Left hand doubles.

[Houdini]

Getting ready for marching band tryouts, and I'm having a few problems with the snare tryout. We have to play this warmup as fast as possible, and I'm trying for marching tempo, but I can't keep them clean and even. I think the problem is that I'm not sure what technique I should be using. Should I be making each stroke seperately, using my fingers for the second, or letting it bounce? We play traditional if it makes any difference. This is the peice, if you want to see it. It's part of our warm ups. Capitals are accents, its divided into measures.



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[lewisniven]

jesus lord above. I know nothing of marching drums, but all I can is, looking at that, rather you than me mate.

good luck...

[Grendizerftw!]

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/jeffqueen-video-lessons.html

I hope it`ll help.

[Harrow]

Using rebound for the second stroke or pulling the stick in with your fingers are both appropriate ways to play a double at high speeds. It just depends on if you want to accent the second stroke (fingers) or not (rebound). Playing each stroke individually with your wrist is fine for slower tempos, but once you get into high speeds you are going to need to use your fingers or the drum a bit more to help you out. If you are having problems with your left hand exclusively while your right hand can handle the doubles at that speed you might want to consider exercises that will strengthen your left hand.

[iamjoe2]

rolls on a pillow..

5 min on a pillow then 5 min on a drum

also be sure to practice on a marching drum often, many people rely on pads and then cant cut in on a drum because the rebound is so different.

what im saying is, pads are fine for learning rythems, but because you can playit on a pad dosent mean youll immediately be able to play it on a drum, so use both.

[Harrow]

Yeah playing on a non-rebounding surface can help, I do all my warmups on my drum throne while sitting in a desk chair, then I will play on kit or pad.

[lmldrummer]

double stroking on a pillow for a while will help a lot

and if you can do it, stoke out each note, but if you can't, make sure you don't just let it bounce, at least use a little fingers and wrist

also make sure you can mark time to it, and if you can't play it as fast as you want to, don't sweat it, you'll get better, they would rather see someone play through it at a semi-challenging tempo than not be able to do it at all at a fast tempo

[Houdini]

I'm getting closer, still working on placing the accents, and getting them more even, sometimes I'm bouncing them too close together. Thank you all.

[ace76543]

i'm gonna memorize that and use it for the rest of my life

[fishbulb]

That's a good start. :thumb:

[Houdini]

i'm gonna memorize that and use it for the rest of my life
D. Bryan, 1999. Got to credit it.



I've got it memorized, too.

[Harrow]

Haha, that exercise isn't too bad, at least there aren't flams in there!

[M@xwell]

What kinda tempo are you expected to play this at bud?

[Houdini]

Already did it. I was ready to play it at marching tempo and above, but then they made my group slow it down, and I lost the left hand doubles again.