Sutor
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Hi all,
I've been playing drums for about 6 or 7 years now. I've always been into my technical exercises and chop building but I have never been overly obsessive about it either as I learned early on that the groove always takes precedent and if all you can do is single strokes at 230bpm you're not going to get the gig! So therefore I don't think I've made as much progress in regards to things like speed and control as I probably could have done if I dedicated more practise time to it but would still like to develop my technique nonetheless.
The biggest issue I find at the moment when building chops is the transition from the pad to the snare drum. Sometimes when I feel like I've made progress on the pad, really feeling the burn and building up speed, I then take it to the snare drum and it seems like I've made no progress at all especially with regards to single strokes.
When I can I practise rudiments on my snare and kit and I get on fine but they are never as fast and controlled as I feel on a pad which makes me think am I better off just practising more on the snare? I don't think this is to do with my general technique as I am quite a relaxed player, I naturally use Moeller but use a mixture of wrist and fingers for different situations and the only downfall being that like most drummers my left hand is weaker than my right.
Has anyone had a similar experience and can you share some wisdom?
Thanks in advance,
Andy Sutor.
I've been playing drums for about 6 or 7 years now. I've always been into my technical exercises and chop building but I have never been overly obsessive about it either as I learned early on that the groove always takes precedent and if all you can do is single strokes at 230bpm you're not going to get the gig! So therefore I don't think I've made as much progress in regards to things like speed and control as I probably could have done if I dedicated more practise time to it but would still like to develop my technique nonetheless.
The biggest issue I find at the moment when building chops is the transition from the pad to the snare drum. Sometimes when I feel like I've made progress on the pad, really feeling the burn and building up speed, I then take it to the snare drum and it seems like I've made no progress at all especially with regards to single strokes.
When I can I practise rudiments on my snare and kit and I get on fine but they are never as fast and controlled as I feel on a pad which makes me think am I better off just practising more on the snare? I don't think this is to do with my general technique as I am quite a relaxed player, I naturally use Moeller but use a mixture of wrist and fingers for different situations and the only downfall being that like most drummers my left hand is weaker than my right.
Has anyone had a similar experience and can you share some wisdom?
Thanks in advance,
Andy Sutor.