I've always had a hard time with control with my foot. I started doing this exercise and did it for 20 minutes and I'm already improving. You have taught me finger control and now foot control. You are the man.

Every time I do I fast rhythm with my foot my right hand want to to the same thing

My foot just doesn't understand that speed without seizing up and quiting

Thanks man! I am a 52 yr old woman just learning!

Amazing lesson, such great work on this channel, thank you for that.

Thank you man....you are doing a really nice thing for all the beginner drummers.....I wish the best things for you.

Oh man, today I got to 180 bpm, heel up, and maintained it smoothly all the way with that second exercise (sixteenths on the 4)! I started at 60 bpm, for 3 minutes straight, then up by 20 bpm, 3 minutes straight at each rate. By the time I got to 180, it was no problem at all. Thanks a million for these exercises!

Drums are so Awesome, Thanks for the Awesome Lesson, That was Very Cool.

this is sick ! I tried this without a metronome and failed, then I got a metronome and tried the first excercise for an hour, and it’s giving results just by now ! thanks !

I find the last exercise hard..Especially kicking the bass drums 4x. Trains consistency and control.

Thanks for this. I'm a long-time guitarist but I just bought a little electric kit. It will be nice to learn some rudimentary drum techniques using your online lessons. Thanks again!

Another awesome video. Thanks Jared!

Thanks for the awesome lessons Hopefully this can help me out with some of the sixteenth note beats I'm getting into.

Thanks Jared, I didn't know that this heel up technique was what I've been playing as a beginner and feel comfortable with. I just started playing what I heard in my head from my favorite music and copied that.

cool, thanks for this just needed this

Great video and explanation once again

So good tutorial Jared

men youre great, awesome class.

Jared, You are The Man.... I notice that you sit well above the Kit in height. I'm a 69 YO , resurrected Drummer , playing recreationally in my Basement. I just got back into playing drums after a 50 Year Hiatus (as a HS Teenager, played in a Garage Band with HS Buddies that never got out of the Garage!!). My wifey of 46 years, played Santa Claus in 2018 and gifted me a cheapo Kit - Gammon , to be able to "resume" playing drums in my upcoming Retirement. I just retired Now. I play Heel Down due primarily to physical disabilities (which contributed to the need to retire), spinal /lumbar stuff, that limits my ability to raise my heel to toe playing. It is difficult for me to do Double Bass drum strokes, and quick triples is generally out of the question with a single bass drum pedal (now using a PDP direct drive Long Board). I just ordered a Mapex Double Pedal - going to try it to see what it will do. Question: when using a double pedal, do yu typically, move your left foot from the HiHat to the second pedal, shifting it back and forth? Or do you just not use the HiHat ? Moreover, I just found a Cannon Percussion Heel and Toe driven double pedal after researching some more - found a used on at Guitar Center , new ones are very hard to find. With my disabilities, and eben before that, for some weird reason, I am able to play much quicker with my heel - i.e. Playing "air drums". Although I will "probably" not play with a Band (hey You never know.... I might bump into a Geriatric Band somewhere), I play typically to MY Music in my COVID Hibernation created "studio" in the finished Basement. Typical Music: CCR, Petty, Eagles, CARS, Stones, Beatles, Mellencamp (not as good as Ken Aranoff , for sure), M. Etheridge, Hollies, ELO, Clapton, and Linda Ronstadt { for you folks who don't know of her..... play her music. She was the Original DIVA and was a terrific }. Be well all.

This guy´s amazing.

GREAT STUFF!!!!!

Hey! I'm having troubles with hitting the bass drum and placing my weight and because of that whenever I use toe-down I sometimes hit the head twice or when I use the heel-down technique I miss beats because I dont hit it strong enough, could it be something about the way I sit behind the kit or should I just try and focus on developing one of the techniques and try to make the hits constant and even?

I had the same problem! On those 16th patterns, you're playing 5 notes with your foot, but 3 of those line up exactly with the right hand on the hat! Slow it down (you don't have to start at 70bpm like he did) and concentrate on nailing all three of those notes in unison. That way your foot's not thinking "holy crap I need to play a bunch of notes fast", it's thinking "lets lay down a steady beat and keep this all together"

Thank you so much. Subscribes after one video. Don't regret it one beat.

nice lesson bro i like you drum play

I love this channel

Oh my god he's got speed cobras!! Yess!!!! Love them.

Thank you Jared.

Thanks!

It frustrates me so much that my leg just stops working after a couple of hits. I have my heel up, my pedal set up correct and the height of my throne is also perfect. My upper leg starts hurting like hell and my ankle just refuses to keep a steady beat.

Thank you 😀

I love see drumeo sir

These are great. Thanks for making!!

Jared could you make a video on indepence exercises ..

Thanks!! :D

you made the second and third beat look so easy

Im a beginner.. So i have a question . How to use the pedal if the pedal speeds are like dodo-pa-dodo-pa (the "pa" is where the kick/bass/pedal stops playing) but the snare and the hi-hat closed are fast paced? Im having trouble with this and also having trouble making this question cus you may be cant understand the sentence.. Thx in advance

Love the Conan Shirt!

starting off at 60bpm instead of 70bpm is rlly helpful. thanks for da vid this is great, ur a fucking beast on the drums by the way

@redeye998 Try tightening the spring tension. That should solve your problem.

Is it possible to do this exercise with heel-toe technique ?? I find that very difficult ..

good thanks.....

That's really good...all i need now is drums.

Is there any way to avoid your upper leg from gripping when having heel off of pedal?

@voodoovibes007 If you notice on the overhead cam, he actually isn't hitting the snare dead center, that's why it has a bit of ring.

My brain just got a massage from this basedrum.

Hi everybody I need some help: What Is the best regulation for the pedal to play with flat foot? spring should be pull? Angle of swing should be 45°? sorry for my english hope someone can help

I'm just starting out so excuse the silly question but: the leg you use to hit the pedal is lifted all the time? It never rests? Is that just a matter of stamina or is there some kind of trick to prevent exhaustion? Seems kinda weird to have you leg lifted slightly above the ground all the time

It's better to have a loose tension on the pedal? I'm trying to improve my control at volume and speed also. Thanks for anyone who respond me!

gold!

Also excellent to work on *not* flamming bass&snare when played together

can you pls demnstrate, what is the proper way or how tigthing the spring of pedal..

Very helpful video, thank you.

Also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring this up with your instructor. He/she may have some insight. On the other hand, you mentioned you have only been playing nearly every day for 8-9 months. Great start, and great dedication, but keep in mind that it's gonna take some time, and on top of that good technique. You want to play relaxed. Tensing up can cause not only timing issues, but injuries as well. It's also more fun to play when you are relaxed.

what kind of bass pedal are you using?

wow it's been 6 years when this video 📹 appeared here... nice video..

yeah they are. Got same pedals and they're great. Recommend them to anyone :)

first time doing that exercises and after 2-3 min I feel pain near the adductor (maybe the quadriceps tendons?!? i'm not a sportsman but when i play drum never feel that) is that normal???

Nice drum drum drum

My teacher never told me about heel up and that it might be mire useful... Now i have to adapt to it up after 3 years of drumming

This use to happened to me every time i sat at the kit. Still from time to time i can feel my hand wanting to follow my foot. When in reality it should be your foot following your hand. I started breaking this by practicing 16th note base and hi hat combos in loops. Then finding beats that have them and playing them over and over but at very very deadly slow tempos. After playing it slow so many times faster tempo as expected became easier. Just takes time. :-/

So I have a question, my kick drum pedal is position backed so much that my ankle is touching it which irritates me. How do I fix this?

Damn the advanced lesson must be bad ass for this one!

Whenever I try doing the sixteenth notes on the bass my hi-hat hand constantly wants to go at that speed too. I've been working with this for a while, but does anyone have any tips on how to make hands and feet independent?

omg this isnt begginer level at al!!!! second exercise is imposile to me, cant get those good 16th notes. should i useheal toe or what? so difficult

I already loved Jared but now that I see that Team Conan shirt? +100000 points

Do you have a hard time with keeping up the sixteenth notes? I have the same issue. I can't roll on a hi-hat, or any drums. I end up hitting it with both sticks, and it messes up the timing. I'm the bad drummer for not knowing basic drum rolls.

maaan when i try to do the 16th note with drum bass my right hand either stops or doesnt play along..is this normal for a beginner??

@Bigbuster242 yes

where u get that conan shirt? gimme

Hi Jared. I've been having a lot of trouble with bass drum speed and control. I use the heel up technique but when I get fast double strokes I use heel-toe. I've been trying to learn a specific song and it has a variety of double stroke while playing 8th note triplets on the cymbals. When I play the song at a very slow pace, I still seem to have a bit of trouble because when I go in for the double stroke, my foot chokes and stiffens up and doesn't let me do the heel-toe. I'm in desperate need of help given that I have a concert on January 8th. I haven't even gotten half way across the song and I made the mistake of choosing this song that is very far out of my difficulty level. I've also made the mistake of looking at so many ways of increasing my foot speed and control that my brain has become disoriented and makes it nearly impossible to increase speed. I'm feeling stuck and unmotivated.

I need some advice, I heard that if you put a hole in the Reso of the bass drum that t makes it sound better. Is that true?

Does the pedal matter when playing? are there specific pedals that would allow you to play quicker easier?

@besszera it's far too resonant, he should use a moongel to cancel that out. that horrible ring, i cut the 2 end snare wires too, that also helps.

What iem are u using

im starting out and im having trouble seperating my bass beats and my eighth notes on cymbals when i play more off beat bass beats or when i play any subdivision of triplets. in short my right hand wants to do what my foot is doing. are there any exercise to develop more rythmic independence with my legs and arms??

cool

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Man I went from a cheap $80 mapex pedal able to hold a constant 16th note grove ( on the bass drum ) too a $200 dw 9000. So was I using my legs too much with my old pedal? It diffidently seems I need to rework my technique and use my control with my ankles now when it comes with anything over an 8th note; given how smooth the dw pedal is. advice Jared or anything?

How long should one practice this in a day? 10-20 minutes? Longer?

2 days playing 2 hours each day i am faster than ever nice lesson

I can keep beat with my right hand, but the moment i use my left i lose rhythm. Why? I just started drumming..

@MrMike0113 I'm not an English-speaker, but I think he meant "snare sound is horrible" (the sound of snare). am I right? if I'm right then what's wrong with the apostrophe?

@Biffy300Clyro You know,the snare sound is a personal preference

i always play heel down unless im doing slide and missing my double pedal :)

is it a duallist pedal or something?

If anybody knows, does one move the entire leg to hit the pedal or do you just move your ankle and foot?

i got a double kick that uses a single pedal, any body know what that is called? all i see is people using two pedals

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nicko mcbrain uses the "flat foot" technique

What pedal is that please?

I normally lose control and speed up on the sixteenth notes with the bass drum. I am getting better though :) Don't worry, you are not bad. Tighten up the fulcrum on your fingers, and also USE your fingers and get the stick off you palm. Relax on them, cause if you are tense, you will lock up, and stick to being slow. Keep Drumming! :)

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@LaughingOutKraut i actually did o.o im a big fan of these vids

We have the same pedals brah

lol, team coco ftw!

My problem is that I have too much speed, and by that I mean, I have trouble matching the speed. For example, a bass drum plays every beat at 120 beats per minute, my problem is that I'll play it, but my foot will have random jolts of energy and play a really fast triplet, or a few even, and it's really hard to play cause I will randomly speed up for a second, then slow down. How can I fix this?

@MrPiazza82 Did you even watch it before you wrote this?

why are you using the slice technique at the end if you said that you prefer the heel toe technique?

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