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frekinstein

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Hi.. i'm new to this forum as well as this instrument, just started learning not long ago and i was wondering what kind of grips are there? Cos my teacher didnt really teach me and i just hold it with my thumb on the 'topside' of the stick and the rest of my fingers wrapped around the 'btm side' stick. Can anyone please enlighten me on the different grips and stuff? thanks alot! :)
 
hey man, hows it going. who are u learning from now? my feeling on this is that grips shld be taught and cleared up on the first lesson so no bad habits emerge. different teachers do things differently though.
it might be wise to maybe either ask your teacher about correct grip tech, and if you feel unsatisfied with his best explanation you might have a lesson with another teacher or possibly take lessons from someone else.
its hard to explain wat must be done, someone who knows his stuff showing you and making sure u execute it probably will be beyond wat anyone can tell u from a paragraph.
some web sites have videos and pictures, thts the next best option if money and time is a problem.
hopes this helps, let me know how it turns out man
 
Actually he did teach me if u consider this as teaching- i had to

purchase this book and this book had 2 pictures and he said that i could

use either and im really not sure whether my grip is correct or not as the pictures

werent that clear..

i just hold it

with my thumb 'upper' the stick and the rest of my fingers wrapped around

the stick on the 'under' side, well he didnt correct me ( i dont think he even

saw anyway) so i just carried on with that ..

Oh and i dont noe if its nice to reveal where im learning frm..
 
My advice is to quit learn from this "teacher". If he can't even ensure that you are holding the sticks correctly, then I don't think you can learn much from him.

Go to vicfirth.com and look for videos by Dom Famularo. He demonstrates the different grips very clearly.

Cheers....
 
hey bro. come say out wheree you learning from? haha.. dun worry your name is safe under tt nick of yours
 
wow so fast pay for 3 months' fees...

learn on your own dude...no need to waste money on dumbass teachers who just wanna rip you off..


DAVE LOMBARDO!!!
 
wow so agressive.. haha.. man many drum teachers on this forum noe? haha lol.. but i feel drum teachers are important.. learn yourself sometime very tough.. you adapt the wrong habits then oh no.. haha.. yup.. and drum teachers are out to make a livin only mah.. haha.. to each his own..
 
there's match and traditional. match is french american german. traditional just makes you look pretty cool.. heh. but it's quite shiok also lah.
 
there are many drum teachers in singapore, but not that many... and many of us are already 'hooked up' to each other ....heh.. usually its someone we already know or acquainted with :D

just say the name and one of our brothas normally orie know, either gigged together, student of, teacher of etc. :lol:
 
yah alfie hahhaa, as the lvl gts higher everyone knows everyone. this is gd and bad lah. yah dun be so angry man maybe the dude just doesn't know how to teach and doesn't know he's harming the student.
3mths in advance? smells abit like yamaha, there are some damn gd teachers there man maybe ur in a grp, then they dun really teach grip they whack u straight away.
go ask alvin i've seen his grip, his match is gd. trad if u wanna find out check out uncle louis he can show u the dynamics.
 
Grip is an important Techniques which there are many (we don't need to use all), but whichever is most comfortable to us....but it has to be correct.

The most common - match grip will be expidited different in different circumstances say....(1) Playing Rudiments, (2) Accenting & Ghosting, (3) Riding a Cymbal (4) Accenting on Hi-hats etc....it does incorporate certain right techniques for all these - with the ultimate aim of getting the - RIGHT SOUND - which will be Dynamical & Musical.

It is best to have an Instructor help you with this. Grip sound simple, but not so as it seems - a good instructor will be able to tell, if that grip was correct. I am also a Student Drummer and would you believe me - after 6 months of playing - my instructor is still correcting my grip (which is a technique) at times depending on what I am asked to do....Now, it has become habitual for me..and I'm improving...

I love my Instructor
 
kanzer said:
wow so agressive.. haha.. man many drum teachers on this forum noe? haha lol.. but i feel drum teachers are important.. .
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I agree, I think they are most important to a Student Development especially in the developmental stage of drumming.
 
frekinstein said:
Actually he did teach me if u consider this as teaching- i had to

purchase this book and this book had 2 pictures and he said that i could

use either and im really not sure whether my grip is correct or not as the pictures

werent that clear..

..
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You should asked your Instructor if you're doing it correctly, a good one will automatically tells you that you are doing it wrongly (eyeing for details) and from his ears. If your grip is wrong, it sound differently.

Much of techniques in grip is to allow you to play dynamically with Proper Stick Control. Eg..you need to control the rebound of your Grip when doing a stroke on a snare - and the sound has to be consistent (both Left & Right Sticking to sound similar in volume - these is where your control of the Grip comes in(Sticks shouldn't be rebouncing here and there but on the same spot of the snare or flying left or right or hitting each other...just an example - It all boils down to Grip & Control and they are interrelated

The Instructor guildance is most important here due to his ecperiences, not the book (which is neccesary too).
 
hey rudimental drummer, i've been playing for almost 10yrs now and my grip is still forever being corrected, its cool man in 6mths ur grip will still need alot of correction if u dun mind me saying.
different genres will need diff grips as well you will find out.
yah ur right rudimental drummer, gd teacher beats the hell out of any book or video can show u.
 
blurred said:
hey rudimental drummer, i've been playing for almost 10yrs now and my grip is still forever being corrected, its cool man in 6mths ur grip will still need alot of correction if u dun mind me saying.
different genres will need diff grips as well you will find out.
yah ur right rudimental drummer, gd teacher beats the hell out of any book or video can show u.
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My ex drummer instructor neber teach me the details in correct gripping/wrist-work etc....eventually it became my bad habit...Luckily my current instructor corrected me...but as you know (Old Habits Die Hard)....so it took me 6 months to really correct it finally.

Cheers !
 
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i dunno dude thats a tough one, tell u wat i'd check and get back u?
 
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