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May 13 |
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Silent drum warm-up exercises If you have the chance tighten up your ride cymbal/put a cloth over it then use drum mallets on them. At least you would get a chance to practice some singles/doubles but it's not completely silent. Do you have to be on stage while they are warming up? Geting a knee pad and staying somewhere you can warm-up is a better option. |
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May 11 |
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Electric fretless bass guitar intonation Did you know about the true temperament system truetemperament.com/site/index.php ? |
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May 7 |
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Drum set made from towels/pillows @jjmusicnotes It's not that primitive. Playing on pillows do have a certain drum feel. And as you can see I've never said that it should replace completely. You need a real drumset practice a few hours per week by getting a rehersal room etc. But practicing on a pillow set is not a bad thing or something to be avoided as advertised here. Many fellow drummers and myself has benefited from it and are still doing it. Hence I don't know what is the argument here. For the accents lack of bounce forces you to actively play the accents and increases control as opposed to sloppy and accidental playing |
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May 6 |
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Drums - Having trouble playing bass 16th notes added 1 characters in body |
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May 6 |
answered | Drums - Having trouble playing bass 16th notes |
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May 4 |
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Drum set made from towels/pillows @jjmusicnotes I don't have any problems yet about pillows about motor technique or anything. As long as you feed it with real practice time it's great for me. Especially for practicing weird accented patterns it's actually better for my taste. |
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May 1 |
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Why is a grand piano better than an upright piano? I just came back from a Hiromi Uehara, Anthony Jackson, Simon Philips gig :) You should catch them somewhere for the difference heheh. |
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Apr 29 |
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Drum set made from towels/pillows @ecline6 Athletes also spend a lot of time doing weight-lifting which is not directly related to running fast. Besides for developing muscle memory you don't need a real drumset. But at some point you need to sync the sound you are making to the actual body movements in your head. |
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Apr 28 |
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Drum set made from towels/pillows added 257 characters in body |
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Apr 28 |
answered | Drum set made from towels/pillows |
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Apr 18 |
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What does it mean to be tone-deaf musically and how does one improve? Well if you are tone-deaf you can't improve, or vice-versa. I think your instructor exaggerated a little. Do you have a difficulty in general while singing on any song or just this one? |
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Apr 16 |
answered | Are kevlar straps on bass drum pedals reliable? |
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Apr 12 |
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What is this beat and why is it so popular added 1662 characters in body |
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Apr 11 |
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What is this beat and why is it so popular @Hannele I will when I have the chance. Thanks for fixing my terrible english too! :) |
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Apr 11 |
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What is this beat and why is it so popular @Hannele Oh sorry, I misunderstood. Indeed it's a combination of them but don't trust too much on these definitions. They are not called the same by everybody. So take the double time definition example and group them in threes, and introduce some swing (triplet feel without really making them triplet) to make the more groovy as opposed to even and mechanical. Note that you have to shift the snares into the 3-note groups to make them shuffle. You would get a fast shuffle inside a 4/4 beat. Does that make it a little clearer? |
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Apr 11 |
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What is this beat and why is it so popular @Hannele Now you ask, my mind is now completely silent for a drum example for this. There should be a clean Dave Weckl trick in a song but I can't remember it. I can only think of a distant example from Dream Theater's Lines in the Sand around 8:46-9:00. But luckily internet is a big place and after a simple search I've found a guitar player who is doing the same thing; here is the video youtube.com/watch?v=50-5U72A-ng which is also pretty nice. I'm sure you'll say ah of course that's pretty basic stuff once you hear it but any particular song with that eludes me. |
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Apr 11 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on What is this beat and why is it so popular |
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Apr 11 |
answered | What is this beat and why is it so popular |
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Apr 5 |
answered | Learning drum parts by components (each hand and each foot) versus by timeslices |
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Mar 30 |
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What is this 4 bar part of music called? A bridge maybe? |
