How to hold your sticks (for the absolute BEGINNER)

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If you’re a brand new drummer with no clue how to hold your sticks…But you want to be able to play quickly and smoothly and play the songs you want to play - Today’s lesson is for you!
Too many beginners skip the critical (yet simple) step of learning proper grip, and this mistake comes back to bite them years later in the form of Speed barriers, choppy-sounding playing, or even pain in their hands or wrists.
But this won’t be you! Today I’m giving you 3 simple steps to follow to get your grip squared away so you can confidently grow into the capable & creative drummer you want to be. YOU CAN DO THIS!
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@ramonalfaro3252 Ай бұрын

You are The Man, Stephen! At 56 I take pride in being open to letting anyone regardless of age teach me something. I find the more I check my ego the more I learn.

@KKmovesToMars Ай бұрын

Day one with a pad and 2 sticks. Every song is a song I cannot play yet 😄

@gianlucaluongo4974 Ай бұрын

FINALLY!!! You have no idea how much I have searched to find someone showing on how to hold the sticks. And if you look at how other drummers are holding them, they all have their own personal style....

@NintenDub Ай бұрын

I've come to find there isn't a right way. Cuz they all say one thing. They say do this, and do do that. And than you watch them do exactly what they say not to. They talk about using fingers.not using fingers. Only using wrists etc. it just seems everyone does it differently. After 20 years I finally have found my real grip.but my hands just aren't shaped to hold it how most would say your supposed to

@Fiascopia 26 күн бұрын

The thing I have found is that you have to learn to hold the sticks many different ways in many different contexts. This video is really solid advice and you should always be trying to apply the principles but you need to be able to do American and French and everything in between. I have recently been trying to force the most French grip position I can on myself as I play and it has really helped me even though it has been like learning to play the drums again.

@Fiascopia 26 күн бұрын

I been playing for 10 years and I needed this video. Luckily ABSOLUTE BEGINNER is a mindset and I'm happy to have it :)

@h00dles33 18 күн бұрын

dude youre the best teacher. so grateful for so many of your vids.

@freddybpr Ай бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!!!!

@TheFearUnlimited Ай бұрын

This is really helpful vid man, thanks!

@ZachBratland Ай бұрын

You’re the man!! Appreciate you!⚡️⭐️

@llRoBoBinHoll Ай бұрын

I have very flexible thumbs which are not good for pinching and holding things. I hadn’t heard of having the fulcrum more at the base of the middle finger. Just trying it out, I really like it! I lately have been kind of worried that my potential on the drums is limited due to my autonomy, but this may be some crucial information to keep improving.

@StatiXonfirE Ай бұрын

Savior by Rise Against . My kick doubles seam to lag the hands and just can’t get the timings synced at a slow tempo it’s ok but the faster I go it falls apart.

@nghivmai 18 күн бұрын

I'd love to be able to play anything off of Quadrophenia. To be able to play as freely and confidently as Keith Moon in general, actually.

@applesforakbar Ай бұрын

Years ago a drummer taught me a technique that completely stifled my progress and I couldn't get past it. This makes waaaaay more sense excited to pick up drumming again and try it. Also sidenote, it's just like tennis more control comes from looser strokes rather than gripping harder.

@Fiascopia 26 күн бұрын

IMO a good way to switch to looser styles is to think that the more you feel like you are bouncing a ball, the closer you are to good technique

@CesitarLabarthe Ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Steve_Onaut Ай бұрын

I feel like its sounding good but it actually isnt when i play. I often have like a little break in my beats which sounds really weird. Also im often loosing my sticks i hope this will help

@sueashton3786 Ай бұрын

I want to play New Rose (The Damned) as half as good as Rat 🐀 !!

@gucio_wss Ай бұрын

18:50 Can’t help the „Look at the flick of da wrist” in my head

@juniorchavez2787 Ай бұрын

Forever Dead by Sevendust is the one I want to play smoothly.

@sdw-hv5ko Ай бұрын

Ever Fallen in Love With Someone by the Buzzcocks is a song I really wanna learn but I tense up when I try to play it at full speed

@crimson_sun7274 Ай бұрын

Any song by Skitsystem or Drillerkiller. Though I'm working through "Maktens murar rasar" by Skitsystem at the moment.

@user-ii7ok5qp6c Ай бұрын

Thanks Steven and the answer to the question is.Run to the hills Iron Maiden

@vladimirt514 Ай бұрын

fast song, which I think I "would never be able to play"... beatles, I want to be your man

@davidfordyoyoguy Ай бұрын

What about the thumbnail? Never talked about it at all.

@Fennyella 12 күн бұрын

Exactly. And then states that "There's a whole video on my channel about why middle finger is better" and then i can't find it, because it seems to be hidden in some arbitrary lesson.

@jeffreyjohnmann Ай бұрын

Painkiller by Judas Priest

@drumhead869 Ай бұрын

I will follow - by U2 , this one is a fast song for me

@Mescalito71 Ай бұрын

Jesus get to it. Grip instructions start at 5:16

@sleepmeditationyoutube 11 күн бұрын

Blink 182 - Always

@stygs6 6 күн бұрын

Chop suey or toxicity by System of a down, got the rhythm but not the speed.. edit: also 2 months in

@dianehanscom8580 Ай бұрын

Wipeout!

@NintenDub Ай бұрын

Minute after mimute after mimute of taling without saying anything. Typical youtube fluff.. "You can do this....nicoteyte can help" This fake self help bs of drummers is just the worst

@Fennyella 12 күн бұрын

What i don't like about this video, to give some constructive criticism: The critique: Thumbnail showing us a middle finger grip instead of pointer, but you never acknowledged it properly or addressed why. You simply referred to "some" arbitrary other video, where you supposedly talk about it in detail. No links provided, nothing. I've watched not all, but most videos in the "Hand Technique" playlist that made sense from thumbnail or title. None of them talk about that. That's what i don't like and feel very strongly about. You basically change a big part in hand/grip technique, expect us to follow through on a "Trust me bro" basis, without explaining anything. Constructive Feedback: Provide proper links if you have something covered that demands an explanation, so we can follow you not on a "Trust me bro" basis, but on the basis of determining for ourselves if that makes sense to us. I like doing stuff, when i understand the WHY behind it. Most people do, actually. And to follow up on this, i also tried that other grip. Doesn't feel like it changes anything, really. So the explanation of the WHY would really help to understand if there's an actual reason or if it's just something to be "different/unique/edgy" in any way. So in total: - Provide links to stuff you are not willing to explain in the video you mention it, no matter what the reason might be. (Bonuspoints / Alternative: Show on the thumbnail what's actually part of the video. Don't make a thumbnail with one grip being ok ✅and another that isn't ❌, that doesn't even get explained in the video itself. Keep it about the video.) - Explain at least in a TLDR / short version why we should do something. It's fine to have it explained more detailed in another video, but give us something to follow you when you are the only person on earth i've seen so far, making a change to grip like that. And without explanation, it's just something many people (and i've looked through the comments, a lot of people wonder about the same thing) are not willing to follow. Over 100 big people on this platform trying to teach drums. 1 of them saying that another finger is better, without explanation, just a thumbnail that heavily suggests that and one sentence on the "just trust me" basis. That's just not the way to go. The rest of the video is fine. Different thumbnail, explaining the middlefinger instead of pointer and the video would be great. Now it's just confusing and feels like only half the video.