Backsticking 101 - snare drum stick tricks

[candy1a68]

some of you people have the manners of a bastard billy goat. Otherwise you simply couldn't get laid in a monkey whore house with a fist full of fruit.

Great video lesson thanks for the tip. JR

[xFiction16]

7:14 sounds lick the flinstones starting to run!!!! xD

[SERCHSOS3722]

those sticks make me feel really incomfortable!

[TheChrasse]

your drum sticks are something we call a halko here in finland! :D

[DannyGloverIsAwesome]

today's lesson is how you are losing your hair

[paranoisx]

jam bot carry think

[cooooooooooookiee]

5:46 haha ;D

[unnecessaryirony]

So was the condemn ur dad used

[Ilikeyamaha2]

your practice pad sucks

[hardyboy0222]

Helped me alot

[conterooski]

what kind of practice pad is that?

[Cok94]

What fuck is this?!!

[MrZaco32]

ur sticks are trash get some KP2 sticks

[TheDragonmaster18]

damn he's a beast

[rock2tarable]

i play snare drum

[rawfood777]

Givethanks bruh this a nice one.

[MaplexJackie]

7:14 Spazz

[gtrocksyosocks]

O.O 7:12

[sckvevrbdy]

Wonderful lessons. Thanks. BUT, from a NON-drum corps rudimental player...

it doesn't make any musical sense to have a backstick play the flam grace note. It's not logical. By its very nature, the backstroke would be more effective as a heavier stroke.

[padmadness]

@sckvevrbdy i hope your not referring to him as a non drum corps player, because he did march, Minnesota Brass and Madison Scouts...

[SMOSHFAN1111]

there any shame in using backsticking as a drummer

[spstarks]

nice shirt

[SuprDrummy23]

0:54 jaws!

[sunwunkong]

thank you nice master class!

all the best to you!

[mikey16piet]

7:15.. OMgg, .. lol

[Zach93SSSS]

THANK YOU!!

[Lifesucksdie123]

wow...

these are killer exercises!

thank you~

[TheTapouTKing]

after watching this video i played backsticks on a set at my school concert

[Jerkking10]

thanks alot this hepled alot

[cincijazzdrummer]

wow thanks so much for posting this lesson your awesome man! keep em coming!

[joromark]

Great job man!!! Thank you for the lesson... always needed to see those tricks explained

[jonnsen14]

i am happy with my traditional grip ! :D

but it looks nice !

^^

[drumsNfootball]

isnt a hi mom just  360 "backsticking"?

[sharkseatchainmail]

si, bead to bead, lol

[PinkNinja930]

this is awesome!! i cant play traditional grip at all and my bounce is terrible, i really need to work on my doubles!!

[mysterynick]

wow, he's great

[jambosuss]

7:14 omg!

[poptheman1]

sticks up... (*-.-)

[moofiz]

L-O-L!

[SLPK360]

great stuff!

definately heloed my technique alot with backsticking

by any chance does any one know what the name of the backsticking thing in the left hand where you use your fingers to push the stick and hit the drum?

[psymonsays511]

it's called a "hi mom"

[yopayo]

what kind of stick are these?

great playing

[mashimarokim]

i think those might be ralph hardimon's.

[ZFero]

Yeah, I think they are.

Im pretty sure.

[vivi7676]

I'm pretty sure those are Innovative Percussion Jim Cassella Signatures

[drumattackdotcom]

Hoi Snarescience,

how do you call the first rudiment in this clip? Hairtop?

I play this lick every day but didn´t knew there´s a name for it. Thanks for answering en greetings from the netherlands,

Sascha

[PeTeRiSaDrUmMeR]

its actually herta, pronounced hare-tuh.

[jurihaake]

hereta

[Suyado]

You remind me of drum time with Alex.

Just your face.

[pauldbowman2008]

Great Post!!! Very helpful!!

[HorNet505]

Dude, I accidently hit your video.

Dude this ois just great.

As for me, the composer, it's infact a great insight in another drumming style.

Cheers

[melcon222]

great video. keep in mind beginers, this is really fun, but make sure u keep practicing the basics. dont focus so much on stick tricks that you loose focus on the basics. have fun with it!

[tosch89]

that's tricky but fun as hell once u got it^^

[bmxdudeforeverx3]

FOr drum line i have my match stick on the left dose it matter?

[Oracleswrath9999]

No but to continue on snare into the college or corps levels, you'll need to develope the traditional grip. Practice Practice Practice.

[minorthreat095]

great video!

when i do my left back stick from trad i flip the stick into matched instead of keeping my traditional fulcrum when i flip. instead i change to matched grip. i think it helps keep sound consistant and feels more natural.

btw great sticks in!

[rabbitshitaki]

thank you so much i leanred so much

[skillfrombrazil]

same here!!

[sexybeastTM]

The best backsticking video.

[metaldrummer2010]

the ending was badass

[sahsdrumline]

yea its fun to play

[visualgroove]

thanks! it helps! now improving speed ;)

[pvtcairns]

The last visual where you spin the left stick all the way around is called a "hi mom" due to the people who did it in the early 80's (BD with Sco Jo) actually said Hi mom during the visual, it's also used for drum to drum stuff.

[wylsner]

nice video .. this helped me alot !!!

[richiegartman]

thats an awesome pad. where can i get one of those?

[CarminT4201]

his backsticking is garbage hes jabbin the right stick into the head

[ARZiehm]

i need to learn triple backstick/spida.

i can do these.

[ITwEaKeDI]

Ok umm CAFan he actually said... "If you are really "NEW" TO snare drumming or drumline"

[sticktwirlingking]

dude, wtf is your problem, we're here to learn backsticking, not your shitty lectures of history and english. faggot.

[CobraRAStog21]

cafantom, your a dumbass dude.

[CAFanTom]

way to follow the crowd CobraRAStog21 in insulting me. Why don't you explain yourself

[TVOsteel12]

why are you being a bitch about it just stfu we dnt care what you think ur not the all pro drummer

[throwdown47]

you are a damn beast... great video you've inspired me to practice some of that shit now haha

[avediz17]

Thanks dude I always practice rudiments and they are always the same..now I can have some fun..

[metalallover]

hey love the vid man i like it wen u r goin fast u look like u wanna kill someone =] 8:30 i mean

[sickeningsplat]

Oh, and nice vid. The only thing that bothered me was all the popped flams.

[andy132435]

to sickeningspalt..

i dont know entirely.. but they look like thomas lang sticks..made by vic firth.they are massive, but soo nice to play with if you like the weight in the stick. like i say im not sure, but i know they are simular if thats any help

and seriously great vid dude, really well explained.. a lot of time aand effort,

if it wanst 1:10 in the morning i would give it ago..

cheers dude

[sickeningsplat]

Hmm, I'm thinking the Jim Casella stick made by Innovative Percussion.

[brantan84]

hey man thanks for posting this. you're a great drummer with great tricks. thanks for the elbow advice at around 4min 10s. Solved a lotta things for me.

[NailI3unny]

what was that thing you played after the Shirly Murphys? Could you write it out and put it on your site or something?

[adamsfall]

You do a great job. Thank You. My only negative is that you are playing sitting down. I posted a similar comment on your Pantera vid, and I am not trying to be a nuisance, but you marched, so you know. I am just concerned that young players are not marking time when they practice. You can see it on their youtube vids and the problems it causes. Can you address this? If you have, and I missed it, Then I apologize.

[sickeningsplat]

What kind of sticks are you using? And what kind of sticks do you recommend someone who's been playing for only 2 years?

[KdrumHlineS]

you can also cheat with the right hand and increaseing speed as well..

[drummernack]

hey i noticed that when your explaining left hand traditional backsticking in the beginning of the video, you say to leave your ring finger and pinky under that stick as if you were playing normally. But I noticed that when you played left hand backsticking later, you pulled those 2 fingers and placed them on top of the stick.

[snarescience]

Great observation! I guess when I am playing the faster passages I will keep my ring and pinky fingers under the stick because there is not enough time to change grip. In a couple of instances where I was demonstrating a left back stick in isolation, I switched to a true matched grip because it just feels awkward to keep the fingers underneath the stick in that situation.

[drummernack]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm not all that great at backsticking, so I don't usually play backsticks very fast, which results in me having time to move the ring and pinky on top.

[hunt12887]

How do you get no gaps in your fingers?

[snarescience]

I have received other comments from people about thumb position on the left hand. I find that it is easiest on the fast passages to keep the thumb where it is while others like to move the thumb to the side of the stick. It has been interesting for me to learn about the differences in backsticking techniques! I am only offering one version of the technique and I am not claiming that it is the correct ONE.

[kietey14]

Dude ur so ga playing those sweet ass shirley murphys with backsticking that fast. I gotta get my threes up to a good speed, you should make a video for those on how to get them faster.

[iloveryangosling]

awesome

[sterlingturk]

Great video! Just in time for drum corps season.