Heel Toe, Slide, and Flat Foot Bass Drum Techniques

[korvettemaster]

Heel UPP!!

[ninjafisheez]

flat

[KCDZfilms]

My feet are too big to do heel toe so I do flat mostly...

[jbieser11388]

Hello all, First and foremost I find your lessons very inspiring. I use a tama iron cobra, I have for many years now. I've thought about purchasing a new one, but see no reason to. With this being said I have a hard time getting the response I want from the pedal itself. (Between the spring set up/and the way the pedal clamps onto the bass drum). Can you make a lesson on a basic pedal setup/maintainence so I can try something new, everything I try seems to make the pedal response worse! Thanks!

[skinnywhitedrummer]

GO AXIS PEDALS!

[rockdownthequarts]

Jared got doublepedals :O

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

flat foot all day :)

[boomaslang]

god they look ridiculous at the beginning xD

[aquariusNacuario]

lol you guys are amazing

[dontcryoverspiltmilk]

i use a combination of all three i use slide in general playing i use heel down for rolls and then for intricate double stuff i use heel toe and I absolutely recommend learning all three they all have their applications.

[RokerD00d90]

I have troblem improving my speen on heel toe teck. What can i do to improve?

[TheProphetOfWrath]

They say there's no cheats for drumming. So how do you explain A, A, B, A, left, right, up, down letting me play 700 BPM?

[b3ckdrumm3r]

My muscles i guess arent developed enough so I have trouble playing at fast speeds. Plus I have the yamaha stage custom which is great and i added a sizzle 4th tom and splash but im short a double bass. All the drum stuff is so expensive so I periodicly get things. Are there any traning things I can do for my muscles?

[jmizzle4]

My biggest struggle is my left foot is weaker than my right and like to randomly twitch when increasing speed. I can't go fast without it tweaking out.

[MrSpretzjnjikhow]

Love it when they play sychronously! it looks like some weird drum-school musical, except that it's eargasmic

[wienervids]

i want more speed

[AuTToni]

OMG...reduce the bass

[grijwoww]

what i just found out that i struggle with is to keep hitting the bass drum continuosly ... like "tum-tum-tum-ta-tum-tum-tum-ta­"

[valeiro147]

Jared..... what train????? wkwkwkwkwk

[bigSWEsnipe]

my biggest problem is the speed and to separate my foots from my hands.

[pedroradical3]

My biggest problem is separating hand from foot.

[thesongpain]

my biggest problen with the bass drum is playing patterns that dont go right left right left.

[gabrielrose1234]

I really think my biggest problem with bass drum is getting the coordination between my right hand and my feet.

[DevinJuularValentine]

I'm a beginner and I have a Roland Vdrum lite set. So the pedals are the least favourable of the kit, everything else is pretty natural. Heel up is fine, but I just can't seem to get height right or anything to do heel down. Is this just a question of practice? It's only that my foot is already at a slant and I can barely move by toe that much more 'up'. P.s. very short / small feet etc.

[azulbabe]

my struggle is the tense on the pedal so how many tense should i put on pedal

[ChaZMcBee]

my struggle is playing even notes after so many beats of sixteenth notes.

[theladelph215]

biggest struggle for me is matching speed with clarity...i can play double bass either very loud and distinct or very fast...but it seems the faster i get the less clear the notes are

[thatoxxind00d]

well that will be my left foot...

[WhenInDoughts]

My struggle is using my both feet on the Double-Bass Pedal ! Especially my left foot !

[JamieJWSmith]

for me i can do heal toe easily, but slide and flat foot is frustrating as to get right

[Anidrummer1998]

my drum pedal is soo shocking that when i pick up the speed it just gives up

[Chemicalclackdrums]

Awesome video, i want that axis pedal :)

[MrMr277199411]

i acculiy dont get faster with the heel toe and the slide both wont work faster how do i get faster thanks for answer guys i love freedrumlessons its coolest side on youtube

[156yoky]

maybe i must stop watching this vid ! before i get crazy

[156yoky]

wat god damn it

[iauFTW]

36:58 That's freaking insane o__o;

[HoldenN63]

Biggest problem for me is bassdrum triplets...

Just doesnt work with me! Dx

[natedrums921]

slide teqnic



[TheRenamonLove]

Main Problem: Breakdowns and 16th notes. :/

[PRDrum5]

haha, I use all three

[WickedMetalFan]

My biggest problem is i can't get the tempo up, my left foot is off and i am wondering also if the leg should be 90 degrees or not.

[johnsincanada]

wait are we off the air

[adidassomoa]

they went soo fast my cpu froze!!!!

[johnsincanada]

@adidassomoa that happend to me to

[asecretninja]

@ 39:30 when the guy on the left plays, his left foot is off in the beginning.

[asecretninja]

This is cool. I've always wanted to have a couple people to jam with all at once.

[shed412]

ive watched this full through three times...still awesome!

[waitingforjade]

aboot! lol canadians



[tholok97]

shoes i mean



[tholok97]

do you need to have skoes to do this?

[tholok97]

my pedal is too hard to push down.

[chgotbanned]

his bass drum has my name one, he stole my drum!

[AlmostFallen7]

keeping consistently timed hits with 1 foot doing heel toe

[TheRaVaGeHITMAN]

My problem is keeping it going cleanly i can get speed just not length and a clean sounding beat

[DrumCoversFromHell]

Hi. my pedal doesn't allow Heel toe anymore, what is the reason for this?

[churrundog]

my problem is, how can i adjust my pedal to make it like, swingy? i wanna be able to play good times bad times. but i can't make my foot "catch" the swing of the pedal to make it bounce again on the triplets you know what i'm talking about?

[molzesz]

have you ever try to play singles like: heel heel, toe toe? Like RLRL but first R is heel and second R is toe? So you can play quite fast with heel toe technique but use to play singles. To avoid this doubles sound like Jared do this.

[EtaiOren]

Double Heel Stroke

[Rougarou13]

I miss doing this with my friends... ugh!

[Rogers1977]

I use slide technique a lot, mostly because my pedals make heel-toe hard and I swear I'm not being a pussy about it. I have 1970's Rogers Supreme pedals with the springs really loose and medium-loose heads (14"x22" kicks don't really have a wide pitch range). With a loose spring, heel-toe is near impossible. It's more suited to modern pedals where a loose spring doesn't mean "floppy" and it really means "floaty".

[Cboisen10]

Kollias is king of slide!

[Paulnancy2]

What type of drum head tension do you have

[sfigueroa100]

i struggle a lot with going from 8th notes into heel toe and back to playing 8th notes,if you could help i would appreciate that.thanks guys!

[cutthestuff]

How do I improve my heal toe speed

[mexicanpoptart17]

@cutthestuff practice at slow tempos and speed up? its same this as a rudiment

[matyviola]

the left guy looks like leonidas.. like THIS IS SPARTA *bass hit*

[HeartlessNobody1314]

i find dat some days i can blast double very fast like there's no 2moro but i find if i remove my slave pedal and just do some single pedal work when i come back to playing high tempo double bass i struggle with the speed. my legs seems to literally stop working. any thoughts? thanks guys, luv ur vids :D

[MalstormMusic]

If u have probs with the heel/toe, play without shoes! also angling the feets a lil helps too!

[dmanfoo113]

My speed is a struggle. I try to use one pedal

[TheJarhead133]

i have trouble with timing the double bass with my hands

[stannergyxD]

Sit height vs bassdrum,

how you sit correctly behind your drum,

somethimes i'm thinking that i'm doing it wrong bcouse of a wrong position behind the drums

[stannergyxD]

@stannergyxD ofcourse, i've tried different possitions, and i know there are no rules,

are there important angles or positions, is more my question

[drummingforJesus7]

37:00 is so sick

[MrSirbassist]

my biggest struggle is bein able to do fast and controllable fills on my bass kick with my single right foot.

[drumchris92]

@LukeM1808

yeah I've got the same problem! Double beat is quite simple for me but a triplet in a tempo of 80 beats upward is to hard sometimes. But: I noticed that this stronlgy depends on the foot pedal. I've got a dw 5000 but it doesnt work for me. When I've got a different pedal though, I've got a good chance to get it working, up to 90 beats or even more. I don't know why but i keep practicing

[benparcellmusic]

This is one of the coolest drum videos I've seen on Youtube.

[level27xrock]

During Dave's little section at the beginning his beaters slowly began to morph and look into marshmellows .. lol Great vid guys!

[wjpiv1]

That was weird. As I was thinking, "well this was a year ago" he said to do it anyways. My biggest problem/problems are A: Speed. Not knowing how to get faster and stronger and B: Accuracy.

[drumguitarsnowboard]

how the hell does he do that sound on the bass drum at 1:38, is it just fast triplets or is it a 1,2,1,2,2, type thing, anybody know?

[24keys]

great lessons..i have been playing drums for 13 or 14 yrs but never really worked on the speed of my hands or feet..i am a good drummer but not advanced..im working on that now...this lesson is really going to help me..thank you.

[LukeM1808]

Triplets, I can't get down 3 really solid strokes, like the chorus of Fall Out Boy - Americas Suitehearts, I can't get the bass nailed!

[Glath513]

"Pedals - doesn't matter" says the guy with Speed-cobras under his foot..

[owgmude]

i like this guys !

[XxskoolxX]

id say my biggest problem with base drums are pedal settings and trying to get each pedal equal settings . any suggestions?

[laydownandbleedout]

@XxskoolxX what set-up are you using? i think its all about feel...try having your pedals as tight as the go so they are harder to push down, then just start loosening them up equally, i like to keep my main pedal a little bit stiffer than the slave pedal just because i am more dominate to the right leg/ foot. but again, its all about how it feels to each person, no one is the same so what works for one might not work for everyone. hope this helps!

[XxskoolxX]

@laydownandbleedout I'm using double power-glide ironcobras , is that what you meant by set-up?

[mdl397]

great video, super helpful. i love these guys and how they actively answer questions. just one little drum semantics thing that kinda bothered me....jared is using the "constant release" technique, originally named and perfected by steve smith. its an awesome technique and its the one i use. not a big deal or anything its just words but i was confused at first so i figured id throw that out there...thanks again guys, great job.

[wecamesbromans]

personally i wouldnt try the flat foot technique to much stress on your leg and it wares you out fast . But none the less great video!

[mammallica]

Can't wait for my speed cobras to come!! It looks sp awesome!:D

[BlogsofWoolhouse]

Left foot is my enemy.

[s74r72b06]

I have been playing drums for about 2 years i have issue when i play a song that i have to hit the bass drum twice in a row i start of strong but the longer i play that song i start to lose it and miss the second hit what can i do to fix that

Thanks

[HomiesCaveman]

Left leg (Non Dominant) endurance, double stroke single foot and double stroke roll double bass. Any further advice besides what's already shown?

[mammallica]

Just ordered the speed cobras today!! Fuck man! I can't wait

[caden0622]

Jared - I play heel to toe technique currently. What practice techniques can I implement to build control and speed in my left foot?

[pulmunory90]

you guys ARE the best!!

[TheNokiaBeats]

This Is an Inspiration for Rookie Drummers!!

[Cakez00]

Bare feet actaully works the best, not too much of a big difference though

[Cakez00]

I cant control the flat foot proper... I always use heel toe

[bigd362]

I've tried heel toe, its easier than the slide (for me) but I have big feet, so im stuck with slide, and I hate it

[cesar1561]

isn't the guy in glasses from the right Rico from Ali G?? XD

[prty1800]

muito bom ..louco

[xXDrummer4CHRISTXx]

i think my problem is my pedal cus not good or it just me .idk .i dont like the feeling of it.i also always lean back wen i go faster .idk i might just need to get use to it

[drag0nfis7]

I used to be a heel-down drummer, and I found that I had alot of control, but I couldn't get it fast enough, so I tried heel-up. Now I have the same amount of control in both, but I can go alot faster and stronger with heel-up, that's more natural with me, but I still can't get it fast enough, and just yesterday I found out about heel/toe, but it feels wierd putting your heel down in the middle of a beat. What do you guys suggest I keep practice on? Slide? Flat? Heel/toe?

[arlo4823]

any recommendations for pedal settings?

[DiREcTxSc00by]

when you do the flat how do you do a quad stroke like in a breakdown or something

[Jabarichonicles]

mens size 14 and doing all three techniques!!!

[GwilsonDrums]

biggest issue is my speed and endurance, and also lack of practice

[abrahamflako11]

Heel Toe

[alamanjar]

double bass speed and endurance is my biggest issue

[Zaneth8]

yeah shoes or no shoes and is there a difference?

[molzesz]

the biggest problems with foot bas drum technique? Time to practice!

[Zildjian528]

I'm wondering how 32nd notes are done with the heel toe method. Is it RRLL or RLRL? Reason I wonder is because if you get going fast enough the RLRL method might be faster because you have more time between heel down and up if you alternate strokes.

[davecampos04]

@Zildjian528 Double strokes. RRLL

[dragonclaw95]

awesome video! xD

thanks 

[xXWhatUpDocXx]

All of you guys play with shoes on, usually I dont.. is it better to play with shoes ??

Great video, thx!

[REAAALLLL]

@xXWhatUpDocXx you should play however you feel comfortable. i tried it without shoes for a while but i didn't like it much. I now play with a light and flat shoe e.g. Vans "Slip On" or something similiar...

[LukesDrumsOnline]

@xXWhatUpDocXx Its quite common to play with shoes because it gives you a solid playing surface!!!!

[Aleul]

many thanks guys! finally got that heel-toe stuff!

[kevin6435]

when i see the way Jared does heel toe on hi hat at 34:08 ,and i was like ''hell yea,that's such a new cool way'' but when 35:25 comes, i fell off my chair with my pant wet -.-

[JackBlackNinja]

What I never really saw in this video were simlutaneous kicks like a whole bar of fast 16th notes. 2 kicks together are pretty easy to do.

[gereatriczing]

@JackBlackNinja theyre performing more for technique than anything else, they're doing sound rather than speed, and also with all the mic reverb it would have sounded like sht both live and through mic

[drummerboyoli]

speed



[Racerdew]

lol they're playing beer pong in between takes

[TheRockstarviper1]

My biggest trouble is when I play bass drum is having control over my feet.

[MrWhiteguy6]

my problem is that when i play a song for the dead from QOTSA i'm not fast enough for playing quick bass drum notes

very much thanks for the video

[RealBearWolf68]

the way i play bass is i keep my heel down on the ground, and just lift the rest of my foot... but i can only do it for a short time, because my ankle hurts... and i can't start teaching myself a different way to play because it would take too long to re-train myself... any exercises i can do to strengthen my ankle?

[shed412]

could you combine slide and heel toe with one foot to go really fast

[NoSilentDrummer]

38:25 for double heel toe

[DevinLives]

@freedrumlessons Hey guys, I'm a self taught drummer of 5 years, I am a righty drummer, however I am left-hand lead drummer, so i feel the need to lead all my fills and even double kick patterns with my left. I'm worried that this is holding me back, I've been trying to fight it and lead more with my right but it just doesnt feel natural. Any suggestions? Thanks! -DevinLives (producer and composer)

[MoonPhysical]

@DevinLives Hey, left hand might be holding you back but dont get rid of it completely, you need to know how to start with both. Starting with each hand makes a greatly different feeling fill or beat. Many of the pros like to start with the left because lots of people start with the right so it makes something different. but it depends on how you start with your left. If u really feel its holding you back. so back to the basics. the 8th note fill around the tom but start with the right.

[DevinLives]

@MoonPhysical i agree with all of that, and yes, I have been back to basics since i realized how much it bothered me, geuss I just wanted a second opinion! Thanks MoonPhysical!

[MoonPhysical]

@DevinLives Also, i just listen to some of ur videos. not bad but i think u learning the moeller technique would be great for ur music. :) it would greatly give ur snare speed and give u that edge to make it feel like your a drum machine rather then a regular drummer. Msg me if u want some examples, but research JoJo Mayer, probably the most well known drummer for ur kind of drumming. Drum and bass and dubstep.

[DevinLives]

@MoonPhysical thank you! but all of the drumming in my videos IS a drum machine! hahaha

[MoonPhysical]

@DevinLives lol, well can i suggest a different snare sample? Its just my opinion but it sounds too rockish compared to other things :) gl and jojo still helps

[DevinLives]

@MoonPhysical yeah..i certainly need better samples haha, i wish i could just record drums personally =P more fun than a drum machine

[bossman239505]

suggested to be doing this stuff with shoes on? becasue i prefer barefoot drumming

[chrisVwoodall]

@bossman239505 It really doesnt matter. Some people think its easier with shoes. but once you actually get it, it really doesnt matter.

[kkinves]

keeping my left foot on beat with my right while i do double base, i can do triples and quad notes fine but once it gets more complicated then that my left foot just cant keep up

[TheJammyboy1]

36:57 - 37:01

kinda sounds like knights of cydonia

[drummingzombies]

middle guy looks so stupid

[sandale95]

jared: Vans are the best drumming shoes!

[Darkwing74]

Guys: Thank you very much. Hugs from Colombia.

[Junkpunker21]

WHOA. ALL OF THEM IN ONE ROOM!!!

[Joehhh69]

Also, any tips for double bass heel toe?

[Joehhh69]

I struggle so much with playing fast double bass if it's any longer than 4 notes, and I simply can't keep my left foot caught up with my right. Need some help!

[Efsef4]

I'm having trouble with converting from single pedal to double pedal.More specifically, getting my left to catch up with my right

Also, I have a bit of an issue with the power I get out of my kick.. i feel the need to really force down when i play

please help:)

[themaggotdude1]

Great video! Some struggles I have are with double bass and just regular single bass if u wanna call it that. Especially with doubles I get fatigued easily and my legs become tires after practicing for a half hour. Any stamina lengthening/ leg strengthening techniques I could do?? Thanks hope to hear back!!

[StickArenaProzDude]

What he plays at 34:08 is sounds sexy I wish I could do that .

[DzeboVolodija]

Sean's priceless reaction at 37:22

[prismarrow]

lol thanks guys ! i found out a few things bout myself lol...

im size thirteen, i play heel toe and i have wide shoes ! lol and i dont know how to play in shoes ... -.-

but ive gotten alot better with my bassdrumming :D

[prismarrow]

@prismarrow ohhh and i have my feet right up by the spring lol wierd huh? :L

[JustYourShadow]

.....jizz in my pants

[peasoup8985]

I can only do heel toe without my shoes. lol

[thtdudewiththehair]

@peasoup8985 same but only because my pedals are too short.

[Tunayer1]

I can't keep the bass drumming at the same pace. I start with maybe 2 or 3 bps, But after like 10-20 sec I automaticly switch to bam bambambam (hard to explain, I guess it's one beat, short pause, then 3 beats rapidly.)

And I can't keep my sticks in one pace and my bass drumming in a slightly faster pace

[LTViihde]

Rocking motion? Rock!

[fjoesnisse]

i have the cheapest mapex pedals and i still can blast beat,heal down.so,,,i dont need axis.heal down saves money:)

[egarehted]

speed

[McFro95]

Woo! I'm a size 12 and I was doubting I could do it, thanks a million :D

I don't even really play drums, I'm a guitarist. I'm fully self taught when it comes to drums :P

[azazeldrummer]

Speed Cobra ftw



[JimboLodisC]

6:12 Slide, 16:42 Flat, 27:00 Heel-toe

[cbombz]

So I've been practicing on my little bros drum set until I learn more and chose to invest in a higher quality set-- Everything's set up correctly but the pedal for the bass drum feels loose. What's the correct tightness for this pedal? I don't want to be over exerting myself if it's just a technicality with the set up. Thanks!

[TheNannySkexis]

@cbombz The correct tightness for the pedal is whatever feels comfortable for you.

[Kakpally59]

picking up speed on double kick

[martinlaporte2]

I can play the flat-foot technique pretty fast. I learned it by practicing heel-down and then raising my heels slightly off the pedal. It really works.

Great lesson guys !!!

[TheVerancini]

Song at the intro, name?

[YOg0sUn]

My left foot sucks, this will take some time....

[albinorockdrummer]

i have always played bass drum, double or single, heel down. i dont feel i have control when i have my heels up. i can go as fast as my hands heels down and faster. except when trying slide or heel toe

[albinorockdrummer]

i have always played bass drum, double or single, heel down. i dont feel i have control when i have my heels up. i can go as fast as my hands heels down and faster

[gabeaze]

Gerald folk ya just cant play