Some Important Hints

Lesson 7/29 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Heavy Metal Drums

Some Important Hints

Always start slowly, in fact, as slow as you can. Slow doesn’t mean easy – if you can’t play it slowly, you’ll never achieve the best results later on.
Always keep a steady pulse. Don’t slow down or speed up the pulse just because some sections are more difficult than others. The beat has to be the same tempo as the fill.
Be aware of the volume levels (dynamics). Don’t play the beat twice as loud as the fill or vice-versa.
Practice at three volume levels e.g.: soft, moderately loud, and loud. Also practice three tempos (speeds) – slow, medium and fast.
Combine the volume levels with the speed levels e.g.:
1) Slowly – Soft, moderately loud and loud
2) Medium – Soft, moderately loud and loud
3) Fast – Soft, moderately loud and loud
Play the fills on the snare drum only, at all the volume and speed levels. Then start again, playing the fills on different drums, as well as the snare.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Heavy Metal and Heavy Rock Drumming Styles 3- Double Bass Drum Technique 4- Basic Heavy Metal Rock Beats (with Drum Fills and Solo) 5- Heavy Metal Beats with Sixteenth Notes for Snare Drum 6- Heavy Metal Beats with Sixteenth Notes for Snare and Bass Drum 7- <h3>(Snare Drum plays on beats 2 and 4, Hi-Hat plays Eighth Notes) 8- LESSON FIVE 9- Hi-Hat and Crash Cymbal Variations as applied to Heavy Metal Styles and Technique 10- Explanation of Notation 11- Lars Ulrich (Metallica) 12- Eighth Note Triplets and Quarter Notes 13- Hi-Hat Variations, with Openings 14- Crashing the Cymbals 15- Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) 16- Notes and Rests 17- Sixteenth Notes and Eighth Notes 18- Sixteenth Note Triplets for Double Bass Drums 19- Counting Guide 20- Steve Adler (Guns N' Roses) 21- Heavy Metal Rock Beats for Double Bass Drums 22- An Analysis of Triplet Rhythms as Used in this Book 23- Dave Lombardo (Slayer) 24- Some Important Hints 25- Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe) 26- Simon Wright (AC/DC) 27- Charlie Benante (Anthrax) 28- Rick Allen (Def Leppard) 29- Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)

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Some Important Hints