The Secret To a Faster Kick Drum

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@ZachBratland 4 ай бұрын

Great stuff Dave!!🔥🥁

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@StoyanStoyanov88 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful video 😊

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@thepracticepadchannel 4 ай бұрын

Yip, no substitute for hard work.

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

👊

@editbyStar 4 ай бұрын

I really like this exercise and will definitely give it a try. Btw love the light and quality of the videos!!

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Let me know how you get on

@leedsdrumstudio553 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the inspiration Dave 👍

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Glad it inspired

@lobbyrobby 4 ай бұрын

I'm just a beginner and working on my foot speed. I think I'm doing fairly well but I can only go for a several minutes at a decent speed before I fall apart and then can't even get a slow double in. If I walk away for an hour or so my speed comes back. Eventually I'm sure my muscles will get used to it.

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Speed takes a long time to build up. Its important to work on control too hence the groupings exercices in this video (553)

@tdrum21 4 ай бұрын

Very nice. Great to see you back 🔥🎶🥁

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

More to come! Glad to be back

@johnvanboolen7820 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, yes I agree, during Lock down whilst in 'solitary' I just worked on double bass drum and hammered my hands, it's nowhere near great but what an improvement . Great vid

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Thanks my man 👊

@LegendaryMike 4 ай бұрын

How has shoe shape effected performance/practice?

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Not any difference really. I play in DC skate shoes or trainers because thats whats comfy but if required ill play gigs in dress shoes. I guess as long as the ankle can freely move you'll be fine

@STIXAHOY 4 ай бұрын

got one question sir. Switching to heels down as a training method worked. It worked for me too. That being said......do you play heels down now at a gig or do you revert back to heels up ( playing this without the knee pain ) as a result of training heels down in your practice time. Just curious.

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

Great question. It wasnt the heel up that was causing the knee pain it was the tension from playing beyond my abilities. I was also unbalanced and doing twists of my knee which is not a good thing for your knee!! So i play heel up all the time when playing and even practicing not BD specific stuff. Heel down was just to isolate, strengthen and build control in the ankle.

@STIXAHOY 4 ай бұрын

@@DaveMajor thank U sir for your reply. I applied this technique in my left foot specifically. I play a lot of double bass things ........but my left foot had the same problems as your right foot. So I used the heels down method to train my left foot ........ just as an experiment........cuz I was sick and tired of my left foot's weakness. But lo and behold........heels down training on my left foot actually made it stronger for when I go back to heels up on a double pedal. Thank you so much for this mate

@IBY2K 4 ай бұрын

Perfect timing! Have you used the famous Bass Drum Control by Colin Bailey? What do you think of it?

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

I haven't tbh. The old books I find very piece-meal in the way they teach. "Here's an exercise, Heres a very slight variation of it" continue for 100+ pages. I prefer concepts that I can create the variations of. I'm sure it's great but I've just never checked it out.

@Drumsholic 4 ай бұрын

Do you believe that to have the best accuracy on speed double bass drumming with consistency and great control you must buy a much expensive pedal as DW 9000 or Pearl Demon or you must jump in something like Charzie Kopyto or Trick ??Expensive pedal it makes a difference to how better your playing will be??

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

I think for more extreme tempos you probably need the Tricks or something. 9000s are great but I think for most styles you should try and be comfortable on any pedal.

@Drumsholic 4 ай бұрын

@@DaveMajor i have the same opinion, not the pedal makes the drummer but the straight opposite, thanks

@japanforchrist450 4 ай бұрын

Most of my drummers frown upon heel down

@alitte2hi 4 ай бұрын

Your heel is up though? Definitely not touching the floor in the faster parts. Confused why you would practice one way slow but another fast...

@DaveMajor 4 ай бұрын

After a while my heel down couldnt go faster. When you play heel down you really rely on the ankle but the muscles/tendons are compressed slightly (how it feels to me at least) but then when playing heel up they release and I can get faster. I practiced heel down not to use it exclusively but to isolate and strengthen the ankle so when playing heel up it was faster. It worked