Triple Your Foot Speed On The Drums - Russ Miller
Вставка
- Опубліковано 16 кві 2020
- Learn Drums Here: www.drumeo.com/
Free Lessons: drumeo.com/free-lessons
Our Favorite Music Products: drumeo.com/gear
Faster Hands & Feet (in 10 days)
► www.Drumeo.com/faster/
If you saw Russ Miller’s ‘Triple Your Hand Speed In One Day’ video, you’re really going to enjoy this one. And many of the techniques he shows on the hands transfer to your feet!
Most new drummers - and even many experienced drummers - have trouble playing double strokes or quick patterns on the bass drum pedal. And even if you’re able to get the motion you want, you might not get the sound you want.
The following tips will help you achieve pro-tier speed and dynamics using what you already know. All you need to change is how you approach movement and the placement of the beater.
If you aren’t familiar with the term ‘burying the beater’, it refers to leaving the beater ‘pushed into’ the bass drum head after playing a note and before playing another one.
Digging the beater into the head not only changes the sound of your bass drum hits, but it only allows you to play one note with two movements: one to push the beater forward, and one to pull it back.
Instead, if you let the beater bounce back right after the first hit, it’s now in the position to play a second note - and it only takes one movement. This is known as the ‘continuous motion technique’ commonly taught by Moeller advocates like Jim Chapin and Freddie Gruber and used by modern drummers like Steve Smith, Steve Gadd and Jojo Mayer.
A great way to practice (and see if you’re doing it right or not) is to try this with your bass drum foot on the hi-hat pedal. You want to splash the hi-hat with every hit (where it rings out instead of ‘chicking’ closed). After you play the first (downstroke) note, use your ankle with your heel down to play a smaller (tap) note. Then play one more note as you roll your foot back up (up stroke). You’re now playing three notes with one leg movement.
Again, every hit should splash the hi-hats. If it doesn’t, you’re still using the bury-the-beater motion, which isn’t what you want. Try to get your beater to come back to the same position every time.
Keeping the beater in continuous motion prepares you to play the next note. There’s no stopping at the head that forces you to restart the movement. If you’re playing double bass, use the same technique on your left foot.
Follow Russ:
►Facebook: / officialrussmiller
►Instagram: / rmisticks
Follow us:
►The Drumeo Beat: www.drumeo.com/beat/
►Facebook: / drumeo
►Instagram: / drumeoofficial
#drumeo #bassdrumtechnique #bassdrumexercise
The "Triple Your Hand Speed Video" That Russ mentions: ua-cam.com/video/r60tW8ZFvtg/v-deo.html
My hand speeds not the problem
This is simply the best bassdrum technique lessons hands down. He mentioned that doing the ‘down-tap-up’ technique every day for 90 days you’d be killer in this. But even after 2 days of practicing this technique I’m noticing a tremendous improvement in my dynamic foot technique and speed.
sanford moeller, jim chapin, and freddy gruber-- the gifts that keep on giving! thanks so much for paying the knowledge forward, russ.
Genius idea teaching this technique on the hats: it made me understand why some of my bass drum hits were "jamming" my groupings and some weren't. Thanks Drumeo!
9:40 I don’t think the “metal drummer technique with no dynamics” is a fair statement. As a metal drummer you don’t want dynamics in your bass drum. You want consistent fast strokes each time, which is why most metal drummers use triggers. Besides that, fantastic video!!
Yup. I especially like the really solid drummers that makes their heel toe sound like fast singles (like a machine).
Exactly. A cool video and improving dynamics and fine tuning your leg technique can help in many ways. But jamming with my band, throwing a few blasts and bursts... I'd hate to have my strokes fluctuate like that.
Agreed
There's plenty top tier metal drummers that use foot dynamics incredibly well. Patrice Hamelin, John Merryman, Fotis Benardo. Using strong dynamics brings an extra dimension to extreme music.
Him saying that has annoyed me a little bit. Load of rubbish tagging metal drummers like that. Most metal drummers would bury this guy.
Shoutout to the Drumeo team for their passion and for inspiring music lovers like me.
A GIFTED Instructor!
I appreciate the methodical explanation without showing off. Excellent teacher. Can’t wait to work on this and the hand exercises.
What a great video! I was struggling with bass drum triple strokes for a very long time. Watching this video changed it all for me. I at last have that great feeling of accomplished something. Thanks Russ Miller!
Mr. Miller, you sir, are a really good teacher! 👍 I’ve been playing (off & on) for over 35 years, and in my 4 years of private lessons back in the early to mid eighties, I was never exposed to the techniques you illustrate here on Drumeo/UA-cam! Thank you, sir!
My old instructor taught this technique for jazz on the hats back when I was in high school in the 70s. After all these years, it's nice to see it again, and genius to apply it to the bass! Even if you don't want the accents, it's a great exercise in foot control and sync.
Gives me painful anxiety watching this - as something I always looked away... Thank you for making me realise my comfort zone hehe
Best foot tutorial I’ve ever heard for the kick -AND the hat.
This is the first video that successfully taught me a comfortable way for fast kick hits. Thank you!
Greetings from Malaysia! 👍
Eric Phua 🇲🇾 recognized!
My goodness. Thanks for this lesson. As a learning jazz drummer, I wanted to see what these drummers/tap dancers had back then.
Best instructor with his demonstration and sound
You are a master instructor. Much respect. Thank you!
I have Russ Miller's The Drum set Crash Course book and cd from the 90s. He's a great teacher. His explanations are always clear. What I noticed was he 's probably one of the most effortless and most relaxed players I've seen. I tried this lesson for about a whole night and discovered I was missing out on the 2 other strokes he discussed here. The splash ( flat foot with leg- ) and the tap ( flat heel down ). All I ever did was heel up toe taps. Over time it makes me tired playing grooves since the foot floats the whole time. It also takes too much effort since the foot and leg never rests. I never bury the beater. The nextime day i woke up and tried applying it to some basic funk grooves. Suddenly I felt some extra dynamics in my playing combining all three strokes on my playing. Now my doubles are more relaxed and feel more musical with new dynamics. I have more control. Before it was more like using leg braun. It's like magic. I dont feel off balanced now. I feel more relaxed . This Moeler method is good stuff! I didn't even speed it up doing the exercises. It just happened naturally. I just tried doing my strokes with certain notes using the splash and flat tap incorporating those with my toe or ball taps. The foot sort of adjusts to it naturally. Now I dont tire as easily and feel more relaxed. I also gained some dynamics on the foot I never had. I don't know about the metal heads but for fusion, funk and jazz drumming this is the only secret you need. I was surprised it worked for me. Thanks Russ. You're a great teacher. This is probably the most valuable foot technique lesson online. Try it. It works. You get a feeling of sensation on your foot like you're tap dancing and grooving. You get more dynamic control and the foot gets more rest time when you play flat on the pedal. You get three strokes to play with. Great stuff Drumeo
Thanks for this lesson. I used to use the heel up technique and I wasn't having enough control over my continuous bass hits. Since I practiced your way of rotating heel and ankle muscles it kind of connects the dots I used to be frustratedwith.
I think this is the best and a decisive argument on weater to go foot down on the kikdrum.The beater muffle de natural resonation of the bass drum.
Thanks drumeo for this fantastic way of teaching
Great concept for all kind of drummers!!!....amazing as always Mr Miller!!!
Thank You so much for that great, great drum-lesson, Russ. Greatings from Germany.
Just amazing... thankyou Russ...needed that ...extra few minutes of speed explanation...
Thankyou .
Colin
Essex
Uk
Super lesson Russ! Really looking forward to practicing it. One nice thing about drums is that you stay with the willingness to do it until you get your time slot with the drums! Nothing immediate xD
This is a very useful video to learn this particular technique, but I feel like after some drummers who are just starting may watch this and they might think, with the way that Russ talks about it, that this is the "correct way" to do it and sure it's a good technique to use but also it's not always a bad thing to bury the beater it just depends on the sound you are trying to achieve. Not to discount the video though it's very good.
Yes indeed but the point here is if you learn to not bury the beater you then have the option. If you want to play different styles of music that require dynamics then this technique is the way to go.
Imo letting the beater rebound is a superior technique for sound and speed. But to each his own.
He mentions at the very end of the video that sometimes burying the beater for that particular sound is wanted, but the point of the exercise is so that burying the beater is not the ONLY method you have.
Disagree with this post. Learning not to bury the beater is a great foundation. Burying the beater is a crutch for beginners that lasts a lifetime unless/until it's consciously unlearned later. Do you bury the stick in the snare drum? No. Same thing with BD.
You should be practicing
One of the best master lessons on this topic
Great technique, thank u for sharing your knowlege.
Wow, best musical tutorial I've ever seen!
Russ, as awesome a drummer and educator as ever
Your a master teacher. Thanks for the lesson
1:35 "The drum is gonna sound much better." is an completely subjective statement. Sometimes you want the short, cut low-end of drum and sometimes you want the "boomy" sound. All a matter of perspective and style.
totally agree.. I switch form tune to tune.. but play around 90% with the beater digging in deep in the head :-)
Drums sound way better when you let em sing. Never understood people that pay thousands of dollars for the nicest sounding drums just to choke all the tones out. Save yourself a fortune and buy some buckets.
@@rafaelestrada1846 You forgot to add that what you said is your opinion, not a fact. If someone is going to spend a fortune on drums, then they can play them however they want. Also, it doesn’t really matter how good you are either, there is no correct way. If you don’t believe me, go watch Buddy Rich’s video about how traditional grip is the only correct way to play. He states very clearly that match grip is only good for playing timpani rolls, and nothing else. He claimed no one could get around the kit to play fills beyond quarters eighths or sixteenth note fills using match grip, which clearly isn’t true, it was just his opinion.
Let the beater rebound is a superior technique than burying the beater. Enjoy your planter foot if you keep burying.
@@larrytate1657 it's Plantar foot, not planters. I've been burying the beater for rock and metal music for over 20 years with no issues at all. Letting the beater rebound isn't a superior technique, it's just a different technique. It all depends on what the music calls for. Sometimes I let the beater rebound on older funk tunes, sometimes I play heel down for a softer dynamic, sometimes I use heel toe for quick doubles. As long you can play in time and be consistent with your notes and dynamics, does it really matter what technique you use?
Yes, HBT. Heel, Ball Tap, sounds like Moeller for the bass and hi hat. Thanks!
Brilliant explanation man, best I've seen, thank you!
THE BEST! Thank you very much!
I naturally figured this out since heel toe always felt way more comfortable and sounded better to me. So when I got to the point I wanted triplets the flat 2nd note was the obvious solution. My doubles are great and so are my quadruplets(considering how long I've played and compared to my other techniques) if I'm using heel toe style triplets I'm good but my heel up doubles quads an triplets are something I've been working on lately and they are finally starting to feel less forced. I've noticed that being able to do each technique and mix them together in a single groove has really expanded my bass drum dynamic range. Some beats are going to sound better heel toe(since it's naturally accented) and others are going to sound better and more powerful with heel up(but accents aren't natural to this technique). Anyways I liked the part about practicing this on the hats with splashes. I've also been working on my hat foot lately. I've been playing guitar about 20 years but only started druming about 4 years ago. Just like when I started playing keys druming has really improved my guitar playing aswell. I highly recommend learning multiple instruments. I learned music theory relating it to guitar which worked but was not ideal and concepts that would be easy to understand on keys were harder to grasp when applying it to the 4ths tuning of a guitar. Once I started playing piano I could easy find all my chords and scales since I knew how to build them from my guitar/theory knowledge and experience.
very impressive. i've been using the heel-toe method to some success, but this is pretty incredible. i don't play metal, but my drum fills are about to get a little more diverse
Thank you very much for your contribution!
This is a Great Lesson as well as the triple your hand speed method. You have to add this to your technique studies and not just concentrate on speed. The proper technique adds to your endurance. Interesting that he is studying tap dance to improve his bass drum technique. Great Conductors study Mimes. Athletes study dance. Dancers and martial artists study nature. Awesome lesson Thanks Russ/Drumeo
A gifted drummer and teacher! This video and the one for tripling hand speed have been invaluable. I can see how this is going to take my playing to another level. Many thanks, Russ and Drumeo!
Great video! Today we have 10000' tutorial videos out there, yet this one is sticking out! Thanks
Excellent - I'd love you to show the technique working at full speed and then the deep dive - cheers!
I think lessons 🥁 in the year's 2014 and 2015 is the good learning's . With no pandemic covid - 19 case's .
Recovering from a Neurological issue in my left leg but I can see the mirror benefits in this exercise. Tried it on my left foot and could before you went to the base drum from the hats an improvement in my motion from one du du du to dududududududud. Grazie!!! 😊
My god, this is the greatest tutorial I've ever seen on how to not bury the beater! (I've watched them all) I have to relearn my entire technique, but at least I know where to begin now.
Exellent! Thank you very much!
I just want to say thank you thank you very much! I have a new phone understanding for drums I'm just a beginner but thank you so much!
Does he have a drum course? He is the best teacher I’ve seen so far!
So good! Thank you Russ!
Very very instructive and useful!! Merci beaucoup Russ!
BEST EXPLANATION OF THIS TECHNIQUE I'VE COME ACROSS
Great lesson!
nice play, and this drum...sounds so good...
Thank you so much this has helped me so much
Thank you. I will practice that tonight.👍
Gracias ,tarde años en entender esta técnica,te vi en medico el año pasado en una clínica que diste,quede impresionado ,eres parte de mi gusto por la batería ,muchas gracias
En Mexico
My taps lessons taken so long ago might finally pay off 😭 this video was very helpful!
Thank you Sir Russ !!
This is awesome.. Thank u
The tom suspension system looks like a robot arm hahahahha
I struggle to pay attention to what he is saying because I am just starting at the tom mounts. They look like they cost more than my entire kit and have more moving parts than a medium sized train.
@@andrewmurphy5310 HAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHHA
Mapex suspension. With magnets. Totally stupid ofc.
@@youareliedtobythemedia It isn't stupid if it works.
over engineering at its best.. but someone is probably gonna take the bait and buy it ;-)
Such a great lesson!
Thanks Russ!
When you want to compare two exercises ,you have to play them exactly the same ,not adding more snare.
This foot technique causes you to play more ghost notes on the snare an improve the sound of your groove.
@@kstogie lol that's it)
Thanks for your input, oh super successful drummer... pay attention more next time and you'll see why it matters
@@jeremiahdavis7904 It's about foot ,not snare .He's showing and trys to compare exercises ,so play them the same .Why dos'nt he add snare in the first one ?
@@jeremiahdavis7904 It dos'nt matter ,superboy.
Incredible video! Thank you!
Great teacher and drummer. I think it's worth developing this approach on the bass drum pedal, and to have it available in the "toolbox". The heel up technique has its own sound, thogh. It's up to the drummer to decide which one to use, depending on the song and the desired musical result.
It’s good to have them all for different dynamics.
Wow this is what ive needed to work on for a long time. My drumming sucks so bad. Great reacher
Teacher
Is there a teacher neat you that you can afford? A good teacher can straighten out a lot of problems and help you to not suck so bad, in fact, not suck at all.
I wish you were around in 1972 when I needed this badly.
It's never too late.
Best way I've seen this explained!
Great Lesson!!!!
YES I NEEDED THIS
Excellent!
This guy is a master.
Hell yes!
OOOOO !!! That hi hat exercise is Great!!! Love it :D
Another great vid. I've noticed I have more control when my foot is 3/4 up the pedal vs all the way up close to beater. I can't be the only one.
you are not :-)--- I use the footplate to change the feel of the song.. a slow song with open bd sound is really cool with the foot almost ½ down the board.. also gives more motion and therefore more control with slow beats
Russ is a boss. A great drummer and an ego-less ambassador for drummer as well-rounded musician. I saw him and J.R. at a Mars music store in Virginia back in the day when his first book broke and knew right away that he (and J.R.) were the real deal. Thanks again Russ.
Amazing thanks 😊
This is THE ultimate kick lesson. No need to go elsewhere
this is what I need
This is essentally the moeller method applied to the bass drum. It's a great technique. But it's not an all-purpose technique as many advocates of that method seem to imply. Basically, when you're talking about the moeller method, you're talking about accents on the drums. But you don't always want to play the drums accenting every other note. For example, (Extreme) metal drummers don't want to do that.
By the way, metal drummers use different techniques (for example, the swivel technique) to play fast. And, more importantly, they can actually play fast.
Thomas Lang uses this and can play fast and Russ wasn’t going 100 percent here. He was showing at teaching speed not performing speed. Wow.
Also you can get these all the same volume easily simply by going a tad bit lighter on the “down”
Metal drummers do one thing at one dynamic, over and over and over so, this technique has limited application for them.
really cool way to practice this! tyvm
Great video! For me as a metal drummer, I really like this kind of stuff. It can improve you as a drummer in general and it opens a new world. But I don't think I gonna use that often, because most of my songs requires consistence double bass.
This is awesome..pretty good at explaining this stuff..id like it a thousand times If I could, using the up down of course:)
Been burying the beater for years but I have been focusing on getting better at playing like this. Feels so foreign.
His comparison between dynamics in the bass drum is weird.. When he add dynamics he add ghost notes on the snare.. Both exercise are not the same unfortunately.. But however I get his point.
10:09, more dynamic in the bassdrum means ghostnotes on the snare? Am I the only one ? Did I get something wrong? 🤘🏻😅
Fantastic!
So... do the Moeller technique with your foot? Dope! Let's try it out.
Great video. Why aren’t most videos on drum instruction this educational ?
awesome lesson
some nice info on foot technic lately on the internet
Wow, this is good stuff 🙌🏻 :-)~
Great video! I have been practicing this and I can already tell the kick drums breathes a lot more. Everytime I try to get a more powerful stroke on the kick, I feel like I'm stomping my heel down on the foot board. I am still getting my beater off the drum, tho it gets taxing on my leg. Am I stomping too hard or will my leg build immunity? Thanks and be safe!🙏🏾
You should be able to also practice these motions slow without stomping to develop the control. To let the beater come off the head, your foot just has to move with the pedalboard and move with it instead of holding it down.
ppppppppĺpppppppplpppppppllpplppppplpp
Mr Miller, Your teaching actually inspired me to start shedding again. thank you & keep it up. Peace in Him, William
Why is Terminator's hand holding those Tom's?
Yeah man, what are they?? Sooo dense
Predator’s hands were off duty
For maximum resonance, then 90 percent of drummers stick a lil moongel or tape on anyway lol.
Funny, I found this easier to play on the hi-hat. I'm not sure if it's because of the hi-hat's slightly flatter footboard angle, or its slightly shorter throw (the two cymbals are quite open - they have to be for foot splashes - but I suppose they could be even more so), or both. Or maybe it's a spring tension thing, I don't know.
This saves my right leg…💟💟💟🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
Could anyone tell me how’s his leg muscles feels when roll up? How to keep balance?
Great video. Thank you. I noticed that as you get faster, your foot looked like it’s at an angle on the bd pedal. Am I seeing that correctly?