Basic Techniques
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Practicing in Training Mode
With ten different types of training available, you can learn how to play drums and master them in an
enjoyable way.
Before starting, please select your desired music category.
1.
Press the
Mode switch
to turn the “PLAY” light on.
2.
Select a music category by pressing the corresponding
number button
.
You can make detailed settings for Training, such as the
practice timer and the difficulty level in Menu Mode (page
41).
For the following training exercises, the drum module eval-
uates your ability on a scale of one to ten and displays the
results using the number buttons.
• Rhythm Gate
• Song Score Gate
• Dynamic Gate
• Change Up
Number button [10] represents the highest score, while
number button [1] represents the lowest. In addition, the
Voice Guidance announces the results of scoring using the
five levels shown below. Try your best to get a high score!
To start a different exercise, you need to
reenter the training mode.
1.
Press the
Mode switch
to turn the
“PLAY” light on (Play Mode).
2.
Press the
Mode switch
again to turn the
“TRAINING” light on (Training Mode).
Basic training
Working on your rhythm:
Rhythm Gate (2 types) . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32
Measure Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36
Change Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37
Playing with dynamics:
Dynamic Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 33
Playing as fast as you can:
Fast Blast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39
Practicing by parts:
Part Mute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38
Recording your play:
Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40
Advanced training
— Going on to mastery after Basic training! —
Playing along with a song:
Song Part Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34
Song Score Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35
Before Training
Detailed Training settings
2
1
After Training
Switching to a different exercise
Better scores
Try again
Great
Fantastic
Good
Excellent