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AuthorTopic:   Drum Roll
undertaker_joe
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posted: 1/12/2004 at 9:03:26 PM ET
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I have no clue how to do a drum roll or how to read to see if there is one. Will someone buy me a clue?lol.

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posted: 1/17/2004 at 1:09:17 AM ET
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Pick up your sticks and with a firm wrist and place them on your thumb and index finger. For every stroke you should get two bounces. Practice that for a while and when you get comfortable. It's called a loose rebound, practice with one hand first and then the other. Then begin to alternate strokes and gradually increase tempo as you get more comfortable and consistent with what your doing. Then close in the other three fingers around the stick once you can consistently play a role. Soon enough you will get a good roll down. I don't know if you can read music but on a G Cleff find where middle A would be and that represents a hit on the snaredrum. It's going to look like a bunch of 16th notes and underneath you will see something that looks like RRLL RRLL RRLL in each measure, thats when they will want to see you do a roll.

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posted: 4/30/2004 at 7:05:29 PM ET
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i know how u feel... rolls are rather difficult any further advice

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Basically what you want to do is stroke out each hit... What the first replier to this post said, you need two bounces on each stick... Go slow, and gradually pick up speed. You'll get it.

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posted: 10/13/2005 at 9:16:38 PM ET
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u guys must suck im 13 and better than all of u suckers!


imnidiot
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posted: 10/13/2005 at 9:43:31 PM ET
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If you keep that attitude, you may not see 14. When someone is open and honest with a request for help, the proper thing to do is give some helpful advice if if you know what the perdon is asking, if not,say nothing.

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posted: 11/16/2005 at 12:24:27 AM ET
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I'd say! Im 13 and I have absolutely no idea how to drum roll! You must be inhumanly good, but there's no need to brag.

trumpetgeek53
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posted: 11/16/2005 at 7:23:31 PM ET
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I learned how to drum roll when I was nine. Not being rude or anything because it is hard. You have to bounce the sticks slow at first then pick up the speed. It gets easier the more you practice. Hey I'm not even a drummer and I know how to do a drum roll.

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