Reviews of Teach Yourself Drums Guides

This category of reviews is for those of you who grew up watching The Muppet Show and longed to be like Animal, the furry and ferocious drummer from the legendary Muppet rock band, Dr. Teeth And The Electric Mayhem!

Or for those of you who have never heard of The Muppet Show and simply have a burning desire to teach yourself how to play the drums, no strings attached so to speak, our reviews of the best teach yourself drums guides should make your quest a good deal easier.  

We have compiled a rank-order list representing the most popular and, in our opinion, the most useful set of resources you can find to learn to play the drums. This comprises drums books, guides, software, DVDs, CDs and of course online tutorials and videos for the technophiles among you.

With the digital products, you can immediately download the software, videos and tutorials or watch them online. Hardcopies of books, CDs and DVDs will be delivered to your door. The best products usually give you a combination of all these formats.

That's why our No. 1 Choice award goes to Learn And Master Drums,  part of the ever-expanding Learn And Master series (which includes Piano, Guitar, Ballroom Dancing, and Painting). Learn and Master Drums is a multimedia course which combines online material with CDs, DVDs, and ebooks. These user-friendly resources will guide you from an absolute beginner through to an accomplished intermediate player.

Our #2 ranking guide, Jojo Mayer: Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer is a good choice if you're looking for a comprehensive DVD on hand technique when drumming. It is considerably cheaper than our #1 rated product, but it doesn't come with music books. So if you opt for Jojo Mayer's DVDs you will have to supplement it with your own music books to try out the different techniques on a real track.

So if you want to learn to play drums in your own time, and are still searching for a guide to suit your learning style and budget, then our reviews of the best Teach Yourself Drums Guides is a great place to start.