New to GH Drumming.

**gx1010** · Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 203

Today I got my first RB2 Drumkit to use with GH:SH and GH5 but I suck. Like really suck and I don't know how to improve to become a pro. I need help with beginning on drumming and I don't know where to start. If you have any advice please reply and give me some advice. Like what level to start on, certain sections to practice in songs, or how to position my foot on the peddle and how to have control on the drums.

**CoalfieldRocker** · Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 316 Location: Tennessee

i would start on medium, thats where i started. just play thru the career of one game (go down in difficulty if you have to) and then start the other game and play thru its career on hard as far as you can. that worked best for me.

as for your foot, no matter how you do it its gonna get tired really fast for a while. stay heel-down as much as you can but when it starts cramping switch to heel-up and then back down, blah blah you get the idea.

**ElementOfZero** · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:09 am Post subject:

I'm going to have to go against what Coalfield said. Start with hard, as it will contain much more beat recognition to the actual song than medium provides. Seriously, there's just so many times you want to play more notes than whats charted on medium. If you're struggling on hard just to pass some of the later songs, go back to all the easier ones and crank out the FCs in order from easiest--->hardest.

And, I strongly recommend getting used to playing heel up as soon as possible. It provides much more control over your hits, and can sustain speeds without getting tired. If you play heel down starting out, you'll notice how quickly your calf cramps up, which takes a longer time for your body to get used to those repetitive motions. Doing heel up may have some strain on your thighs initially, but it goes away rather quickly.

General advice, is to start any rolls with your right hand, in case that doesn't come naturally (which it may or may not), as it will almost always insure an ending hit with your right on the cymbal--especially on difficulties other than expert.
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**Toodooloo** · Joined: 20 Mar 2009 Posts: 689 Location: hi!

I don't get why/how a different starting difficulty would make a difference.

sure, if you start on hard it might not take you as long to get to expert, but when you start on hard you basically learn everything through constantly failing which in my opinion is not fun at all.

I just started on easy, if it's too easy just move up, it doesn't really matter.

And uhmm advice...

I'd suggest not playing just to get good at the game, just play for fun and your skill level will gradually increase.

One important thing you should keep in mind though, is to make sure you don't develop any 'bad habits' like holding your sticks the wrong way and stuff. One might even argue that heel-down is also a bad habit, but on the other hand, RB stock pedals often break when you play heel-up, so it's basically up to you lol.
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**RichardGHP** · Joined: 01 May 2009 Posts: 2327

Now, this may sound rather unorthodox but I suggest turning the pedal backwards, anchor your toes on the ground and hit the actual pedal with your heal. I find that I am able to sustain patterns and spam-double-bass longer with this method and it shouldn't break your stock pedal.

If you have access to a Destroyer or similar pedal, go heel-up. Again, it's a lot easier to sustain beats with and basically a more durable method.

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