beatdat
Senior Member
I've spent the better part of the year working on getting my hands even with help from my teacher, Igoe's GHFAL and Famularo's The Weaker Side.
One thing I've noticed, as my left hand is beginning to loosen up and I'm getting more comfortable practicing to a click track, is that there seems to be some correlation between touch and time, almost as if they are two sides to the same coin. Specifically, I've noticed that as my touch improves, so does my timing, and vice versa. If, however, I lose the time, my touch seems to go with it, as does my timing when my touch is not up to par.
Has anyone else noticed a correlation between these to aspects in their playing? Did anyone find that these two aspects somewhat dovetailed into one another as you got better as a player? Conversely, is it possible to have one down but not the other? In other words, is it possible to have a great touch on the drums but poor timing, or great time but a poor touch?
One thing I've noticed, as my left hand is beginning to loosen up and I'm getting more comfortable practicing to a click track, is that there seems to be some correlation between touch and time, almost as if they are two sides to the same coin. Specifically, I've noticed that as my touch improves, so does my timing, and vice versa. If, however, I lose the time, my touch seems to go with it, as does my timing when my touch is not up to par.
Has anyone else noticed a correlation between these to aspects in their playing? Did anyone find that these two aspects somewhat dovetailed into one another as you got better as a player? Conversely, is it possible to have one down but not the other? In other words, is it possible to have a great touch on the drums but poor timing, or great time but a poor touch?