"A good drummer listens as much as he plays." ~ Indian Proverb
Percussion Store Drummers Drum Lessons Drumming FAQs
International Shipping
"A good drummer listens as much as he plays." ~ Indian Proverb
Percussion Store Drummers Drum Lessons Drumming FAQs
International Shipping
Drums & Percussion
Drum Sets & Cymbals
Cymbals, Hardware & Accessories
Latin Percussion
LP Hardware, Accessories & Replacement Parts
Middle-East Drums & Percussion
African Drums & Accessories
Chinese & Eastern Drums & Percussion
Irish Drums & Percussion
Orchestra Bells & Chimes
Drum & Percussion Hardware
The heel tone can also be called an heel stroke, they are one in the same.
The heel of your hand is used to strike the drum head.
The fingers and palm is extended; fingers are straight and together.
The wrist, elbow & shoulder control the movement.
The sweet spots for the Heel Stroke is in the middle of the drum, to the left & right of the center.
The heel should comes down like an airplane upon the drum head and bounces off
the head with the hand moving away from the body.
The fingers should be pointed in an upward direction while the heel hits the
head.
Unlike the other strokes the heel stroke does not follow the invisible pole that
runs perpendicularly from the head to the sky.
Unlile the other strokes the hand moves away from the body as it lowers, strikes
and bounces off the head.
In the other strokes the hand remains essentially at the same distance from the
body, traveling up and down the invisible, perpendicular pole.
With the heel stroke the hand is like an airplane come in for a landing and then
bouncing of the runway and flying away.
The left heel should strike to the left of the center; the right heel should
strike to the right of the center of the drum head.
Heel Rhythms & Exercise Part I
Heel Rhythms & Exercises Part II
