rhydianjlewis
Senior Member
While playing steady 16th on your feet, play all the hand patterns you know for a few bars each... double strokes, some paradiddles, then flams, and flam fills, and quaters and eighths on the ride.
Then speed up your metronome a bit, and play RL on the bass followed by RL on the snare over and over again. Then lead with the left hand and right foot, then left foot and right hand, then left foot and left hand.
Swap in 4 beats on the bass, then 2 on the hands. Then 2 on the hands and 4 on the bass. Move these patterns around the toms.
As mentioned before, triplets on the bass with a ride pattern over the top. Then you can try 3 on the bass, three on the high tom, three on the bass, three on the mid tom etc. etc.
The possibilities are endless, and with these sort of exercises i hope to become a controlled and skilled double pedal player who can lead with either foot, and play a complex patterns on the bass, not just straight 16ths. My approach to practise is that if its stretching you, its benefitting you. And with a lot of different routines you can switch between them when you get bored, but you're in essence learning the same skills.
Then speed up your metronome a bit, and play RL on the bass followed by RL on the snare over and over again. Then lead with the left hand and right foot, then left foot and right hand, then left foot and left hand.
Swap in 4 beats on the bass, then 2 on the hands. Then 2 on the hands and 4 on the bass. Move these patterns around the toms.
As mentioned before, triplets on the bass with a ride pattern over the top. Then you can try 3 on the bass, three on the high tom, three on the bass, three on the mid tom etc. etc.
The possibilities are endless, and with these sort of exercises i hope to become a controlled and skilled double pedal player who can lead with either foot, and play a complex patterns on the bass, not just straight 16ths. My approach to practise is that if its stretching you, its benefitting you. And with a lot of different routines you can switch between them when you get bored, but you're in essence learning the same skills.