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Drum Lessons!

 

Backbeat offers drum lessons in Portland to all ages and skill levels. We teach students everything they need to play in bands: one of our rock band classes, a school band, or one of their own making. Our nationally recognized teachers will tailor the lessons to match the student’s goals.

In our drum lessons, you will learn…

  • Drumming Technique: Playing the drums is fundamentally athletic, and we teach students proper posture, movement fundamentals, and techniques required to play the drums.
  • Musical Insight: Students will learn how music is crafted, what’s happening in music they listen to, and how their instrument works. Understanding how music works will not only help them learn faster, but will also facilitate music creation, improvisation and understanding how to play in a group.
  • Music Reading: Playing music is easier when you know what to play (shocker). And reading music notation is a key part of that. Reading music is also critical to defusing the confusion and intimidation of learning to play music.
  • Learning Skills: Great learners make great musicians. Our teaching method includes teaching our students the same teaching techniques that our teachers use. This way, the student begins to learn how to best improve using the techniques themselves.
  • Social Skills: Music is shared. In order to play effective music, a drummer must know what what they are doing, but also tune in to both fellow band members and the audience. 
  • Performance Skills: Nearly everyone has some level of performance anxiety. We give our students tips and tricks on how to handle performance anxiety and how to direct their attention in ways that aid their performance.

 

Drum Lesson Prices

Backbeat Music offers an easy flat-rate packages for drum lessons, monthly packages are weekly lessons for the whole month (4-5 lessons). We also offer unlimited rescheduling. Makeup lessons can be used on any instrument with any teacher.

A Calendar Month of weekly 30min lessons/159month

A Calendar Month of weekly 45min lessons/219month

A Calendar Month of weekly 60min lessons/299month

30 Minute Lesson: 45/session

60 Minute Lesson: 79/session