I've played matched grip from most of my drumming life (except for occasional rudiments and some orchestral work where I need to do closed rolls.) Tonight's gig was a little fatiguing for no apparent reason, and my left hand was cramping from just playing 2 & 4. So for a few songs, I flipped the stick around to trad. grip, and played the songs that way.
What a strange experience! My hand hasn't worked that way playing a kit since I first started lessons close to 60 years ago!
I immediately noticed that I couldn't catch the rim like I normally do, so the sound and feel was different. Not a detriment mind you, I'm just used to the rim for a bit more attack so I don't play as hard to cut through. Of course the action/motion was different, I found my self really focused on my left hand as if the stick might do something I didn't want it to. And because of the motion difference, my timing felt off, maybe a bit lazy.
I don't think the other players noticed as I switched back & forth a few times for a little relief, but I was super aware of the difference and a little surprised that something so natural at one time - granted, 55+ years ago - felt so foreign and sorta uncomfortable now. Not that I can't do stuff with traditional grip, it's just been forever since I played a kit like that.
By the third set I was 'warmed up' and played matched thru the end. But I think I need to work a bit on my traditional set playing.![Face with open mouth :open_mouth: 😮](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f62e.png)
What a strange experience! My hand hasn't worked that way playing a kit since I first started lessons close to 60 years ago!
I immediately noticed that I couldn't catch the rim like I normally do, so the sound and feel was different. Not a detriment mind you, I'm just used to the rim for a bit more attack so I don't play as hard to cut through. Of course the action/motion was different, I found my self really focused on my left hand as if the stick might do something I didn't want it to. And because of the motion difference, my timing felt off, maybe a bit lazy.
I don't think the other players noticed as I switched back & forth a few times for a little relief, but I was super aware of the difference and a little surprised that something so natural at one time - granted, 55+ years ago - felt so foreign and sorta uncomfortable now. Not that I can't do stuff with traditional grip, it's just been forever since I played a kit like that.
By the third set I was 'warmed up' and played matched thru the end. But I think I need to work a bit on my traditional set playing.
![Face with open mouth :open_mouth: 😮](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f62e.png)