Nick on Playing the drums Playing the drums Most people think that playing the drums is a snap until they actually try it. Before I learned, I saw people doing it on T.V. and in school, and it looked so easy. When I first tried it, I could not play anything. All I could do was make a bunch of loud noise. Then I learned that drums were meant to keep time for the other instruments and give the music a good rhythm.
Most people have a taste for music with good rhythm.
Rhythm provides the skeleton for a piece of music. Almost every type of music has some sort of drum in it. The kind of drums that I play are called a Drum Set. A simple drum set consists of a high hat, a snare, and a bass drum. The high hat is usually hit in straight sequences of eight counts and a louder hit on every beginning one count.