A buzz roll is also called a press or crushed roll. All you do is kinda press or crush each drum stick to the drum head. Left & right, just repeat that until it sounds like a roll.
When you do buzz rolls its on the snare drum only, you could only do a buzz roll with the snare drum. The snares buzz. Buzz rolls dont bounce, thats a different type of roll.
Another type of roll that is use is the single stroke roll. You just practice and try and develope slow then fast single alternating hand strokes until it sounds like a roll.
This is what most drummers do when they play and the single stroke rolls sound good on the toms. There is no bouncing to this type of roll.
Double stroke roll also called, Daddy-Mamma roll. You do 2 stroke with each hand. When you develope speed or get faster it sounds like a perfect roll. Jazz drummer use this type of roll. Anyone can use this roll, sounds better on the snare drum than the toms. Alot of words sound funny in drumming because the way you say it, is the way you play it. Dad DY= left, left, Mom My=right, right. This is the roll when you use bounce. When you first do the double stroke you dont have to bounce. Get a feel of doing double strokes. You will get to a point when you use the energy from your first stroke and catch the rebound of the stick and you use your finger to throw it back down on the drum head, kinda like bounce a ball. First stroke energy, second stroke bounce. Just bounce it once. Some drummers bounce it three times. This bouncing stuff is called finger control. Its more advanced drumming. Before you learn finger control learn stick control. All stick control is the different combinations of sticking. Meaning LL or RR or RLRR or LRRR or anything you can think up. It helps get your hands in shape. Once you got stick control down then go on to finger control. Do drum rudiments it get yours hands into shape. Just have fun. I use a combination of single and double stroke rolls when I play, it helps me express my drum feel when playing.
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