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The rhythm side of the studio.

Umaro Drums

Meet the kit, hear how every piece fits, and turn the pulse into a groove.

Build a drum grooveLearn the parts of the kit
A midnight-blue acoustic drum kit with chrome hardware and bronze cymbals
8 playable piecesTap any drum or cymbalTab to move around the kit.

Go ahead — every piece of the kit is live.

Make it move

See the groove.

Live groove

Feel the grid.

Kick holds the floor. Snare marks the backbeat. Hi-hat keeps the clock moving.

Straight 8ths · Straight feel

HH
SN
KK
Open the full room

A way into drums

Start here

Meet the kit

Learn what the kick, snare, hats, cymbals, and toms each bring to the beat.

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Then count

Read rhythm

Turn a bar into something you can see, count, remember, and play back.

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Build control

Practice rudiments

Singles, doubles, paradiddles, and flams—the vocabulary behind fluent hands.

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Keep playing

Time gets better in context.

Once the pattern makes sense, put it against a click, a band, or another set of ears.

Play with a bandChoose a style, set the tempo, and practice staying in the pocket.Lock to a clickMake time feel steady before you make it complicated.Listen for the pocketTrain the part of rhythm that notation cannot explain on its own.

Listen first. Count softly. Let the groove settle.