This month we will continue with more fills from Joe Franco’s groundbreaking book, Double Bass Drumming. This month Modern Drummer is including Joe’s explanation of eighth note triplet double bass fills using his Single Stroke System, and we are including several of Joe’s fantastic sounding double bass fills from the book. Eighth Note Triplet Fills In this section fills are formed by breaking up continuous eighth note triplets between both hands and both feet. When playing these fills, use the single stroke system for both your hands and feet. That is, start with your lead hand or foot and then alternate strokes. Here is the key to playing these fills. By using this system your lead hand and foot will fall on the one of the measure following the fill. For example, for a right-handed player: Practice playing these fills with a shuffle beat similar to this:  

October 2022 Issue