Learning drums

When someone is learning how to play the drums they must first develop the relationship between their right and left hands. This is done by practicing the 40 main drum exercises or rudiments (these are the equivalent of scales on a piano). The main ones are single strokes which are right-left-right-left... and double strokes which are right-right-left-left-right-right... Some of the harder ones include the para-diddle which is played by hitting right-left-right-right-left-right-left-left...

Other things to learn include simple beats that are made up by the hi-hat, the snare drum and the bass drum. Beats are the most important part of drumming. Beats are played in bars, these are the lengths of time where the beat is repeated.  During a song the beat is repeated until it comes to a changing section, depending on the song the drummer can play a little solo at the end of the bar. This is called a fill.

Types of Drums

There are many different manufacturers of drum kits, some beginner based, some professional, and some both. Different manufacturers also focus on different areas of drumming, whether it be Jazz, Rock, Studio, Live, marching or percussion. Some of these include Pearl, Yamaha, Mapex, Millennium, DW, Sonor, Gretsch, Ludwig and Tama. The more roffesional brands such as Pearl or DW use Maple wood which gives the drum a better sound.
In the past few years electric drumming has started to take over acoustic drums. The benefits of electric drum kits is that they're not as loud, the sounds can be changed, and they can be recorded straight onto a compuer using a MIDI cable. Roland, Yamaha, Alesis, and Ddrum. The question is which is better, electronic or acoustic?