Of course, wealso have our standard variation technique of changing the sticking andfooting. Notice the last groupingis flipped it begins with the bass drum pattern and ends with the snare.It's an easy thing to make variations on this exercise by adding another"flipped" pattern or two and changing the order. This one might seemlike the previous one, but the bass drum groupings are triplets,so the feel is going to be very different.
RH, RF, RF, RF, RH, RF, RF, RF, RH,RF, RF, RF, RF, RF, RF, RF.įill your Music StaffNotebook up with these, and practice them everyday. Using the above variationsas a guideline, how many different exercises can you come up with usingdouble-bass hits on the last four sixteenth notes?Īs an added variation,you should put three and four bass drum hits between the snare notes: You can slipinto a double-bass pattern for the last four sixteenth notes, too: RH,RF, RF, RH, RF, RF, RH, RF, RF, LF, RF, LF, RF. 
LH, LF, LF, LH, LF, LF, LH, LF, LF,LF, LF, LF, LF. RH, LF, LF, RH, LF, LF, RH, LF, LF,LF, LF, LF, LF. LH, RF, RF, LH, RF, RF, LH, RF, RF,RF, RF, RF, RF. RH, RF, RF, RH, RF, RF, RH, RF, RF,RF, RF, RF, RF. You should use thisexercise as a template. Notice the last groupingis six sixteenth-note bass drum hits. This exercise continuesthe double-hit work above, but adds the snare. (Notice, all you double-bassplayers out there, that if you vary between the two feet each measure startswith a different foot.) You should start this as an exercise for singlefeet, then do it as a double-foot exercise, alternating the feet evenly.Use your hi-hat if you have a single pedal. We'll stick withjust the feet on this one. Have you bought yourStaff Paper Notebook yet? Why not? You want to be a musician, right? We can also varythis one in the same way we varied the first one: RF, RH, RF or LH, RF,LH RH, LF, LH use your imagination and come up with your own. This exercise is intended to help you develop those quickdouble-hits. Likethis: RH, LF, RH, RH LF, RF, LF, LF LH, RH, LH, LH LH, LF, LH, LH. You can make thingseven more interesting by alternating measures of Exercise #1 betweenthe hands and feet with measures using only the hands or feet. Useyour noggin' and figure them out for yourself! (Write them down so youcan do them next time.) There are many variations of this little discipline. You can now mix them up by playing each ofthe above variations for one pattern, like this: RH, LF, RH, RH, RF, LH,RF, RF. OK? Note that thereare two patterns per measure. Now you've playedthis exercise using your right hand and right foot. Remember how we dothese? Slow-fast-slow, three reps? Get used to it we'll always do it thatway! Now, I haven't writtenthis out, but it's important to remember that on this exercise, use onehand only! Don't play R, F, R, L, F, R, F, F. The first exerciseis a simple Paradiddle done betwen the feet and hands. Then,do the exercise again, using both feet. Ifthe exercise is too hard for your single foot, tough! Don't cheat and usethe other pedal: use the exercises to develop your single foot work. If you have a double pedal, do the exercises as written. If you have a single pedal, use the hi-hat for the doubleexercises. Now, on the followingexercises, some will be written out for a single pedal, and some for adouble pedal. So, as we moveon to the first printed exercise this month, I'm going to assume that you'veprinted out the Rudiments page and have begun a program of foot developmentusing these. It will also give you a head-start when you doget that double pedal! This will help you developthose important feet skills, and give you some ideas for different rhythmicvariations. How can I do these withmy feet?" Easy: use your hi-hat! Really. First, you can dothe same Rudiment exercises with your feet that you do with your hands.Go to the Rudimentspage to review these, print them out, and start using them on your feet. Getting started,of course, is often the hardest part, so this lesson will give you somestarting points in feet development.īefore we get intothe first printed exercise, let's cover some basics. That's good, because your hands are veryimportant!īut, drummers oftendon't realize how important the feet are until they get into a gig situationand find their feet haven't kept up with their hands in skills development.That's generally easy to fix, if we begin paying attention to the feetand spend some time with them. Most of the exercises we've done up tonow have focused on the hands. 
After all, with all the emphasis on Rudimentsand the hands, it's no surprise. Many drummers ignorethe feet when practicing. So this month we're going to take a break from the hands to workon the feet.
I've been gettingalot of mail from folks who want to know how to improve their bass drumskills. Tomás Howie Drumming Web - Monthly Drum Lessons - #9: Bass Drum Exercises
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