Having been in a marching band, doubles (or rolls) were everything. At one point, my teacher gave me an exercise to play RRLL and then twice as fast RRLLRRLL, and practice that for five minutes every day, going as fast as possible while staying in control. Now that I am playing drums, I switched grip, and am doing basically the same but with matched grip instead of traditional grip to get my left hand up to speed. I am also practicing with a metronome, going at one tempo for one minute, and then upping them tempo by about 5 bpm and another minute, and again and again. Put in the work, it pays off!
I’m 67 years old I started playing drums about four years ago and I think you’re excellent I would love to see all of your teachings in one section so I can go directly to it all the time and find them I don’t have a lot of time left😅
I'm returning to drums after a long period away and your tutorials are helping alot,thank you,a good teacher is priceless,pay attention young drummers!
Love your lessons Emma. As a longtime intermediate drummer I like the way you break it down so that it's fun and seems less daunting. Also I'm totally infatuated with your accent so I'd watch a video of you reading your shopping list 😊
When I was 15 I started playing doubles everywhere,on my laps,without sticks on the desk in class( and I was constantly kicked out of class),but eventually I got real good at doubles. You need to put in the work,like she says.
Can you provide the link to the video showing how you apply the doubles, please? I was hoping to find it in the description but it's not there. Thanks.
Idk why but it all of a sudden just clicked with me on how to do them by just watching you. I have watched a ton of videos on it and for some reason couldn't grasp the concept until now.
You forgot to talk about getting the two notes of each double to be even with each other (or as close to even as possible). 😉 I learned doubles by playing two separate wrist strokes per hand, gradually increasing the tempo until it became too fast to do that. Rebound sort of happens on its own at that point, but only if you spend the time practicing the wrist strokes first. I use a middle finger fulcrum, and use subtle pressure from the middle finger to control the rate of rebound. I find this method to be the best for playing extremely fast, because it requires the least amount of movement. However, at tempos more commonly used in music, I'll sometimes do a push-pull thing, similar to what you do but with more arm and less wrist, sort of like a wind-up toy, because the doubles sound a tiny bit more even to me. The way I practiced was to do a minimum of 3 minutes per day without stopping, plus 3 minutes for each of the short rolls (with the singles of the short rolls being the same duration as the two notes of a double, so the hands never stop moving). Actually, for the one-sided short rolls (7, 11, 15, 6, and 10) it was 9 minutes - 3 minutes each side, plus 3 minutes of alternating lead hands. Not only are you building your doubles that way, you're developing your ability to play polyrhythms as well.
As a 55 yo noob i love your tutorials. I've learned more from you than anyone else. Proper nuts and bolts tutorials. Thank you
Having been in a marching band, doubles (or rolls) were everything. At one point, my teacher gave me an exercise to play RRLL and then twice as fast RRLLRRLL, and practice that for five minutes every day, going as fast as possible while staying in control. Now that I am playing drums, I switched grip, and am doing basically the same but with matched grip instead of traditional grip to get my left hand up to speed. I am also practicing with a metronome, going at one tempo for one minute, and then upping them tempo by about 5 bpm and another minute, and again and again. Put in the work, it pays off!
I’m 67 years old I started playing drums about four years ago and I think you’re excellent I would love to see all of your teachings in one section so I can go directly to it all the time and find them I don’t have a lot of time left😅
I'm right there with you. I'm 65 and started two years ago!
I'm returning to drums after a long period away and your tutorials are helping alot,thank you,a good teacher is priceless,pay attention young drummers!
What delightful teacher! You make learning so much fun. I think you are gifted.
This is really fun to follow your lessons. Please continue. You are a really good teacher and it makes it easier for me to lurn the drums.
Hands down, one of the very best teachers on TH-cam. You see what I did there, right?
Love your lessons Emma. As a longtime intermediate drummer I like the way you break it down so that it's fun and seems less daunting. Also I'm totally infatuated with your accent so I'd watch a video of you reading your shopping list 😊
Ha! I'm not even a drummer but I love your videos!
I love the fucking swagger she has while explaining shit.
Drumming isn't exists without this and all the other rudiments!!
2:13 Ha ha haaa that's a good way to put it, I need to remember that
Another excellent vid. Thanks again, nice that your're teaching finesse.
You're awesome and your skills are outstanding.
Gwaan gal. Big up 👍👍
Thanks for this ❤
Thank you!!
Fast AF boii 🔥
When I was 15 I started playing doubles everywhere,on my laps,without sticks on the desk in class( and I was constantly kicked out of class),but eventually I got real good at doubles. You need to put in the work,like she says.
Thanks!
Thank you! ❤
Thank you 🙏💯
Thank you very much for your videos. Because of them, I'm improving my drumming at my fifties 😅😅
Now I can do those 2112 fills! 😁
Can you provide the link to the video showing how you apply the doubles, please? I was hoping to find it in the description but it's not there.
Thanks.
Idk why but it all of a sudden just clicked with me on how to do them by just watching you. I have watched a ton of videos on it and for some reason couldn't grasp the concept until now.
You forgot to talk about getting the two notes of each double to be even with each other (or as close to even as possible). 😉 I learned doubles by playing two separate wrist strokes per hand, gradually increasing the tempo until it became too fast to do that. Rebound sort of happens on its own at that point, but only if you spend the time practicing the wrist strokes first. I use a middle finger fulcrum, and use subtle pressure from the middle finger to control the rate of rebound. I find this method to be the best for playing extremely fast, because it requires the least amount of movement. However, at tempos more commonly used in music, I'll sometimes do a push-pull thing, similar to what you do but with more arm and less wrist, sort of like a wind-up toy, because the doubles sound a tiny bit more even to me.
The way I practiced was to do a minimum of 3 minutes per day without stopping, plus 3 minutes for each of the short rolls (with the singles of the short rolls being the same duration as the two notes of a double, so the hands never stop moving). Actually, for the one-sided short rolls (7, 11, 15, 6, and 10) it was 9 minutes - 3 minutes each side, plus 3 minutes of alternating lead hands. Not only are you building your doubles that way, you're developing your ability to play polyrhythms as well.
You remind me of Sarah in The Lazarus Project
Plz let combo with kick😊
have I not seen this video before?
I'm pretty sure it was on tiktok and youtube shorts as well, so it's likely you have.
these excercises are boring and unnerving