As the pedals for a drum bass develop, using of two bass drums strongly entered into numerous musical styles, such as funk, fusion, rock, metal and progressive rock. In spite of the fact that drummers have play two bass drums for many years already, development of this technique can be an extremely difficult problem.

For developing muscular memory and coordination, which you need for using your extremities independently, balancing on a small chair, you should apply much effort. Playing two bass drums demands development of certain skills, our body creates thousands of neurologic tracks to co-ordinate electric signals from brain to extremities. Thousands of neuromuscular links occur simultaneously, signal is sent to our leg, synchronizes our movements, using a backbone for balance, and allowing our hands to make various movements. Regardless of whether you play using “heel-up” or “heel-down” techniques or combine both variants, many muscles of your leg should be developed.

Every time when we discuss various playing techniques, such as “heel-up” or “heel-down”, we usually concentrate on those muscles of a leg which allow us to do these movements. But we usually say nothing about such group of muscles, which is a basis and supports functional work of all the other muscles.

Basic muscles. This is a group of muscles, which is also known as lumbo-pelvic-hip. There are 29 various muscles, which make a complex lumbo-pelvic-hip. This group works as an integrated functional unit, allowing kinetic chain (muscles from foot to a backbone) to increase force, to reduce force and to stabilize dynamics of the blow. This group of muscles provides optimum neuromuscular efficiency in kinetic chain, considering maximum acceleration, deceleration and dynamic stabilization during movements.

Heel down. There are four groups of muscles in addition to basic, which work synchronously allowing your leg and anklebone to press on a drum pedal, when using the heel down technique. For making a mallet to do a swing, foot pique should rise up while the heel remains on a floor. For this action tibial muscle activates. Tibialis anterior straightens and supinates foot. Tibialis posterior bends and supinates foot and the muscles straightening toes. To strike plastic the foot should make the movement downwards, heel remains on a floor. For making the movement downwards, salens muscle activates. It bends foot and muscles, which in their turn bend toes.

Heel up. The groups of muscles used for playing making use of this technique differ a little from those, which are used for heel down playing. There are iliopsoas muscle, soleus and tibialis muscles. These muscles also work together with the basic group of muscles, for maintenance backbone’s stability and balance. Hip flexors lift a foot, releasing a pedal and allowing mallet to move aside plastic. Foot flexors push leg to press a pedal and to strike a plastic. Tibialis muscles finish a cycle.

Acquirement of bass drum technique demands to develop all basic leg’s muscles. As a drummer, you should remember that strong muscles are a basis of good playing!

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