Build Your Double Bass Chops: Part 2

In Part 1 of Build Your Double Bass Chops (see Sidebar) I gave you some exercises to develop your feet first, followed by hands against feet. This week I share some advanced exercises from my book, DoubleDrum: A Double Bass Drum Text. These exercises make great four-way coordination and independence studies for the single Bass Drummer too, simply by substituting the Hi-Hat in place of the second Bass Drum.

Triplet Combinations
The following exercises will help develop your coordination and use of the second bass drum using eighth and sixteenth note triplet combinations. See Excerpts 1 and 2.

Excerpt 1

Excerpt 2

Play each exercise slowly at first. After you can play each exercise cleanly and evenly, increase the speed. Try to be as relaxed when playing your feet as you are with your hands. If your hands are not relaxed, see my Building Monster Chops lesson series (in the Sidebar).

Turn to the next page for Jazz applications.

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