Proberbly one of the best heel toe videos ive seen. most pro drummers just skip over these techniques like its some kind of trade secret. your way of explaining things is very easy for everyone to understand. Well done and thank you. Volitionjim uk.
as with all music technique learning, break it down into small parts and practice them SLOWLY. painfully slowly. get your muscles to know the motion you want to make at the pressure you want to use with the consistency required. much easier when you're working on small, simple bits of information at slow speeds. slowly increase the speed on each chunk of info, and then link a few and do them painfully slow again, gradually building to where you want to be. best lesson i've ever learned.
Dude i've been trying to figure out this technique for an entire year now......Thanks a million for posting this vid cuz i finally got it. TH-cam and drummers rock!!!!!
Great teacher and video question when you drop your heel is it your actual heel thats hitting the board or the closest part of your foot to the heel Because for my actual heel to hit the board because for my heel to hit the board the board is way to small about an inch or two up from heal hits the board it works i just want to make sure its being done right thanks great teacher
Trolling on GTA 5 and cod 3 I too had the same issue my heel sticks out about 2 inches I had nothing but the really back part of the pedal which is not part of the board itself
Well, to me, this video explained this tech the best I've found on YT. He demonstrates and explains the technique that we can understand the point. He doesn't have to be a master to teach something this simple...
I know I'm 9 years too late, but you don't need to have your heel on the pedal to do heel toe. Do the exact same motion with your heel on the floor and you'll figure out the motion eventually. I got size 12 and my heel isn't on the pedal at all. I hope you figured this out in the last decade LOL
Dude I've spent so much time watching slick new instructional videos before I uncovered this. Just the video footage from 4:50 on specifically showing exactly where to put your foot on the pedal.... Priceless. Thank you so much!!!
DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH I watched your heel toe instructions, went downstairs, and did it! I WAS laughing because of how easy it was!!! you've totally earned another subscriber!
This is, by FAR, the most useful and helpful drum vid on TH-cam! Amazing, amazing stuff. I've been playing on the skins for about seven years now and this is still helpful. Just goes to show you you never can be sure you've mastered anything. Thumbs up! Thanks for the great vid!
I stopped wearing shoes YEARS ago. Felt like they were slowing me down. I find that I can slide my feet around easier and I can even use a sliding "technique" to create different responses from my pedals. This vid is great! I have been doing some of these moves for years and never been able to explain how. Nice teaching!
thanks for the instructional vid Derrick, I've found this one of the best explanatory vids on youtube, I've now got heel-toe dialed nearly as fast as you with my right foot in just 2hrs practise - without knowing how to do it beforehand; will now have to get a 2nd pedal to learn my left foot!
Thank you for assisting me in using what youtube can be beneficial for.....real education. I'll never get the time to really get into this but I always have time to observe real experts. You have a very good teaching ability and many who want to go further can, thanks to your help. Thanks for sharing, knowledge is power! Bless you brother! Thunderous heel-toe bass drumming freaks us out!
i've seen a lot of people explaining this technique but i've never understand it really... Only now, i really think i got it. Thank's a lot bro, for real
Wow, it really is that mind-blowingly easy. I just started playing double bass yesterday, and you just taught me bass drum diddles in under 5 minutes. Thanks!
I have a video tape from the 1990s explaining this technique of "hee, toe" but the way YOU explained it made it easier. The part I couldn't get was the "heel" part. You demonstrated and explained that better than the video I have. Thanks! Luv you man!! LOL!
I'm just now starting to teach myself how to play drums. I have a double bass pedal, but I had no idea that there were techniques to it. This vid has really helped me out alot!
Thanks so much, I can't beleive how easy this was. It took me a few trys at first but then I got it. I've found that adjusting the pedal angle also really helps with this technique. The more tension in the spring gives a better bounce so you can get those double hits.
great vid. you do a very good job explaining things in a way thats easy to take in. a lot of "pro drummers" instruction sucks. not because they are bad at drumming but because they lack communication skills. kudos to you! keep up the good work.
excellent video. made the heel-toe method look much easier. my foot is bigger than my pedal, but once i get a bigger one i'm sure i'll get it down in no time. keep up the good work.
dude....can it be more simple?...wow...this guy born to be a teacher...he is a good teacher thas for sure. Some people sucks at explaining things but he is very fluent explaining things. Thanks
all your videos are great. you've got a good teaching style. thx. those of you with big feet should try the reverse technique. leave about an inch of footboard in front of your toes, hit with your toes (heel up), then drop your leg to get the double.
i really loved your explaination of the heel toe method... before i had alot of trouble when experimenting with it... but as u said its all in the rocking motion.... tanks man!
Thank you for putting this up. You showed me a new technique that all of my favorite punk drummers use, as opposed to using double bass. And you were right, it is really easy, was able to use it with only one day of practice. now all I have to do is work up the muscle to sustain playing heel-toe. But Thanks!
This video is a big help, It takes some practice to get it down, it works a differnt muscle than regular double bass. Your shin muscles will burn. But it's a good thing to have in your bag of tricks.
thank you heaps for posting this, I've been single heel toeing for years, mainly for cheating with tom kick triplets and have recently purchased my first ever double kick pedal,and intend to try out this technique with both feet
Joe from slip knot uses this technique but with a slight difference... he keeps his feet off the pedals a little but his hits are strong because he really moves his feet fast. Good Video!
Thanks for the video. I watched a bunch of others before I found this one, but this was the best. I still have a little trouble with the heel-toe, but I just need to practice. Anyway, thanks a lot and keep up the good work.
Don't Know If This Is The Proper Heel-toe Technique...Tried The Same Thing You Did , and Yes I Was Laughing With Joy that I Managed To Get Doubles Quicker Than My SIngles Strokes , But Once I Got My Self On a Small Board Pedal.....SO Much For My "heel-toe Technique"! It was Gone...Right And There!! I FIgured Another Way to Do it , But It Was More Actually a "toe-toe" Hit than a "heel-toe" , and Then I Magically Transformed Into Some Kind of a Slide Technique....Which In My Eyes is the Exact Opposite Way Of Thinking In the "Heel-Toe" so You Can Have Accented the Second Note! And More Useful When U Got To Play Something Like a Fast Half Time Shuffle , with many Doubles On "a-1"...Just Saying...
Thanks that really ended the questions for me. I also think that its easier to see what your doing with socks on, on other videos when they are wearing shoes it looks like their heels dont leave the bar, which confused me, but now I am enlightened thanks.
Thank You! I have watched about 3 other videos and had no luck. I was able to do this after a 1/2 hour of practice after watching this video Even with left foot slowly. I will checking your videos first next time I want to learn how to do something :).
dude dya know what this is the first video that ive triwed and has actually worked! well im not that good ofc cos i jst started but ima recomment you to all my friends. gj!
Wow, ever since my band teacher had a day in Jazz Band be a day where he plays the drums the entire class, I've wanted to know how to do this. This video was incredible, and I thought the snare stuff at the beginning was pretty good!
Derrick is completely right i just tried it about 2 minutes ago and i actually laughed it is so easy it takes a while to get use to but after that it's really easy
@Villex93 You mean left hand? It's called traditional grip, from the first marching snare drums. They're held at an angle and you have to play like that to make it comfortable. When the drum set came into being, all the drummers were already playing like that, so they kept the technique. It's just how some people learn, obviously for full-on metal you need matched, but trad grip is fine for virtually any genre, and sometimes better for left hand control.
whaw Derrick, you are really a great teacher! amazing. you should put your own DVD, something like : Derrick Secret of drumming Expose :) you have a way to show stuff in such a easy and nice way! GREAT!
great vid man, really helpful, i been heal down since i started playing because there is like one drummer in a 5 billion mile radius of me and thats his style, so i am stuck with it and i have been struggling to change out my ways for a heal up technique. and of course heal toe. so this helps loads, thanks man, xx
This man is the biggest drum utility i ever found on the internet... keep on you're great!!!! (btw this tecqnique is not so EEEEAAAASY o_o... let's say it's easier of what it seems XD)
Had the same problem, had to put shoes on as it started to hurt my toes. Still beginner but WOW!!! It is working!!! Dont try to hit it with your heel, I do a pretty normal flat foot 1st hit and the 2nd hit is a heel down (but feels like a bounce). Think Flat - Toe, rather than heel - toe, works for me anyway. Feels very effort less. I can feel it coming!!!!
a billion years later . THANK YOU.. the early years of youtube were a great time for drummers.
Proberbly one of the best heel toe videos ive seen. most pro drummers just skip over these techniques like its some kind of trade secret. your way of explaining things is very easy for everyone to understand. Well done and thank you. Volitionjim uk.
I agree. He has done a very good job explaining this. Other videos that I have watched make this way harder than it needs to be.
as with all music technique learning, break it down into small parts and practice them SLOWLY. painfully slowly. get your muscles to know the motion you want to make at the pressure you want to use with the consistency required. much easier when you're working on small, simple bits of information at slow speeds. slowly increase the speed on each chunk of info, and then link a few and do them painfully slow again, gradually building to where you want to be. best lesson i've ever learned.
Dude i've been trying to figure out this technique for an entire year now......Thanks a million for posting this vid cuz i finally got it. TH-cam and drummers rock!!!!!
You're a great instructor, thank you!
This is by far the _best_ instructions on how to actually perform the heal toe technique.
10:38 the birth of Meshugga bleed pattern :)
14 years later, I’m back. Learned the technique through this video but never thanked you.
Thanks man
Be safe
Keep rocking!
Great teacher and video question when you drop your heel is it your actual heel thats hitting the board or the closest part of your foot to the heel Because for my actual heel to hit the board because for my heel to hit the board the board is way to small about an inch or two up from heal hits the board it works i just want to make sure its being done right thanks great teacher
Trolling on GTA 5 and cod 3 I too had the same issue my heel sticks out about 2 inches I had nothing but the really back part of the pedal which is not part of the board itself
Kevin's vlog I think my foot is too long. The heel can't hit it
Well, to me, this video explained this tech the best I've found on YT. He demonstrates and explains the technique that we can understand the point. He doesn't have to be a master to teach something this simple...
can't make beat with heal.......size 14 feet.....my heel is hanging off the pedal.
I know I'm 9 years too late, but you don't need to have your heel on the pedal to do heel toe. Do the exact same motion with your heel on the floor and you'll figure out the motion eventually. I got size 12 and my heel isn't on the pedal at all. I hope you figured this out in the last decade LOL
This is by far.. the best tutorial video for the heel-toe technique..
Nothing beats this one!
The. Video. Is. So. Old!!!! I was in preschool in 2006!!
Okay?
Lol
well, i was kind of just saying, but i guess i learned something. idk. not really... Marc
Marc Anthony Gomez
Now you done with school
Best lesson I've ever had on foot control. I've been playing for 25 years. Thank you!
peace.
lift your camera man ull break ur back
Dude I've spent so much time watching slick new instructional videos before I uncovered this. Just the video footage from 4:50 on specifically showing exactly where to put your foot on the pedal.... Priceless. Thank you so much!!!
DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH
I watched your heel toe instructions, went downstairs, and did it! I WAS laughing because of how easy it was!!! you've totally earned another subscriber!
This is, by FAR, the most useful and helpful drum vid on TH-cam! Amazing, amazing stuff. I've been playing on the skins for about seven years now and this is still helpful. Just goes to show you you never can be sure you've mastered anything. Thumbs up! Thanks for the great vid!
AMAZING. Within 5 minutes I learned how to go really fast without being as tired. Thanks for all your videos.
I stopped wearing shoes YEARS ago. Felt like they were slowing me down. I find that I can slide my feet around easier and I can even use a sliding "technique" to create different responses from my pedals.
This vid is great! I have been doing some of these moves for years and never been able to explain how. Nice teaching!
easily the best explanation for heel toe ive seen on youtube, cheers mate
thanks for the instructional vid Derrick, I've found this one of the best explanatory vids on youtube, I've now got heel-toe dialed nearly as fast as you with my right foot in just 2hrs practise - without knowing how to do it beforehand; will now have to get a 2nd pedal to learn my left foot!
This video was brilliant. After watching it I tried for about 30 min and it's coming to me very quickly! Well explained!
this is by far the best video that teaches how to do this EVER!! THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!
Thank you for assisting me in using what youtube can be beneficial for.....real education. I'll never get the time to really get into this but I always have time to observe real experts. You have a very good teaching ability and many who want to go further can, thanks to your help. Thanks for sharing, knowledge is power! Bless you brother! Thunderous heel-toe bass drumming freaks us out!
best heel toe lesson iv ever seen. i cant believe how easy it is!
5 stars !!!!!
THANKYOU
this was the best explanation and tutorial of the heal toe method I have seen. Thanx man
You have got to be an awesome teacher. I tried this with several people and until I watched this video thought they were out their friggin minds
Another vote for the coolest Phue King drumming video. This technique is amazing. Thank you Derrick.
Dude! Your Heel Toe technique is the best one I've ever seen. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep the faith!
Thanks Derrick! 20 mins after watching the vid I got it going on my Cobras! Great help! Cheers
i've seen a lot of people explaining this technique but i've never understand it really... Only now, i really think i got it. Thank's a lot bro, for real
Wow, it really is that mind-blowingly easy. I just started playing double bass yesterday, and you just taught me bass drum diddles in under 5 minutes. Thanks!
the first drum teaching video on youtube.
Best explanation on TH-cam!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! 42 and I've been playing for 26 years and I just learned something new.
Thanks Derrick - Great Instruction -glad you covered all three methods .
As others have said, this is very easy to understand and have it implanted into your brain. Thank you very much!
This has been the best video I've found for the technique so far. Thanks very much, going to go and give it a try now. :)
I have a video tape from the 1990s explaining this technique of "hee, toe" but the way YOU explained it made it easier. The part I couldn't get was the "heel" part. You demonstrated and explained that better than the video I have. Thanks! Luv you man!! LOL!
Derrick, Best demo I have seen on this technique. JR
I'm just now starting to teach myself how to play drums. I have a double bass pedal, but I had no idea that there were techniques to it. This vid has really helped me out alot!
Thanks so much, I can't beleive how easy this was. It took me a few trys at first but then I got it. I've found that adjusting the pedal angle also really helps with this technique. The more tension in the spring gives a better bounce so you can get those double hits.
I know this video is really old, but i have to say this is the best heel toe video iv seen
great vid. you do a very good job explaining things in a way thats easy to take in. a lot of "pro drummers" instruction sucks. not because they are bad at drumming but because they lack communication skills. kudos to you! keep up the good work.
excellent video. made the heel-toe method look much easier. my foot is bigger than my pedal, but once i get a bigger one i'm sure i'll get it down in no time. keep up the good work.
This helped me immensely. Thanks soooo much dude! Best instructional video on heel-toe. Props!
dude....can it be more simple?...wow...this guy born to be a teacher...he is a good teacher thas for sure. Some people sucks at explaining things but he is very fluent explaining things.
Thanks
10/10 Thank You for sharing your clear explainations of various drum concepts.
Very helpful tips Derrick, best of luck with your drumming career.
all your videos are great. you've got a good teaching style. thx.
those of you with big feet should try the reverse technique. leave about an inch of footboard in front of your toes, hit with your toes (heel up), then drop your leg to get the double.
i really loved your explaination of the heel toe method... before i had alot of trouble when experimenting with it... but as u said its all in the rocking motion.... tanks man!
Awesome! First real useful video I have been able to find on heel toe tech!
Wow man, that was one of the most helpful comments I've ever seen. I'm looking forward to your vids.
man you really owned this method. i already knew how to do this, but this is just a beautiful how-to video. your video is way better than mine :D
Awesome explanation! I'm bout to go practice this for what is gonna seem like an eternity! thanks for the demo!
Thank you for putting this up. You showed me a new technique that all of my favorite punk drummers use, as opposed to using double bass. And you were right, it is really easy, was able to use it with only one day of practice. now all I have to do is work up the muscle to sustain playing heel-toe. But Thanks!
This video is a big help, It takes some practice to get it down, it works a differnt muscle than regular double bass. Your shin muscles will burn. But it's a good thing to have in your bag of tricks.
i realy apreciate this contribution to all drummers,i hope to be capable to learn this!
thank you very much!
thank you heaps for posting this, I've been single heel toeing for years, mainly for cheating with tom kick triplets and have recently purchased my first ever double kick pedal,and intend to try out this technique with both feet
Im going to try this out tomorrow. I tried it a little already but I'm limited on what i can do. It's one of the best explanations I've sen though.
Joe from slip knot uses this technique but with a slight difference... he keeps his feet off the pedals a little but his hits are strong because he really moves his feet fast. Good Video!
I like this explanation of the heeltoe technic. Really good explained,, im gonna practice this a lot!
Great stuff! Watched all of your videos and the are simply great.
the best heel toe video out there. great instructor
Thanks for the video. I watched a bunch of others before I found this one, but this was the best. I still have a little trouble with the heel-toe, but I just need to practice. Anyway, thanks a lot and keep up the good work.
Don't Know If This Is The Proper Heel-toe Technique...Tried The Same Thing You Did , and Yes I Was Laughing With Joy that I Managed To Get Doubles Quicker Than My SIngles Strokes , But Once I Got My Self On a Small Board Pedal.....SO Much For My "heel-toe Technique"! It was Gone...Right And There!! I FIgured Another Way to Do it , But It Was More Actually a "toe-toe" Hit than a "heel-toe" , and Then I Magically Transformed Into Some Kind of a Slide Technique....Which In My Eyes is the Exact Opposite Way Of Thinking In the "Heel-Toe" so You Can Have Accented the Second Note! And More Useful When U Got To Play Something Like a Fast Half Time Shuffle , with many Doubles On "a-1"...Just Saying...
Thanks, I just wanted to make sure I was doing this right, I kinda had it figured out on my own, but always worth making sure you have things right.
This heel toe method reminds me of the "floating hand" played on congas. I'm looking forward to trying it tomorrow. Thank you for the video.
nice video derrick... very clear tutorial.. it helps me alot how to start a proper way to heel toe method.
Thanks that really ended the questions for me. I also think that its easier to see what your doing with socks on, on other videos when they are wearing shoes it looks like their heels dont leave the bar, which confused me, but now I am enlightened thanks.
Thank You! I have watched about 3 other videos and had no luck. I was able to do this after a 1/2 hour of practice after watching this video Even with left foot slowly. I will checking your videos first next time I want to learn how to do something :).
dude dya know what this is the first video that ive triwed and has actually worked! well im not that good ofc cos i jst started but ima recomment you to all my friends. gj!
Man, this was awesome, I always concentrated on hand techniques but this video !! Awesome! Im gonna go practicing it now!
learned a lot thanks for the upload! this guy explains very good and clear.
Derrick! Thank you! I knew there had to be a way to do this! I've been playing for 29 years and I just got SCHOOLED!
cool video man, you make it seem so effortless super smooth rythym.
Wow, ever since my band teacher had a day in Jazz Band be a day where he plays the drums the entire class, I've wanted to know how to do this. This video was incredible, and I thought the snare stuff at the beginning was pretty good!
Derrick is completely right i just tried it about 2 minutes ago and i actually laughed it is so easy it takes a while to get use to but after that it's really easy
It's not a practice pad, it's an electronic kit (Roland, I believe) bass drum.
Thank you very much, I'll try this tommorow at my drum set.
hey may be not the best drummer or the fastes but he is the best teacher !! thx derrick now i can get the heel toe method !! greets
You're a very good teacher, thanks for this.
this is the best vid to learn the heel toe. im lovin it.
hey thanks for posting this vid. i watched it a couple times and now i can do heal toe really well its very easy
That really helped me out....your right it blew my mind too...thank you!!!!
@Villex93 You mean left hand? It's called traditional grip, from the first marching snare drums. They're held at an angle and you have to play like that to make it comfortable. When the drum set came into being, all the drummers were already playing like that, so they kept the technique. It's just how some people learn, obviously for full-on metal you need matched, but trad grip is fine for virtually any genre, and sometimes better for left hand control.
You explained it nicely. I´m starting with this really soon. Thanks.
really good video man!! And also teaching the tecnique is amazing.. I appreciated that :)
Glad I found this. Thanks for the in depth explanation. Subscribed.
The way you're teaching it, heel-toe can't be done on any pedal with any shoe size, but the right way to do it you can.
I actually did learn how to do it by this video. Thanks!
No one played the drums like derrick! I hope now he can meet neil peart and all the other lost greats.
Hell yeah, this was amazing. Thanks for the video man!
thx for that video ! your advices and your demonstration are very instructive ! i'm going to work this !!!
holy damn man, your are a god or teaching stuff over youtube, this helped heaps dude, thanks man
whaw Derrick, you are really a great teacher! amazing.
you should put your own DVD, something like :
Derrick Secret of drumming Expose :)
you have a way to show stuff in such a easy and nice way!
GREAT!
nice video, thanks! Can you say a few words on the similarity and difference between the constant release and the heal toe techniques?
great vid man, really helpful, i been heal down since i started playing because there is like one drummer in a 5 billion mile radius of me and thats his style, so i am stuck with it and i have been struggling to change out my ways for a heal up technique. and of course heal toe. so this helps loads, thanks man, xx
This man is the biggest drum utility i ever found on the internet... keep on you're great!!!!
(btw this tecqnique is not so EEEEAAAASY o_o... let's say it's easier of what it seems XD)
Had the same problem, had to put shoes on as it started to hurt my toes. Still beginner but WOW!!! It is working!!!
Dont try to hit it with your heel, I do a pretty normal flat foot 1st hit and the 2nd hit is a heel down (but feels like a bounce).
Think Flat - Toe, rather than heel - toe, works for me anyway.
Feels very effort less. I can feel it coming!!!!
Nice explanation! I thought it was really hard to learn but it isn't.
Thanks a lot!