Chords for Lesson 1 - Foot Technique (John Bonham)

_ _ _ _ _ _ Dan Zalak, coming at you.
There are two different techniques.
Pull the beater away from the head, and the other way is to bury the beater.
Both produce different sounds. _
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_ _ _ _ _ Notice the pivoting action in my foot.
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_ _ _ Observe carefully as [F#m] you'll notice the beater being [E] drawn away from the head.
This produces a more round sound.
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_ _ [E] And now a little slower.
_ Notice how my heel [G] doesn't sit on the ground or go up too high off the [G] floor. _ _
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_ [F#] Here's a little pool in the rain for you. _ _ _
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_ _ And now a little slower. _ _
_ _ _ Notice all the vibration in the batter head.
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_ _ _ Here's something Bonzo would do in games he could use.
_ _ One of my favorite things to do. _ _
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Now here come those steady 16th notes. _ _
Watch my leg as you'll notice a pumping motion.
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_ this technique you are able to do ghost notes and heavy, dewy accent notes.
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_ _ [E] This technique is called heel toe.
[G#] It is very commonly used [G#m] when you [F#m] have an unported bass drum.
[F#] _ When you don't have a port, there's a lot of air that needs to escape.
If you bury your beater, what you'll get is a rubbery kind of sound.
It won't be very tight and it [Em] won't sound as good. _ _ _
What you must do is release the beater off the head.
Not bury it.
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_ This is by no means the easiest method to play bass drum.
_ [G] _ _ I hope you enjoyed my first lesson. _