It’s so much fun when kids get old enough to start taking an interest in things. A popular pastime that children get involved in is music and learning an instrument. A slightly less conventional but growing instrument for children is the drums. If your child is potentially going to be interested in playing the drums you may wish to consider some of the following points. Should they start with toy drums or real drums? How much should you spend? What is the next step up from a toy drum set?

Buying a kids first drum set doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact if your child is still very young a toy drum set could be the ideal way to introduce them to the instrument. If they get the feel for it they may show potential and interest. It could also be the case that they just bash about on the drums and grow out of it just like any other toy. From around $15 for a little kids drum set you can’t really lose.

If you want to buy your child a drum kit, unless you have no financial restrictions, make sure it is what they actually want. The next step up from a toy drum set is going to be from around $100. This is where you will want to get value for money in your purchase. A proper little drum set for slightly older children will look just like the real thing, sound a lot more like it and also last a lot longer. They can be tuned and usually come with a matching stool to sit on. There are more expensive drum sets that you could buy for a child but it really depends on how much you are comfortable spending.

An alternative to a conventional drum kit is an electronic drum set for kids. The electronic version can be as basic as a child’s toy that produces drum sounds but also as advanced as a table top based synthesised drum machine. You still use sticks to hit the drum pads and the sound is often just as good as the real thing, depending on the quality of the product. There are some benefits to electronic drums in that the sound can be amplified or even turned down to a minimum. They can be plugged into other equipment to enable the player to have a backing track to play along to. You can expect to pay from around $45 at the lower end of the market up to $200 – $500 for something a lot better.