Drums 4: Double strokes

Two per hand

How

Each hand plays two strokes. Slow tempo: two wrist strokes. Faster: throw the first stroke and catch the bounce as the second. The second stroke wants to be quieter. Do not let it.

4.1Doubles in eighths

Right right, left left. Both strokes the same volume.

1	&	2	&	3	&	4	&
R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L

1	&	2	&	3	&	4	&
R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L

Pass: it sounds like single strokes.

4.2Doubles in sixteenths

Same sticking, twice as fast. Stay loose.

1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L

Pass: one minute, no weak second strokes.

Drums 4: Double strokes

Singles against doubles

4.3Singles to doubles

One bar single strokes, one bar double strokes. The sound must not change.

1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L

1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L

Pass: a listener cannot hear where the sticking changes.

1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R

4.5Push the second stroke

Accent the second stroke of every double. This fixes weak bounces.

1	e	&	a	2	e	&	a	3	e	&	a	4	e	&	a
R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L	R	R	L	L

BPM

Pass: the accents are clear on both hands.

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