Benefits
- Develops hand-eye coordination better than sports.
- Builds confidence and self-esteem.
- Improves memory, intelligence and children’s behavior
- Increases brain function and mathematical skills.
- Develops discipline, patience, determination and perseverance.
- Builds confidence by learning complicated actions.
75% of Silicon Valley CEOs had instrumental music education as a child.
Recommended starting age: 8 (younger students welcome after a free evaluation)
Equipment needed: A good quality, drum pad (available through our office) or school percussion kit to practice at home in between lessons and, of course, drum sticks (we have those, too). When ready, a good, student-level drum set—$300-500.
Practice time: 15-20 minutes per day for beginners, increasing over time to at least an hour per day.
Recommended lesson length:
- Age 8-11, 30 minutes
- Above age 11, 60 minutes
Pricing:
- 30 minute private lesson once each week $120 per month
- 60 minute private lesson once each week $226 per month
We recommend age 8 as a great age to start learning drums. Younger students will advance faster mentally than they do physically and can become frustrated by the challenge. Girls can have a bit more coordination than boys and can sometimes get started at age 7.
Students can begin on either electronic or acoustic drums. Acoustic drums are naturally much louder but do offer a better learning experience as they have many more subtleties than electronic drums can offer. Daily practice is important because of the extensive hand-eye coordination that is required to play drums and, once the student starts on drum set, the independence of playing different rhythms with different appendages.
All students learn to read music. Teachers will devise a customized curriculum for each student which will incorporate the style of music that the student wants to learn in addition to teaching music theory, history and other appropriate musical skills.