Wavelength
Platinum Member
Re: the moler technique
Do you run like this:
1) Lie flat on the ground, resting.
2) Stand up.
3) Take a leap forward and land face-first on the ground, so you can lie and rest naturally and comfortably.
4) Repeat 2 and 3.
Do you happen to possess the power to lift your sticks up again and again without needing to fight gravity every single time you do it?
The up stroke is used when you play a ghost note followed by an accent. I wonder how you manage to perform that motion without lifting your sticks. Probably like so:
1) Tap the drum from the low position.
2) Think "I'm about to play an accent!"
3) Lift the stick.
4) Remember, that one shouldn't keep his sticks high, and let gravity do its job.
5) ...hold on. Where was I again?
Well, this stuff must be mind-boggling since you haven't the slightest idea how rebound works.
Are you one of those guys who have a good grasp on dynamic playing, i.e. can play VERY LOUD and LOUDER? Or it could be that you play your ghost notes by starting low, lifting the stick and then move the stick veeeery sloooowlyy and gently towards the drum. That's certainly a great way to conserve energy and lessen tension.
That's BS. Earth's gravity gives objects in free fall an acceleration speed of 9,81 m/s^2. Anyone can move the sticks at a far quicker speed.
And stopping the stick's natural rebound isn't a bad habit creating muscular tension, hmm?
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I can't help feeling that you've understood the whole concept horribly wrong. Let's just say that the four strokes facilitate the maximum use of rebound and minimum use of effort in ALL PLAYING.
Full stroke - stick starts and finishes in high position
A complete waste of time to practice, and a completely unnatural motion for the body. Do you ever hold your legs in the air before taking a step to walk or run. All efficient motion in the body begins from a state of rest and returns to one.
Do you run like this:
1) Lie flat on the ground, resting.
2) Stand up.
3) Take a leap forward and land face-first on the ground, so you can lie and rest naturally and comfortably.
4) Repeat 2 and 3.
Starting and stopping the stick at the top of it's arc is not a state of rest for your arms. It only induces tension in the arms and upper body, why practice a motion that creates tension? Practicing fighting gravity is a waste of time.
Do you happen to possess the power to lift your sticks up again and again without needing to fight gravity every single time you do it?
Up stroke - stick starts in low position, finishes in high position
This starts ok but again why practice stopping the stick at the top of it's natural arc? Why not allow gravity to bring you down? why tense your muscles to stop gravity's pull? What is gained by stopping up?
The up stroke is used when you play a ghost note followed by an accent. I wonder how you manage to perform that motion without lifting your sticks. Probably like so:
1) Tap the drum from the low position.
2) Think "I'm about to play an accent!"
3) Lift the stick.
4) Remember, that one shouldn't keep his sticks high, and let gravity do its job.
5) ...hold on. Where was I again?
Down stroke
Well, this stuff must be mind-boggling since you haven't the slightest idea how rebound works.
Tap stroke - stick starts and finishes in low position
This is getting close, in words, but when I see it demonstrated
by Moeller advocates it's usually to play a soft note.
Are you one of those guys who have a good grasp on dynamic playing, i.e. can play VERY LOUD and LOUDER? Or it could be that you play your ghost notes by starting low, lifting the stick and then move the stick veeeery sloooowlyy and gently towards the drum. That's certainly a great way to conserve energy and lessen tension.
Gravity will always pull you down as fast as you can lift up.
That's BS. Earth's gravity gives objects in free fall an acceleration speed of 9,81 m/s^2. Anyone can move the sticks at a far quicker speed.
The other motions are useless to practice as they only induce muscular tension and a bad habit of stopping the stick at the top of it's arc.
And stopping the stick's natural rebound isn't a bad habit creating muscular tension, hmm?
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I can't help feeling that you've understood the whole concept horribly wrong. Let's just say that the four strokes facilitate the maximum use of rebound and minimum use of effort in ALL PLAYING.