Originally conceived of by jazz drummer Louie Bellson, double bass drumming is a concept used particularly in the Heavy metal genre. It is a technique where the drummer uses two bass drums or a double pedal to play more complicated and/or faster bass drum patterns. Players such as Joey Jordison, Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart, Dave Lombardo, George Kollias, Gene Hoglan, Yanic Bercier, Lars Ulrich, Hellhammer, Danny Carey, Vinnie Paul, Nicholas Barker, Virgil Donati, Travis Smith, Keith Moon, Chris Adler, Jason Bittner, Derek Roddy, Raymond Herrera and Pete Sandoval are noted for their double bass drumming. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Nathan Jonas Joey Jordison is an American drummer, bass guitarist and guitarist. ... Michael Stephen Mike Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known for his work with the progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Neil Ellwood Peart (IPA: ) OC, (born September 12, 1952 in Hagersville, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and author. ... Dave Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a heavy metal drummer born in Havana, Cuba. ... George Kollias is the current drummer for the American technical death metal band Nile, and Sickening Horror. ... Eugene (Gene) Victor Hoglan II (born August 31, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is a well-known American extreme metal music drummer. ... Yanic Bercier is the drummer for Canadian melodic technical death metal band Quo Vadis, as well as being a session drummer for other bands such as The Coalition and Empyreal Dominion. ... Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ... Jan Axel Blomberg born August 2, 1969,[1] is a two time Norwegian Grammy winning[2] black, and an avant-garde metal drummer from Oslo, Norway. ... Daniel Danny Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA) is the drummer for the alternative metal band Tool. ... Vinnie Paul (Vincent Paul Abbott) (born on March 11, 1964), in Dallas, Texas, United States is a heavy metal drummer and producer most known for his work in Pantera and Damageplan. ... Nicholas Barker from Cradle of Filth days Nicholas Barker is a British drummer. ... Virgil Donati is a drummer currently playing in the band Planet X, though he has many side projects. ... Travis Smith (born April 29, 1982 in Bainbridge, Georgia) is the drummer in Thrash Metal band Trivium. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jason Bittner (born January 11, 1970) is the drummer for the metal band Shadows Fall. ... Raymond Herrera (born Monday, December 18, 1972), is a musician and the drummer/one of the original members of the Industrial Metal Band Fear Factory. ... Pete Sandoval is a noted drummer in the extreme metal world. ...

Technique

A simple way to play this would be to start playing 2 and 4 on the snare drum and 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the hi-hat. Then bring in the bass drums playing an 8 beat pattern. A beginner would play Right, Left, Right etc. on the bass drums.

As one grows in ability, different rudimental patterns can be played. Drummers such as Virgil Donati, Dom Famularo and Thomas Lang have helped to extend double bass drumming into the realm of applying rudiments conventionally played with the hands (double-stroke roll, flam rudiments, etc.). On his instructional DVD Creative Control, Thomas Lang refers to this as a "dynamic" approach to the feet, and it opens up new sonic possibilities whilst also providing the drummer with new technical challenges. This opens the possibility of playing rudimental type patterns on the bass drum, just as one would on the snare drum. Virgil Donati is a drummer currently playing in the band Planet X, though he has many side projects. ... Dom Famularo is a 53 year old drummer, drum teacher, clinician and motivational speaker from Long Island, New York. ... Thomas Lang is an Austrian born drummer who now lives and works in London. ... The double-stroke roll is a rudiment used by drummers and percussionists in a variety of music styles. ... A flam is one of the twenty-six drum rudiments used in drumming music theory. ...

See also

• Double bass
• Drop-clutch

A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... Drop-clutch is a mechanism to disengage the top hi-hat in order to free up both feet while double bass playing. ...

External links

• A picture of a drum kit with two bass drums
• A double pedal
• DoubleBassDrumming.com - A free double bass drumming resource