All About That Double Bass

By Nate Brown Drum Lessons, Level 2 Drum Lessons, Monday Drum Lessons, Other double bass

Description

This lesson outlines the most common double bass patterns that you will encounter. Practicing these patterns will help you tackle many of the double bass grooves/fills you will encounter down the road.

LESSON NOTATION LINK

Mercury Pedal Page

Mercury 2-Leg Hi-Hat Page

Author

Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from John Carroll University and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

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