How To Speed Up Your Double Stroke Roll | Drum Lesson By Dex Star

[@ChadJensen]

I watched literally dozens of how-to videos trying to learn doubles. Your method clicked. Letting it drop and picking it up after two bounces. Thanks. Subbed

[@frasermowbray]

same

[@CStayNZ]

Same!

[@dj_jamfu91]

Literally clicked for me aswell

[@mikebottiaux5850]

Great lesson! Been out of drumming for 20yrs, this is very helpful to get back the skills I had as a younger man. Thank You.

[@lucasisla6957]

Thank you so much for the great lesson! I just recently bought a practice pad and sticks after years of drumming on steering wheels/desks with my hands, and it's cool to be getting into the real thing. Definitely a different tactile experience and a challenge, but I'm glad there's people like you here to help!

[@Terdfertersen]

Started playing when I was 10 and was self taught. Never bothered to learn the rudiments. Now 17 years later it’s a real pain in the ass learning rudiments, so much so that I wanna just give up trying lol.

[@lukass9593]

Just like me

[@-themercyseat]

Same

[@nikolasrose6630]

Word

[@raquelcano2752]

But then it become easier and you have fun playing!

[@tootallforbaseball]

Tyler if you are ever going to be a great player, you MUST learn rudiments. Not all of them really apply to drum set, though, but you really need to be good at double strokes, single strokes, paradiddles, and some flams. You may not need to get in to the flam drags or some of the more advanced flam rudiments, but you really need to get good at the basic rudiments. Learning these on your own in nearly all cases results in bad habits. I would suggest getting a good teacher, in person, to work with you. Good luck. I do have some videos on learning the double stroke roll that you might find helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2GnhKFpi8p9fZI and kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXrSd5qMls2LeqM

[@fathead5081]

out of all the pro drummers i have watched on double stroke rolls DEXSTAR is the only drummer that visually shows you how its done, in a simplistic way. well done very inspiring

[@mickc2339]

In my 60s and still trying to master this one, this video has give me renewed hope ! I like the way you’ve broke it down, i will listen to what you’re saying, thank you 👍👍👍

[@asiastreets4032]

Guess we are in same situation, I turn 50 soon and never learnd me this, hope can learn me now

[@williamgranville6732]

@@asiastreets4032 That makes three of us now.

[@TheRealNathanBusch]

Very underrated video. I’ve been drumming for years and my style has always been brute force. Finally dabbling in real technique and this video was crystal clear.

[@alexgreen1913]

I'm a beginner at drums. for all my life I thought you just hit the drums to a pattern. I never knew there was method. Music is awesome : )

[@jarnohogeweg]

Best teacher on double strokes for rookies I've found so far! Thnx, I got some work to do 😅

[@drumdex]

Thanks Jarno! I appreciate the kind words!

[@laurenjohnson7323]

No ones talking about the pillow on the couch right next to him...

[@godislove8740]

I feel your pain, but tbh I'm nuts.

[@jaygasper4853]

Animal is the ultimate drummer

[@paulsmith3266]

John Bonham was animal.

[@jguix]

I was going to say that the electric plug didn't deserve so much attention in this video

[@meetalimistry6555]

Do you think about the drum which was hired by hi.

[@europeanian6936]

Learning the push pull technique helped my double strokes tremendously. These bad boys are flying!

[@sharonducci7089]

Excellent teacher you’re teaching as if you were learning at all over yourself and that’s exactly what we need

[@justinf1343]

As a beginner who is trying to learn finger technique for doubles this is the best and most well explained tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to publish!

[@tootallforbaseball]

You don't use finger technique with double stroke rolls. That just creates more problems, and should only be used to get you from a point where you play "to" the drum to a point where you play "through" the drum. I demonstrate this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2GnhKFpi8p9fZI

[@kaim.8462]

@@tootallforbaseball don't know what you mean. 1st stroke from the wrist, 2nd from the fingers works fine, doesn't it? as you do in the video, 2nd stroke from the fingers? greets

[@tootallforbaseball]

Kai M. No, a double stroke roll uses BOUNCE strokes, not finger strokes at all. The fingers just stay on the stick, but you play through the drum. Watch my video. I explain that in depth, and I demonstrate it.

[@kaim.8462]

@@tootallforbaseball Yes, i already watched ;) and i know what you mean. But your first comment does not make sense to me. You also use your fingers for the 2nd stroke in the video (28.24 for example). In my oppinion it's nothing else like DEX STAR DRUMMER described in his video. But maybe it's because of my bad english

[@tootallforbaseball]

Kai M. You do not use one stroke with wrist and the second with the fingers AT ALL. I do not use finger control and did not demonstrate that with the exception of the shuffle beat. A shuffle beat is not a bounce. You may have to use fingers on a floor tom only because the rebound is poor. This guy is just wasting motion and won’t get even doubles by using fingers. You only use wrist and bounce with a double stroke roll. There is no need to snap your fingers to get even strokes. You have to break your wrist a little more to get the two strokes even. All good players use ONLY wrist for an even double stroke roll. Dex Star will not be able to play an even roll the way he is playing, period.

[@spoodermanboiiiowo496]

I take drum lesson, I’ve been taking drum lessons for about two years and my drum teacher hasn’t really helped me that much with double strokes. Now that we are working on it, it’s SO hard! This video has helped a lot thank you

[@briancaplanis8219]

Yeah I like how he just jumped right into the video. Good lesson

[@neostone6742]

😂😂

[@JoshLaneDrummer]

This is great Dex Star! Thanks for the lessons. I love that you're lessons are always super informative and things are explained clearly. Cheers from one drum teacher to another. You rock!

[@joshmoule1161]

I think I had a stroke does that help?

[@abc456f]

Did you bounce after it?

[@karmalicious1000]

Don't know how or why but of all double stroke instructions this unlocked it for me. So big thanks for that!

[@anratic]

i can't get enough of people teaching the same thing, this was pretty good. everyone always ads in a little something different with their description and teaching. watch as many videos as you can moderately!

[@drumdex]

Thanks Anratic!

[@grlkemistry987]

Best explination on this I've heard so far! Thanx

[@drumdex]

Thanks! And thank you for watching!

[@Andy-lm2zp]

If the rest of the videos are as good as the few I have seen, I am joining , STUFF that works and gets results ! Thanks !

[@drumdex]

hi Andy, thanks so much!!!

[@johngibbs7944]

Finally. After watching 200 vids this one explains more than any. Thanks

[@nobuo22]

Hey man:) You are a great teacher! I have tried this so many times in the past, and didnt quite get the hang of it. Yesterday after watching your video i finally cracked the code, and played doubles for 2 hours straight! Thanks:D

[@drumdex]

Wow seriously good stuff! Thanks for the kind words and glad you’ve cracked it!! Keep up the great practice!

[@paulsmith3266]

I recent bought my first kit in my 40's and was playing doubles after about 15 mins or less, but this video helped with technique and consistency.

[@benhernandez3853]

Good luck to everyone learning double strokes for marching snare, after all it is one of the most common rudiments in snare music. In the beginning it was hard to get my double strokes even, but it just takes time to practice it.

[@bigbossdeleon]

I’ve been trying to figure out for days why my strokes aren’t sounding like strokes. Then I came here and you mentioned something about the sticks not touching the palm lol. Now I feel like a whole new gate of knowledge has just opened up to me.

[@itgetter9]

You're quite a good teacher! Thanks.

[@krusher74]

"quite" lol

[@tuncdogukan]

This video was actually the one which everything *clicked* and started make sense for me. Thanks a lot.

[@drumdex]

That’s fantastic, I’m glad it helped, let me know if there is anything else I can help with!

[@JS45678]

Starting drums too late in life so I’ll just play these slow&watch others do them fast. 🥁🤠🥁

[@duhquadman]

Good man. This lesson is teaching you to use terrible technique so I would recommend watching other videos. And remember, if you can't play it slow... you can't play it fast!!

[@ramprakash4]

I am 40 and starting to learn now. This video is awesome. Going to try

[@BeardedLad89]

@@duhquadman Bad technique? Explain yourself please.

[@duhquadman]

@@BeardedLad89 pay me, haha. To be quick about it, he is very sloppy. Bad wrist/arm positioning, barely holding onto the sticks, fingers are "flying", his second note of each diddle is way softer than the first note. He is "dropping" the notes, as opposed to "placing" the notes. Meaning, he is not playing clean 16tg notes. If he was playing to a metronome with 16th note subdivions, you would hear how bad it is.

[@BeardedLad89]

@@duhquadman Thanks for The answer first of all! I know what you mean. That's the oppossite way I was taught xD.

[@georgianavarna2650]

very useful. I tried for ages to learn from other sources. you're great at explaining it!

[@drumdex]

Thanks Georgiana!!

[@peterfadul7730]

Bro thank you for this video. I’m a beginner and could not get my doubles right. Watched every rudiment video on doubles on Drumeo and nothing. Watched this one and when you said throw the stick down it just clicked. Still have a lot of work to do on these but i feel like i have the technique down thanks to this video. Thanks again brother!

[@21namadgir49]

Excellent video! You are a great drummer and teacher. Thanks.

[@DavidOakesMusic]

I've got the first half down. Just need to work on the snap method now !

[@willard398]

I totally agree. Finding your Fulcrum or pinch point makes the the sticks much faster with a loose grip.

[@poraradi1919]

very excellent lesson. i finally got it . I was the little things you said like hit it twice and snatch the stick away.

[@lantzskidmore9386]

4:19 very glad us pianists aren’t alone here, big mood

[@MasterFlarg89]

You know, of all things, juggling has helped my discipline when learning this stuff. Juggling three balls starts with just throwing one ball up and down for 5-15 minutes or until you feel comfortable and then going to your other hand. Then you add in the second ball and just go throw, throw, to opposite hands, and then eventually you add the third ball in and I feel like that has helped me as I start my practice pad work this week. Not just on rhythm of catches and throws, hand-eye coordination, but on learning that you should spend time dedicated to each rudiment every day and start slow just as you showed at the start of this. After a month of about 30 minutes every other day I can three ball juggle until the cows come home, this is foundation and has already helped me as I start juggling two balls with one hand in prep for four ball juggling. Why did I mention this here? Because I feel like we always forget the stepping stones and how much time we should dedicate to them like rudiments in drumming. Not only do we become better for doing it, we see improvement faster than anyone not doing them, and we learn a real love and appreciate for the dedication which will inspire us to keep going. This was really cool, sorry for the off topic juggling example but I feel it plays into any lesson. Practice, practice, practice, and it makes learning how to do it for real quicker, easier, and more fun.

[@yvonnesookdeo5358]

Thank you for your explicit explanation.

[@familyman10241]

Thanx dex for this technique, I will now go and practice practice practice.

[@useryabc]

Great lesson with easy explanations! Awesome

[@martynlewis5901]

Always fancied learning to play drums, purchased a Nitro Mesh (neighbour friendly) electronic kit for something to do during UK Covid lockdown. It’s way harder than it looks! Thanks for your video.

[@Furiouspig1]

I figured out the double stroke from this lesson. Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!

[@godisblah]

Great explanation bro!! Thanks!!! I hope to see improvement on my double stroke roll :D someday.

[@blado3442]

You just unlocked my brain by saying " There is probably something interfering" Thank you so much! The fingers on my weak hand were kind of holding the stick from freely rebounding.

[@danladititusdanladi9414]

Wooow 😳 that was a great hint for double stroke. Nice work Dex Satr👍

[@kerrymellin514]

Question if OK. For people with disabilities who want to learn to play or continue to play is they have arthritis, cerebral palsy, stroke, limb loss or limb differences, etc. that reduce or take away thumb grip, would you suggest playing with an assistive grip device, or do you have experience with them? Grips like a Universal Cuff or a Silicone EazyHold cuff? Thank you.

[@TikTok_refugees1977]

My Favorite Rudiment is the paradiddle and the flam and the double stroke roll

[@LaborThisWeek]

Great info for a beginner! Thanks! Lifelong pianist ready to make a move to rock drums. Love the site!

[@joshuajuniorkingal]

Thank you Dexster. How long have you been drumming?

[@miksusceler1589]

I was searching for a tutorial like this for a long time thank you❤

[@monicabrown7640]

Thank you for not stretching out the content with annoying retention tactics

[@parkchaeyoungnoticemepls9241]

Wow this is actually helping me get better😂

[@meYogii_]

Wow, nice! I just ordered a drum pad for training. I will try this when I get it.

[@contramachina354]

Excellent lesson!

[@drumdex]

Thanks so much, really appreciate the encouragement!

[@phillipmcguire3335]

REALLY GOOD DEMO. EASY TO FOLLOW AND NO SELF INDULGENT RUBBISH LIKE MANY OTHERS. CONGRATULATIONS FROM ME......LOVE IT.......WILL PRACTICE TOMORROW

[@drumdex]

Thank you!! And thanks for watching!

[@DYNABIKE1]

I heartily Second Your comments. Exactly right on. Great teaching video and Yes No Rubbish !!!!1

[@TownHouseFilms]

Really excellent tuition. Thank you.

[@situationsltd7885]

This is amazing work. I watched a bunch of videos on this and nothing, I watched this once and it totally clicked. It’d be hard to find a better lesson on anything. This one is so important and you explain it so well. I’m brand new to this but going Howard hughs lol and I’m going to watch all of your videos. Appreciated 🔥

[@zhensong1366]

You helped me thanks 🙏

[@srb99100]

Absolutely love this channel!

[@-themercyseat]

Awesome video, thank you! Also, shout out to Animal on your right😉

[@cobycharlton6833]

Great explanation of doubles great job!

[@drumdex]

Thanks for watching!

[@rickydavis8183]

Well done!!! Just what I needed.

[@arunaalmeida2136]

Wow.. it works. Thank you so much for the lesson.

[@nsalerno91]

For everyone watching this as new to Doubles as I am. I noticed that practicing with the pad is absolutely necessary, I feel that you will get a better understanding of the diddle technique if you try it softly on your snare. Tighten the head, and listen to how the snare picks up the roll naturally. If you are experience with singles, you will already have proper enough hand control to at least control the subtle bounces (diddle), so you will be able to hear it, or see it. You will not be able to go louder yet, that’s where the experience and difficulty comes it to play. But with a snare rattle ... if you just want to get a preview of what it should sound like .. try the diddle technique on the snare. Then practice those hand controls on the pad. This was positive reinforcement for me.

[@craigtheschmeg3253]

And remember kiddies, don't diddle while you drive.

[@TheDanimatorsChannel]

This inspired me to keep getting better thanks!

[@lestrum]

Nice. Good detailed advice and enjoyable even to just watch and listen.

[@Jonboyutube]

Pretty clear illustration of at least the basic principle of learning how to develop the roll.

[@phillalebbasro639]

Thanks a bunch. I really love playing drums. 💗

[@marcrevetta7276]

Thank you!!! I watched a bunch of double stroke videos, but yours is the best, you speak my language! Thank God!🙏🏻 I’m in Southern California, are you for hire for lessons or know someone like you in my area???

[@drumdex]

Hi Marc, yes I do Skype lesson if you would like a lesson. I do them for £20 GBP (via PayPal) for half an hour. Email me on [e-mail] and we can chat about times and dates if you’d like. Thanks for your kind words!

[@marcrevetta7276]

Dex Star Awesome! What is that in US currency? When I have extra money, I will hit you up. Thank you! Are you on Instagram? Do you have any advice for me a beginner drummer at age 50? Love music, following my dreams, discouraged at late start.

[@drumdex]

Marc Revetta yes I’m on instagram/dexstardrummer. My oldest student was 92 so don’t let age ever get you down! The toughest part is sitting down behind the drums, once you’re there, that’s when the good stuff can happen. Just getting time behind the kit, getting hours under your belt, making a practice habit. It’s about $25.89 at the current exchange rate. Please let me know when you’d like a lesson, there’s no pressure from the lesson, just go through a plan to help you improve and I’ll signpost you along the way! Thanks again!

[@williamgraham2685]

Excellent my boy! Will from Glasgow

[@drumdex]

Thanks Will!

[@laurentbourgeois6547]

Thanks for the tips, looking to gain power

[@patimobhio7716]

Well done

[@somethinginmind2151]

Great lesson. Thank you

[@drumdex]

Thanks!

[@scottlurken9667]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@tremblence]

Exactly the lesson I needed I got a decent double stroke but its the 7:05 "DUH duh Duh duh" floppy sound I need that light finger grasp to balance it out--- thx bro

[@Drumsholic]

You are very good teacher!! It isn't be more simple than that!!!Nice

[@drumdex]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@TonyMontana-yj6rx]

I train my fingers a lot and it helps

[@howardmanley3388]

Help me so much forever grateful 🙏

[@leewoodrow1]

Trying to find drum notation for if i can dream by elvis , any idea where one might find it , thanks

[@totallysick88able]

That was excellent! Thanks man!

[@drumdex]

Thanks for watching!

[@josephgizzi373]

Thank you for all your videos. Your videos have been the most helpful for me. I have two questions. Do the sticks come to a point at a perpendicular angle at the drum head while playing match grip (German, American, French?) I wish you could teach me privately! Thank you SO much! I would appreciate any type of response!

[@josephleemillet7286]

Very good teach, thankyou so much

[@fishli5610]

It’s really helpful, thanks dude!

[@robertdowler8105]

Thank you,informative lesson.

[@emmadopsch3577]

i used to take drum lessons and i wish i got to watch this video before i started!

[@thibautsimon8685]

What is the utility of rudiments ?

[@markw4148]

Where can I get one of those pads on the snare from? Great video

[@manoharrayudu6085]

Wow Good lesson

[@josephgurzynski1053]

Excellent tutorial!!! Quite helpful as well.

[@swagman2861]

Thank you for this, but how do I do this for mallets

[@FadjarMoeljarto]

Thank the tutorial 🔥🥁

[@DanielDahleJohansen]

I can do it with the french grip, but I'm struggling with the american and germanic grip! I think I've been doing it wrong in those grips when applying more pressure to the stick. Drummers demonstrating it are usually very relaxed.

[@michael-dy8tz]

I want to buy that pad on your snare, what is name and cost? Subscribed.

[@aardvarkmindshank]

Helpful, thanks!

[@BvictoryforChrist]

At 8:00 you can actually hear your fingers making and breaking contact w the stick cuz of the emphasis of showing the motion... haha can’t wait to try it tonight.

[@jeffbob6829]

Nice video! Your a good teacher. My band teacher on the other hand, though😬

[@drumdex]

Lol, thanks for the kind words!

[@coledelong427]

I started the video and thought, “Wait a minute, that’s not even that fast!” Then I realized that the video was at .75 speed.

[@CasamTheAnimator]

This rudiment used to also be played on 16th notes, same as single stroke roll, and paradiddle, the best way to get to higher speeds on double stroke roll is drop and catch, which is what Rob Brown showed in his video on how to fix your weak doubles.

[@pilot-plane-coffee1678]

Thanks- helpful lesson

[@peterjames9673]

very helpful thanks