Practice pads are soft, bouncy pads that you use to practice drumming patterns or rudiments. Advantages of practice pad’s is that they are extremely light weight, portable and best of all, quiet. This let’s you practice you technique anywhere and at any time of day. Including late at night.

Most practice pads are made out of a high density rubber, similar to some computer mouse pads. The pads are sometimes mounted on a base made of wood or plastic. This lets you use the pad right on your lap or on top of any table. Some are also double sided. The other side provides a different feel and less rebound, making it more of a challenge to play on.

You can even purchase a practice pad that is made from a real, tunable drum head. These are much larger and are more expensive than other models.

You can purchase practice pads in a variety of different sizes. You should try to purchase the largest one you can. This will let you move around a bit and give you slightly different sounds depending on if you play near the center of the pad or close to the edges. You’ll also be more comforable playing on a real drum kit if you are used to playing on a larger practice pad.

You can buy practice pads at any drum shop, music store or online. If you go to a local music store they will have demo pads that you can play and test out. This will let you find the one that feels the best to you.

Drum pads are normally used for practicing drum rudiments. Rudiments are a particular set of drumming patterns used in music. They are great for learning stick control and rhythm. Rudiment patterns can be found for free from many sources online. There are also free videos available that show you how to play each particular pattern.