double pedal
Drummer's second beater
Double pedal is a drumming technique or equipment setup allowing a bass drum to be struck with both feet.
A double pedal consists of two foot pedals connected to the same bass drum, or a drummer may use two bass drums with separate pedals.
The technique produces rapid, thunderous bass patterns essential to heavy metal and other aggressive music styles: He switched to double pedal for the blast beats.
- bass drumLarge mallet-struck cylinder
- kick drumFoot-operated percussion instrument
- metalHard conductive solid
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
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