[Matt Shank]

Ok guys/gals...
I was wondering what pedal technique(s) everyone uses on here and what is the most effective for you.

Heels-Down / Heels-Up


Heel-Toe

This post has been edited by Matt Shank: 10 October 2011 - 08:48 AM

[Matt Shank]

Slide


Flat-Foot

[Matt Shank]

Swivel

This post has been edited by Matt Shank: 10 October 2011 - 08:49 AM

[abacacus]

I don't even really know anymore. It's single strokes, but I don't pay much attention to what my legs are doing. If I had to hazard a guess I'd say I was back to using my ankles a fair bit, but like I said it's just a guess

[FourPieceMetal]

I use heel up almost exclusively. It's only the very occasional song that I'll just slide through using heel down. I'd love to learn swivel. But it's just too hard. I guess maybe your bass drum technique would come naturally and the more you did it, the more you got better and faster, and more coordinated with it. And I guess that that happened for me with heel up.

This post has been edited by FourPieceMetal: 27 September 2011 - 08:58 AM

[abacacus]

FourPieceMetal, on 27 September 2011 - 08:56 AM, said:

I use heel up almost exclusively. It's only the very occasional song that I'll just slide through using heel down. I'd love to learn swivel. But it's just too hard. I guess maybe your bass drum technique would come naturally and the more you did it, the more you got better and faster, and more coordinated with it. And I guess that that happened for me with heel up.

That's exactly how it works too. Find a technique thats comfy, then use it, and you will get better.

[pearlvx96]

I start to naturally swivel at certain speeds. I think Kollias said that's how it happened for him. I've been trying to get a double stroke using heel toe and slide, but i just can't

[Hampys]

I play heel-up most of the time, if I play softly I go for the heel-down because I find it easier and more controlable at lower volume. Playing a fast tempo or doing a fill or whatever I use a lot of heel-toe, I feel totally comfortable playing like this so I'm sticking with it (y)

[Dan62]

Most of the time I play heel up, but I use my hand on occasion.

[JBoom]

Oh crap, you can use your feet with a drum kit too?

[Dan62]

Yea, it's this revolutionary new concept that was recently developed. Scientists came up with a formula to create pedals that let us use our feet to hit the bass drum to free up our hands! Pretty crazy right?

[jimmyjam]

When I play country music, I will use heel up! When I play funk or rock I use heel toe! The heel toe I use is powerful on heel stroke and toe stroke. I use the whole foot board and my technique is easy and smooth! Maybe I will video it!!

[Evmeh1303]

For single strokes Heel Up, and for a quick double stroke I use Heel Toe.

[Thunderstar]

Hampys, on 27 September 2011 - 03:37 PM, said:

I play heel-up most of the time, if I play softly I go for the heel-down because I find it easier and more controlable at lower volume. Playing a fast tempo or doing a fill or whatever I use a lot of heel-toe, I feel totally comfortable playing like this so I'm sticking with it (y)

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[ExplicitBombers]

I use heal-up all the time and the slide all the time as well though everyday when I practice I make sure to practice heal-down so I'm able to use it and be as versatile as possible. I'm also attempting to learn the heal-toe, though I just can't do it with my right foot. I can do it on my left foot which I have on my hi-hat pedal (I use a single kick pedal). I don't know if anybody else does this, but I use heal-up for the bass drum and heal-down for my hi-hat.

[osirus211]

ExplicitBombers, on 02 October 2011 - 01:01 PM, said:

I use heel-up for the bass drum and heel-down for my hi-hat.

Same here... I feel like I have better control of the hi-hat using heel-down.

[The Parasmurf]

Oh jeeze. Well, for quick doubles, heel-toe for me. When playing one pedal, heel down. Double pedal? Heel up for both. For a quick little triplet on the bass drums, heel-toes. For a quick little quad, slide is used. For slower hi-hat work, I use heel down, and for quicker stuff, I use heel up.

Yeah. my feet change positions a lot.

EDIT:
When I mess around with the pedal's settings, I use my hands. Does that count?

This post has been edited by The Parasmurf: 03 October 2011 - 06:12 PM

[Kikunan]

Heel up works best with me for both single and double pedal. I also use the slide technique for the quick doubles. I've tried heel toe and flat foot but I just can't get either one to work for me.

[Omnisis]

I actually use different positions depending on what i'm trying to play... but i'm mainly heel toe... I didn't know it was actually called that... it was just the way I learned to play... it was what came natural as I learned... I learned it was heel toe after watching the bass drum techniques from DL.com... I always tried to use the slide but i just cant do it... I have some serious restless leg syndrome so heel up, heel down, and heel toe work right in with it

[abacacus]

Took a look down when I was jamming this morning and apparently I swivel like a bugger, a good 90 degree range of motion.