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I’m not quite sure if I fully understand the concept of hand alternation: Do I always need to alternate hand, e.g. play first note in the bar with dominant hand, next with nondominant, then dominant, nondominant etc. or do I have to alternate hand on...
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I just started the course and was surprised to be dropped into sheet-looking music (screenshots attached)...how am I supposed to read this? Is there an explanation that I missed? The first one I more or less understand (hit the high hat, then the bas...
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[This question was asked by a customer via email] Hi Andreas, I'm working on the Advanced section and now reading "paradiddles". I don't quite understand if you suggest to use paradiddles or to interpret those groove to alternating-hand rule to play?...
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Hi Andreas... I am from Hyderabad, India. Finally I have got MPD218 from US after discussing with you 4 months ago and ordered for Xpress pads Complete Program for PC last week. I thank you once again for the exceptional efforts put in by you for cre...
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Question 1: still a beginner but making fast progress. Would it be horrible to modify and start using the thumb in a kick/open hats combo hit? I cant seem to get the strength in my middle finger to get a solid kick out of the pad. Question 2: This ma...
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Hi, To beef up my training material I resort to regular drumming literature. Most of these books assume that I have at least a basic 5 piece kit plus HiHat, Crash and Ride. But we have only eight pads (for each hand) and the HiHat needs two, so one p...
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[This question was asked by a customer via the feedback function] Dear Andreas, My question concerns the patterns of 3 section of the 16th note straight fills. What exactly do the green and red sections of the 3 practice HH measures indicate?
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The song is Timewave Zero by BadBadNotGood: https://badbadnotgoodil.bandcamp.com/track/timewave-zero I'm curious to know which of the xpress pads finger drumming courses apply to the drums in this track? What is the style of drumming in this song cal...
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In the section about basic finger exercises, it says: "if possible, monitor your velocity levels with a display that shows your MIDI velocity in real time." Do you have any suggestions how to do this? It sounds like a very handy feature to have, but ...
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[This question was asked by a customer via email] Hey Andreas, I went through the course, and now at Intermediate level, so far so good. Just got one question, why would you place the RD in the middle up and play it by index fingers? I mean it seems ...
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