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Summary: Play the bass drum on beats two and three on a drum set; learn how with expert tips from our drummer in this free drum tutorial video on percussion instruments and music theory.
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Peter Van Dyck Peter Van Dyck is a professional drummer and drum teacher. He received his training from Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree... read more
Here we are going to play the sixteenth note back beat. And along with that we are going to play the base drum one beats two and three. So the first right stoke fallowed by a left is alone on the high hat. The second beat the base drum comes in. And on the third, we play the back beat on the snare along with the base drum. And the fourth beat just the high hat again. Right, left. All together it sounds and looks like this.