Basic play of box drum

The basic styles of box and drum play are as follows:

The batters who beat the wooden drum mainly use their hands to beat on different positions of the wooden drum to make sounds, in which they can roll with their fingers, make wheels with friction, and beat with different parts of the palm or in a specific posture to make different sound effects; You can even use soles or props (such as pedals) to create different timbres.

1, turn on the bass: it means that all the palms and five fingers are close together and hit the drum head near the center, and immediately leave the position where the drum head emits low-frequency timbre. Fingers closed, slightly open or arched will change the bass tone, just like the big drum of a jazz drum.

2. Fingertip muffled sound: refers to the position where the first 1 and second finger joints of both hands hit the drum surface near the frame. When practicing, it should be gentle and steady, and no ringing is allowed, which is equivalent to the high hat cymbals of jazz drums.

3. Crispy sound: It is the most difficult to make a crisp and high-pitched sound by lightly pressing the drum skin with your fingers after the blow. The timbre of the beat is to hit the upper left corner and the upper right corner (the area with ringing lines) quickly with the fingers of both hands, just like the beat, which is equivalent to the little snare drum of the jazz drum.

4. Opening sound: refers to hitting the edge of the palm and fingers. The hit fingers don't press the drumhead, and the hands leave the drumhead immediately, so that the drumhead vibrates freely and continuously. After tapping, the sound sounds longer and farther.

5. Finger muffled sound: After hitting the drum surface, one's hand or finger stays on the drum surface for a short time, or the other hand is used to assist in silencing, so as to eliminate the continuous vibration of the drum surface, and the sound sounds short and close.