Am I the only person who plays double-bass foot-down?

[Aaron]

:confused:

Am I?

[fishbulb]

I'm heel up but i'm trying to play heel down more often.

[Panopticon]

yes

[ninjamonkey]

I used to play it heel down but then I heard heel up was better, so I tried to switch.

[Aaron]

:lolz:

I was sitting there tapping and went "hmm, everyone else seems to tap different to me"

[Harrow]

I play heel down for all my double bass chops and all grooves except for just straight double bass singles. For any pattern with more than 5 singles in succession I raise my heel.

[NewMetman]

Heel down always felt more natural for me, except when doing doubles, which i inexplicably need to be heel up to do properly

[Win A Rabbit]

i could never do heel down. it just felt weird to me.

[Hunted By a Freak]

heel down rules

[lewisniven]

i did when i first started playing double bass, then just naturally went heel up. Cant imagine trying to play double bass heel down now.

[Pleaseme]

I've always played heel-down. Heel-up just doesn't do it for me.

[Harrow]

It's pretty important to practice both, especially once you start doing accented strokes with your feet in straight double bass grooves. Tough to use dynamics if you are already pounding your hardest with heel up all the time.

[Retarded Chipple]

I don't really use double bass but I'm comfortable with either heel up or down.

More sounds at your disposal that way :)

[fishbulb]

It's pretty important to practice both, especially once you start doing accented strokes with your feet in straight double bass grooves. Tough to use dynamics if you are already pounding your hardest with heel up all the time.

Have you seen any of Thomas Lang's DVD's by any chance?

[Harrow]

Have you seen any of Thomas Lang's DVD's by any chance?
No the only DVD I have is jojo meyer's because I downloaded it from Pirate Bay :)

[White]

I do both lol, depeneding on how much power I want.

[lewisniven]

No the only DVD I have is jojo meyer's because I downloaded it from Pirate Bay :)

honesty ftw! :thumb:

[Retarded Chipple]

How can you download a Digital Versatile Disk? :confused:

[Harrow]

You download the iso and rip it onto a DVD, has the menu and everything.

[Carn]

I've always played heel-down. Heel-up just doesn't do it for me.

same here.

[The Chemist]

I find Heel-down feels wrong.

[faithinfire]

I find Heel-down feels wrong.

i agree, thats why i think heel-down is probably the more proper way to do it.

i play heels-up btw, and im not a drummer.

[dairyairman]

i always play heel up because i just can't get enough power with my left foot unless i do.

[LoneStarDrummer]

i used to practice heel down when i first started playing dbl bass, but i haven't practiced it in a while. i did have great control heel down, just didn't have the speed and power.

eventually i want to be able to play both equally well. i plan on working on dbl bass extensively over the summer.

[TheBigMachine]

Bit of both. If your doing straight 16ths heel down gets a bit strenuous, for example. It depends on the situation.

[Doublebasssabian]

Chris Adler plays heel-down

[M@xwell]

He also does quite a bit of heel-toe though.

[Harrow]

Bit of both. If your doing straight 16ths heel down gets a bit strenuous, for example. It depends on the situation.
After a while you get used to it. Although a bad side effect is your calf muscle grow into giant hams :(

[Little Android Man]

I play heel down for all my double bass chops and all grooves except for just straight double bass singles. For any pattern with more than 5 singles in succession I raise my heel.

this.