This discussion is funny to me. I personally think of traditional grip as something that, unless playing on a tilted drum, is an unhealthy practice. raising the arm higher, and the way the arm and wrist have to twist to get a full stroke is just full of tension. Traditional grip was disigned to play rope drums, which are slanted, thus lowering the arm and not hyperextending it to create a full stroke. None of my professors thought it nessesary for me to learn tradish.
unless of course there is no reason for you to learn the other grip... I ( again personally) would think that sticking (excuse the pun) with a single grip will give the best results for mastery in specific fields, of course if one would want to go into the other grip I would at least like to believe (although I have not practiced with traditional), that many of the techniques should be transferable with a little/a lot of practice. So sticking with match would be wise for a beginner.
@cpatlynch Because traditional grip is what most college bands, military bands, a growing number of high school bands, and all professional DCI and I&E drummers use. Plus if you grip the sticks correctly it is a lot easier to play.
@Alamo8151 I don't know how it would be easier to play, although the point of learning the grip for professional groups (DCI etc) I think would be the best reason to switch over to traditional. but for orchestral snare I would still believe that (or a least like to believe) playing with the same grip in each hand encourages the same sound to be produced with each hand and therefore more constant, and hopefully tighter role.
This discussion is funny to me. I personally think of traditional grip as something that, unless playing on a tilted drum, is an unhealthy practice. raising the arm higher, and the way the arm and wrist have to twist to get a full stroke is just full of tension. Traditional grip was disigned to play rope drums, which are slanted, thus lowering the arm and not hyperextending it to create a full stroke. None of my professors thought it nessesary for me to learn tradish.
chickenwiretire 11 months ago
unless of course there is no reason for you to learn the other grip... I ( again personally) would think that sticking (excuse the pun) with a single grip will give the best results for mastery in specific fields, of course if one would want to go into the other grip I would at least like to believe (although I have not practiced with traditional), that many of the techniques should be transferable with a little/a lot of practice. So sticking with match would be wise for a beginner.
cpatlynch 11 months ago
the only thing i could say would be switch to traditional grip
Alamo8151 1 year ago
@Alamo8151 i would like to know why? unless you are talking about going into the army.
cpatlynch 11 months ago
@cpatlynch Because traditional grip is what most college bands, military bands, a growing number of high school bands, and all professional DCI and I&E drummers use. Plus if you grip the sticks correctly it is a lot easier to play.
Alamo8151 11 months ago
@Alamo8151 I don't know how it would be easier to play, although the point of learning the grip for professional groups (DCI etc) I think would be the best reason to switch over to traditional. but for orchestral snare I would still believe that (or a least like to believe) playing with the same grip in each hand encourages the same sound to be produced with each hand and therefore more constant, and hopefully tighter role.
cpatlynch 11 months ago
@cpatlynch To be a truly talented drummer, you should be able to produce the same sound with traditional, and matched gripped.
Alamo8151 11 months ago
Very much improved since I saw you play last. Great Job!
TombedOrchestra 1 year ago
Nice job, musical. Keep it up heather!
caitlinlusk 1 year ago