Online Drum Lesson. Turnarounds Part 2. Adding the feet.
 How did you go with Part 1 of Turnarounds? Great exercise, eh? What we are going to do in this lesson is extend what we learnt in part 1 by adding our feet. Each variation builds upon the one before it and you should really make sure you’ve put a little time into part 1 before attempting this. |
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| In the first variation all we are doing here is adding a bass drum on each quarter note. IE on the 1, 2, 3 & 4 of each bar. It’s not as easy as it looks at the start. Again, the second bar is the culprit. The bass drum notes now fall on the left hand. This is great for developing independance. |
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| The next variation adds one more level of complexity, the left foot on the hi-hat on each quarter note. Once again we are working on developing independance, especially diagonally. IE Right hand with left foot and left foot with right hand. Again, take it nice and slowly until you can play it smoothly for at least one or two minutes continuously. |
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| The last variation is to add another bass drum to the last 16th note of each group, or the “a” as it is counted. I love this one and can still remember the feeling of achievement I had the first time I played it well. As I mentioned in part 1, this is great as part of a solo. You are moving around the kit in both directions and have all four limbs working. Spectacular stuff, eh? |
Coming up soon in Part 3 of Turnarounds will be Triplets.
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June 30th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
[...] Online Drum Lesson. Turnarounds Part 2. Adding the feet. : par Mark Gibson, daté du vendredi 30 juin 2006 3:41:01. [...]