DRUMS LESSONS IN LINCOLN, CA · ALL AGES
Find your beat.
Find your groove.
Drum set, percussion, marching band prep, and jazz drumming taught by working drummers and conservatory-trained instructors. From your first paradiddle to your first drum corps audition.
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DRUM TEACHERS
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DRUM STYLES TAUGHT
All Ages
KIDS TO ADULTS
Working
PERFORMING FACULTY
Free
FIRST LESSON
DRUM STYLES
From your first stick
to your first solo.
Every drumming path needs the right teacher. Tell us what you want to play and we'll match you with the instructor who knows that style cold.
Drum Set
Rock, pop, and contemporary kit drumming. Build your stick grip, basic beats, fills, and the groove that makes a band a band. The most popular starting point.
Concert Percussion
Xylophone, marimba, timpani, and orchestral percussion. The path to honor band, all-state, and conservatory percussion programs.
Marching & Drumline
Snare, tenors, bass, and battery technique for school marching bands and drum corps prep. Rudiments, sticking, and the discipline that wins competitions.
Jazz Drumming
Brush technique, swing feel, comping, and improvisation. Whether you're playing in a school jazz band or sitting in at a Sacramento jam session.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Technique that lasts.
Grooves that move.
Every drum lesson at Tamraloo is built on a foundation of clean technique and musical context. We teach you HOW to play, but more importantly we teach you WHY each pattern works in the music it lives in.
● Stick grip & technique. Matched grip, traditional grip, rebound, and the fundamentals that prevent injury and enable speed.
● The 40 essential rudiments. Single strokes, doubles, paradiddles, flams, drags — the alphabet of drumming.
● Reading drum notation. Sheet music, charts, and the ability to learn new pieces fast.
● Genre fluency. Rock, jazz, Latin, funk, gospel, marching, classical — whatever you want to play.
● Playing with others. Locking in with bass players, following a click, and being the drummer every band wants in their lineup.
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YOUR DRUM TEACHERS
Drummers who play.
Drummers who teach.
Our drum faculty includes a SF Conservatory-trained percussionist, a marching band battery captain, a 10+ year gigging jazz drummer, and a multi-instrumentalist with 15 years of teaching. Click any teacher to see their full bio.
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Daniel Timofeyev
SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC · DRUMS, PERCUSSION & COMPOSITION
Daniel is a conservatory-trained percussionist continuing his education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He brings serious classical and jazz training to every lesson, with deep knowledge of drum set, orchestral percussion, and composition.
Whether you're working on rudiments for marching band, building groove for a rock kit, or preparing for competition repertoire, Daniel meets you where you are and takes you where you want to go.
HOW IT WORKS
From your first paradiddle
to your first show.
Every new student starts with a free trial lesson so we can match you with the right teacher and the right drum style. From there, your journey is built around what you want to play.
STEP 1
Free Trial Lesson
Sit at the kit with a potential teacher. Try a few beats, see if it's a fit. No commitment.
STEP 3
30-minute private lessons or 60-minute group classes. Practice notebook included to track progress between weeks.
STEP 2
Choose Your Path
Drum set, marching, concert percussion, or jazz — we'll match you with the teacher who specializes in your goals.
STEP 4
Spring Showcase, recitals, marching band auditions, drum corps prep, and access to our recording studio when you're ready.
BEYOND THE KIT
Most drummers play more than drums.
Many of our drum students also study guitar, piano, or join our band program. Tamraloo offers the most comprehensive performing arts education in Placer County.
Join a band of fellow students and learn to play, rehearse, and perform together. The fastest way to grow as a drummer.
Guitar Lessons
Drummers who play guitar understand song structure better. Add guitar to round out your musicianship.
Piano Lessons
Piano builds the music theory foundation every drummer benefits from — understand harmony and song forms.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Music lesson FAQs
Sit down at the keyboard.
Try a piano lesson at Tamraloo Studios free — no commitment, no pressure. Serving Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville, Granite Bay, and all of Placer County.