BASS, Snare, Quads?

BassSurfer06 · Post by **BassSurfer06** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:38 pm

Which is better, or which do you prefer?

Vermin87 · Post by **Vermin87** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:32 pm

go snares! its all about that left hand

RBSnare · Post by **RBSnare** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:57 pm

snare is the one for me.

bass is really fun tho, when you get splits tight.

Survivor · Post by **Survivor** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 6:49 pm

I love the Bass, its so much fun just teaching splits and playing splits its so tight. It is also fun not playing the same thing as anyone its like your own solo, u know....

jbdrummerdude · Post by **jbdrummerdude** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:32 pm

I must agree with Survivor. im a snare player at my high school, but i must say in a show i always look forward to killer bass runs. There are also occassional times last year where the whole snare line would sit down with some of the basses and play runs and i must say it gives me a chill just to tripple a 69 split....but i dont think id be leaving my snare.......never.......

JBoo

TMR Quint Kid · Post by **TMR Quint Kid** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:46 pm

i prefer tenors, but at the same time i'd give tenors up for bass anytime, as long as the line is good.

BassSurfer06 · Post by **BassSurfer06** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:52 pm

Yeah, bass is my thing. I like all the splits and everything, just everything that Survivor said.

aLL your BASS · Post by **aLL your BASS** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:00 pm

i love basses! splits are the best especially when they are hella tight and clean!

lol...i haven't even posted in awhile, but reading this topic got me runnin' again!

*sigh* ...i sure wish i hadn't graduated, though, so i could still be in my favorite bassline of '03! =)

...BASSES all the way, baby!

xWMSxGrLx · Post by **xWMSxGrLx** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:17 pm

i moved up from bass to snare but damn do I miss that bass...

Teever · Post by **Teever** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:45 pm

While I've played them all, there's a definate heirarchy (that's an order of importance) that's typically followed when assigning players to instruments:

Bass - good team players, good pulse concepts & subdivision of the beat, limited technique.
Tenor - same as bass, but with better technique and reading ability; may lack coordination on drags & rolls and uniformity of style (it's easier to hide this on tenors).
Snare - same as above, but with the best uniformity fo technique and ability to play drags, rolls, and flam patterns.

Just remember - every team needs all the positions covered by good players!

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:41 am

I know what everyone is talking about, when it comes down to the whole bass drum thing, I've even marched thumper for a Drum Corps in 2000, but I have to say that I am a tenor drummer at heart...Sorry.
Don't get me wrong, I will hand it to a bass line that can play together, any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
I like taking what a bass line sounds like with the hard stuff that a snare line can play and make it look hard on a set of tenors. That just me.

That's just me.

Brian "Boomer" Almiron
Highland High School
Battery Tech

drumbum07 · Post by **drumbum07** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:48 pm

im a quad and bass player, so i choose those 2

lrbray50 · Post by **lrbray50** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:07 pm

Snares are the funnest to play. It takes a lot of skill to play the exact samething as 3 or 4 other guys. On snare you play the hardest licks and the most often. Bass is fun I agree, but it takes a little more skill and uniform technique to play snare, and it is easier to hear dirt in a snare line, than a bass or tenor.

Survivor · Post by **Survivor** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:41 pm

True it is hard to hear dirt in the bass line very ture but hey some one that loves bass can hear it no matter what LOL

BassSurfer06 · Post by **BassSurfer06** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:51 pm

Survivor wrote:True it is hard to hear dirt in the bass line very ture but hey some one that loves bass can hear it no matter what LOL

That is very true, I'm a bass player, obviously, and I KNOW when it sounds dirty.

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