Playing the Press Drum Roll Faster

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Now we're going to take this press roll that we've been alternating the strokes with and we're going to get faster and make it into a roll. As you get faster you've got to make sure your sticks stay down low, keep them down low. When you're doing a press roll your sticks shouldn't be really coming up much further than that. You need them to stay down low for the speed. You can't go that fast if your sticks are coming up to here. Ok, so keep them down here. Now, again, we're alternating; we're just going right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left but we're keeping it even and that's how it's going to sound if you keep them even. Again, if they're uneven, you're not going to have a drum roll, so, it's got to sound even and it takes some practice. You've got to sit down and work at this. It's not something that's going to happen over night. So, keep in mind, this is going to take work to get it to sound nice and even. I want you to keep your sticks moving straight up and down; no sideways motions. If you see me doing that, it's because I've been doing it for a long time and I tend to look a little fancy, but you want to keep them moving up and down.

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