Virgil
11-24-2005, 01:43 AM
In lesson 31 - "Broken Bass Drum Singles", I showed you how I practiced laying syncopated single strokes with the bass drums. Although I isolated some of the patterns on the accompanying charts, the video was an improvisation of various combinations of these single stroke patterns.
In this lesson, I take that same concept, but break down some of the basic elements, in this case, 3 stroke singles. Lessons 40 and 41 are also examples of how to develop this skill, using different combinations of singles. I still find it challenging and important to work on this skill, from the perspective of developing a rhythmic approach to double bass drumming, supplementary to plain singles or doubles. It's challenging to maintain a strong sense of meter while playing these types of rhythms with the bass drums. This is why the hands should be locking down the time by playing a steady 1/4 note groove.
Ultimately, down the road, it's also a challenge to then break free from the groove, and play different patterns with the hands, or improvise with the hands.
Some of these ideas I will demonstrate in future lessons.
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 1. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke01.wmv)
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 2. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke02.wmv)
<img src="images/!charts/feet-3stroke-a.gif">
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 1. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke01.wmv)
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 2. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke02.wmv)
In this lesson, I take that same concept, but break down some of the basic elements, in this case, 3 stroke singles. Lessons 40 and 41 are also examples of how to develop this skill, using different combinations of singles. I still find it challenging and important to work on this skill, from the perspective of developing a rhythmic approach to double bass drumming, supplementary to plain singles or doubles. It's challenging to maintain a strong sense of meter while playing these types of rhythms with the bass drums. This is why the hands should be locking down the time by playing a steady 1/4 note groove.
Ultimately, down the road, it's also a challenge to then break free from the groove, and play different patterns with the hands, or improvise with the hands.
Some of these ideas I will demonstrate in future lessons.
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 1. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke01.wmv)
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 2. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke02.wmv)
<img src="images/!charts/feet-3stroke-a.gif">
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 1. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke01.wmv)
<img src="images/attach/wmv.gif">Click here for Video 2. (http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/attachments/feet-3stroke02.wmv)