This month Modern Drummer will continue our re-introduction of Joe Franco’s classic book Double Bass Drumming, and his concept called the Single Stroke System. Here is Joe’s chapter on Eighth Note Triplet Double Bass Patterns. There are many more patterns and beats included in this outstanding book. Eighth Note Triplet Patterns In this section, patterns using eighth note triplets are broken up between the two bass drums. They are played together with a quarter note RIDE and the SNARE on 2 and 4 to form beats. The following beat illustrates the eighth note triplet double bass roll: When playing the eighth note triplet double bass roll, BD 1 plays two quarter note triplets per measure of 4/4: Which can be broken down to: In the following beat BD 1 is played together with the RIDE and SNARE: When played together over a complete measure of 4/4, BD 1 plays six […]

August 2022 Issue