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Jimbob
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 08/04/2005 : 18:28:15
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I have been practicing the blast beat for a few weeks, it's very hard!
Can anyone advise me, at the moment I'm self teaching it! |
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blast_beat
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/04/2005 : 22:52:44
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Originally posted by Jimbob
I have been practicing the blast beat for a few weeks, it's very hard!
Can anyone advise me, at the moment I'm self teaching it!
Well mate thanks for advising me on the cymbol selection, ill bare it in mind whilest saving up. Im only a novice but from what ive herd my drum teacher play at lessions your not far off about the blast beat being hard.
Well see if this helps you:
1. You need a quality double bass
2. (As you advised me with the cymbols) you need good ones to get a fast sticking on them.
3. Its all about getting the right bass pedal down, then the snare, then the left pedal and just speeding it up.
eg. 4/4 1 e & a 2 e & a
hi hats on every 16th beat or whatever you are playing in.
snare will hit on: e, a, e, a,
right bass drum will hit on: 1, 2
left bass drum will hit on: &, &
Hope thats some help, otherwise sorry if i wasted your time
ill check for more advice with my tutor
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Jimbob
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/04/2005 : 00:08:21
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Thankyou for the advice, I'm finding it hard to understand the way your taught though, I wasnt taught using letters etc, but I'll give it a go!
My double bass action is speedy enough, I'm just finding it hard to get both hands to syncronize with eachother if you know what I mean. |
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blast_beat
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/04/2005 : 19:45:59
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ok sorry mate. What i meant by 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a etc is the counting you use in your head. So if the music was written in 4/4, the quarter notes are represented by the numbers 1 2 3 4 (for 1 bar of music),
the eighth notes are represented by 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (for 1 bar of music)
And the 16th notes are represented by 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a (for 1 bar of music)
So for the blast beat you've got to be playing at least 16th notes on the hi hats eg. you will strike the hat 16 times in a bar, hence the 16 chracters of 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a ,as each represents a 16th value note.
So its just a case of poitioning the bass drum (left and right strokes) and the snare strokes using the counting (of 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a in the order i explained before, each having a 16th note value).
I hope thats clearer, but the counting of 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
is used quite often (check with other drummers for a better explanation).
out.
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Jimbob
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2005 : 11:41:34
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I see, that's alot clearer.
I went to a gig last night and a drummer was blasting, so I talked to him...like before I've been moving my whole lower arm but he said keep it still and get it all from the wrists. |
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The Blast Beat
