how someone could play for 4 yrs and still have a hard time. you can do!

 

two arms.. one leg?

i sold my kit a while ago.