Thanks so much for this video. I'm normally a snare drummer, but I did march bass drum in middle school and for a year of high school. I recently began teaching bass drum at a couple local high schools and I wasn't sure how to define the technique that I wanted. After watching this video, I learned a lot of helpful tips and I plan on using them for the upcoming seasons. Again, thanks so much!
This is truly helpful information. I am a Percussion Instructor at Norview High School in Norfolk, Va and this video will definitely help our BD line there.
This helped so much! I'm planning on auditioning for a college marching band and i planned on playing bass drum rather than my sousaphone. Was having trouble with the double hit but the fulcrum analogy really helped!
Great video. I'll show this to all my bass drummers here at don lugo!!! It's cool to see how the big schools down the street do their thing and now be able to learn a little something from them .
The group I teach uses TAMA and I'm wondering how you tune the bass drums for indoor? The drums we have are 16", 18", 22", 24", and 26". What are the notes and/or intervals you recommend the drums be tuned to? Thanks!
Bottom to top I do pitches of D A D F# A. If you run those pitches you should have a good range and unison sound, but the 26" and 24" drums will be soft because of the low pitch. Hope that helps quaddrummer 17
Really enjoyed the video nick, great information! I would love to see this type of breakdown for more instruments or just the differences from group to group you've worked with.
When play fast eights or 16th note, sextuplet, 32nd splits,, how would you explain that? what fingers would you use, would keep the back of the hand out? i'm really having trouble with this. Thanks!
Sebastien P I would say that for legato strokes such as eight notes and 16th notes I would think primarily writ movement and whole hand gripping the stick. You should feel your index all the way to your pinky finger in constant contact with the mallet all the way through. try and go for primarily wrist movement as it gives you a fuller sound vs just your fingers. So the back of your hand should remain on the mallet at all times hope that helps.
you should bring on some west coast cymbal instructors to talk about the different modern schools of cymbal playing and about how much its developed over the last few years especially in the wgi world
means you need to figure out 30 different ways to tell him how to play on beat 2. As far as auditioning for a DCI Bassline be prepared with all the material be humble and kind to all around you and do everything you can to keep yourself on the drums for as long as you can. BE NOTICED!!! In a good way though. Also do your best to mimic the technique of the group your auditioning for. Make the bass tech have no reason not to take you. Hopefully this helps you. Thanks for the questions.
What advice would you give someone who is trying out for Dci bassline? and what advice would you give someone who is teaching a bass line at a high school level to increase the level of excellence?
I did a head change that night lol. Remo does hook it up for sure though. Thank you
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Hi, excelent video, it was very helpful liked it. Congrats! I was wondering if you can talk a hold video about tuning marching bass drum! please, i'll apreciate. thanks
as far as teaching goes the best word of advice I can give is to be confident and experiment. say things in new and different ways because the way you were taught vocabulary may not translate well to the group of individuals you are trying to teach. Second thing is treat them as humans. set a structure and a standards set and if they do not accomplish the standards you and them have agreed to set give them consequences. Lastly be kind and patient. Realize jr may miss count 2 30 times that just
I play tuba, but I used to be on drumline, and now that high school is coming,I want to learn how to play marching bass, but I don't know how to read bass music
+Robbie Lyons that's awesome we appreciate the love. we'll do our best again this year to try and keep it fresh. Hope you're able to come by and say hi at a show this next year.
What advice would you give someone who is trying out for Dci bassline? and what advice would you give someone who is teaching a bass line at a high school level to increase the level of excellence?
