Tuesday, April 29, 2008
If you've been wondering what extreme speed musicians ( or rather specifically, DRUMMERS) play their instruments to, here's a little example of a drum tab of Beast & The Harlot using a series of numbers I'll explain later.
46 40 46 40 46 40 46
40 40 40 40
36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36-36
Each number actually stands for a certain sound / part on the drumset, for example 36 represents the bass drum's sound made by stepping on the pedal using the feet. Same for 46 & 40.
46
40 This means that you hit all 3 parts of the drumset in one moment, producing 3 sounds.
36
The rapid 36-36-36-36 are actually bass sounds produced so quickly it requires 2 feet to VERY rapidly pump 2 pedals. [Watch the drum coverage video by The Rev playing this song & you'll very clearly understand what I mean.]
WHICH MEANS, it is a rapid movement of the legs making the 36-36-36-36 sounds, while the hands come in for the 46-40 sounds. Doesn't seem that hard, no? Yeah, kinda hard to explain...
Drown in the beats.