Bass Drum Technique - Flat Foot 

Sean Lang, your bass drum techniques have helped me make great strides in improving my skills on the double bass pedals. I can't tell you how thankful I am for what you guys have done for my drumming!

This is true. Ive learned that when I play I use a combination of heel up heel down and heel toe wich leads to a technique like this one where its not quite heel up or down but in between. Nice lesson.

my favorite bas drum technique

I'll try it while driving my car ;D

Great video. I have to try this out!

Thanks for the video!!! I never thought i would i use double bass with that technique, but it turns out i was practicing it in school for the last 6 months!!!!

This is honestly, the best bass drum technique because the power comes from a pendulum of the beater swinging, it takes almost no muscular exertion and Sean is right, it takes a while to master, but it's definitely worth it. Swivel and heel-toe are alright, but still take more energy.

thank you so much

@josedistant you should try heel up for the faster one's, it's very effective, use heel down when you're trying to be quiet and use the "flat foot" for general use with double bass

I don't know if it can help, but it took me 9 month to control it, and 1 years to start speed up. Iam now reaching 220bpm for probably 1min (maybe more now) I think this is the best technique to not be tired and reach easily some speed. But if you trigg for example the double stroke sounds better maybe, but if you want mics (i actually use Trigger + Mics) then flat footed is probably better. Ho and now iam not using double bass for tempo lower than 110 bpm which allow me to have a free feet :)

thank you! this is sooo much easier than the heel-toe technique!

Guys i have this technique down, i just have 1 small problem, my foot never stays in the same spot, like it will go down or to the left of the footboard basically places where im not comfortable doing this any solutions to stop this?

Interesting techniques! I wonder, what is the suitable tension setting for the pedal?

Thanks for sharing.

Holy Cow! It's true that you don't really know what you don't know...As I am a beginner, I would have NEVER considered this technique!

How to i get past my twitching in my left foot? (less dominant leg) and how to strengthen my shins better because im mostly just having to use my legs since theyre not strong yet. Thanks

Now I hope you see this it’s been 11 years but do you adjust your spring tension for the flat foot technique?

I always didi that with my feets for a couple of years, I never knew it was a technique!

I've never tried this before but I do that all the time the practice bits Ima try it for sure

this is how i started playing and it has proven to be a problem with me trying to learn double bass techniques with one pedal lately...if anybody has tips for getting out of the flat foot habit hit me up! please haha

this is good technique if u re playing for hours : :D but still i prefer heel toe technique u know :) better control for me (and i use more hi hat and only one pedal that both pedals only if i play metal or something like that :) )

Nicee drum drum drum

What you describe ast the beginning is the ankle technique, not the flat-foot technique, then you transition to flat-foot at the end

I didn't know this was even a technique! I already use this

This works with single too? :D

Can you do a video about different beaters and their uses please

I love this dude's lessons ;) nice!

this might seem like a silly questions but could you use this for a single bass drum pedal technique as well.heels up is good but i am having trouble doing quick kicks in succession like for a galloping beat.

Is it possible to achieve this technique using a set of chain drive pedals? I have DW 5000's and was wondering if I could use this technique, I see a lot of drummers doing it but they all have longboard axis pedals. Please respond RSVP! Thanks for your time :)

I do that same technique when the cops get behind me...🤣🤣🤣🤣 I call it the nervous technique....for real though..thanks for sharing...

lol i bounce my feet like that all the time lol even without thinking about it, i just never knew that it was a bass drum technique -.-

@joeyjuniorjunior might be eq1/2/3 or g1/2

I have a question: I'm using a Millenium PD-222 Pro series for three years now and i tried to learn these technique for the same time, but most of the time both Mallets are hitting at the same time the base drum and not these clear 16th notes like in the video :( What is the problem ? Me or the pedals ? :oo I would enjoy a quick answer :P PS: I'm from germany so sorry for my English ;)

I can do this technique really well, once I'm in the groove, but for whatever reason, when I start to use the technique, like when i blast into super fast double bass, it starts sloppy, or really quiet. LOL

... not practical on slower tempos so.. what BPM does the flatfoot kick in? 140BPM?

Which Evans kick head is the instructor using?

Nice shoes!

I normally try something then fail. A few years later, i try again not remembering how to do it.Then I do it right. :O

Sorry, but it's ankle motion, not flat foot. You can watch Derek Roddy video with his explanation of flat foot technique. Or may be i'm wrong...

that's a good way for getting under arrested while been drunk driving, and not being drunk!

Considering I spent the last year without a kit and doing this very technique on the ground while waiting at bus-stops, methinks I should try work on this once my new double-kick comes in. Also, my shin muscles are fucking ripped from it lol.

So, do you use your thighs, not your calves? I seem to do it quite fast when I do it with my thighs. If I try this technique with my calves, i lose fatique faster.

@dustyowl99 Every technique is a "shit technique" until you put in the hours necessary to gain control! - Sean Lang

@sovereignsjust your feet are just like your hands. Your brain says lets do 250 bpm your feet probably are not there yet. I know for me learning double bass took me a while, at least for my left foot. It's the same as learning how to play fast singles with your hand, it will come in time.

Do you keep the tension on the spring fairly loose?

@josedistant then try heel-up

ummm. quick question, how hard do I have to kick the pedal to make it sound nice? I'm unsure of my kicking power or if I'm hitting it with enough force. @__@

the knees move in this technique, or is only a ankle movement??

This is actually called Ankle technique ... No? Because you only use the Calve muscle (not the Shin muscle, because you don't really need it)

his heels float a boat at 0:37

can someone explain this a little differently? are you just moving your heel up and down?

does anyone know what bass heads they are i know hes using triggers but they dont look like emads but i quite like them any way

this technique is the same as use George Kollias when he not use swivel??

I have the motion down, but I'm having trouble getting the two in sync.

so are you doing what he is doing at 1:32 or 1:47 because its 2 different things...

do u still use it if u play single pedal?

i been playin for 3 years and i got my double bass drum pedal a year ago , i changed my technique from heel up to flat food becouse it was to tired for me but i have troubles maintainig the tempo, i try to keep 80bpm but after a while i speed up . this sometimes happend to me during rehersal and even in a show becouse i have to keep a 80bpr tempo in most of the songs. i've been practicing for an hour every day since last two months but this keep happening... any advices ?? i'm frustated

@lilguy49 yeah ok thanks buddy

@spikeruchiha80 did.... no good idea....

They are Axis, you can see how it says Axis clearly on the pedal.

@pandulce93 Its SUPER sloppy! I wasn't given a second try, and it was early in the morning. :( - Sean Lang

And it's probably the easiest technique to learn!

@JAXETA ... nube.

is he related to thomas lang :O

Is this also known as "the ankle technique"?

I could do it either if i had axis!!

In the end of the video

what, Cobra's with Direct Drive?

Little bass drums, or the beaters are super high on his pedals.

@josedistant Me too

Hello Russel Crow...

ar you related to thomas lang...?

Cover an Infant Annihilator song.

Heel up gives great control... I have played drums for 9 years... II mostly use heel up... Are you only playing jazz dude?

why does youtube change how comments are read every week but they dont fix things like the view counter?

wat he doesn't get is that it is a lot easier because he has an axis long bord

WELL HELLO AXIS!

Its just like bouncing a basket ball... Just with legs... The Motion is totally the same

you can gain control with this technique too if you practice enough, lol.

Fuck man that's fast

@benson1ification Nube.

@spikeruchiha80 lol

stomp drive

ankle i think

@FaithIsAccidental Wtf?

Dude, just use a metronome, it works wonders.

you must pratice months to be that fast

Basically....no pun intended?

I actually thought that that was pretty slow

Why do i focus on that dirty shoe?

What you need is a new pair of shoes!!!!!!

WHAT SHOULD I DOOOO?!.....SHOULD I KEEP THE SPRING TENSION HIGH OR LOW?!......I DONT KNOW!! XD

shit... second =\

EVANS

hahaha totally canadian! "aboot" instead of about

First

ok cool but this wasnt fast at all :)

@FaithIsAccidental Hes an idiot.

@sovereignsjust dont use this technique it gives terrible control stick with heel up man

You have double pedals so what are you gonna teach us?... Buy double pedals? 🤣🤭🤫