In this installment from his video tutorial series on the fundamentals of snare drumming, mark wessels will teach you how to play the double stroke roll drum rudiment. Some topics include accents, single and double stroke rolls, buzz rolls, flams, endurance exercises and dynamic development. First of all id like to say that i dont believe that practicing this way is a waste of time. Its used in every style of drumming so its well worth the time. These exercises are designed to be played on one surface, and i like to play them on a drum pad before hitting the stage for a performance. It is a simple stroke of your drum stick using the wrist and the two smallest digits ring finger and pinky finger. The problem is when we start to play doubles on surfaces that lack rebound and tension on the drum head detuned snare heads, floor tom heads, etc. Learn how to play the double stroke roll drum rudiment.
Single stroke rolls and the openclose technique gk music. In addition to these books, double bass drumming written by joe franco and double bass drum freedom written by virgil donati are also. Practicing double strokes just 10 minutes every day will result in tremendous improvement over several weeks time. Mastering this as a snare exercise will greatly open up your playing and make you feel infinitely more comfortable moving around the drum set. The double stroke lesson becomes even more crucial as you get into the more advanced rudiments. In the past, this technique was seen more as a trick, or novelty, with minimal real world applications. Double stroke roll method there is really not much to the double stroke method. Not only is it popular for use within beats and fills, but it is also the foundation for many other important drum rudiments. Many teachers believe in having students accent the second stroke of a double stroke roll. Drum guru luke oswald starts at the beginning and teaches you the allimportant basics to drumming such as hand grips and their variations, single and double stroke techniques, exercises that will improve your drumming technique and build strength and speed. This third exercise features the double stroke roll in the context of a drum fill. I cover tips on efficient practice and try to eliminate some. The double stroke roll is not only a very important rudiment to master for anyone serious about their drumming, but for anyone serious about mastering the 40 drum rudiments.
Once youre able to play the double stroke roll and the exercises herein accurately, you can learn to apply it to a really cool showmanship technique in the free drum lesson double stroke sweep. However, in the midst of the bassdrumdoublestroke craze, drummers neglected an important aspect of bass drumming. Now, mark wrote the double stroke drum rudiment the double stroke roll around the drum set, which is the ultimate book for developing your double stroke roll. This is an indepth resource that really works on mastery of your technique. This technique makes full usage of the bounce, which is the technique in which you bounce. Once you get the movement down, its a fairly simple technique.
Proper double stroke technique is something ive had to go over with almost every student ive ever taught. Whether youre a first day beginner or have been playing the drums for several years, learning the fundamentals of technique, rudiments and music reading is very important. Oct 04, 2016 in the world of drumming, single, double and paradiddle strokes are the most important rudiments. Double stroke rolls independence james payne drums. Mark learned incredible technique for both hands utilizing drum rudiments. With heelup, its easier to bury the beater allow it to remain on the head, giving off more attack and less resonance. Bass drum double stroke technique lesson drummerworld forum. Learn a great practice pad exercise to help build your double strokes in both hands. The root cause of many slack double strokes is the lack of strength in the weaker hand. Do you play a double bass drumset or a double pedal. Hihat technique is explained, and various examples with varying accents are presented, and is a graduated study on bass drum and hihat coordination.
Mark agostinelli is the man who defined the art of the. Whether for double bass, or more usually, single bass playing, the double stroke is playable by at least 3 different techniques. A bass drum, or kick drum, is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. That is fine when playing on a practice pad because most practice pads have a ton of rebound allowing us to achieve decent double strokes. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It is great for getting a solid foundation and obviously, preparing to play with a band. Basically what they are is two strokes on each hand, the second louder than the first, progressively made faster until you are making a roll it will sound almost like a machine gun. Jun 16, 2015 there is an endless supply of bass drum exercises, both for free online and in many wellwritten instructional books. A doublestroke roll should have a machineguntype sound, with each stroke sounding identical to the previous one. Johnson this month well examine a technique used to balance out the doublestroke roll. Drum guru luke oswald starts at the beginning and teaches you the allimportant basics to drumming such as hand grips and their variations, single and doublestroke techniques, exercises that will improve your drumming technique and build strength and speed. In addition to the double stroke roll being the foundation of all of the rudiments above, it also serves as basis to beat and fill material. Cobus plays this pattern using 32nd note doubles between the hand and foot feet.
In this next free drum lesson, lionel duperron teaches you how to go about practicing the double stroke roll in an effective way, and exemplifies how to apply it to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills. Jun 16, 2014 double stroke roll lessonworkout invert shot roll heres a lesson and drumworkout on the double stroke roll from bill bachmans. The placement of accents and strokes in this exercise is designed to follow that natural rebound pattern while building your single, triple and consequently double stroke roll speed. Dont get me wrong, using rebound to our advantage is an important part of playing the drums. A paradiddle consists of two single strokes followed by a double stroke, i. But, when it comes to playing consistent double strokes, most of us rely too much on rebound. Get double bass secrets and links to double bass drum books, videos, tabs, and double bass drum lessons dvd. In heelup technique, your heel rises slightly off the pedalboard, while the ball of the foot remains. Mark is known as being one of the most influential music educators of his time through his devotional dedication to the art rudimental drumming. In the world of drumming, single, double and paradiddle strokes are the most important rudiments. Mar 17, 2016 this technique allows for the beater to bounce easily off the head, producing a more resonant bass drum tone. The double stroke roll is the basis for many of the 40 drum rudiments. Setting up the snare drum the snare drum has metal wires called snares attached to the bottom head. You will still be using the limbs equally, but this technique will help you to play faster and move you out of the monotony of r l r l patterns.
This is one of the best snare drum books out there and is suited to all players from beginner to advanced. Free video drum instruction lessons by gordy knudtson gk music. In this video, cobus show the community a unique and flashy way of playing a double stroke sweep around the drum set. Basically what they are is two strokes on each hand, the second louder than the first, progressively made faster until you are. How to play double stroke roll for beginners youtube. Play the bass drum using the heel down technique, then using the heel up technique. You can choose to use a double pedal if youre struggling maintaining the fast double strokes with one foot. If you have any questions about the double stroke technique or really anything, feel free to ask in the comments or send me a direct message. As your skills develop, you will begin to tackle dynamics, double bass drum technique and even get to grips with odd times, like 54 and 74. Ive been messing around with double strokes for a few years and thought id share some insights on how to practice them and how to incorporate them into solos and grooves. The last and possibly most important point on performing double stroke, is do not neglect your weaker hand.
Free video drum instruction lessons by gordy knudtson gk. Once you get this technique down, youll double your top double bass speed and be able to roll on your bass drum. The double stroke drum rudiment the double stroke roll around the drum set, which is the ultimate book for developing your double stroke roll. Top 20 drum books that will improve your playing youtube. The practical guide to kick drum double strokes youtube. A commonly used hand technique for fast drumming especially for the double stroke rolls would be the push pull hand technique. I believe this is misleading to a student trying to master the roll.
In their simplest forms, single stroke is rlrlrlrl, double stroke is rrllrrll and paradiddle. While there are a number of correct drum techniques, there are an awful lot more. The double stroke roll is an extremely popular rudiment that should be practiced to perfection by anyone serious about playing the drums. Neatly organized into 41 different sections, this book covers.
With the push pull stick technique, you are basically maximising the rebound of the drum head to provide momentum for your speed. For more indepth technique exercises, i recommend learning the rudiments and picking up a copy of the book stick control. In this post, ill address this technique in two ways, 1 describing the mechanics of the technique i recommend, and 2 providing you with a written exercise sheet as a pdf 9 exercises to build bass drum double strokes, that you can download and print out and use to give some structure to how you practice developing the technique. Learn to play drumslessonssingle strokes and double strokes. Mar 24, 2012 in this post, ill address this technique in two ways, 1 describing the mechanics of the technique i recommend, and 2 providing you with a written exercise sheet as a pdf 9 exercises to build bass drum double strokes, that you can download and print out and use to give some structure to how you practice developing the technique. If you continue playing either of the strokes after beginning to feel tension, you could cause some serious damage repetetive strain injury could force you to abandon your drumming career, besides being a nuisance, sometimes making everyday tasks unbearably painful. Drum method covers everything from care and maintenance of the instrument to time figures.
Techniques like the slide and the heeltoe have been taught over the years as the cornerstones of bass drum double strokes for louder styles of music. In this video we look at how to play double stroke rolls on the drums. This is a beginners guide giving an overview and introduction to double stroke rolls open rolls we briefly discuss 3. The best way to develop your bass drum technique, however, is to work with a drum instructor.
The double stroke roll around the drum set drum rudiments book 2 kindle edition by agostinelli, d. In this lesson, well focus on doublestroke rolls and invert them to create interesting fills and grooves. Now that ive been focusing a bit more on good hand technique, i realized that the double stroke roll is coming from the same hand motion as the single stroke using the free stroke. For example, if a sixteenthnote passage is being played then any diddles in that passage would consist of sixteenth notes. This book is often considered the most important source for. Adventist youth honors answer bookrecreationdrumming. When i use the freestroke motion to do doubles, my hands feel loose and it feels like a more proper way of doing it. After a series of exercises for developing basic technique, rudiments are introduced, including ruffs, double stroke rolls, and paradiddles. Rock drumming for beginners fundamental changes music.
Basically what they are is two strokes on each hand, the second louder than the first, progressively made faster until you are making a. Double stroke rolls can be broken down into shorter rolls, such as a seven stroke roll or nine stroke roll. Bass drum exercise 2 play the pulse for 4 beats, then double pulse for 4 beats. Nov 18, 2015 drum rudiments are drum patterns that you can use for drills or warmups, or develop into more complex drum patterns. Drum rudiments are drum patterns that you can use for drills or warmups, or develop into more complex drum patterns. Practice single strokes, double strokes, and paradiddles with a metronome. Whether you are just beginning to learn double bass or if you are a double bass player looking to improve your technique then buy this book. Double stroke sweep drum lesson with cobus potgieter. This tutotial is perfect as a beginning snare drum lesson. A bass drum is typically cylindrical, with the drum s diameter much greater than the drum s depth. This rudiment is the foundation for many of the other rudiments. Hi everyone, i created a new lesson video on developing double stroke technique on the bass drum.
The third primary technique is the floating stroke where the heel is lifted off the pedal as in heelup, but the stroke is played primarily from the ankle as in heeldown. The double stroke roll around the drum set drum rudiments book 2 kindle edition by d. From wikibooks, open books for an open world doublebass drum speed, what kind of double bass drum pedal to buy and more. Finally a book that is dedicated to the double stroke roll 53 pages of rhythms and exercises in 44 to improve your reading, speed, and creativity. How to play double stroke rolls on the drums beginners. In 2002, gordy knudtson created the first books and video showing how it can be synchronized in both hands at the same time to create a genre of single stroke rolls that parallels double stroke rolls. There is normally a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. Single stroke rolls and the openclose technique 80 pgs is an edited compilation of the best of gordys original two openclose technique books. Once youve mastered the double stroke roll you can move on to the triple stroke roll, or skip way ahead to the single paradiddle. Bill also authored the logic book series for and designed vic firths heavy hitter pad series. Mike michalkow breaks down five foundational beginner drumming techniques to. It rests in the stands cradle without being clamped down. Build a more balanced doublestroke roll modern drummer. Bass drum slide technique for double strokes duration.
This technique allows for the beater to bounce easily off the head, producing a more resonant bass drum tone. In this lesson i cover some of the finer points to mastering the double stroke roll. Each technique and approach is combined into musical examples that give real insight into the approach of the best rock drummers in the world and put you on the way to developing your own unique style. Bill bachman vic firth drumstick mallet artist zildjian. A major element of rudimentary drumming is the double stroke roll. Bill bachman lesson series double stroke roll youtube. Rock drumming for beginners fundamental changes music book. It will walk you through the basics, then show you how to synchronize the hands and combine the strokes to create a complete family of single stroke rolls paralleling double stroke rolls. Strictly technique build a more balanced doublestroke roll inverting the diddles to increase strength and precision by jeff w. The sequence is played as 16th notes in groups of 3 and 4 with an r l l or l r r sticking. If youd rather expand your knowledge of the 40 drum rudiments, we encourage you to learn how to play the five stroke roll next.
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