How to Play Blast Beats on the Drums

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Start off with your dominant hand (the one that plays the ride cymbal) on the ride and your feet alternating.

   So whenever you hit your cymbal, one of your feet hits the bass drum.
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   Step 2: Once you can play this at a decent speed

   So essentially you will be playing 16th notes with your hands and 8th notes with your feet.
   
   Just make sure your hand playing the ride is in unison with your feet and the snare should land in between.(Sounds a bit like a polka when played slowly.) ,,, Between these beats hit the snare. (Effectively you are alternating bass-snare very quickly.
   
   The high-hat gives the illusion of greater speed). , This can be done using the heel-toe technique, although this technique works much better on a Long board pedal.
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   Step 3: add the snare drum.

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   Step 4: Begin getting it faster and faster and you are good to go!

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   Step 5: If you only have single bass pedal

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   Step 6: you're probably going to have more luck with the traditional method:

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   Step 7: Hit the bass drum and high-hat together on each beat (right leg and right hand together).

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   Step 8: If you need even more speed then try hitting the bass pedal twice in rapid succession.

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