How To Play Single Pedal Triples - Rashid Williams

Learn Drums Here: Free Lessons: Our Favorite Music ProductsL The fastest way to get faster on drums: ► Growing up playing drums in the church, Rashid Williams wasn’t allowed to have a double pedal. So he had to learn how to play quickly using just one foot. Watch this short video to pick up some of Rashid’s tips to playing crazy fast on a single pedal! His technique involves playing with his toes (or ‘heel up’) and a higher pedal tension so the pedal moves with him and achieves better rebound when he’s playing at higher speeds. Rashid describes the motion for a triple stroke as similar to what you’d do with a double stroke, but getting your foot to ‘throw’ the third hit by using the pedal’s rebound. So play a double stroke, and instead of pushing the beater into the head at the end of the second hit (‘burying the beater’), let the beater boun