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| a question for the double BD pedal guys | | 
servantrek
5,660 posts (1 today)
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4 June 2010
| Although I play double bass I use a regular stand and keep it closed with my heel.I learned the technique from the first double bass player I saw play.
Billy
Member since Feb. 15 2008
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And the Lord said "LET THERE BE DRUMMERS..." and all the creatures big and small started tapping their feet.
Hezikiah 13.2
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malletjazz3
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6 June 2010
| Unfortunately, that won't help my double bass students, most of whom play heel up most of the time.
Even though I'm not heavy into double bass, I'd still like to become more fluent with the drop clutch, for the times I play a cowbell, block, etc., with my left foot, on things like Afro Cuban or Caribbean grooves.
"I played with Holdsworth, Fripp, and Belew...I wish we drummers could play that differently. Drummers are starting to homogenize into the same guy, which frightens me." - Bill Bruford
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servantrek
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7 June 2010
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6aScM17mik
There are several videos on Youtube.
Billy
Member since Feb. 15 2008
A Jester,unemployed,is nobodies Fool
And the Lord said "LET THERE BE DRUMMERS..." and all the creatures big and small started tapping their feet.
Hezikiah 13.2
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malletjazz3
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7 June 2010
| Thanks for the link, but none of the videos I saw seem to help with my specific question - they deal more with describing how the one part grabs onto the other (which, judging from the comments I saw on those pages, apparently is a question many folks have.)
Apparently, there's no preferred technique(s) for smoothly and efficiently moving the arm to release the top cymbal. I guess I'll just keep messing around with it, and see what I come up with.
"I played with Holdsworth, Fripp, and Belew...I wish we drummers could play that differently. Drummers are starting to homogenize into the same guy, which frightens me." - Bill Bruford
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crash
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7 June 2010
| Do it in time,
just hit with a stick,
You hit the hi hats right?
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malletjazz3
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7 June 2010
| You hit the hi hats right?
What's so different about it?
When I hit the hi-hats, I do so to make a sound. When disengaging the clutch, I don't necessarily want to make a sound - at least, not a sound loud enough to be heard out front. The sound of a stick hitting the lever isn't the issue - it's whether the cymbals hit together.
I had some time between lessons today to work on it some more. I realized that the problem wasn't figuring out the best way to hit/move the lever, it was doing it with the cymbals already together (or at least, close together), so the top cymbal doesn't crash onto the bottom one. That's the coordination I'm trying to work out. I want to be able to disengage the lever as quietly as possible - the gigs I play, it would be heard if the cymbals dropped together like that.
Hit the lever, the cymbal drops - as I mentioned earlier, I get that. I'm just trying to figure out a more subtle way of getting into it.
"I played with Holdsworth, Fripp, and Belew...I wish we drummers could play that differently. Drummers are starting to homogenize into the same guy, which frightens me." - Bill Bruford
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