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people that play drums or music well – if you're playing a beat say with the cymbal and bass, are these two separate tracks to you: bass and cymbal or one track where they're interleaved? put another way, can you seamlessly play the beat with one hand while the other stops or starts? i can't do two different things with one hand each. i feel like im capable of a single track and i play the notes or rhythm as one beat after the other. the same for piano.

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@sinusoidalsnail

It’s been a really long time since I played piano, but I think I know EXACTLY what you mean. I was always really frustrated that there was a gap between the treble and bass parts on sheet music. Because in my brain, it was one single continuous part. From left side of left hand, continuously to the right side of right hand. My brain just couldn’t think of it as two separate parts.

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Matt Lee pfp

You can seamlessly play each parlt individually. A common way to learn drum beats is to learn the part for each limb individually and then combine them. There’s a drum instruction book called 4 way independence that goes very deep on this

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@treethought.eth

It's tough but think you need to start by just repeating the one hand over and over until your brain "feels" it naturally and is able to jump back in based on how it feels when you fall off. Then you keep that going, with it feeling more natural, and add the other one in and now focus on that rhythm But importantly, it helps to "feel" the relationship between the 2 so that your body can fall into the rhythm and know what/where you're lacking so you can practice that. Or just skip it all to the end and play both at the same time and try to learn the feeling of the 2 rhythms

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MOΞ pfp

i used to drum and dj. what you're describing will come after enough practice. in the beginning you really have to concentrate and think of them independently to play each hand. after enough practice, there will be one moment when your brain just 'gets' it and you can feel it the difference. it's like that moment in neural network training where there's a sudden drop in loss after enough learning.

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@chrislarsc.eth

The interleaved visual makes no sense to me. Sheet music puts each part of the kit on a different line, similar to the left

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james pfp

I did grade 6 piano as a teen, this was something my music teacher intentionally trained. I would play from sheet music with individual hands. It has hard, working with a metronome helped significantly. By the time I picked up drums, it was something that came naturally.

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/naive pfp

both - kinda had to be goo in your brain to transition through the piece or improv

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3070 ✅ pfp

1) What 2) yes also, kick > bass, hi-hat/crash/ride > "cymbal" : ))

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ITERATION pfp

Hey @illumixis, a post up your alley

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Justin Voorhees

@0xstranger.eth

pick your favorite song, and air drum until you can play it

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