https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/tags_en/drums/ Recent content in Drums on bertiqwerty Hugo en (c) 2026 Behrang Shafei, Impressum, Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:11:06 +0200 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/ruffsnrolls/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:11:06 +0200 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/ruffsnrolls/ <p>The average drum student quickly encounters various patterns or figures, the so-called rudiments. Initially, there are single strokes played alternatingly with the left and right hand. Later, one encounters more complex rudiments, often derived from marching snare drumming, which are used on the drum kit, particularly in fills.</p> <p><em>The <a href="https://www.bertiqwerty.com/posts/ruffsnrolls/">original text</a> of this post was created by my human intelligence in German. The translation was a collaboration between man and machine. The man was I and the machine was Google Translate.</em></p> https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/alllimbsondeck/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:57:38 +0200 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/alllimbsondeck/ <p>My latest hobby is playing the hi-hat with my foot on the offbeats, i.e., the <code>&amp;</code> in <code>1 &amp; 2 &amp; 3 &amp; 4 &amp;</code>. Due to limited independence of my limbs, I had to restrict myself to the following version<span class="tooltip"><span style="font-size:14t;font-weight:900;">*</span><span class="tooltiptext">The ride cymbal can also be replaced by one or more toms.</span></span>:</p> <p><em>The <a href="https://www.bertiqwerty.com/posts/alllimbsondeck/">original text</a> of this post was created by my human intelligence in German. The translation was a collaboration between man and machine. The man was I and the machine was Google Translate.</em></p> https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/starting-drums/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:42:41 +0200 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/starting-drums/ <p>In this somewhat personal article, I describe my thoughts and experiences as someone who started playing drums at the age of 39 and otherwise has very little musical experience.</p> <p><em>The <a href="https://www.bertiqwerty.com/posts/starting-drums/">original text</a> of this post was created by my human intelligence in German. The translation was a collaboration between man and machine. The man was me and the machine was Google Translate.</em></p> <h2 id="what-has-happened-so-far">What has happened so far</h2> <p>Before his 7th birthday, I asked my then-noisy child if he would like to learn drums and would forgo other birthday presents in return. Surprisingly, the child was very happy to oblige.</p> https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/triole/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:56:34 +0100 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/triole/ <p>I&rsquo;ve been <a href="https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/starting-drums/">playing drums</a> for about three years. I recently came across the following simplest of all non-degenerated polyrhythms.</p> <p><em>The <a href="https://www.bertiqwerty.com/posts/triole/">original text</a> of this post was created by my human intelligence in German. The translation was a collaboration between man and machine. The man was I and the machine was Google Translate.</em></p> <div id="abc-2" class="abcjs-container"></div> <div id="abc-2-audio" class="abcjs-audio"></div> <script> (function() { var abcData = `\nX:1\nM:4\/4\nL:1\/8\nQ:1\/4=80\n%%score (1 2) % Merges voices 1 and 2 onto one staff\nU: k = !style=x! % Defines \u0027k\u0027 as the shortcut for x-noteheads\n%%MIDI channel 10\n%%MIDI drummap F 36% bass drum\n%%MIDI drummap c 38% snare drum\n%%MIDI drummap g 42% Closed Hi-Hat\n%%stretchlast true\nK:perc\nV:1 stemp=up\nkgkg [ckg]kg kgkg kgkg |\nV:2 stemp=down\nF2 z2 F2 (3ccc |\n\n`; function renderAbcjs() { try { var visualObj = ABCJS.renderAbc("abc-2", abcData, { responsive: "resize", add_classes: true }); if (ABCJS.synth && ABCJS.synth.supportsAudio()) { var synthControl = new ABCJS.synth.SynthController(); var cursorControl = { onBeat: function() {}, onEvent: function() {}, onFinished: function() {} }; synthControl.load("#abc-2-audio", cursorControl, { displayLoop: false, displayRestart: true, displayPlay: true, displayProgress: true, displayWarp: false }); var createSynth = new ABCJS.synth.CreateSynth(); createSynth.init({ visualObj: visualObj[0], options: { soundFontUrl: "https://paulrosen.github.io/midi-js-soundfonts/abcjs/" } }).then(function() { synthControl.setTune(visualObj[0], false, { qpm: null, chordsOff: true }).catch(function(error) { console.warn('ABCJS synth setTune error:', error); }); }).catch(function(error) { console.warn('ABCJS synth init error:', error); }); } else { var audioEl = document.getElementById("abc-2-audio"); if (audioEl) { audioEl.innerHTML = "Audio is not supported in this browser."; } } } catch (err) { console.warn('ABCJS render error:', err); } } if (document.readyState === 'complete' || document.readyState === 'interactive') { renderAbcjs(); } else { document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', renderAbcjs); } })(); </script> <br/> <p>The first three quarter notes follow a completely normal eighth-note rhythm. Then comes a kind of crazy triplet fill on the snare, while the hi-hat continues. I encountered this in Solo 17 from Tom Hapke&rsquo;s book, 66 Drum Solos. When I saw it, I thought, &ldquo;What the hell is that? How am I ever going to be able to play something so crazy?&rdquo; That same day, I had my drum lesson. Desperately, I asked my teacher. He told me he would play it but with tom<span class="tooltip"><span style="font-size:14t;font-weight:900;">*</span><span class="tooltiptext">not Hapke but the drum. This joke works better in German, because there both are capitalized.</span></span> and snare instead of hi-hat and snare and I should just repeat by ear. It sounded something like this:</p>