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        Title: 1/16 Note Double Bass Drum Studies #1 - Focus on SOLO Snare Drum

                    Recommended For: Beginners, Intermediate revision
                   
                                   By: Kevin Picone

                              Email: picone@giant.net.au

                          URL: www.thedrummachine.50megs.com

                Copyright: (c) Kevin Picone 2000, All Rights Reserved.

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Intro:


  The following exercises let you focus on your Double Bass indepenence skills, The Idea
 is to maintain a constant double bass drum part with your feet in single strokes (RLRL)
 then get comfortable playing various 1/8 note hand patterns against it. These types of
 rhythms (beats) are commonly heard in most types of (some) pop, rock, and metal music. 



Aim #1: Get comfortable playing each rhythm through once, with & without the counting, if
        you can do this, try playing it twice, three, four times through or more without
        stopping. 


Aim #2: Try for a range of tempos, Start out slowly (around 80/90 bpm's) then medium
        (120bpm) and fast up to (150/160 bpm's or higher). The objective is make all
        the notes sound even. 



Aim #3: Try playing each line of exercises without stopping, keeping it evenly spaced
        the entire time. Next, Try 2 lines, then 3 lines and ultimately the entire
        lesson from top to bottom. To take this another step further, you can try
        playing the exercises randomly, this will help your reading and visualization
        skills greatly.





 Exercise
 
      #1                 #2                  #3                  #4

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X
Snare:  - - o - - - o - - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o o - - o - - - - - o o - - o o 
BdrumR: o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o
BdrumL:  o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o




 Exercise
 
      #5                 #6                  #7                  #8

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X
Snare:  - - o - - o - - - - - - o - - - - o - - - - o - - o - o - - - - o o - o - o 
BdrumR: o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o
BdrumL:  o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o




 Exercise
 
      #9                #10                 #11                 #12

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X
Snare:  - - o o - - - o - - - - o o - o - - - - - - - o - - o o - - - o - - - - o o 
BdrumR: o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o
BdrumL:  o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o




 Exercise
 
      #13               #14                 #15                 #16

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X
Snare:  - o o - - - o - - - - o o - - o - - - - - o o - - o - - - - - - - o - o o - 
BdrumR: o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o
BdrumL:  o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o






 Exercise
 
      #17               #18                 #19                 #20

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X
Snare:  - o - o - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - o - o - o - - o - o - o - o - 
BdrumR: o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o
BdrumL:  o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o     o o o o o o o o





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                (c) copyright 2000, By Kevin Picone, All Rights reserved.

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