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Parts of a Drum Set
Drumming Posture
Holding Drum Sticks
Drumming Form
Techniques for Playing the Snare Drum
Techniques for Playing the Bass Drum
Techniques for Playing the Cymbals on Drums
Drum Crossover Technique
Cymbal Transitions for Drums
How to Play a Drum Roll
Transition Drum Fills
Song Structure for Drummers
How to Play Rotary Toms
How to Play Double Bass Drums
Drumming Performance Demonstration
Summary: Learn how to play the bass drum in your drum set in this free online video music lesson on how to play the drums for beginners.
Chris Hynes has been playing the drums for over 10 years and has played with numerous artists. He is currently the drummer for the up-and-coming band What We Know.read more
"I’m Chris and now we’re going to talk about the Bass Drum. The Bass Drum keeps the pulse of all songs. Bass drum in conjunction with the Bass guitar; they coerce hand in hand and work to create the beat of the song, okay. Now then, it’s really really important that we work on keeping time with the Bass drum, okay. What I’m going to do is I’m going to play a four four beat for you and then what I’m going to do is I’m going to hit the Bass drum on the first and third note, okay. As long as we can keep a four four tempo the Base drum can play over any beat and still be within the same parameters, okay. Let me demonstrate. Same time signature four four but his time what we are going to do is add several extra beats. So here we go, one, two, ready go. "
eHow Article: Techniques for Playing the Bass Drum
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