Yet another double bass thread lol :>
 

Hey guys

Hope everyones well and drummings good, anyway.
Recently i have been playing 16th no problem at a mid fast tempo no problem. But then I ll start playing 32nd notes fastly ( dont no the BPM lol) for 2 minutes or so. Then after playing the 32nd notes, when i go back to playing the 16th notes my legs feel really light and i cant control the speed of the 16th notes.
If you understood that lol does any one else get that problem and what can i do about it??

Cheers guys

Andy Bridgwood

I'm guessing you're not using a metronome? Cause if you aren't you are probaly just twitching the "32nd notes" and when you go back to the "16th notes" you are still in twitch mode and cannot control them.

Use a metronome.

pardon my ignorance, but can you tell me what a "twitch muscle" is???

I think it means more like... your legs are just kinda pounding the double pedal without actually controlling each beat? I have a similar problem anyway-- usually when I'm (attempting) to play fast my feet are near the heelmost edge of the pedal, but if I need to slow it down, I just choke up on the pedal a little more and use more of my legs for it. Or something.

Its where you put weight on your legs and keep the ball of your toe on the pedal. Then you do the nervous 'twitching under the desk' type movement, i believe it comes from the hip flexors but it isnt true flatfoot....i dunno...your talking to a guy who plays one foot heel up the other heel down.

Never twitch.
Don't try and play faster than your controlled max. It will mess things up.