How to be a Swing Drummer - How to play a ride & bass drum in swing music
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Now I am going to talk about the Bass Drum, typically, in this music the bass Drum will
play all four beats, it's called four on the floor. Except they are played softly, it's
called centering the Bass Drum, so if your playing like rock and roll, and your playing
four on the floor, it would be, very loud, but in jazz the Bass Drum is a very soft instrument,
so you have to center it, you have to just barely touch it. You want to really focus
on making the Ride Cymbal and the Bass Cymbal rocking the time together, so practice it
very slowly, 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4 and a.
That way when you play faster tempos, it should sound good.
