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#86843 - 07/28/05 08:50 PM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: premier]
HCHSDrummer05 Registered: 07/26/04 Loc: Hattiesburg, MS (USM)	Quote: You could also do some of the excersise= 2 beats of 16ths then 2 beats of roll, repeat, then 4 beats of 16ths then 4 beats of roll. At my school, we call it "chicken in a bowl". Funny, we used to use that exercise at my school, except we called it "Chicken in a Roll". I wouldn't use a roll excerise to work on doubles. Double Beat would help ~~alot~~ a lot more stroke wise than a roll ex. would. _________________________ Harrison Central High School '04/05: Plates/4th Bass \| '05/06: Snare \| '06/07: Snare (MCM and Synergy Auditionee, '07/08) Teaching: Instructor, Harrison Central 9th \| Marching Tech, HCHS
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#86844 - 07/28/05 08:58 PM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: HCHSDrummer05]
JackOfAllSticks Registered: 04/24/05 Loc: Aurora, CO	Doubles get progressively harder the lower the Bass is, due to the fact that the higher pitched drums are stretched more, giving them bounce. Try a single on the lowest bass you have and a single on 1st. You'll see the difference. _________________________ "These are the same programs where the B.D. puts the kids with no talent or natural ability on cymbals.... now that's what I want. the one person on the field who couldnt' find count one if you hit him on the head with a stick (ala Mr. Holand's opus), playing the loudest instrument, that if you're off beat Helen Keller would notice."~ Bobo 2003-2004: Pit 2004-2005: Bass 4 2005-2006: Bass 3
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#86845 - 08/17/05 11:36 PM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: HCHSDrummer05]
MR1018 Registered: 10/20/03	I get my line to play double beat too. I also use triplet diddle.
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#86846 - 08/18/05 12:23 AM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: MR1018]
Gnome Registered: 08/05/05 Loc: Charlotte,Nc	THe most important thing is not to lose your technique while you're playing doubles - It took me forever to get them down and im I'm still working on it. Use it or lose it. Practice on pillows and just start slow and speed up, then slow and speed up. If you can't feel it, you aren't doing it long enough - Or use a Vic Practice pad and the back of your ~~mallots~~ mallets. I can easily do doubles on the top 2 basses -my bass is 3rd so it's just a little more difficult - But on 5th - as heavy as the ~~mallots~~ mallets are and as little rebound as you get, it gets hard. Edited by DLWebmaestro (08/18/05 07:14 AM)
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#86847 - 08/18/05 12:58 AM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: Gnome]
Souldrum Registered: 10/09/03 Loc: NJ	Don't forget triple beat--it's like swinging 3 bats to warm up: so much easier to play double strokes when you work triple strokes to death. (For anyone who doesn't know, triple beat is 2 sixteenths and an 8th on a hand, ending with two 8ths, like this: RRR RRR RRR R R LLL LLL LLL L L, rinse, repeat) _________________________ Zack Appleton Percussion Caption Supervisor: -Roselle Park High School -Edison High School -Hightstown High School Member, Vic Firth Education Team
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#86848 - 08/20/05 08:06 PM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: ]
Anonymous Unregistered	A-B-C!!! haha Doesn't everyone play these patterns in warm-up? we call the first pattern shown 'A' and then the second 'B' we also have 'C' which is just moving the 8th note to the front of the measure.
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#86849 - 08/25/05 12:02 PM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: Souldrum]
jmv Registered: 07/31/04 Loc: Texas!!	Quote: Don't forget triple beat--it's like swinging 3 bats to warm up: so much easier to play double strokes when you work triple strokes to death. (For anyone who doesn't know, triple beat is 2 sixteenths and an 8th on a hand, ending with two 8ths, like this: RRR RRR RRR R R LLL LLL LLL L L, rinse, repeat) Whats even better than that is quintuple beat... its in 6/4, and the hands go like RRRRR RRRRR RRRRR RRRRRRR/LLLLL LLLLL LLLLL LLLLLL/ and repeat... if you can play that well, then you can not only play doubles very well, but also triples and quadruples! _________________________ 2005 Teal Sound Bass 3 2005 Texas State University Bass 1
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#86850 - 08/29/05 09:50 AM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: jmv]
Anonymous Unregistered	Why not just have the bass line play single stroke rolls instead of double stroke rolls. If one bass drummer isn't where the rest of the bass drummers are in terms of rolling then have them play down instead. My school's bass line never doubles and it tends to sound crisper and cleaner. Then again we have a terrible bass line.
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#86851 - 08/30/05 06:32 PM Re: Doubles on bass [Re: HCHSDrummer05]
astubie Registered: 02/18/04 Loc: Charleston, SC	Quote: Quote: You could also do some of the excersise= 2 beats of 16ths then 2 beats of roll, repeat, then 4 beats of 16ths then 4 beats of roll. At my school, we call it "chicken in a bowl". Funny, we used to use that exercise at my school, except we called it "Chicken in a Roll". Our old exercise was called chicken and a roll _________________________ Director of the Folly Beach Surfers Drum and Bugle Corp
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