What is a Bounce Drum Roll?

Video Transcript

"HI, I'm Shaun Schaefer on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to be learning how to play a drum roll. So now that we know what single stroke is and we can play that. We know what double stroke is and we can play that as well. Now let's talk about another concept in how to play a drum roll. It's called the bounce. Now this is important because the bounce is maybe not the most important aspect, but one of the most important aspects of playing a drum roll. So playing a bounce or whatever is exactly what it sounds like. You lift your stick up and with one movement you drop it and you allow the stick to bounce as many times as it needs to. So if it falls and it's five bounces or three, or six or eight, that's what it's supposed to be. Just allow it to fall and it just, completely zero control. Minus not dropping the stick of course. So lift it up, just drop it down, your wrist one time, with one stroke and just allow the stick to bounce everywhere. And that really is very important. And to do this, you have to hold the stick extremely lightly. You cannot allow the stick to bounce if you're holding it tight. So this is no control whatsoever which is kind of against what we, us as drummers do. We're very, you got to be controlled to play the drums. In this step, and the next step, no control. So let's take a look at what our next step is."