DavidPartay
10-16-2003, 10:46 PM
Well I decided to go back to Virgil's power drumming exercises. So far over a couple of days of doing it I was much more comfortable playing at faster speeds!! I'm hoping to be at 240bpm by the end of the year, and I'm currently making gains that if I do the exercises every day, I think I can get really close!!!
My routine basically consists of all the hand exercises (ie. single hand 4, 2 and 1 stroke per drum, then 2 hands 4 and 2 strokes per drum). I'm starting to do the 4 bassdrum/2 strokes on hands exercises, the double strokes on the snaredrum, and I'm also writing another file to advance at 5bpm at a time instead of 10, starting at 50bpm for my double strokes with my feet. So far I'm using my file which I have for everything else - 100bpm to 240bpm raising in 10bpm intervals, and with the double strokes I play them as 8th notes instead of 16th notes to get the more gradual gain (I'm essentially halving the speed of them). I'm also doing plain old 16th note single strokes on the bassdrum.
Other than that, I'm starting to get into some jazz stuff. I've gone back to working on basic beats to try and tighten up my playing, and I'm gonna work on some latin stuff (I'm really bad at it) and get that really tight. Gotta build up my coordination! I'm also working through the Encyclopedia of Double bass Drumming really slowly, taking apart each exercise, playing them leading with right foot, left foot, playing them with only either foot, and playing them with double strokes instead of single strokes.
It's fun!!!!
Yay for drums!
mmm traditional grip
Oh and I also whacked my ring fingernail on my left hand on the rim of the snaredrum yesterday :D mmmm blood blister under fingernail!!!
My routine basically consists of all the hand exercises (ie. single hand 4, 2 and 1 stroke per drum, then 2 hands 4 and 2 strokes per drum). I'm starting to do the 4 bassdrum/2 strokes on hands exercises, the double strokes on the snaredrum, and I'm also writing another file to advance at 5bpm at a time instead of 10, starting at 50bpm for my double strokes with my feet. So far I'm using my file which I have for everything else - 100bpm to 240bpm raising in 10bpm intervals, and with the double strokes I play them as 8th notes instead of 16th notes to get the more gradual gain (I'm essentially halving the speed of them). I'm also doing plain old 16th note single strokes on the bassdrum.
Other than that, I'm starting to get into some jazz stuff. I've gone back to working on basic beats to try and tighten up my playing, and I'm gonna work on some latin stuff (I'm really bad at it) and get that really tight. Gotta build up my coordination! I'm also working through the Encyclopedia of Double bass Drumming really slowly, taking apart each exercise, playing them leading with right foot, left foot, playing them with only either foot, and playing them with double strokes instead of single strokes.
It's fun!!!!
Yay for drums!
mmm traditional grip
Oh and I also whacked my ring fingernail on my left hand on the rim of the snaredrum yesterday :D mmmm blood blister under fingernail!!!