{"id":6823,"date":"2022-12-14T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=6823"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:47:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:47:02","slug":"3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/","title":{"rendered":"3 finger drumming practices we learned from Melodics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Combining electronic music and performance, finger drumming is a medium for musical expression that has grown increasingly popular over recent years.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One app in particular, Melodics, has led the charge on teaching finger drumming by leveraging technology to provide instant feedback, flexible controller compatibility, and gamification of progress and achievements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melodics.com\/partners\/splice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melodics has recently teamed up with Splice<\/a> to provide you with a free course with a collection of top-notch lessons\u2014we gave them a go and walked away with three key takeaways regarding the art of finger drumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Superstition.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">A performance of &#8220;Superstition,&#8221; one of the songs in the Melodics app<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Isolate each component<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although some finger drumming performances may look complex and meticulously coordinated, they can all be broken down into several basic rhythms. Most of these can be derived from popular syncopated patterns such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clave_(rhythm)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clave<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tresillo_(rhythm)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tresillo<\/a>. When you\u2019re first practicing and slowly layering isolated parts, it\u2019s beneficial to practice straight quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes at various speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Melodics course, each beat would be broken down to its simplest components, and the app would make sure you could perform these in order to progress to the final beat. In order to excel in any performing art, it\u2019s crucial to build strong fundamentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Practice with a metronome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This one may sound obvious to some, but it\u2019s often overlooked or resisted by budding performers: practicing with a metronome is <em>essential<\/em> for developing good technique and a consistent sense of rhythm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from providing these benefits, metronomes also help reduce the natural tendency to rush or drag the tempo, and they\u2019re great practice for recording to a click track when it comes time to track your performance. Above all, being able to stay \u2018in the pocket\u2019 for extended periods of time is crucial for being a good drummer, whether you&#8217;re using sticks or your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The instant feedback system was undoubtedly one of the strongest features of the Melodics app. It displays properly-timed notes in green, early notes in orange, and missed notes in red. By using longer phrases (sometimes 32 or even 64 measures), the app tested if you were able to consistently time your notes over longer periods of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Utilize all of your fingers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people start finger drumming with their index fingers, as this seems natural and most similar to the feeling of holding drumsticks. However, more complex rhythms begin to necessitate the use of your thumb and your middle, ring, and pinky fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While trying to use all of these fingers at once would be intimidating for most learners, the Melodics lessons were quite effective at gradually introducing the different roles for each finger; the thumb would generally play the primary drums like kicks and snares, while the index finger would reach up to play the melodic loops and other harmonic samples like guitar and piano chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether or not you&#8217;re using the app, associating different fingers with different roles feels like an effective approach to learning increasingly complex beats. In the long run, being able to use all of your fingers will unlock more possibilities as you develop your chops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have any go-to finger drumming techniques? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Level up your finger drumming with Melodics, and <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use the promo code <strong>SPLICE2MELODICS<\/strong> for two free months of Creator<\/a> if you\u2019re a new Splice user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melodics.com\/partners\/splice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melodics teamed up with Splice to provide a collection of top-notch lessons\u2014we gave them a go and walked away with three takeaways regarding finger drumming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":24014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1696],"tags":[1638,348],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 finger drumming practices we learned from Melodics - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Melodics teamed up with us to provide a collection of top-notch lessons\u2014we gave them a go and walked away with three takeaways regarding finger drumming.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 finger drumming practices we learned from Melodics - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Melodics teamed up with us to provide a collection of top-notch lessons\u2014we gave them a go and walked away with three takeaways regarding finger drumming.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-14T21:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-14T21:47:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fingerdrumming_Update_BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Chen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/006da68db2cca36c1730e68e67130d39\"},\"headline\":\"3 finger drumming practices we learned from Melodics\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-14T21:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-14T21:47:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/\"},\"wordCount\":579,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-finger-drumming-practices-melodics\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fingerdrumming_Update_BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"beginner\",\"drums\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tips &amp; 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