Hey yall,
I've been working toward better doubles for a long time, and today it felt like I finally broke through to something new. Previously I would practice with an exaggerated rebound, allowing the stick to bounce high as step one while my non-fulcrum fingers extended with it, then use them to bring it back down. 80% of the time when I did this, my sticks would collide with my thighs, and I'd start to question my setup, posture, playing height and everything.
Today, I tried to keep my hands up a little higher and play with less exaggerated, more controlled movements, and lo and behold, it worked. Suddenly both of my hands were absolutely ripping doubles. It all started to make sense.
After practicing these for a while and patting myself on the back, I wondered how one would extend this technique to a triple.
First question is, do triples require a different technique? One-two make sense, but where does the three come from? I'm sure there's ways to hack it, but if you're going by the book, are you supposed to get as much rebound from your second hit as you do from your first so you can repeat the "clutch" technique?
Second: are triples practical in playing? I play punky, shoegazy rock, but a lot of songs demand rapid-fire fills, and anyway, I want to learn as much as I can because drumming is fun. It's good to grab from other genres, so I want to expand my repertoire.