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Strings & Drums a House of Indian & Western Musical Instruments shops in East of kailash.

Strings & Drums is one of the Indian & Western Instruments retailers of  New Delhi & We stern musical instruments & accessories.( Esp, Tender, Marshall, Yamaha, Ibanez, Mapex, Granada ). Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. It speaks what cannot be announced, lighten the mind and gives it rest; healing the heart and making it whole. We serve the music lovers fraternity with the high quality Indian and Western Musical Instruments, by Strings & Drums.

Strings & Drums is a globally acclaimed the highly brand ( Esp, Tender, Marshall, Yamaha, Ibanez, Mapex, Granada ) and supplier of premier grade Indian and Western Musical Instruments. We offer the following range of products for our valued clients:

Our superior quality, better after sales services and client oriented approaches have enabled us to maintain our dignified reputation in the Market. With our in-depth expertise in the discipline, we also provide repairing and servicing of these instruments. We are committed to achieve excellence in every arena of our operation. With its three stores in New Delhi, located at the prime locations like East of Kailash, Garhi ( Tara Chand Complex ) Ramesh Market. We have Wide range of Indian and Western Musical Instruments in our shops. The quality service offered by us help in meeting the expectations of the clients and rendering them with complete customer satisfaction.

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Music has got its own unique appeal, which can energize your drooping spirits and transport you to a different world altogether. Different musical instruments help to live up the entire musical process all the more effectively. Drums have their own unique appeal.

What sets it apart from other musical instruments, is its capability to jazz up any session and add color to it. It can add the western touch to every music show. Jazz drums form an integral part of the live music sessions.

Jazz music is one such genre of music, which was popularized largely by the famous music composer Louis Armstrong. In fact, jazz music reached new heights under his noble guidance. His legacy still inspires many of the jazz musicians of the present generation.

The drum is usually categorized as a member of the percussion group of instruments. Drum usually is composed of one single membrane known as the drum skin. Drums qualify as the world’s oldest musical instrument. One unique feature of a drum is that its basic design has remained unaltered for ages. Nearly all types of drums fall in the category of untuned instruments. However, modern musicians have started the concept of tuning drums. Often several drums are also arranged together to create a reverberating effect.  Read more...

So you have decided that you want to be a drummer but is at a loss as to which genre of playing style you want to master. Have you considered learning how to be a jazz drummer?

As you probably know, jazz is one of the most artistic and intriguing genre of music and especially so for the jazz drummer. Playing jazz music gives the drummer the opportunity to exhibit his amazing technical drumming skills and capabilities. However, most drummers choose not to take the time to learn how to play jazz drums properly which is partly due to its wide range of technicalities unlike most other forms of music.

Although jazz drumming seem to look very complicated, in reality, it is not that difficult to learn. The main difference is that most drummers are used to the 4/4 tempo of drumming where jazz is played with plenty of triplets and has a different feel from most other types of music. So the drummer may have to relearn some drumming techniques. Furthermore, most jazz pieces are relatively fast in tempo and thus most drummers also need to make improvements on their stick speed.

The first thing a new drummer needs to learn when playing jazz pieces is the basic jazz swing tempo or sometimes called the “swing groove”. A jazz drummer’s main role is to keep time for the rest of the band just like in any genre of music. The drummer should never overpower the rest of the band unlike when playing rock songs. To do this, simply use your hi hat and ride cymbal.  Read more...