Amazon.com Widgets
Musician's Friend
Power Search!

Top Drumming CDs

The above album features some incredible drumming by Jim Keltner. For more "must have" albums ... CLICK HERE!
 
Drummer Cafe News Feed
Visit us on MySpace
July 18, 2008, 12:30 PM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
IN THE NEWS: The Drummer Cafe will be giving-away a brand new SoundSeat Retro-Fit throne next month ($160 value).
   Forum   Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: 16th notes on the bass  (Read 373 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
renier8
Copper Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 61


The second cut is the deepest...


« on: April 03, 2006, 10:59 AM »

Hello

I am battling with playing 16th notes on the bass. If you look at the first 2 or 3 lessons on this page of Webthumper http://216.103.111.115/perl/drums/index.cgi?Action=OnlineLessons&Skill=Advanced&SubCategory=Sixteenth%20Notes%20on%20Bass%20Drum&LessonID=Advanced3

I am still a beginner, but my arms seemed to pick up on speed up to 16th notes pretty fast and without too much effort, but my right leg seems to be very dumb. Sometimes when I try to play the notes quickly and consecutively, my leg almost does it's own thing. I have to really tense up the muscles to try and get my leg to stay with the beat, especially if the previous bass beat was slower.

Is this right, and will it improve ?

Thanks
REDANT
Logged
CrAzEd
Guest
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2006, 09:13 PM »

Your still a beginner so obviously there are going to be walls you run into. I am assuming you have a metronome, and if you don't go pick one up from a music store. First, after doing that find your comfortable speed that you can play 16th notes on the bass with.

Then, take that comfortable speed and go 5-10bpm over it constantly for a good ammount of time, until you can feel the burn and can't go on anymore. Find your comfortable speed every couple of days and do this exercise.

Try this out, let me know what happens Smiley
Logged
renier8
Copper Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 61


The second cut is the deepest...


« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2006, 01:09 AM »

Guilty - I do not have a metronome. I am on it. Will report back.

REDANT
Logged
drummer1202
Guest
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2006, 06:25 AM »

As a beginner, you may be experiencing some problems of coordination.  Those patterns are kind of challenging.  When I started playing patterns like these, the challenge was in the fact that for the first time you are wanting your R leg to move opposite of your R hand.  

Most beginner patterns play bass drum on the 8th note, along with an 8th note ride or hihat pattern, making them easier.

The trick is to break the exercises down to find out which part is the hardest for you.  AND to practice slowly at first.  Build up speed only when you can play consistantly at a slower tempo.

And yes it will improve, it just takes work!  There is a great book with exercises like this.  Rockin' Bass Drum.  It is not too expensive either, maybe 10 bucks or so.

Logged
xen0s
Guest
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2006, 09:39 AM »

It's just a matter of getting used to. Over time you will get used to it, especially if you practice with a metronome, it really helps because you can set it to really slow, and then you can examine your own technique and exaggerate the movement to get a better understanding of it.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.4 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC | Sitemap Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Page created in 0.062 seconds with 22 queries.
Google


We currently have 11 guests and 19 members online.
Copyright ©2001 - 2008 Drummer Cafe. All rights reserved.
developed by Bart Elliott | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Site Map