Drumming Posture & Balance

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JOEL SIEGEL: All right. So talking about the heel up versus the heel down approaches on both kick and the hi-hat brings me to an important point. I want to address this. This is posture, and this is a very important aspect of drumming. It's going to increase your fluidity. It is going to better your playing. It's also going to prevent fatigue, and after time even injury. So, the reason it comes up is because when your heels are up, you'll going to notice that as you're stroking like that, the weight of your entire leg is going to be distributed much differently than when your heel is down. So, you're going to feel that, and you want to make sure that you're not overcompensating with either straining, overstraining your leg, either leg of course, doing anything to your upper body that's uncomfortable suddenly. You want to make sure that you're aware that your legs, your upper body, your arms, everything is going to be in concert and that you are comfortable. You're able to breathe. This will help you develop better technique and better ability. Also factoring into this is the height of your seat and the height of your snare drum. All these adjustments you want to make, most importantly, so that they're comfortable for you. You don't want to see the way that Dennis Chambers sets up his kit. It might not be right for you 'cause he's a big dude. So, just think about these things. You want to prioritize it to where it's comfortable for you to where you can sit up straight and breathe normally and be relaxed.

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