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If you flip your stick to catch it, you catch it naturally as it sits in the second joint of the index finger. With this grip, you're fulcrum is actually more the middle finger, and in some instances, the rearest two fingers.( Ring finger and pinky). Stick in second joint of index finger, can't slide down anyplace, and it really frees the stick to flow in your hand.
So we have a drum instructor here giving his lesson on stick grip. Then you come in and give us YOUR lesson on stic grip. Get your own channel if you want to dish out sdvice - why use someone else's?
@@LeadingEdgeFitness1they’re just giving extra advice in case anyone might be interested?? is it so illegal to spread one’s knowledge on a related topic?
I've been trying to move my students to that middle finger fulcrum for a while, so I will pass this video on to them. Thank you. My website with the same name as my TH-cam channel has about a thousand videos on the drum page to help others. Keep up the good work.
I always find students who struggle with the stick swaying to try squeeze the stick a bit harder between the finders ( using the thumb and 1st joint on the index finger ) This is more prominent in the following hand (Left)
+DrumChannelOfficial *Thanks for the reference.* As a multi-genre drummer with a bit of a 太鼓 _Taiko_ streak, I use a Samurai right-hand grip (after the correct grip for the Japanese sword) and a modified Traditional left-hand grip on marching-snare sticks such as the VIC FIRTHⓇ/ZildjianⓇ SRHN Ralph Hardimon ＣORPSMASTERⓇ model. Also EVANSⓇ/D'AddarioⓇ EC2 Frost tom batters (would the Heavyweight Coated were available in all tom sizes) and B14HD center-drum batter on my TAMAⓇ/HOSHINOⓇ poplarbuilts. Also MEINLⓇ HCSᵀᴹ brasses that can serve as a tonal reference for B20 silvered bronzes such as are available from Avedis Zildjian Company.
I'm seeing more and more drummers holding the sticks very near the butt and not in the traditional balance point. Any reason for this or are they just not taught? I've tried it myself and although I seem to get more power I feel less control.
@garymason Thanks for your question. I will change the placement of my grip on the stick depending on the type of music I'm playing. Most of the time my grip is located at the sweet spot on the stick (for Vic Firth sticks my thumb is on the flag), but if I want a lot more volume and don't have to generate a lot of rebound to play a ton of notes, I will move back on the stick. It's easier to achieve this from the butt end. I don't approach every genre of music the same way. When I play Jazz I'll be in the sweet spot of the stick, for very loud rock I'll move back. You should play around with this and see what works best for you in the specific musical situation you are in. Let me know your thoughts. Mike
Great Vid .ty .I hold my sticks really loose and after about 2 hours i sometimes still will get a blister .I switched sticks and put stick tape it helps but it can still happen ..Any tips ?
@tdrums8 Thanks for your question. I think it's really important to have the right size and weight drum stick. If the stick is too heavy or too long you might have to over-compensate for a loss of balance or control and tighten up in certain circumstances. Even though you hold the sticks loose generally, you can still get blisters at the time when you over-compensate so you might want to have a look at that. Also, you will naturally develop calluses as you continue to play and this will help prevent against blisters forming. Let me know your thoughts. Mike
You are wrong regarding the fulcrum point, as the fulcrum is the pivot point, which means it is between the thumb and index fingers, not the thumb and middle finger.
The problem with this lesson is that you don’t specify that when you use the second finger as a fulcrum, you don’t have that same precision and control of your fingers, as you do with the position of the first and second fingers.
@designrhythm7264, I've always considered half grip and American grip to be synonymous. I guess it all depends on how you learned it originally. Either way, it's the same grip. Thanks for your comment!
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VERY GOOD CLASS!
Well explained!
Thank you very much. It's the best explanation I've heard in the context of playing a drum set.
If you flip your stick to catch it, you catch it naturally as it sits in the second joint of the index finger. With this grip, you're fulcrum is actually more the middle finger, and in some instances, the rearest two fingers.( Ring finger and pinky). Stick in second joint of index finger, can't slide down anyplace, and it really frees the stick to flow in your hand.
What is the flip you meant?
So we have a drum instructor here giving his lesson on stick grip. Then you come in and give us YOUR lesson on stic grip. Get your own channel if you want to dish out sdvice - why use someone else's?
@@LeadingEdgeFitness1they’re just giving extra advice in case anyone might be interested?? is it so illegal to spread one’s knowledge on a related topic?
I've been trying to move my students to that middle finger fulcrum for a while, so I will pass this video on to them. Thank you. My website with the same name as my TH-cam channel has about a thousand videos on the drum page to help others. Keep up the good work.
So clear...thank you!
Can't wait...
Very clear and simple. Great lesson. Thanks.
Good to know 👍
Happy to help!
I always find students who struggle with the stick swaying to try squeeze the stick a bit harder between the finders ( using the thumb and 1st joint on the index finger ) This is more prominent in the following hand (Left)
After playing frums for more than 10 years, I just came to realized why my fulcrum was wrong, thank you!
+DrumChannelOfficial *Thanks for the reference.* As a multi-genre drummer with a bit of a 太鼓 _Taiko_ streak, I use a Samurai right-hand grip (after the correct grip for the Japanese sword) and a modified Traditional left-hand grip on marching-snare sticks such as the VIC FIRTHⓇ/ZildjianⓇ SRHN Ralph Hardimon ＣORPSMASTERⓇ model. Also EVANSⓇ/D'AddarioⓇ EC2 Frost tom batters (would the Heavyweight Coated were available in all tom sizes) and B14HD center-drum batter on my TAMAⓇ/HOSHINOⓇ poplarbuilts. Also MEINLⓇ HCSᵀᴹ brasses that can serve as a tonal reference for B20 silvered bronzes such as are available from Avedis Zildjian Company.
No trademark designation on Avedis Zildjian Company? Shame on you…
I'm seeing more and more drummers holding the sticks very near the butt and not in the traditional balance point. Any reason for this or are they just not taught? I've tried it myself and although I seem to get more power I feel less control.
@garymason Thanks for your question. I will change the placement of my grip on the stick depending on the type of music I'm playing. Most of the time my grip is located at the sweet spot on the stick (for Vic Firth sticks my thumb is on the flag), but if I want a lot more volume and don't have to generate a lot of rebound to play a ton of notes, I will move back on the stick. It's easier to achieve this from the butt end. I don't approach every genre of music the same way. When I play Jazz I'll be in the sweet spot of the stick, for very loud rock I'll move back. You should play around with this and see what works best for you in the specific musical situation you are in. Let me know your thoughts. Mike
Also don't understand using the butt of the stick..so wild to me
I think we tend to confuse hand/arm position with grip. Theorically you could german grip a stick on any hand position, same for "traditional"
Great Vid .ty .I hold my sticks really loose and after about 2 hours i sometimes still will get a blister .I switched sticks and put stick tape it helps but it can still happen ..Any tips ?
@tdrums8 Thanks for your question. I think it's really important to have the right size and weight drum stick. If the stick is too heavy or too long you might have to over-compensate for a loss of balance or control and tighten up in certain circumstances. Even though you hold the sticks loose generally, you can still get blisters at the time when you over-compensate so you might want to have a look at that. Also, you will naturally develop calluses as you continue to play and this will help prevent against blisters forming. Let me know your thoughts. Mike
@@mpacker49 Ty Mike i will try Different sticks and see what happens TY
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Thank you for explaining!
You are wrong regarding the fulcrum point, as the fulcrum is the pivot point, which means it is between the thumb and index fingers, not the thumb and middle finger.
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The problem with this lesson is that you don’t specify that when you use the second finger as a fulcrum, you don’t have that same precision and control of your fingers, as you do with the position of the first and second fingers.
Didn't even strike the drum one time!
Wow!!the white power sign is the supposed grip!!🧐
Jefferyflemister6394. WTF😂😂😂 another conspiracy theory?
Half grip??? That is American grip.
@designrhythm7264, I've always considered half grip and American grip to be synonymous. I guess it all depends on how you learned it originally. Either way, it's the same grip. Thanks for your comment!
I thinks is so funny she doesn’t call it traditional grip