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Old 01-24-2009, 03:42 AM
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Re: need tips on footwork for double bass.


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Originally Posted by fastfoot View Post
.... patterns of twos up to sixes with
each foot right then left,left then right. this will get old,but it will pay off. It will
also enable you to do triplets down the road...Fastfoot
Fastfoot, do you mean practising RRLL repeat, RRRLLL repeat, RRRRLLLL repeat etc. up to groupings of 6?

My suggestion, kickass, is to play any snare exercises from a book with your feet and add a simple rock beat with the hands to keep time. Very effective exercises to build up speed are accented 16 note studies played with alternating foot strokes. And for variation you can play double strokes wherever the accent falls (ie. they'd be 32nd notes if you're playing accented 16 notes).

If you do a search at other parts of this forum you'll find more suggestions.
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