Drum excersise

Drum Warm up for hands

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Just a little warm up excersice. Start slow and speed up slowly.

Name some good Grooves

Name some good tight grooves by your favorite drummer our band.

I have so many to think of but for now I will just say 2 of them.

Listen to the group (Toto, the song Rosana) can someone tell me how the drummer got his mind split to do that kind of groove ie: shuffle the right on the hats and the inside ghost notes on the snare.

#2 Tower of Power David Garibaldi "drummer for TOP" He has so many super flav grooves
but listen to squib cakes

Finger control Tips

Drumming is very much like art. "You want to be the paint on the Canvis and the hand that holds the brush"

Finger tech: Practice about 10 to 15 min a day holding you sticks with your thumb and pointer finger. On your drum or practice pad, do single stroke on the pad with just your pointer and thumb holding the stick. ( You must just hold the stick at the fulcrum point ie: the balance point)

By doing this you are building strenth in your fingers that hold and do the main control of your stick.

This can be done traditional grip as well just a little modified.

This will allow you to do multi bounce and double strokes more smoothly.

East Coast Drum Community

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Lets get together on playing drums, making music and moving forward.

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