CAPITULO 22: MEJORA TUS DOBLES EN EL BOMBO DESDE LA INERCIA

Hello, my drumming family! Happy Saturday, welcome to the October 15th episode, Chapter 22, of this video blog or video podcast, whatever you want to call it. Today I want to talk to you about how to improve your double bass drum hits by understanding inertia. But don't worry, I'm not going to bother you explaining Newton's laws or physics, but rather how to consider inertia and use it to your advantage when playing the drums, especially in its effect on improving one of the techniques that causes the most problems: double bass drum hits. So, let's get down to business. Today I want to talk to you about inertia in drumming, as a very important part of bass drum technique. Many people are still surprised by the results when we consider the use of inertia in our playing. But let's see how: We usually consider that only the pedal has inertia; we have a certain tendency to misunderstand this type of thing, especially in objects. And although we can easily detect it in the movement of the bass drum beater, important changes appear when we consider the inertia of our own movement. And today I'll tell you how to apply this idea to what I call the Double Foot, which is one of the three types of double foot strikes I discuss in my book. In the book, you have the application and expanded explanation of this and other concepts up to four consecutive foot strikes. It's available for $34.90, shipping costs included to the Iberian Peninsula, on my website pepobusquets.com/store. I'll leave the link in the video notes. To begin, let's see how the RAE defines inertia: it is the property that bodies possess to maintain their state of rest or movement unless acted upon by a force. What does that mean? We have a body at rest, and when a first force is applied, it moves… but don't get confused. Let's see what happens if we apply this idea to the bass drum. We have our foot at rest. The first force we're going to apply is the idea of ​​the stepping action, or dorsiflexion movement. In my case, I apply this movement to certain notes in the measure, as I explain in the book and in some other videos on the vlog. I use it mostly after hitting the snare drum, in the second sixteenth note position. This bass drum hit creates energy that is converted into sound when the beater hits the head. But what happens in the foot? Notice that when the beater hits the head, we have two options: the first is to block that movement and stop there, or what happens if we harness this energy, the inertia of the foot? Well, by adding very little force, we can link another hit to the bass drum, and suddenly a double hit appears without much effort. With a little observation and control, we can effortlessly automate this movement, which, by using the inertia of the previous movement, requires very little energy from us. And from here comes the idea of ​​distributing muscular work when playing the bass drum... remember chapter 16 where I analyze Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" from this perspective... I'll also leave you the link to this video. In any case, what is necessary for this to happen is that both the design of the bass drum pedal and its adjustment help us, and they are key elements for us to be able to use the inertia of the movement without too much effort when playing the bass drum. This is why everything is analyzed in the book "Balanced Drummer's Foot." Because all of this is enough for an entire course. And also, don't let the feet and ankle joints be an element of resistance. Remember also the other video in which I talk about the role of the toes in the movement of the bass drum. Well, there we go! I hope all this information is useful to you, and I remind you that you can access my books at pepobusquets.com. BUENOS AIRES DE PALO, UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY. Bye!