Top Tips for All Drummers

On these pages you'll find information gathered together from various sources around the world, and by us.
Tips on things like drum tuning, building your own electronic drum triggers, caring for your bodhran, and much more.
We hope to add to these pages on a regular basis, so if there's something you'd like us to cover, or perhaps contribute yourself, please contact us.

Health Tips for Drummers - Good habits start today - Find out here...
Common Drumming Injuries - Over-use and other injuries - Find out here...
How To Play the Drums - A guide for beginners. Find out here...
How To Tune Your Drums - A guide for the snare drum - Find out here...
Ten Tips for Drummers - Find out here...
Five Gig Survival Tips - Find out here...
Drumming Electrified - pros and cons of electronic kits - Find out here...
Cymbal Cleaning - Does cleaning hurt the cymbal? - Find out here...
Diy Drum Trigger - make your own for a few quid! - Find out here...
The Art of Tuning a Drum or Why Does It Go Thud? - Find out here...
Caring for your Bodhrán - Too Tight? Find out here...
How to Mic a Bodhrán - Find out here...
Styles of Play for the Bodhrán - Find out here...
Stay Ahead of your Heads - Find out here...
Playing the Shell Game - Find out here...
Learning Middle Eastern Percussion - Practice, Practice! - Find out here...
Some Tips Toward More Effective Practice - Find out here...
Make your own Maracas! - for the kids, or grown-ups - Find out here...
How to Play the Guiro - Find out here...
Bongo basics - by Trevor Salloum - Find out here...

These pages feature tips and techniques submitted or retrieved from drummers throughout the world. They are presented here as a public service to our visitors. As such, Drum Central can not endorse or vouch for the validity of these ideas or techniques and therefore can not be held liable for the results of using these ideas or techniques.
We welcome YOUR ideas. If you would like to contribute to this page, just e-mail your tips or techniques to us. We reserve the right to edit all submissions for grammar, spelling and clarity. Your name will be credited for the submission.