FoolInTheRain
Senior Member
I've recently started studying this grip closely. A while back I had the idea that perhaps the best way to get my left (weak) hand up to speed with my right was to simply try to mirror what it was doing. Then one day I came across the Murray Spivack technique and realized that what I've been naturally doing for years as a self-taught drummer is almost identical to the Spivack technique.....mainly the fulcrum point and the wrist movement. The only difference really is that all the fingers of my strong hand all make contact with the stick, whereas only the 3 fingers that make the fulcrum touch the stick on my weak hand.
I know that the Spivack technique teaches that the back two fingers don't really do anything, but my back two fingers on my strong hand don't do anything other than act as a glove of sorts. I don't do any gripping or thrusting with them.
What I want to know, from others who have used this grip, is that with practice will the back two fingers of my weak hand eventually become like the fingers of my strong hand and make more contact with the stick?
I know that the Spivack technique teaches that the back two fingers don't really do anything, but my back two fingers on my strong hand don't do anything other than act as a glove of sorts. I don't do any gripping or thrusting with them.
What I want to know, from others who have used this grip, is that with practice will the back two fingers of my weak hand eventually become like the fingers of my strong hand and make more contact with the stick?