How to Play Heel-Toe: Double Bass Drum Lesson
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2023
- Heel-Toe Double Bass Drum Lesson :)
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OHHHHH YURRRRRRR!!
So we waited a week for an 8 min video? God dammit samus we need 3h lessons for us bahee brains to understand. Just kidding dude you're amazing keep up the good work👍
my coworkers would be so pissed off right now if I was still going into the office
What was that song you played from the intro
Hey @66samus , what would you recommend for skin tension on 22’ kicks? Thanks!
My favorite thing about Samus is the comedy incorporated into the learning structure, so us ADHD plebs can pay attention and accidentally take in the new knowledge. Brilliance is not having the ideas, but being able to express and teach the ideas in a way that brings the learner on par with the teacher.
thank you so much dude!
Yep, who says fart jokes arn't funny. They are hilarious.
@@DougieBoy Samus has provided a gateway for getting my 4 year old into heavy music. He's known as "The Trump Guitar/Drums" man in this house (p.s I'm in the UK where "trump" is a child friendly slang for "fart", before anyone gets worried about bringing politics into it)
@@davidgomersall7185 I WAS worried. Oh thank fuck 😞
Ha you're so right, adhd approved lol
“But that’ll be okay, don’t worry about it. That’s what the triggers are for.” I love it.
is his drum triggers? im mean the bass?
I will never play drums in my life, but I watch your videos and even tried the technique, you are so much fun to watch, totally enthusiastic and a great teacher
dude, thank you so much!
Same here. I never played drums, but I'm watching this sitting here "practicing". Love this dudes humor and his skills are insane too
Clearest explanation I have ever heard or seen. Thanks Bud!
thank YOU!
Samus i just wanna say as someone who has struggled with pedal speed (although im alright speed wise without double strokes, nothing deathcorey lol) and has struggled with double strokes this is the clearest explanation with steps i've seen yet.
I appreciate the hell outta it my guy
I've been playing drums since 1976, playing in several heavy metal bands throughout the late 70s and 80, mostly in Hollywood. I don't listen to your style of music, but I really appreciate and respect what you do. You ARE one heck of a fine drummer sir.
thank you so much!!
Thanks Samus! I just opened my double pedal and was putting it together during the stream. Now I will be rewatching this all day!
Good luck man. Don't get discouraged if it doesn't come easily at first. You got this though! Persistence is key
Keep at it bro! Practice makes perfect. Make sure to practice along to your favorite tunes even if it sounds terrible. Can get you away from the grind of just playing to a metronome and ya might learn something along the way.
Also, when you build up some speed, don’t just play fast. You’ll end up plateauing and playing slower BPM’s and tempos will become harder.
Drum on homie!
I'm six weeks into learning double bass pedal and these videos have been really helpful. Happy double bass-ing, my dude.
Bro adjusting and setting the damn thing up so it's comfortable and perfectly even with your kit is half the fuckin battle 😂
What is it what is it
Class act as usual! No wonder you are everyone's favorite (UA-cam) drummer!! 🤘🤘
❤ Fear Factory - Demanufacture! The reason why I'm started to play drums.
This is an AWESOME video. It helped me finally got it!
To anyone reading this and struggling, I'll give an additional tip. INITIALLY, do it with your shoes off, and do it with your foot as far up the pedal as you can. If you are frustrated, just trust me when i say you really DO NOT need to turn your foot for the initial strike at all (I was convinced that I had to so my heel could hit the pedal cuz I was "different") When you drop your heel, you'll pick up the ball of your foot and toes. You have to find that sweet spot of how high you raise your toes- you'll likely over exaggerate it for a while. The pedal is going to rebound into the ball of your foot as long as you don't raise it to high! That's your first hit.
Just try that at first. It might even rebound off of the ball of your foot a few times and hit the drum/ pad. Once you get that, you are gold and then you can get the second hit by lowering your toes and raising your heel.
Its a "feel" thing. And once you catch that rhythm, you're on your way
Once you get the feel of it, you can start to move your foot back. But having your foot up far at first is where the pedal will rebound the highest/ most which will make it more likely to rebound into the ball of your foot, nd give you your first good hit.
that helped me instantly thanks
only true fans waiting before premier🤌🤘
More like true fans with no schedule 😮
5:47 I immediately heard Demanufacture in my head, and was expecting the riff to kick in, hahaha 🤘🏻.
Me too
Dude I can't even lie this is way better than any other lesson I've watched very on topic and good way for me to learn and I love it keep rocking my man
I just started playing drums last week and have been trying this technique for 2 days now but I keep on failing. Had to resort to reverse heel-toe because I thought I'm doing the wrong technique.
No one except you told me that I should loosen the tension on my pedal! Turns out my pedal is too tight. And yes, this is much comfortable for me. Thank you so much for the tip!
you are welcome :) glad I could help!!
Dude you are the best and I love your videos!
Your comedy makes every video much better. Love it. I laugh everytime
This was my "magic ticket" back in the day for insta-speed! ;-) Despite its reputation, this technique is actually very easy, it may just take someone sitting next to you giving real-time feedback to get started. I taught a friend who could only just play "Rock Beat 1" to play a double-stroke roll on his feet with this, but he couldn't do it on his hands! Okay, it was pretty sloppy, but it was a double-stroke roll nonetheless! Anyway, I did pick up a few extra tips from various drummers across the years:
1: If you're having trouble making the second stroke, you're probably keeping your toe held down through years of muscle memory. Concentrate on letting your toe lift as your heel drops. Don't try to actually lift your toe but let it lift by itself with the rotation of the heel (the whole point of this technique is the two-for-one freeby of a second stroke).
2. If you're using a traditional pedal, like an Iron Cobra, Pearl Eliminator, DW 5000, etc., you can emulate a longboard by angling your foot diagonally across the footboard (with your toes hanging off the side) instead of straight up and down. This can be a _huge_ help in getting the leverage you need to feel that second stroke, especially for the first time you try this.
3. If you're using a traditional pedal, GET RID OF YOUR TOE STOPPERS. Toe Stoppers were invented by Satan to allow the creation of sucky Christian Rock music and prevent cool bass drum work. With your toe stoppers out of the way, you can play right up against the chain. Near the chain are other sweet spots, especially if you combine this with point #2, and hang your toes just off to the side of the chain.
4. There are actually two kinds of heel-toe. There is a lot of conflicting advice on this, but one type has your heel hitting the footboard, the other type does not. The type where your heel hits the footboard seems to be frowned upon for some reason (Drumeo specifically advise you not to do it, for instance), but I find it's a great technique for cheap pedals that won't play nice and definitely something you should keep in reserve for a day you're stuck with bad pedals. I also found the type with your heel hitting the board is a much easier way to get started, and easier to play at low speeds. As you increase tempo, you will naturally start to move back on the pedal and use the "proper" Drumeo-approved method.
4a. If you want want to play the dirty naughty frowned-upon heel-hits-the-footboard method, see points 2 and 3. Try starting way up near the chain with your foot angled diagonally (your big toe to one side of the chain and some of your heel hanging off the side of the board) instead of pointing straight up and down the pedal.
.3 you talk about getting rid of toe stoppers. I’ve been wanting toe stoppers because I think it would act as a guard and keep my technique in check. What are some of the sweet spots that you spoke of? I use dw 5000 double pedal. I open to advice so anything you have is welcome. Thanks!
@@Alex-pb1iy It's kind of difficult to explain in text, and every pedal is a bit different, but at thr front of the pedal are more leverage points. Heel-toe is the most obvious application, but you will find it comes in handy at some strange times too, such as doing the stick control exercise with heel down. Or if you're doing heel up at a strange tempo that's not working, and you can't understand why, you may find moving to the front was all you needed.
Note that the front isn't the 'correct' place to play, it's just another place to play, and you want to keep all options available to you. Sometimes, with some very strange patterns, I've had one foot at the back and one at the front!
What do you mean by keeping your technique in check?
@@Alex-pb1iy Hello again. I'd also say that the front of the pedal allows for different dynamics (maybe you want to play more softly with a light touch) and has different "gearing", if I can use a gearbox analogy.
The front of the pedal is like the lowest gears in your car, while the back of the pedal is like the top gears. The lower gears are better for acceleration, with less resistance, while the higher gears are better for top-speed.
If you try playing regular heel-down at the front of the pedal, you will find it has much less resistance - which is great for stop-start things like paradiddles - but it doesn't have much push back from the spring.
The further back you go on the pedal, the more return you will get from the spring, but you will also get more resistance. This makes it great for straight line speed (such as blasting or double-bass beyond 200 BPM), but very awkward for start-stop patterns, and bad for dynamics (it kind of has one volume, and that's about it!).
On that note, if you're using a traditional pedal but playing high tempos, then removing the toe-stoppers allows you to crank up the spring tension for more straight line speed at the back of the pedal, because you can always play against the chain for slow stuff with more dynamics.
If you look at newer pedals, particularly direct-drive pedals like Axis, you'll see that pedal makers aren't putting in toe-stoppers anymore. So that should tell you something about how foot technique has been progressing.
Number 3 lmfao priceless
I mean Matt Greiner from August Burns Red says otherwise for point 3
5:57 Love the FF Demanufacture reference. Epic tune from an epic album 🤘
"Don't worry that's what the triggers are for" 😂😂😂
I love how helpful, funny and how badass of a drummer you are! ❤🤘🏼
Yes!
I thought I was doing it wrong all this time because I wasn't alternating each note individually (some drummers do it that way).
You brought hope to my drumming, I still have a shot, lol
thank you
I remember learning this technique back in 2003 and over the years I’m astonished at the speed I can reach. Due to how conditioned my feet are to playing this technique I can essentially double my normal speed.
What I found really hard was when my band at the time wanted to experiment with really, really fast patterns on the bass drum. So I had to learn paradiddles and different rudiments with my feet to play the patterns 😅
You’re an amazing drummer! Really enjoy your videos 🤘🏻⚔️⚔️🤘🏻
wow thank you so much dude!!
Thank you so much Samus, I tried this out for 1 hour and immediately my foot speed and consistency increased dramatically thank you. Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪
This is absolutely perfect timing for me, just started learning double bass and this is a great and clearly explained lesson. Thanks so much!
I think I've seen every single video on youtube about this technique and I can tell you this one is the best, no bs, all perfect advice. I've been waiting for like 3 years for Sam to make it lmao
Wow, really great, but simple explanation of how to do this! I can't wait to start practicing this. I took the advice from your other video, and started primarily using my non dominant foot on the pedals to strengthen it. It has also made using my non dominant foot feel more natural while playing.
I’ve looked up so many heel toe videos and yours by far explains it the most throughly and in a way I can actually learn. Nice work.
Ohhhh yuuuuurrr
thank you dude!!
@@66Samus ohhh yuuuuuurr! Been seriously bingeing your content
Dude ur literally so good man I've been playing for 7 years and I tried to learn heel toe a long time ago now that I'm revisiting it it's coming along pretty easy now
Those shin splints are no joke man. Thanks for mentioning that. I didn't get them until I joined the army, then struggled with them ever since. I have to stretch my legs after every drum sesh.
Great stuff - the mix of actual serious advice and comedy is perfect 😂😂😂🙌🙌
the best drum teacher out there, so humble and funny but talented AF
Good afternoon, Samus. Thank you for creating and sharing this. I am going to try this, hopefully, improve my drumming! 👍 Subscribed!
thank you so much dude!!
Thank you for this amazing instructional video. I've been putting this off for too long now, and this has really been the breakdown I needed 🤘
Awesome videos. I've played for years, and have learned quite a bit watching. Also enjoy the comedy. Makes it more fun instead of the channels that show a quick explanation and then go full speed.
Thank you for your channel sir.
“That’s what the triggers are for” … love it 👌🏼
You’ve done it again. Great vid, brilliant lesson. Easy going, humour is spot on. Enjoying the info, allows us other band members a real insight into the drumming process. Tip top once again, ohhhhh yurrrrrrr 🤟🏻
You can always ask your drummer, he'll be happy to talk about it for 5 consecutive hours
Insanely helpful advice. Thank you so much.
I´m not a drummer, and I enjoy every video of yours ! Thank you !
Very informative!Ive been wanting to learn more about this technique..thank you 🤘🏻
I've been a drummer since 4 years old. I'm 50 now. You inspire me so much. Thank you!!!
even though ive been swivelling for the last 5-6 years this video is an awesome tutorial if i ever decide to learn heel toe
thanks samus!
Love it, thanks 66S you da man! Was listening to that Devy album yesterday while out bike riding through the trails and sending you lots and love and appreciation my friend. Rock on!
So I found out loosening your springs is KEY. I was trying over and over for years, after he said that, I went and loosened them up, and it was like magic!! Thanks dood!
I play double bass, mostly with ''swivel'' but I use heel-toe on one foot only, and just for ''single'' double hits, like in punk beats, triplet bursts, and heavy fills. I probably should learn heel toe with both feet. And, thanks for an educational and entertaining lesson once again
I have so much fun watching your videos that sometimes i forget how awesome teacher you are. If i had a teacher like this, i would never had quit do play drums. Amazing explanation.
thank you so much dude!!
Samus, new subscriber! Love these tutorials and your addition to making things enjoyable and your hilarious!! Great stuff sir!!!
thank you Jon!!
This just popped up in my feed, missed your vids Sammus! So inspiring, feel like I need to pick up my sticks again! 🤘
What a superb lesson! Please and thank you! Excellent content! Winning!
Thanks bro your lessons help me so much! Keep making more videos lie this!
Your videos are great. I've subscribed, no mattter I am not a drummer at all, but I enjoy the sound and watching those technics. What a skill man! 🤘
thank you so much!!
This is a great vid on the technique. I have troubles with my right leg due to a disability so heel-toe has been my go to with faster stuff. Well done El Samuel 🤘
Great teacher I'm sticking here as I am self taught 10 plus years at learning double bass but not going anywhere but watch others but I have found home, I feel the teacher will appear when the student is ready and the teacher has a great character now I feel he has shown me what I must do ball toes ball toes I'm not getting anywhere with flat footing it no more thanks for being on and lucky me finding this teacher I'm stoked feeling real good of the find! All day I'm to words that teach me! The Fixx 'saved by zero' 😂
Man has drumming come a LONG ways since I was in bands well over 20 years ago! I had some absolute garbage pedals too, they have improved soooo much. Back then, I would've said there is NO way that you can play THAT fast, and now... ya'll make it look so damn easy!
Thank you @66Samus! This helped me a lot!
Love watching your videos and enjoy the tips...Thanks bud
Great video, love all the info including how to stretch
I havent ever played drums but i think im ready for archspire now, thanks samus!
Love it! I play guitar but I'm trying to get better at drums so I can record stuff without just programming drums on my computer. This is awesome. Im gonna go practice in the morning before work.
i've been doing the heel-toe thing on the floor for so long but never thought i could use it on the kick
I'm 60 years old and Just started working on this after watching this video about 2 months ago. I was having a hard time with my standard DW 5000 pedals so I bought a set of DW 5000 longboard heelless pedals and wow what a difference. After 50 years of trying I found the SWEET spot. lol. Faster, Faster, and even more faster....... Thanks for the insight on this technique. My left foot needs a lot more work but the old adage is wrong. You can teach an old dog a new trick. Thanks
Mate, not long discovered you and your videos. I love them n you are hilarious. Brilliant work, thank you 🤘
thank you so much!!
Dude I fucking love you .
Thank you so much for making me laugh and giggle and teaching me how to play drums is such a clear and enjoyable manner.
I’ve been struggling with double bass for YEARS and years . And your channel is the first one I go to when I need to go back to metal school and resume class .
thank YOU Nathan!!! ❤❤❤
Dude!! That little tom and splash cymbal fill? That was sick!!! Great video man! Its been too many years since I've played but I would love to get back into it. I think I might start practicing w/o the kit at least to get my leg strength and some dexterity back in them! 🤘🤘🤘
You're an amazing teacher.. Love your content. Keep it up
thank you so much dude!
You are probably one of the funniest drummers on youtube. Great talent too, even though I have not owned a drumset for like 10 years, I still love to play my air drums, why not practice some techniques too incase I get a new set one day. Thanks for the tips and the laughs!
thank YOU dude!!
That intro almost gave a heart attack in a good way I never you could play double bass with that technique so fast.
This is incredibly helpful thank you sir
God I love this channel.
Awesome Sam, always had alot of questions regarding this technique. Thanks
You’re a badass drummer but i absolutely hate this technique.
Agree Sam is bad as!
Listen to the man
..my drumming days are about over thanks never ending back 🔙 injuries..... congrats on drummer of the the year Samus..🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢
This sucks! Get well again! God bless you! 💙
I appreciate this dude so much because he doesn't care to be himself he's goofy and he doesn't care He's just being himself I appreciate that so much
Thank you. This will definitely help me with my drumming sessions
This guy is so much fun to watch!
My heel toe before this video was kinda there, only like 60% of my heel toe was clean.
This video helped me SO MUCH. I can play very clean, very fast and very organized!!!! Thanks 66Samus!!!
hell yeah buddy :)
Finally somebody did a video on this that I think I finally get. Thanks Samus!
I just learned a hell of alot. Thank you!
Not a drummer but love learning about the techniques for the rare occasion I get behind a kit...but mostly love how you aren't afraid to be yourself (a wierdo) but I mean that with the utmost respect...keep doing what your doing 🤘🤘
i keep seeing more slayer fans and it surprises me every time tbh. tom araya is my daughters grandpa 😂
i’m in here learning heel toe tho, great video!
1:58 - "You kno, you kno" 😂 Classic Samus 👍
Great lesson, more videos like this please!
This is fantastic. My students are totally getting into it, too. Thank so much. I mean WOW.
I've been drumming on and off for 10 years and I just now started to get this lol metal bands here I come!
Fantastic vid, many thanks Samus 👍🏻🙏🏻
I really appreciate your help bro this is awesome! Thanks
I love how people like Samus think ‘I’m leaving my job to do UA-cam’ and then proceed to excel like he has - lots of respect for you dude.
thank you SO much my dude
I've struggled with foot speed for my left leg for awhile and i noticed that my right leg was kinda doing the same. I watched this episode and eventually got better at speed and I practiced alot.
Thanks Samus for making this video you're the best ever. Oh yuuuur 😜😜😜🤘🤘🤘🥰🥰🥰🥰
You're a beast. Thanks for the tutorial
I figured this out in '88 trying to play Nicko McBrain's galloping double strokes. No idea how I did it, probably by accident but it sounded awesome. Pretty much convinced my peers I was doing double bass on a single pedal. Training it on my left foot was a different matter!
Love the Empath shirt Samus!
Samus, we all tell you that we love you! Much more important than that is… We like you Samus! ☺😉🤗💕
I don't play drums, but this is such incredible technique... Cool stuff.
Thank you Samusito, since I saw the dude from Origin doing it I felt in love, most important advantage of this technique is that you don't need to put your hihat in Montana.
Excellent explanation. Thanks 🤘🏻
Awesome lesson Samus, I'ma have to give it a go!!!
I learned this last year when i bought my Alesis strike pro. It has made my double bass improve a thousand times over. Still like watching videos about it though. Never know when you will learn something new.
Great job!!!! 38 years behind the drum kit and Pete Sandoval is the one that came up with this how many years ago…. It was showcased on MORBID ANGEL‘s rapture…. And Dave Lombardo did it on grip Inc.…. You keep getting better and better and better!!!! I have been a fan of yours since 2010 with A&W…. I went on tour when I was only 17 years old back in 1995 with my signed band under relapse records… and you kids have done nothing but got better and faster and paid attention to what the pros are doing!!!! Keep up the great work--SALUTE, DUDE!!!!❤❤❤❤
Damn I didn’t know that!
the chair bit at the end got me 😂😂. So relatable...
Bro I love your videos! I’m a new subscriber but your humor is a big reason I joined in, you’re effing hilarious man! And super informative as well bro! One thing I didn’t hear you talk about is if there are any double pedals that are easier to learn on than others?
thank you so much dude! My favorite pedals are definitely Axis :)
@@66Samus I will have to save up some for those bruh 😅🤘🏻
Yo I’ve been looking for a technique like this! Legend!