Technique for the Obstacle1 breakdown

**YouJustWanna** · Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 490

Im not the best drummer guys, but i wanna be able to hit this section consistently. Any tips?
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**ace5993** · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 1920

r r l r r l r l

Works for me because I can't double hit for so long with my left hand X_X

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**Pas26** · Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 3664 Location: Québec, Canada

Straight RL for me, crossover for the blue without a pedal note.
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**ElementOfZero** · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:31 am Post subject:

Accent a note if you start to lose beat whiling doing the double stroke method, it works wonders. Try accenting the R between the double blues that way the pattern becomes

L L R L R L L R

keep practicing the LLRLRLL and you'll throw those first and last double strokes in subconsciously, the beat just becomes RLRL all the way through.
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**Warhiem** · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 1331

I just play it with left hand always red, right hand always blue. You'll get the beat down if you practice it enough, alternate stick methods require a lot of crossing which gets confusing.
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**Ontwikseltsaar** · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:24 am Post subject:

I just do it intuitively. RLRLLRLL. On my kit RLRRLRRL would've been an option too, though. Just practise and you'll be able to do the double strokes with left.
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**yksi-kaksi-kolme** · Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 2803 Location: philly skramzzzz

I actually prefer crossing:

RLRLRLRL

It's actually surprisingly consistent once you get the rhythm down - two right hand blue hits, one left cross, repeat. I can easily 100% it this way.
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**g0dly** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 635

Crossing is the way it was intended to be played. On a real drum kit, it would be easier for you to hit the tom with your left hand than it is on the GH drum set. It is pretty awkward to cross over and hit blue though, I'm not a fan of this drum break.

**Ontwikseltsaar** · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject:

The way it was intended to be played on a real kit is totally irrelevant, though. I doubt Dave Lombardo uses the perfect (GH) sticking everytime he performs War Ensemble live

Anyway. It's just a matter of practising for me. I often start out and think it's easy, then halfway my mind wanders off and I start making stupid mistakes :P that's the annoying part about this. You have to stay focused.

Unless you don't play it RLRLLRLL, of course. I can imagine this being a piece of cake if you're good at crossovers.
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**ElementOfZero** · Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:11 am Post subject:

Science in action!
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**Warhiem** · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 1331