Hi,
Let me first state that I'm a beginner (only been playing for around 3 months or so). I've recently been trying some left foot independence exercises. There's one particular exercise, ,which has you playing consistent 8th notes by constantly closing and opening the hi-hat, and then playing two consecutive 8th notes with the bass drum on the 1-and and the 3-and.
Now whenever I am playing this, I have a need to lean back, even if I am doing it at the slowest possible speed just to get the pattern down. I did make an adjustment by moving my tractor-style throne closer so I sit back on the throne instead of at the front edge, and that has helped, but I still need that extra adjustment somewhere.
I do play heel up, but that's out of necessity as I was born with cerebral palsy in my achilles tendons which causes me to naturally want to walk on my toes, so I have terrible ankle flexibility. It hasn't affected anything else though, so I am in no way a "disabled" drummer. But since I am a beginner, I can't think intellectually on where that next adjustment needs to be. Do I need to sit higher on the throne, or possibly lower? (I have it set pretty much so my thighs are slightly above my knees/a parallel angle as is recommended in general). I've already done my time making sure my pedals are as ergonomic as possible in terms of positioning so I don't have an extremely wide angle etc, though because of my ankle/tendon issue as mentioned I would need to have my feet basically forward (think of how your legs are positioned on a lowrider motorcyle) if I wanted to be able to play heel down.
Thanks!
Let me first state that I'm a beginner (only been playing for around 3 months or so). I've recently been trying some left foot independence exercises. There's one particular exercise, ,which has you playing consistent 8th notes by constantly closing and opening the hi-hat, and then playing two consecutive 8th notes with the bass drum on the 1-and and the 3-and.
Now whenever I am playing this, I have a need to lean back, even if I am doing it at the slowest possible speed just to get the pattern down. I did make an adjustment by moving my tractor-style throne closer so I sit back on the throne instead of at the front edge, and that has helped, but I still need that extra adjustment somewhere.
I do play heel up, but that's out of necessity as I was born with cerebral palsy in my achilles tendons which causes me to naturally want to walk on my toes, so I have terrible ankle flexibility. It hasn't affected anything else though, so I am in no way a "disabled" drummer. But since I am a beginner, I can't think intellectually on where that next adjustment needs to be. Do I need to sit higher on the throne, or possibly lower? (I have it set pretty much so my thighs are slightly above my knees/a parallel angle as is recommended in general). I've already done my time making sure my pedals are as ergonomic as possible in terms of positioning so I don't have an extremely wide angle etc, though because of my ankle/tendon issue as mentioned I would need to have my feet basically forward (think of how your legs are positioned on a lowrider motorcyle) if I wanted to be able to play heel down.
Thanks!