An Essay About Drumming

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Drumming is a lifestyle You suddenly get the chills; you feel the adrenaline increasing drastically through your body. The beat of the base is going to the beat of your heart and you can feel it unite as one. To me, it is one of the best feelings in the world. Drumming is a lifestyle; it is an instrument that has nuance depending on the song. For example, you can play to the sweetest song, or you can go all out and play along to a rock song. A reason why people should love the drums is because you can fully express yourself and how you’re feeling. Although many people say they are annoying and noisy and perhaps “too much”, in reality those judgments may be based on pure prejudice because they just do not know the feeling or do not understand it. …show more content…
People judge by the noise but don’t know what’s going on in that person and its drums. As people say “Don’t judge a book by it cover” so you should never start judging something you never tried or know about. Drumming is not easy but if you learn its very skillful, when you play the drums you are multitasking, you are moving your hands and legs hips and head. You have to keep a count on your head so you wont get lost or off track. If you are play over a song or if you’re playing a song you have to stay focused on every little thing. If the lead singer changes the song up, you have to be ready to set the tone right for the next chores or verse. It also transcends academically it helps a lot in math and many other subjects. It helps elementary kids in math by showing them how to count and it also helps in fractions and it introduces the mathematics behind frequencies. It also applies to high school students they’re just more sophisticated steps to

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