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#162448 - 05/16/08 11:42 PM exercises for chop buildup??
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Registered: 05/16/08
Loc: Kansas
so yeah im playing baby bass again this year and am really trying to nail it hard on my left hand 32 notes (im right-handed) and i was wondering what would be some good exercises that i could find or somthing cuz it really grinds my gears that there arent any basss drum websites soley for bass playing like there is for snare (snarescience.com) and such but yeah.. i have one of those vic firth heavyhitter basspads and its ok but yeah so... LEFT HANDED BUILDUP ANY1????
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#162452 - 05/17/08 12:07 AM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: MaizeBass011]
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Registered: 11/12/07
Loc: Canton, Tx
As far as building the chops, I would do lots of double beat exercises at varying tempos. As you know, fours are just sixteenth notes for each hand. My speculation is that your chops are fine, the notes just aren't lining up right-- and that's the hardest part. If you get tired of doing double beat exercises, do some fours on every upbeat for a long period of time and 'drive' them to the downbeat, striving for consistency in every note (obviously concentrating on your left hand). That's what my instructor told me and it has seemed to help.
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#162472 - 05/17/08 01:15 PM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: MaizeBass011]
Colin Offline
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Registered: 08/10/06
Loc: Priceville, Alabama
Originally Posted By: MaizeBass011
cuz it really grinds my gears that there arent any basss drum websites soley for bass playing like there is for snare (snarescience.com)


Well other than the fact that bass drum is vertical, you're still most likely playing a matched grip. So essentially you can practice your bass parts with matched grip on a pad, of which you can just say you're playing snare with matched grip. snarescience has a misleading name, we have a couple of people who are tenor players that go to the website for exercises they'd other wise play on tenors. I'm a bass player, and I'm the forum moderator!

as for getting your left up to your right hand, I'm going to answer your question with another question....How did your right hand get to where it is? Just do a lot of stuff left handed. The heavy hitter bass pad works good for technique but don't rely on it for chops, you must use a lot of your free time on an ACTUAL bass if you can! Nothing can replace the feel of a drum.


Edited by Colin (05/17/08 01:19 PM)
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#162491 - 05/17/08 07:27 PM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: Colin]
MaizeBass011 Offline


Registered: 05/16/08
Loc: Kansas
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FxZAv8c2iX8
ok heres a bit of my playing im the baby bass....my marching sucked that year so yeah... noob alert


Edited by MaizeBass011 (05/17/08 07:28 PM)
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#162501 - 05/17/08 08:51 PM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: MaizeBass011]
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Registered: 08/10/06
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I can't really make any criticisms or compliments to your playing as it doesn't really focus on you (I did kind of skip around and didn't watch the whole thing, sorry)
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#163551 - 05/29/08 12:18 PM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: MaizeBass011]
awbyrd Offline


Registered: 07/08/03
Loc: Charleston, SC
An immediate thought would be "Stick Control" by Stone. If you can work those exercises up to tempo, and still play with control and good technique, that's 9/10's of the battle. Ensure that even at tempo, with more advanced patterns, that you are not altering your technique. Also, remember that at higher tempos, your fulcrum point moves further back in your hand, and you must have all of you fingers contributing to what you're attempting to play.

Hope this helped!

Aaron
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#163556 - 05/29/08 01:54 PM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: awbyrd]
MaizeBass011 Offline


Registered: 05/16/08
Loc: Kansas
do u know where i can get "stick control " at... if its on the web let me know
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2. You've got to always play in the center
3. You have to know on what count to come in

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#163559 - 05/29/08 02:39 PM Re: exercises for chop buildup?? [Re: MaizeBass011]
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Registered: 10/06/04
Loc: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Stick Control is the best drum book ever.

It is available from Steve Weiss Music
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