Level 3 · Your First Groove · 3-2
Boom-boom crack
The double bass - the variation you hear everywhere.
What you play
B bass · S snare · g ghost · rest1
B
&
g
2
S
&
g
3
B
&
B
4
S
&
g
65 BPM
startpass
How to play it
- 1Play the groove from 3-1 , but make beat 3 a double: bass on 3 and bass on the and of 3. That extra bass is what makes the groove roll forward.
- 2Keep the two basses even eighths. Boom-boom, not boo-boom.
- 3If one hand tenses up, play the double with two hands, right then left.
- 4Keep the snare on 4 confident. It closes the sentence.
- 5Record about 90 seconds.
Listen forThe double bass even and clean, the groove holding a steady tempo, and the backbeat snares staying sharp.
start 65 · pass 90 BPM · take about 90s
Record a take
I start the click at 65 BPM, count one bar, and stop after about 90s. Phone about a metre away, facing the front plate. You get my notes within a minute of sending it.
Watch out for
- • The double bass flamming, the two hits smearing together
- • Losing the ghost on the and of 4 after the effort of the double
- • The tempo surging through the double