One Handed Drumming

[Killbasa]

I was talking with a friend about finally beating medium and how i found it easiest to play the Iron Maiden song and the Tribe song using only my right hand.

What I actually said was that I "Def Leppard-ed" the songs.

What I want to know is... does calling it this make me a bad person?

[BrentonMcGhee]

hey man if it works it works....

[SSPWOLF]

I was talking with a friend about finally beating medium and how i found it easiest to play the Iron Maiden song and the Tribe song using only my right hand.

What I actually said was that I "Def Leppard-ed" the songs.

What I want to know is... does calling it this make me a bad person?

No. Needing absolution from strangers on the internet does.

[ClinTrojan]

Play RTTH one handed on expert and then I'll be impressed!

Also making fun of a Drummer who lost his arm, who thought his career was over but overcame his handicap and taught himself all the rudiments and songs over again with one hand is pretty low considering the fact he didnt give up and just quit.

[TobyD81]

I was talking with a friend about finally beating medium and how i found it easiest to play the Iron Maiden song and the Tribe song using only my right hand.

What I actually said was that I "Def Leppard-ed" the songs.

What I want to know is... does calling it this make me a bad person?

Actually, if they ever release Pour Some Sugar On Me as DLC, I hope Harmonix encourages the technique. Makes it true to the real experience.

[REICHLEIN]

Here's the problem with Def Leppard songs in Rock Band. Anything they did after and including the Hysteria album would be almost impossible to play unless you had 6 kick pedals, each programed to a different sound. I have not made it to expert yet on drums, in fact, I'm very slowly working my way through medium now, but as I understand it, on expert, you are playing the actual drum beat, so that being said, on those particular Def Leppard albums, Rick Allen is doing stuff that would be impossible to emulate without his drumset.

[ClinTrojan]

In theory yes.....but his pedals are designed to be his second hand for stuff he cant play with one hand. Everyone else having the ability to play with both hand compensate for the foot he plays with thus making it exactly like playing every other song.

[REICHLEIN]

I disagree. I have seen an extensive break down of his kit, and the programing involved with it. Some songs would be possible, yes. However alot of their songs on both the Hyteria and Adrenalize albums (two of their big 3) would be impossible. Take "Let's Get Rocked" from Adrenalize for instance. Not their biggest hit, yes, but one of their bigger ones (big enough to be performed live at the MTV VMA's). Listening to it, at some points, I can hear where to do on an analog kit, it would take 5 limbs. However, due to drum programing, and the wonderful tools with MIDI, he can do it with 3. We do not have that option. Harmonix would have to leave out some hits. Besides, I don't even want to attempt Phil Collen's guitar solo in that one. I swear that guy can move his right hand so fast, he must have been very lonely as a teenager. However I digress. For the programers at Harmonix, it would be like trying to map out The Edge's guitar work on Where the Streets Have No Name. He uses so much delay, and pre-recorded riffs that he turns on and off on the fly, it would be near impossible.

[BubbaC]

he can still only use three limbs.. meaning one hit would = 3 different things at once.. soooooo? hitting the yellow pad can = 3 different noises played at once.. i fail to see how it cant be done.

[ClinTrojan]

ya I mean just like he is doing, I hit on a analog would play more then one sound at the same time, It is impossible for a 4 limbed person to hit 5 things at the same time unless he used like both ends of the stick to hit 2 cymbals or something.

Harmonix already cuts the 16th bass notes inhalf from lack of a double pedal, it be no problem to cut some parts out from a Def Leppard song.

[aallanscbb]

ya I mean just like he is doing, I hit on a analog would play more then one sound at the same time, It is impossible for a 4 limbed person to hit 5 things at the same time unless he used like both ends of the stick to hit 2 cymbals or something.

Harmonix already cuts the 16th bass notes inhalf from lack of a double pedal, it be no problem to cut some parts out from a Def Leppard song.

Yeah cut it like Rick Allens arm on a seatbelt.

[cjkuhlenbeck]

Speaking of, has anyone tried using 2 bass pedals to see if it works? I have 2, and i think iit'd be cool... :|

[ClinTrojan]

yep it works.....no need in 1 though.

[WiseOldUnicorn]

Speaking of, has anyone tried using 2 bass pedals to see if it works? I have 2, and i think iit'd be cool... :|

Yeah, people have modded their drum sets to have double bass. I remember reading that all it takes is a splitter and an extra pedal, so apparently it's very easy to do.

[BubbaC]

Speaking of, has anyone tried using 2 bass pedals to see if it works? I have 2, and i think iit'd be cool... :|

get a simple splitter jack and they work. might as well have fun with the two while you still have two. ;)

[Admiralwiggin]

works best bet it to get a dollar store 1/8 inch splitter (cheapest Method) connect the two and viola you have a double bass but you cant play foot down method as wehn one pedal is in closed position the other with remain in closed till you lift the closed position back to open