Advanced - Mike Portnoy Double Bass Fills

	  		t   |------oooo------|----------------|
T   |------------oooo|----------------|
S   |oooo------------|----------------|
F   |----------------|--oooo----------|
B   |----o-----o-----|o-----o---------|
B2  |-----o-----o----|-o-----o--------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )
Speed it up to this:
t   |------oooo--------------|----...
T   |------------oooo--------|----...
S   |oooo--------------------|F---...
F   |------------------oooo--|----...
B   |----o-----o-----o-----o-|----...
B2  |-----o-----o-----o-----o|----...
    (1tl+tl2tl+tl3tl+tl4tl+tl|1 + 2...)

Those two above:  Mike Portnoy calls these 4-2 beats (four on the drums, two on the bass drum.

Then if you can, speed it up to this:
t   |--------oooooo------------------|
T   |----------------oooooo----------|
S   |oooooo--------------------------|
F   |------------------------oooooo--|
B   |------o-------o-------o-------o-|
B2  |-------o-------o-------o-------o|
    (1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   )

Then you can try other combinations like 2-2-2:
S   |oo--oo--oo--oo------------------|
B   |--o---o---o---o-----------------|
B2  |---o---o---o---o----------------|
    (1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   )

And here\'s one of my own:
t   |--------oo----------------------|
T   |----------------oo--------------|
S   |oo--------------------------o-o-|
F   |------------------------oo------|
B   |--o---o---o---o---o---o---o-----|
B2  |---o---o---o---o---o---o---o----|
    (1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   )

Those are basically flams with the hands and feet except a little more spaced out.
Here are some more:
S   |o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---|  A cool opening for a song.
F   |-o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o--|
B   |--o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o-|
B2  |---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o|
    (1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   )

t   |-o-o---o-o---o-o---o-o----------|  This one can be found somewhere in Scenes
S   |o-o---o-o---o-o---o-o---o-o-o-o-|  from a Memory by Dream Theater.
B   |----o-----o-----o-----o---------|
B2  |-----o-----o-----o-----o--------|
    (1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   )

Try out your own patterns, it sounds really cool.
Dean Christesen
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