{"id":20632,"date":"2019-12-06T08:16:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=20632"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:21:19","slug":"how-to-play-silky-smooth-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-play-silky-smooth-doubles\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play Silky Smooth Double Stroke Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fqbhu4LYkYk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once you know about his extensive drumline background and rudimental foundation, it makes complete sense why Keith Carlock&#8217;s double strokes are <em>so good<\/em>. &#8220;We used to practice just singles and doubles all day to get them clean and strong&#8230;it taught us to lock in and listen to other people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now he applies these skills to the drum set. Here are two exercises Keith has used to strengthen his doubles. You want to get that snap so both the first and second stroke are at the same volume.<\/p>\n<p>In this exercise, you&#8217;re doing a shuffle-type pattern with only your right hand, then only your left. The pattern changes in the second half:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/23125036\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-23-at-3.47.37-PM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>In this doubles exercise, you&#8217;ll put an accent on the second stroke each time. Even if you never find a use for this in a song or solo, it&#8217;ll help your body remember to keep that second note strong:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/23125035\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-23-at-3.47.48-PM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Whether he&#8217;s in a hotel room or getting ready for a show, Keith is always practicing on a pad to stay in shape and keep his doubles strong. Now it&#8217;s your turn. Feel yourself working your muscles as you go through these exercises, and keep it up!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a playlist with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-find-and-use-drumless-tracks-and-play-alongs\">drumless tracks<\/a> at different tempos so you can practice over real music:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1pPXjC7HbKSmU9chVYxvEb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Carlock&#8217;s double strokes are rock solid. Here are two exercises he recommends to strengthen your doubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":20894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4027,4034,4018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hand-technique","category-rudiment-applications","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20632"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49155,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions\/49155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}