drummingman
Gold Member
I have posted a number of threads about double bass playing over the years here. But I got one more in me. I have been playing double bass by running on the pedals from my legs and hips for about 20 years. lately I have been playing around with the heel toe technique. Doing it heel heel toe toe (this way feels better to me then heel toe double strokes). This technique is still in its infancy in my playing. But I have been thinking a lot about it.
Being that Im 38 Im no longer a spring chicken. Thats one of the reasons I started looking into another technique for fast double bass. Cause I have to wonder how long a person can run on the pedals a thousand miles an hour as they start getting older? But I aldo wonder if a person can get real consistency and power out of the heel heel toe toe technique even though its easier to do at fast tempos?
So to be honest this does have me at a bit of a dilemma, do I put the time into heel heel toe toe or do I just keep working to maintain my running technique at high speeds?
Feel free to post your thoughts on the pro's and con's of each technique and any other thoughts you may have. Thanks!
Being that Im 38 Im no longer a spring chicken. Thats one of the reasons I started looking into another technique for fast double bass. Cause I have to wonder how long a person can run on the pedals a thousand miles an hour as they start getting older? But I aldo wonder if a person can get real consistency and power out of the heel heel toe toe technique even though its easier to do at fast tempos?
So to be honest this does have me at a bit of a dilemma, do I put the time into heel heel toe toe or do I just keep working to maintain my running technique at high speeds?
Feel free to post your thoughts on the pro's and con's of each technique and any other thoughts you may have. Thanks!