Been drumming for 15 years or so and this one has been the most useful class of them all. this is key to anything else

1:44 Rebound 2:05 Fulcrum 2:30 Freely bounce 5:05 Double stroke 6:10 Buzz

black sticks, black background and black t shirt. How am I supposed to see the sticks!

Excellent video with some things I hadn't been taught in high school snare drum 101! You have a clear, concise manner and I can already see that you're an excellent teacher. I've got to set aside some time to view your other lessons. Thanks so much!

@zimgir5000 Thanks for your input. The first 'grip' I demonstrated is important. It shows the stick being held in a natural way - the way you'd grab a stick if someone threw it at you and you had to react fast. Throughout the lesson I explain how to refine that basic grip into something a little more useful. This lesson was designed for someone who's never played before (hence "The Basics"), so I try to take them through it gradually.

I had a very terrible hand technique and I was breaking stick left and right 😂😭😭 but this morning before going to church, I watch this video and I life changed forever in just few minutes🙌🏽🙌🏽 I played the whole service today and I didn’t break any stick 🥺🥺🙌🏽🙌🏽 I was using the most weak and cheap stick!!!!!! Thank you so so much, you have changed my life. God bless you!!!

I do have to say that this is one of the best tutorials I have seen on the internet.

Thank you for explaining. I will be watching the rest of your videos. I played woodwinds since 4th grade. Now, 30 years later I want to learn to play percussion. I appreciate the lessons!

I wish I had watched this when I first started, you explained the double stroke perfectly.

Clear explanation of how to find the fulcrum point, this is by far the best video on the matter.

Nice job. I don't know the first thing about drumming but your demo was very clear and explained a lot. Awesome!

This video is awesom! I've watched dozens of videos but this one showed me some key techniques those others didn't. I'm subscribing.

I am going to watch your videos 👏🏻 I had my first drum lesson today. You showed me more in 7 min then he did in an hour 😂

7:00 I've developed a great relationship with one of my sticks, but I'm not into the idea of playing with two.

Awesome instructional video. Thank you for making and posting this video. Very detailed.

I bein playing since I was 3, never knew this I’m about to be 31 in 2 months....I’m about to watch all yo videos bud thanks

The best so far.very clear explanation.and you look so professional.i wish i had a drum teacher like you soon.thank you sir

Wow thank you so much for this, I cannot believe how hard it is to find a beginners stick technique video. Pages of results for “new drummers learn this sick beat to RAWK” but I’m like “Uhhm know how to hold the sticks, sorry”

Thanks a lot for this awesome easy to understand lesson !!!!

thanks... was surprised to see this was uploaded 14 years ago!

Great video. Straight to the point with just enough explanation.

This was so informative. I learnt a lot from this.

6 people broke their fingers.

You have just earned yourself a new subscriber!!

Great tutorial...really learn

Thanks for this. Great tutorial.

thank you for this :) im a beginner drummer thats very interested in learning the drums

Nice drum sticks dude. Great lessons.

Great video!

Thanks for great video. When you hit the drum, how does the interaction between back finger and drum stick? The way I am doing is swing drum stick between back fingers and palm using thumb and first joint of index finger as pivot point. Is it correct? Thanks

thank you for the practices at the end

Finally I found a video that is giving great instructions on how to hold drum sticks! But it is quite hard to see the sticks with a black background and black shirt.

Just how I would have taught it...Great Job.

excellent video my man

Do you have your own channel, or how about school of music at least credit you. You're a great teacher.

i signed in just to say thanks. very helpfull

liked this one a lot !

Thanks for the video, mate. Ta!

thanks for this! 1 MILLION THUMBS UP

great lesson, thanks

All the +10yrs tutorials are the best

so does your thumb touch your index or does it stay on top of the stick to help it push down?

Do you lift it up or let it bounce because when I let it bounce it doesn't bounce very high when I do my rebound stroke

I NEED THAT PRACTICE POAD! where can I get one?

Does this man have a body?

I enjoy drums. :)

im a junior in highschool wanting to start playing drums and i want something i can practice on for just the basics like this that wont make too much noise at night in my house whats something i can get to practice on that will help with technique but isnt gonna piss everyone in my house off?

I learned it thank you 😊

super helpful, ty!

Thank you Ross, I recently bought in a kinda yard sale a pair of drum sticks..zero technique, so let`s see what I`m into.. 😊

I a drummer my self I say nice lesson for beginners

Thank youuuuuuu amazing videooooooo

What kind of drum pad and stand are you using? Thanks.

when i try to do doubles, my hand keeps on doing more because of the dribble effect. How do I stop it?

3:16 my fingers are burning at the spot you balance the stick at.. i play extremely fast, what am i doing wrong? or is this just a consequence of playing fast, and if so, how do i resolve the issue? tape? if theres a way to avoid tape or gloves, i want to avoid it and just do it correctly ;_;

Excellent

Omfg this is why I’ve been having such a hard time, feels like a Harry finding his wand moment here.

What type of practice pad is that boss?

So I've been playing percussion for 6 years now, and learned a bad habit. What I'm doing wrong is gripping too tightly at the fulcrum and not using my back fingers, so the first note sounds good but the second note produces a lot less sound. I know I need to use my back fingers, but don't know how to actually do it. Any good way to practice using those back fingers to make my doubles even? Thanks!!!

*First time here. :“welcome back!”

thanks

However properly(or naturally) I begin , within moments I feel my left hand is stiffening and it is completely different from the right hand grip.....cannot get rid of this😣...maybe i've grown a habit

The flag part is helpful. Great vid

sorry to say, but there are a few things that arent quite right, dont hate me on this, and correct me if needed but. when you 'Buzz' your little finger (my english isn't fluent you will have to excuse me for that) does this wierd twitch, which means that when you would do it faster, you wont have the same result, or reaction from the stick. and you can hurt yourself in the process. or is that completely, completely the wrong end of the stick? (lol)

Can someone tell me how this type of snare is called or is it homemade, i find it pretty convenient for pratice without alot of noise ( yes im noob af) Thanks !

nice video 👍

My pointer finger swells up when I play drums is their anything I’m doing wrong

@zimgir5000 Why would you say that?

Great, ta.

what pad are those?

Fantastic !! Thank You !! Liked Subbed Belled

Nice one

I’m drummer now for 4 years, I realized a while ago that I don’t hold my sticks correctly and I’m moving my right arm too much so I have 0 speed. I’ve watched several video’s on how to hold my drumsticks correctly but none of them seem to help my right hand refuses to cooperate, how can I make this go away?

Rocks and rolls.jazz .great musical. Good sticks. For pro

Are those 5As or 5Bs

How long is dtdck drugs

4:03-5 normal sized hand ??

I keep dropping my sticks. It keeps sliding off the fulcrum and I don't see it

keep it up

Super fantastic music video sir next video please send me sir

It´s Nice lmL

is it possible to bigen to learn drumming in 24 years

Wow, that was awesome. I actually sound like I'm on my way. Thanks

U have to use your wrist when you hit the drums

Cool 😇

This is why I love Vic Firth: the flag on the sticks always gives you a proper, perfect fulcrum. Perhaps that’s the purpose of Vic Firth. Coincidence? I think NOT!!!!!!!!!!

that pad is too hard. beginners band in 1965 we had rubber pads like rubber on a superball. sticks bounced great. i hate all these new pads. what they dont makem anymore ?

Good tips... floating head

I always held my vic firths by the flag cuz it felt right, I didn't know it had a reason. This was very interesting :)

So fun fact time! On Vic Firth sticks, put your thumb over the flag for a solid starting point for where your fulcrum is. YW all xD

yipee

do you know zack? he is my drumb teacher

That was a great video but in my opinion you should have taught Diddles as well

Black background Black sticks Black shirt White guy

Hi! Can you help me? I've seen that some drummers as Mike Portnoy or Lars ulrich for example, grips the stick really really above from that point that you say, why do they do that? And... is it useless? Thank you.

Lil PP Check

WTF he play alll of his hend instead play wrist ?

I don’t have drums or a drumstick, I play guitar, why am I even watching this

Thanks for the tutorial! Everyone's such a critic these days.

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