Free Drum Lesson on Traditional Grip

[JakeFields92]

STOP SWALLOWING ASSHOLE!!!!!!

[Lightner445555555555]

So when you play traditional grip do you tilt your left shoulder down alittle so you can have better control over the strokes are something like that?Anybody?

[Bainbridge13]

He is relying completely on the bounce, very very bad technique

[JustonGroove]

Thank you SO MUCH !

[MrBlackdeath111]

horrible technique, you have no control of the stick if you let go of it

[ThomasMetal75]

"Hi, welcome back"? Who are you?

[helixnebula2]

6 years of drumming and I'm new with traditional grip..

How do you play accents with this grip ? I think I got the right technique but I just don't have enough space to play an accent when playing the hi-hat with my left hand (considering a left-handed drumset)

Thank you

[TheBigFreckle1]

I never knew you were supposed to actually let go... are you sure?

[A7Xblood]

Your left technique looks terrible..

[augustoilbatteraio]

GREAT EXPLAINATION!!! THANKS!

[9Skateboard7]

fail with the sticks bro

[fcweddington]

Excellent.



[marioyoshi456]

AH! Its a floating head! With arms!

[musclemoose]

i feel like he has a very large amount of saliva in his mouth..... all the time.

[schoolofmusiconline]

@musclemoose Too much treble in the EQ.

[Raperboy228]

@musclemoose lol true

[808CAboiz]

play maps

[Makksor]

steve gadd sticks ftw

[MrZball75]

just take a big gulp at :41

[chyreh]

is that the Steve Gadd signature pair?

[domdom87]

black shirt, black stick, black background...bit hard to see

[digitaldown]

don't waste your time learning traditional grip. it has zero advantages and it's just so much harder to learn. matched grip rules!

[MonsterEatingBoy]

@digitaldown /watch?v=v0V4Aqs2D48

[digitaldown]

@MonsterEatingBoy buddy rich is a great drummer. but he's wrong about matched grip. it's been scientifically proven.

[ciuffoZanetti4]

look like magician sticks haha

[rwmerlot777]

thanx this helped alot!!!

[zzzzzushi]

so u r supposed to let go a little? my friend who is on drumline dosent even let go and his grip is really good. idk what do u thnk?

[schoolofmusiconline]

@zzzzzushi Well drumline technique is about as good as it gets, so I would take his word over mine, but that said, my technique is more suited to general drum kit playing, rather than just snare drum. For example, while playing a loud rimshot, I feel it's best to loosen or 'let go' of the stick just as it strikes to avoid any backlash from the stick. Same goes for a big cymbal crash.

[Drums5B]

@schoolofmusiconline also, your technique allows for fast toms rolls/strokes

[schoolofmusiconline]

I tend to rest it near the fingernail because there's better feel from that end of the finger I guess.

[ChelseaFC6528]

on the ring finger, should the stick be resting on the first knuckle (with the finger nail) or the second knuckle? ive seen both and don't know which one is more correct?

[PossessWithin]

certainly helped me, thank you

[Moooshey]

thanks for the video man.

[ascetic43]

Very helpful, thanks pal.

[roguestar5]

can the traditional grip be applied to the right hand?

[schoolofmusiconline]

@roguestar5 I suppose it could, but it's not really something that would work well on a normal right-handed setup because of the position of the snare and hi-hats. That said, I've seen Billy Cobham play trad grip with his right hand and it blew me away - see youtube /watch?v=I2VYKgFBH3A

[samm1809]

@roguestar5 interesting to note, the drum kit was actually designed for playing traditional grip in the left hand. it's by fortune that the standard set up is capable of being played with matched grip (however, the notoriously stubborn buddy rich disagreed), but possibly in the same vain, i feel the same way about right handed traditional on the standard steup.

[johnreske]

This helped me alot bro. thanks

[yoscakep]

u really help me a lot man,, thx for the video

[rolfwilkinson]

For traditional grip, it seems like some drummers use the index finger for leverage and finger control instead of the thumb. Is that necessary?

[schoolofmusiconline]

@rolfwilkinson

Yes I pretty much use my index finger for most of the control I get from my trad. grip. I mainly use the thumb to control the stick on big, open strokes (just to stop it flying over my shoulder, really).

[wighatsuperreggie]

@schoolofmusiconline

I think the question was do you use the index finger for leverage, when initiating the stroke. It seems some players do this, and I seem to recall joe morello talking about this in a video.

[adrimaulanasadira]

please use a white sticks man lol

[Profithysteri]

Very good video man. Helped me alot !

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