Snare drum rudiments to get faster?

Question

currently I can't play doubles that fast.

I need to be able to roll so all I ever practice is RRLLRRLLRRLL and so on over and over again.

I start slow and then when I'm comfortable I speed up and hold it as long as I can and then slow down again.

It seems to help a little but I wanna know if theres something else I could practice.

I've also been told that if I want to be able to go faster, I need to loosen my grip when I get to high speeds. It's not the easiest thing to do however. <-- Any tips on that?

Answer 1

Imagine you&#039;re bouncing a tennis ball.  That&#039;s how it should feel when you are dropping the sticks for a roll.  Practice dropping it and see how high you can get the stick to bounce back to you.

There are a lot of drum rudiments out there.  Paradiddle is a good one. RLRR LRLL

Youtube also has a lot of instructional drum videos.  Just do a search there for drum rudiments.

Answer 2

A loose, comfortable hold on the sticks has to do with the fulcrum being correct.  If you&#039;re using match grip of course they&#039;ll be the same.  Just make certain you&#039;re not choking the sticks and that you&#039;re allowing the sticks to rebound.

Your job is to control the ricochet rather than force a bounce.

Here&#039;s a good resource for you:

http://www.scrgeek.com/drums/rudiments.h...