[gyutae]

Has anyone here perfected this technique? Care to share some good tips and secrets to making this sound smooth and fast?

I think heel-toe is a great technique to really speed up your bass drum hits without the extra effort. It does however require a lot more coordination and skill to pull off.

Any ideas?

[full metal]

I tryed using it because I heard how much faster you could be but Im not sire I was doing it right and it got very uncomfertbal for me and I guess I just didnt have the paitance to do it.
but fo the people that use it Im sure it is great.

[Tim]

I naturally started playing heel-toe about 3 years ago(this is my 5th year learning drums) without hearing about it. It made things way easier. But because i needed my foot a lot further up the pedal to use my heel, i had to take my shoes off, and now i can't stand playing drums with shoes on(i have no idea whether thats a good or bad thing).
So about 3 weeks ago i bought the pearl elimanator double kick pedal, and i've managed to get it going on my left foot too. Its really hard to get as neat as my right foot by itself, but having them going one after the other continuosly sounds pretty cool, and is way less stressful to play that fast, as it would be normally.

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[AvengedDrummer]

I do my version, the "toe heel drop style" thing. Im still working on getting my left foot as efficient as my right though. If anybody wants to know how I do it, here's a link to the thread. Its explained in my last post.
http://www.drumsetconnect.com/forums...ead.php?t=3063

[gyutae]

Originally Posted by Tim

I naturally started playing heel-toe about 3 years ago(this is my 5th year learning drums) without hearing about it. It made things way easier. But because i needed my foot a lot further up the pedal to use my heel, i had to take my shoes off, and now i can't stand playing drums with shoes on(i have no idea whether thats a good or bad thing).
So about 3 weeks ago i bought the pearl elimanator double kick pedal, and i've managed to get it going on my left foot too. Its really hard to get as neat as my right foot by itself, but having them going one after the other continuosly sounds pretty cool, and is way less stressful to play that fast, as it would be normally.

Cool, good to hear. Is the way you self-taught yourself the same as the way most other people do it?

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[mind_drummer]

For heel-toe technique, start slowly, watch vids of others doing it and get faster only when you feel the smooth transition between the heel and toe. I adjust my spring tension to medium-loose and wit lot of practice, I can now, achieve pretty good speed.

Good luck !!!

[michaelpops]

Hm... I have a Pearl2002C double pedal... do you need a longer footboard to play with the heel-toe technique?

[mind_drummer]

Originally Posted by michaelpops

Hm... I have a Pearl2002C double pedal... do you need a longer footboard to play with the heel-toe technique?

The answer is no. When you have mastered the technique, you can actually play the heel, down the pedal plate base.

[skinslapper]

Cool, I'm gonna give this a try.

[michaelpops]

Alright I've been trying to do the heel-toe technique for hours and can't seem to get it. I have my foot on the footboard and me heel on the heel plate; you still only get one hit not 2 and not faster. I then tried putting my whole foot on the board which I believe is the right way and it works a lot better but I still get a lot better beats just having my heel up. Im probably doing something wrong.