Practicing high-hat in complex beats? (drums)

[Kouler]

Hey, i'm getting better at drums, i can do complex beats perfectly, but i cant get myself keep the high-hat going at a steady rate, i usually end up timing it with the kicks, making it sound weird.

Any tips on how i can perfect this?

 

[evil^milk]

do you have a metronome around there? play it at 60-80 bpm and then gradually increase it till you can synchronize the beat perfectly. or first try playing the hi hats alone, then the drums, then both of them together (using the metronome technique)

 

[Fliko]

Well, I'd just imagine playing the high-hats at a steady beat, pretty slow, and slowly go faster as you get the hang of it. Then start to add a snare, then a base drum.

 

[theotherguy]

I have the same problem man.

I'm a left-handed drummer (I play hi-hat with my left hand and snare with my right) and I can do fast and complex rhythms, yet I can't play straight quarters on my hi-hat while doing complex bass and snare stuff, I always have to be going at least twice as fast as the bass on my hi-hat or I fall apart. (For instance, if the bass is doing simple quarter-eigth patterns, my hi-hat has to be doing straight eigths, and if its doing sixteenth stuff my hi-hat has to be doing straight sixteenths)

its actually really bothersome.

I think I will try slowing it down ALOT and racking my brain until I get enough coordination to make my left hand independent of my left foot.

 

[Kouler]

Hmm the metronome idea sounded good, I might give that a try

Thanks your input guys