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iluvatars_dog
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« on: August 29, 2002, 11:15 AM »

I just woudering how fast you guy can play . Single stoke , normal Paradidle , double stoke roll.
  I just asking not in a  competitor way but to gauge what a good attainable speed  we sholud all be trying to aim for  . How fast most drums can play .
 After all fast chops definitely not music it about . But they are a tool i just woudering what fast chops really are    i can play say 16th singles at 250 for instaces . i just woudering  what a good healthy target to aim for.
  I away to test my speed . Again  Grin
  ps i hope no one misinterpret  this post as i just try to find out more about playing.
  Aslo don,t forget to talk about feet speed too .
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2002, 11:51 AM »

1000 b's p minute is blazing.

Can you keep that speed up for a minute?

Anything over 800 beats a minute in any rudiment I think is blazing.  Doubles should make it a little faster.

But in all reality, that is so fast.  1/2 that speed would be more effective in real life situations.  I think it's a tough line to walk.  You want to blaze, but you want your fills to sonically cut thru and have a positive impact on an audience.

BTW...what does iluvatatars dog mean?Huh Smiley

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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2002, 12:44 PM »

Well, most of my rudiments Max out around 800  something (notes per minute), my double strokes go a bit higher.  

Thats good and all but the tunes that we play in the pipeband I play for rarely go above 120 bpm.  The fastest the drum corps gets is 32nd notes with an occaision burst of a 64th note triplet in run of singles.

So, IMO, max speed does nothing but stretch your muscles and give you some sort of bragging right.  I know of a few guys the are up near 1200, and its recorded so I know its not a fish story.  But i have no reason or desire to get that high, don't see the point in it.

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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2002, 06:53 PM »

Here are some of my numbers.    I've picked the following tempos as MAXIMUMS.  Now that I can (barely) play them, I keep working on playing them more cleanly, not quicker.

800 strokes per minute for a sustained long stroke roll. That's 8 strokes x 100 clicks.  From there, I take the 17 stroke roll to  a metronome setting of 120.  (That's with a rest equivalent to 15 strokes in between each 17 stroke roll.)  I take the 5 stroke roll up to a metronome setting of 144 (with a rest of 3 strokes between each).

720 strokes per minute for a sustained single stroke roll.  That 8 strokes x 90 clicks.

576 strokes per minute (4 x 144) for paradiddle variations.

Slightly less strokes per minute for sustained rudiments based on 3's and 6's.
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