Bass Drum Lessons

Online Bass Drum Lessons

Below are links to the different techniques and exercises you can use to get a faster and cleaner sounding bass.

I’ve also included some lessons on tuning your drum, muffling for practice, and a “How-To” on creating your own, inexpensive custom bass drum head.

How To Tune Your Bass Drumhead:Learn two different methods of tuning bass.  TONE vs. FEEL.

Muffling Your Bass:After tuning your batter head, you need to consider muffling options.  Get a few ideas here and listen to how they alter the sound of your drum.

Double Bass Techniques:This section covers a couple different foot techniques and offers up tips on fast drumming.

Heel Toe:Double your foot speed with this method.  Online drum lesson with video.

Heel Toe Warm Ups:Exercises for getting comfortable using the Heel Toe method.

Heel Toe Limb Independence:For developing control over your feet and promoting an equal balance between left and right foot.

Swivel Technique:For gaining more control over your double bass skills.

Customize Your Bass Head:This video drum lesson will show you how to make your own custom bass drumhead.

Single Vs. Double Pedal: Here are a few tips on choosing between a single pedal or a double bass drum pedal.

Customizing Your Bass Drum Pedal: Learn about the different set-up options and ways to customize your pedal to your liking.

Drum Pedal Beaters: Changing up your bass drum beater can have an effect on your footwork.  Learn more about different beater types and how they can change the feel of your pedal/sound.

Bass Drum Tips

Now that you’ve checked out the bass drum lessons, there are a couple more things I want to cover.

If you are considering buying a double bass drum set, there are a couple of things that I would recommend. 

First, make sure you buy a bass drum shell that is at least eighteen inches deep.  This will provide you with a much deeper bass sound than smaller shells.  Eighteen inches is pretty much standard now on most new drums.

Also, if you have the money, I would recommend buying a bass shell that does not have toms mounted to it.  It will be more expensive, but I hear drummers on various forums say how much they have loved the switch from tom-mounted drums to “free-floating” drums.

Why? 

The holes that are put into the bass shell for the tom-mounting systems, diminish the sound of the drums.  The same also applies to toms. 

If you can afford to, buy them with mount systems that do not penetrate the drums.  One musician said that he mounts his toms on two snare stands.

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