Virtuoso80
Junior Member
Hey all,
I'm a pianist/guitarist who's always been interested in drums, and I finally got around to getting myself a practice pad to work with. I've been experimenting with different stick grips, and I read a few things on proper grip, but my hands keep gravitating toward one particular grip, and I was just curious if it was legitimately useful or not.
What I like to is hold my fingers out, with the thumb above them, and basically hold the stick near my fingertips, away from the palm, find the 'bounce' point of the stick, and basically do the playing with my thumb and back three fingers. I find it far easier to get fast and loose double strokes and the like this way. Is this a viable technique that any drummers use, or am i basically wasting time practicing this way?
I'm a pianist/guitarist who's always been interested in drums, and I finally got around to getting myself a practice pad to work with. I've been experimenting with different stick grips, and I read a few things on proper grip, but my hands keep gravitating toward one particular grip, and I was just curious if it was legitimately useful or not.
What I like to is hold my fingers out, with the thumb above them, and basically hold the stick near my fingertips, away from the palm, find the 'bounce' point of the stick, and basically do the playing with my thumb and back three fingers. I find it far easier to get fast and loose double strokes and the like this way. Is this a viable technique that any drummers use, or am i basically wasting time practicing this way?