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Now I know I've been so wrong in my understanding about these crucial double bass mechanics, I feel like a fool. Thank you so much for sharing this valuable information for free!

You're the best teacher Marthyn. I'm making so much progress thanks to you. Finally after 20 years of struggling I start to see the light.

I feel like I have good constant beater control but starting fast tempos quickly has been an issue, using the ankle motion only has been a big help but I'm working on that now. I love this stuff.

Thank you so much! From the bottom of my heart!

Another great lesson! I got a tip because I realised when playing I was struggling with my hip flexors getting tired when keeping my legs raised whilst doing the ankle technique. I realised that if I raised my drum throne a notch higher and sat further back on the chair that my hamstrings were more supported and this made it easier to keep my legs raised and relaxed to utilise my calf muscles for higher tempos for longer periods of time.

thank u thank u thank u. I've tried so many techniques. listened to so many peeps. 15 minutes after this video and I got it down. thx

What a pleasure - this video answers some questions I had while watching the last video about the ankle technique. Especially the slow motion passage was really helpful. I´m full of motivation to work it out because of your amazing teaching skills! Thanx!

Thanks again and I'm glad to see you are doing well-heavy metal as always Marthyn!

Scientific explanation...impressive..cant thank you more marthyn

Exelent marthyn !!!

Very informative and masterful instruction video...🤘🏽

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾 Thanks you Marthyn 🤘🏾🤟🏾 From Argentina 🇦🇷

I love your videos and Thank you so much for all the help you giving us on this videos!! CHEERS From San Antonio tx

You're the awesome, Marthyn!

Very usefull....tx marthyn

Great Video! Thank you for saving many drummers' careers!

Hey Marthyn great tips as always! 🤘🏼🥁💀

Wow man! This video will definitely help me, thank you so much!

This is pure gold

superb, clear, logical, scientific, and well explained.

Great approach, useful tips and positive attitude! Greetings from Munich 😀

Technical and useful for everyone! Im studying on the book Time Functioning Patterns and i brought my grooves to 100 bpm but the bass pedal has to move in 16th like it was 200 bpm 8th, that video helped me so much and gave me trust about teaching! Thx very much!

Thank you. This is very helpful

I've been practicing this technique for an hour straight (I'm a shin abusing drummer). Re training myself from tensing my tibialis anterior to relaxing it while contracting my calf was the hardest part, but I can already see the difference because it feels more relaxed or fluid. Currently on 120 bpm working the ladder alternating R L. Great video, thank you very much.

Great Tips, Thanks!

Awesome video Marthyn! Looking forward to the next video. Have gotten up to 210 using ankle motion with your BDM course. Still struggling with adding/controlling the thigh contraction at faster tempos.

Oh yeah! That's amazing.

Thanks, Marthyn. I have learned a lot from your videos. I'll keep an eye on my countryman's section, David Mc Graw. Greetings from Chile.

Awesome video again! What about strengthening the spring tension instead of the beater weight? Would that help as well?

Brilliant vid thanks so much. Half my career can be described as an uncontrolled twitching motion!!

To get more feedback form the beater you can also mount the black cam instead of the red cam . The black cam has a smaller radius so the beater can lift your foot much easier when the it's is coming off the bassdrum head.

Marthyn saves my life

Thankyou sir

Now i know that the way i play, is good technique wise nice

Thanks for the video and all the great content. Do you think there are pedal settings that really hinder ankle technique? I worry my pedal settings are just crap

this video couldnt have had better timing😍😂

Marthyn is like Bruce lee . He’s already a Master but still trying to gain other drummer’s knowledge and techniques. 🤘💪

Der Haken an dieser Technik, zumindest nach meiner Erfahrung: Man muss da konstant dran bleiben, Jahr für Jahr. Lange habe ich so gespielt, aber als Hobbymusiker hatte ich irgendwann nicht mehr die Zeit und von den einstigen 220 - 230 sauberen BPM bleibt nach ner Weile wieder nur die altbekannte 190-Barriere. Ich hab dann umgesattelt auf etwas, das ich bisher nur unter dem Namen "constant release technique" gefunden hab - ohne bis dahin gewusst zu haben, dass das ne "Technik" ist. Hatte einfach nur versucht, das Prinzip Doublestrokes so umzubauen, das es auch ungetriggert funktioniert. Wanja Gröger macht auch sowas in der Richtung. Vorteil: 270 BPM sind damit auch für faule Hobbydrummer wie mich ziemlich sauber spielbar. Nachteil: lässt sich nicht so entspannt spielen wie ne ankle-motion, somit nur für überschaubare 30 - 60 Sekunden spielbar, außer natürlich man trainiert das so massiv wie der erwähnte Herr Gröger - wo wir wieder beim Zeitfaktor wären.

do you also have a video about spring tension? I'm starting to get into double bass and I guess the spring tension is a crucial part

Hey Marthyn, thanks for the video, and all the guides you do. I do have a quick couple questions though. I don't have any beater weights however, I have extended my beaters all the way, but still end up getting the uneven nervous twitch motions. How can I overcome this? Would a beater weight be the next best thing, or is there something else I can do to gain more control without a beater weight?

Vidio yang bermanfaat bro, pacu terus bro semangat nya, kami.bisa menikmati vidionya dengan jelas, semoga kita bisa jadi youtube partner ya bro...

Please don't mind...I watched Samus review about you, but not full. Without checking your details, I thought that you were one of those wannabe drum teachers; my stupidity...Then, I saw your review about Samus and found out your 'maturity and humility' which got me more interested. Then I went deeper and saw your drumming from this channel along with many other videos on youtube...Found out about your career with a big metal band too...Well brother! You are one extremely humble, extremely talented metal drummer and a very good person. God bless you... That review on Samus and lots of other videos on your channel are simply great...

Hi. Nice video. What is the pedals you use? Thanks.

Great video still need to know about seat position but great info

Damn good explanation 💪

I have been working on both feet individually to get the beater swing right and cultivate a powerful even sound. I found that playing 8ths on one foot at a tempo starting around 160 and playing alternating 8th notes on my hands in unison with the single foot. Doing this with a click allows you to strengthen your foot muscles and get your weaker foot up to even. Try it out and let me know what you guys think!

Hi there, I'm interesting about what kind of extra-weight he uses in this video?

I have all problems you mentioned with the pedal constant motion. What could be a starting beater weight?

Hi Marthyn. I suffered a back injury, a herniated disc that over time made me lose mobility, sensation and control in my right leg. I got to control and play sixteenth notes at 230 to 240 bmp with the double pedal when I was fine. I have spent years trying to re-control the double pedal but it has become very difficult, what recommendations could you give me regarding this problem please

Thx for the very helpful video! Great content as usual! :-) I've got a problem with the technique though. This might seem weird though, but when playing 16th notes at 140 bpm the angle at which the beater swings back far exceeds 90°. That leads to my feet getting hit by the beater swing, which hurts if I do it for a longer period of time... I tried adjusting my pedal settings but regardless of how I do it, it's either my feet geting hit by the beater or I'm losing rebound and struggle to play clean 16ths. Do u have any advice? Thanks up front!

How do you control the amount of the beater swing? At faster tempos, my beater swing needs to decrease but it swings around 90 degrees for me. How can I decrease the amount of the beater swing? Thanks

I really love this last two videos, both are very great and instructional. Just have one question... i'm seeing a lot of different techniques and the most of them talk about the spring tension, i know you are covering a lot of the beater angle and stuff. would you recomend to put the tension of the spring to the top?.. sorry if my english isn't good enough, greetings from Mèxico!

Do you only use the Beater Weight while practicing, or do you use it all the time?

I knew that weight, or heavy beater is the answer :)

How do I get your full tutorials?

Please do matt mc guire reaction

Great video, thanks! I did not understand one thing, what is the name of this technique? This is not like the classic heel-up technique, as heel-up uses the shin muscle to move the foot, but you use the calf. This is the first time I saw this approach to playing bass drum =)

Hi Marthyn, Which spring tension do you set when practicing the ankle technique? Do you keep the same for actual playing? What would you suggest? Thanks in advance!

Should the footboard be 45 degrees?

What pedals is he using?

Marthyn, do you smoke weed all the time or just some of the time?, just kidding, you're always smiling/laughing in your videos(it's contagious). You seem to really like what you do. I just started watching your stuff after seeing you in the 66Samus video. I like the way you teach, thank you

If I had found your material when I still was a teenager maybe my drumming career would have gotten somewhere. I spent my entire life playing double pedal wrong.

One thing I'm struggle with is that when I increasing the speed of my double bass I get a couple of double stamps (left and right hits the bass drum at the same time) from time to time. I will end your course later (I have concussion syndrome since more than 2 years so l can't practice so often and not for long time so taking class every week as it is now is unfortunate impossible) when I'm myself again :-) Thanks for all the great shares you do. Do you have any video about my problems? Thanks from Sweden 🇸🇪

Wie klingt das Ganze ohne Triggers?

they should learn this in da school! 😅

My startingpoint is like 180bpm. Its a struggle to play it at 170bpm for me. Although i have worked up fulleg motion of some sort for slower 0-170 tempos. :D Good shit this! Would kill for information like this when i started back in 1999 :D Back then we could see a glimse of whole conserts and for like 1sec we could se someones leg doing something :D

back In Ancient Rome, this guy would be Caesar’s personal wine maker. Smashing beats at 240 grapes per minute

Why does it seem like Axis pedals have fallen out of favor, those polish pedals really that much better?

Great lesson man! I was just wondering if you have balkan roots? Perhaps Serbia, because your name doesnt sound austrian :D

this technique is very complicated, so far my legs upset me ... keep working

Both my legs can twitch - albeit the right much faster than the left, but I have two issues: 1. The right can’t be slowed down 🤦🏽‍♂️ 2. When played together (R L R L R L), they can’t be in perfect tandem with each other. Help!

Nice! Paulina Villarreal did this easily when she was 10 yo. Now she's a monster on the drumms better than many famous male drummers, and she sings while she plays, she's only 18

anymore reaction/analysis videos on the horizon? Jamie Saint Merat of ULCERATE would be cool... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNubZNlj0p6mon0.html

You left-handed but play right-handed? Now that's even more shocking...

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