heel toe is not what i think would be best i wanna do stuff like tony royster, mike johnston, and aaron spears, basically gospel drummign stuff, im nto sure if they use the swivel or slide, but its perfect.
Ive been trying to practice my single pedal playing...but i cant seem to find a comfortable zone for my dw9000's...What do you guys recommend for technique, pedal tension, pedal board height, and beater height?
It does not matter if youn use heel toe or slide or swivel doubles whatever works for you.heel toe is not what i think would be best i wanna do stuff like tony royster, mike johnston, and aaron spears, basically gospel drummign stuff, im nto sure if they use the swivel or slide, but its perfect.
Hello,
I currently use a DW9000 pedal myself.
I keep the cam set to "Turbo" mode (as opposed to "Accelerator" mode). According to DW, "Turbo" means there is a "direct relationship between the sprocket and the footboard."
To find the spring tension, I make sure it is loose enough that it feels pretty easy to make a stroke. I don't want to be fighting the pedal. However, it needs to be tight enough that it responds quickly when I do fast double strokes.
I find the beater angle by placing my foot on the pedal and completely relaxing. With my foot at rest like this, I want to see the beater hovering in the air at least a couple of inches from the drumhead (preferably 3-4 inches). If it's hovering too close to the head, I change the angle to get the desired clearance.
For double stroke technique, I use a movement that is almost like a reverse heel/toe stroke. In other words, my toe stroke goes first. Most times, when people do the toe stroke second, they end with their heel in the air. That greatly increases the odds of jamming the beater into the head and killing the resonance of the drum. Furthermore, I don't find that to be a comfortable position to finish in. I prefer ending in a relaxed position with my heel on the ground.
I hope this info helps. Best of luck!
Matt Ritter
Bass Drum Techniques For Today's Drummer
www.UnBuryingTheBeater.com
thats what I do!! wow, your the first person ever that uses the same thing i do... i thought i was the only one, so i thought i was doing it "wrong" for a while. but it worked so well for me i never bothered to stop. i also called the "reverse" of heel-toe. and i also find the heeltoe a little uncomfortable. but i do have some problems...i rely on it too much, my strokes arnt perfectly even at times, and i kind of lag behind when it comes to faster parts. but isnt this technique basically constant release?
Check Out FRANK he is A MASTERIve been trying to practice my single pedal playing...but i cant seem to find a comfortable zone for my dw9000's...What do you guys recommend for technique, pedal tension, pedal board height, and beater height?
thats what I do!! wow, your the first person ever that uses the same thing i do... i thought i was the only one, so i thought i was doing it "wrong" for a while. but it worked so well for me i never bothered to stop. i also called the "reverse" of heel-toe. and i also find the heeltoe a little uncomfortable. but i do have some problems...i rely on it too much, my strokes arnt perfectly even at times, and i kind of lag behind when it comes to faster parts. but isnt this technique basically constant release?
That's the "slide" technique that gets mentioned so much on this thread.I've never really liked the heeltoe. There's a tap dancing move called the "flap." Watch some videos demonstrating it and do that motion on your pedal. It works better than any other technique I've tried.
It's a bit different than the slide technique, and uses more ankle.That's the "slide" technique that gets mentioned so much on this thread.