Bill Bachman

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Dynamics Mechanics - Loud, Soft, and Everything in Between

Strictly Technique Dynamics Mechanics Loud, Soft, and Everything in Between by Bill Bachman I believe that a drummer should be able to pick up sticks and make music on any sound source. The two biggest keys to doing this are…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Following Groupings and Fill-Ins with Bill Bachman

Strictly Technique Following Groupings and Fill-Ins Exercises for Increased Single-Stroke Control by Bill Bachman This month we’re going to work on playing flowing groupings of notes with one hand while gradually filling in the spaces between the notes with the…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Quintuplets, Part 1: The Basics

Some may think of quintuplets—groups of five notes in the space of a quarter note—as an unusual rhythm reserved for the technical folks playing math music. But quintuplets aren’t that different from triplets (which weren’t always commonplace), and it’s possible…

Bill Bachman
Feb 23, 2017

Quintuplets Part 2: Polyrhythms With Fives

Last month we got acquainted with quintuplets by using accent patterns and transitions with familiar rhythms. In this lesson we’ll superimpose quintuplets across two beats using a five-over-two polyrhythm and across three beats using a five-over-three polyrhythm. TO READ THE…

Modern Drummer
Nov 9, 2015
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