To conclude Modern Drummer’s excerpts from Joe Franco’s groundbreaking book Double Bass Drumming, this month we will include Joe’s concepts of playing fills and solo ideas with broken bass drum patterns. These are very cool sounds, and can be used in a variety of musical syles. Many of Joe’s exciting and new double bass drumming concepts, ideas, and exercises will be included in upcoming months of Modern Drummer. Broken Fill Patterns All of the previous fill patterns discussed in past articles consisted of continuous 16th notes or eighth note triplets. The same system can be used when playing non-continuous or broken fill patterns between both hands and both feet. Experiment with the different rhythmic patterns. Here are some examples: Echoing the Hands with the Feet Another concept that can be used in playing fills or in soloing is echoing the hands with the feet. In the following examples, the second […]

April 2023 Issue