• ULTIMATE DOUBLE BASS

    ULTIMATE DOUBLE BASS

    Here is another page from my double bass book, Ultimate Double Bass. These exercises I have been shedding lately and are really improving my control, speed, and power. Here we use various foot patterns shifting from 1/8…

  • DOUBLE BASS LICKS

    DOUBLE BASS LICKS

    Here are two common double bass licks. The first one is the classic two with the hands, two with the feet. The second is four with the hands, two with the feet, phrased as 1/16 notes.…

  • GOOD TIMES ON THE BASS DRUM

    GOOD TIMES ON THE BASS DRUM

    This lesson is inspired by Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times.” John Bonham’s right foot on this song always blows me away every time. He plays a 1/16 note triplet lick as in example A. John…

  • DOUBLE BASS KILLERS

    DOUBLE BASS KILLERS

    Here is a page from my double bass book, Ultimate Double Bass. This example is from the workout portion of the book. Here you will be going from 1/16 notes to 1/16 note triplets using various foot…

  • DOUBLE BASS FILL IDEAS – PART 2

    DOUBLE BASS FILL IDEAS – PART 2

    This is the second installment of Double Bass Fill Ideas. If you haven’t gone through Part 1 of this series, visit this link > Double Bass Fill Ideas Part 1. Remember to take one basic pattern…

  • DOUBLE BASS FILL IDEAS – PART 1

    DOUBLE BASS FILL IDEAS – PART 1

    This is a “simple” exercise to expand your double bass vocabulary. I like to take one basic pattern and play it as many ways as possible. We will start with a basic pattern, then I wrote…

  • DOUBLE BASS BUILDING BLOCKS – PART 2

    DOUBLE BASS BUILDING BLOCKS – PART 2

    I hope everyone’s legs are feeling good after Part 1 of this lesson Double Bass Building Blocks – Part 1. If you are practicing this stuff you should be noticing some great results by now. Here…

  • DOUBLE BASS BUILDING BLOCKS – PART 1

    DOUBLE BASS BUILDING BLOCKS – PART 1

    Here is an exercise I have been shedding a lot lately. This is designed to help build speed, control and endurance. Start by playing each line twice. Then progress to playing each line 4 and 8…

  • POLY-RUDIMENTS

    POLY-RUDIMENTS

    This lesson is actually a warm up I do before a show, but it can also be a very effective practice routine during those days where you know you won’t get a ton of time to…

  • DEVELOPING THE DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH YOUR FEET PART 3

    DEVELOPING THE DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH YOUR FEET PART 3

    “Repetition is the mother of learning” therefore yet again,  I still don’t think we, as drummers, take practicing our feet as seriously as we should.  I hope you’ve had enough time to practice all the exercises…

  • DEVELOPING THE DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH YOUR FEET – PART 2

    DEVELOPING THE DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH YOUR FEET – PART 2

    As drummers, we usually don’t take practicing our feet as seriously as we should. Having said that I hope you’ve had enough time to practice all the exercises from Part 1. If you haven’t, click here to get…

  • DEVELOPING DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH FEET – PART 1

    DEVELOPING DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH FEET – PART 1

    by Libor Hadrava As drummers, we usually don’t take practicing our feet as seriously as we should. I have developed several exercises that will help your feet get more comfortable with tasks that are second nature…