Hey y’all! Here’s another play through of the rudiment sheet. Today, I’m continuing to work on stick heights, it’s kind of a weird thing to try to think about for 4 minutes, so this still isn’t great. But, from this, things to work on: I ticked once during the book reports, continue to work on staying in long phrases. Also, duch-a-duz, duch-a-chuz, and the double flam tap things are going to be my focus for next time. Those have been consistently on the rougher end. I’d love to hear any suggestions if you guys have them!
Hey man! Cool video. I think you'd benefit most from working on your downstrokes. A lot of times that you play an accent, I can see you're not as comfortable playing the tap right after. Sometimes it's too high, like with the Flam Accents, sometimes it's too low, like with Tuchadas, and in general it seems tense. You can work on this by playing some legato eight note triplets at 110 bpm, 4 beats per hand just taps, and then 4 beats per hand with an accent on the first note. In both variations, you want the tap timing and quality to be nice and consistent. Aim for a punchy accent with velocity and weight, but avoid overplaying it/ squeezing the stick so that the tap after comes out naturally. Hope this helps!
Hey y’all! Here’s another play through of the rudiment sheet. Today, I’m continuing to work on stick heights, it’s kind of a weird thing to try to think about for 4 minutes, so this still isn’t great. But, from this, things to work on: I ticked once during the book reports, continue to work on staying in long phrases. Also, duch-a-duz, duch-a-chuz, and the double flam tap things are going to be my focus for next time. Those have been consistently on the rougher end. I’d love to hear any suggestions if you guys have them!
Hey man! Cool video. I think you'd benefit most from working on your downstrokes. A lot of times that you play an accent, I can see you're not as comfortable playing the tap right after.
Sometimes it's too high, like with the Flam Accents, sometimes it's too low, like with Tuchadas, and in general it seems tense.
You can work on this by playing some legato eight note triplets at 110 bpm, 4 beats per hand just taps, and then 4 beats per hand with an accent on the first note. In both variations, you want the tap timing and quality to be nice and consistent. Aim for a punchy accent with velocity and weight, but avoid overplaying it/ squeezing the stick so that the tap after comes out naturally.
Hope this helps!
Thanks! That seems like really helpful info, I’ll work on that!