Practising, bass drum triplets.

[Ian Williams]

Hello, Colleagues.

I am practising bass drum triplets, which is a very good foot exercise.
Check this out: http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/vinnyappicetriplets.html
I.E: Immigrant song from Led Zeppelin.

Best Regards,

Ian

[Vipercussionist]

Hello, Colleagues.

I am practising bass drum triplets, which is a very good foot exercise.
Check this out: http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/vinnyappicetriplets.html
I.E: Immigrant song from Led Zeppelin.

Best Regards,

Ian Do you mean Good Times Bad Times??

After you practice these for a while your foot will feel lighter and faster than ever before, even on other types of patterns.

FUN stuff!!

[Ian Williams]

Do you mean Good Times Bad Times??

After you practice these for a while your foot will feel lighter and faster than ever before, even on other types of patterns.

FUN stuff!!

Thanks a lot, man.
Yes, I meant Good Times Bad Times, and also I like the power of Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin III.

[Vipercussionist]

I like the power of Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin III. The Immigrant Song was one of the first tunes to give me a really BIG sense of accomplishment when I finally learned it and could sustain it for the duration of the song.

[Big_Philly]

Great idea, I'm gonna try this more often. I can probably use that to work on my left foot.

[Toby_Jackson]

To expand the discussion, what are some of the different techniques do you all use to crank out quick triplets on a pedal? I've come across a few ideas (sliding, twitching, the steve smith pivot-thing) and I'm looking for more to try until I find "the one" for me.

Currently I'm a using a hybrid of heel-toe and sliding technique (a la Weckl). I drop a regular heel-toe stroke, but at the point where you'd normally lift your leg to set-up the next stroke, I slide forward into the pedal for a quick third note. I like this technique because I can accent the third stroke by adding just a little extra push, but by sliding forward, I'm not in a very good position to repeat the technique. I have to pull my leg all the way back and up to get ready for another heel-toe, so while the triplet itself is as quick as the classic Bonham Good Times, I can't play the extended lick because of the lag in setting the technique up.

So, my method has some pros for being dynamic, powerful, and fairly straight-forward in execution, but a big con in it's flow... what else have you guys come up with?

[pasta]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXY4fcvM3zI

[Toby_Jackson]

Heel-toe - check. I got the continious motion thing going about a year ago with my right foot. It's great for getting a thick, bottom-up feel if I don't have a double kick on a gig or if I'm doing a lot of hi-hat work. Still working on the left foot for that quick sloshy hat feel (seeing a lot of applications in the Cuban stuff I'm doing lately).

However, as I described above, I don't feel it's very effiecient for getting rapid-succession triplets - anyone have some other ideas?

[beatsMcGee]

its never a good idea to rely on a muscle twitch in developing technique. I personally use the "slide" deal and it works great especially when you get proficient with it because the movement becomes so localized and small that you can really just stomp them out with good amounts of speed.

listen to gerald heyward to some inspiration, and of course the king himself jojo mayer (watching him will inspire and depress lol)