Monday Drumday: Bass with the Boss

This week I have been working on a piece composed by @giampaolo19 a while back. The text and video are in Italian, but I gather it is based on the style of Bruce Springsteen. It is challenging as the bass beat moves around a lot whilst the high-hat and snare keep to the same pattern throughout. I have found it quite hard, but I can sometimes play it right all the way through, even if it is not particularly quick. What I managed to video was not my best performance, but I may not do better today. Some hits may not have registered on the audio, but I think I played just about all of them in the right places.

I am reading the drum notation, which is similar to normal music notation. Each note position indicates a particular drum or cymbal. I know some people have some fear of music notation, but it is an effective way to transfer information and not that hard to learn.

I will work on something else this week and will look at more of Giampaolo's posts for ideas.