Tips for Understanding Drum Grips: A Step-by-Step Guide by Mike Packer

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In this drum lesson, DC Method Instructor Mike Packer focuses on the all-important topic of grip. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced drummer, getting your grip right is crucial for maintaining control and precision while playing. In this video, Mike shares a few tips for mastering the perfect drum grip, and by the end of the lesson, you'll have all the tools you need to take your drumming to the next level.
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WHO IS MIKE PACKER?
Mike Packer is the Vice President of Education at 1500 Sound Academy in Inglewood, Ca. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Northern Colorado and his Master’s in Education, Leadership, and Policy from Boston University.
As a drummer, Mike performs regularly both domestically and abroad. Performance credits include clinics and concerts with the jazz-classical quartet Free Flight, Wilson Phillips, Diane Reeves, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Steve Allen, Carl Anderson, Nils Lofgren, Lorna Luft, Regis Philbin, Susan Lucci, and Ben Vereen. Television credits include Grounded for Life (WB), Mad TV (Fox), The People’s Choice Awards (CBS), the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th CableAce Awards (TNT), and the 1995 Easter Seal Telethon.
Mike’s teaching experience consists of 30 years of private and classroom instruction and several clinics in the USA, Europe, and Asia. Mike is the author of Feet Don’t Fail Me Now (Hal Leonard Publications), The Bass Drum Owners Manual (Modern Drummer Publications), The Drum Channel Method E-Books (Hudson Music), and online courses on DrumChannel.com. Mike invented the Heel Less bass drum pedal and licensed it to DW Drums, where it is produced and distributed as the DW5000 ADH.
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CHAPTERS
00:16 - Dropping The Hands
00:47 - Bring To Playing Position
01:03 - How To Rest The Stick
01:31 - The Fulcrum
01:55 - Additional Components
02:32 - Half Grip, German Grip, French Grip
03:20 - Real-Life Applications
04:03 - Traditional Grip
04:22 - Closing Words
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@drumchannel Жыл бұрын

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@diiegopc 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. It's the best explanation I've heard in the context of playing a drum set.

@charlanderson6312 Жыл бұрын

Well explained!

@masterescolademusica7842 Жыл бұрын

VERY GOOD CLASS!

@whiteram53 4 ай бұрын

So clear...thank you!

@valskorupko8714 Жыл бұрын

Very clear and simple. Great lesson. Thanks.

@SpiritMusicMeetups 4 ай бұрын

I've been trying to move my students to that middle finger fulcrum for a while, so I will pass this video on to them. Thank you. My website with the same name as my KZfaq channel has about a thousand videos on the drum page to help others. Keep up the good work.

@jjadaddy Жыл бұрын

If you flip your stick to catch it, you catch it naturally as it sits in the second joint of the index finger. With this grip, you're fulcrum is actually more the middle finger, and in some instances, the rearest two fingers.( Ring finger and pinky). Stick in second joint of index finger, can't slide down anyplace, and it really frees the stick to flow in your hand.

@opseaing 7 ай бұрын

What is the flip you meant?

@LeadingEdgeFitness1 3 ай бұрын

So we have a drum instructor here giving his lesson on stick grip. Then you come in and give us YOUR lesson on stic grip. Get your own channel if you want to dish out sdvice - why use someone else's?

@robertdore9592 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait...

@dustyclamper56 Жыл бұрын

Good to know 👍

@drumchannel Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@HiltonHeslop 7 ай бұрын

I always find students who struggle with the stick swaying to try squeeze the stick a bit harder between the finders ( using the thumb and 1st joint on the index finger ) This is more prominent in the following hand (Left)

@BCSchmerker Жыл бұрын

+DrumChannelOfficial *Thanks for the reference.* As a multi-genre drummer with a bit of a 太鼓 _Taiko_ streak, I use a Samurai right-hand grip (after the correct grip for the Japanese sword) and a modified Traditional left-hand grip on marching-snare sticks such as the VIC FIRTHⓇ/ZildjianⓇ SRHN Ralph Hardimon ＣORPSMASTERⓇ model. Also EVANSⓇ/D'AddarioⓇ EC2 Frost tom batters (would the Heavyweight Coated were available in all tom sizes) and B14HD center-drum batter on my TAMAⓇ/HOSHINOⓇ poplarbuilts. Also MEINLⓇ HCSᵀᴹ brasses that can serve as a tonal reference for B20 silvered bronzes such as are available from Avedis Zildjian Company.

@si1995gtnupe1997 10 ай бұрын

No trademark designation on Avedis Zildjian Company? Shame on you…

@modernmusicstudio303 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining!

@manutechashuman 5 ай бұрын

After playing frums for more than 10 years, I just came to realized why my fulcrum was wrong, thank you!

@hinkemiki Жыл бұрын

I think we tend to confuse hand/arm position with grip. Theorically you could german grip a stick on any hand position, same for "traditional"

@Tdrums8 Жыл бұрын

Great Vid .ty .I hold my sticks really loose and after about 2 hours i sometimes still will get a blister .I switched sticks and put stick tape it helps but it can still happen ..Any tips ?

@mpacker49 Жыл бұрын

@tdrums8 Thanks for your question. I think it's really important to have the right size and weight drum stick. If the stick is too heavy or too long you might have to over-compensate for a loss of balance or control and tighten up in certain circumstances. Even though you hold the sticks loose generally, you can still get blisters at the time when you over-compensate so you might want to have a look at that. Also, you will naturally develop calluses as you continue to play and this will help prevent against blisters forming. Let me know your thoughts. Mike

@Tdrums8 Жыл бұрын

@@mpacker49 Ty Mike i will try Different sticks and see what happens TY

@garymason7 Жыл бұрын

I'm seeing more and more drummers holding the sticks very near the butt and not in the traditional balance point. Any reason for this or are they just not taught? I've tried it myself and although I seem to get more power I feel less control.

@mpacker49 Жыл бұрын

@garymason Thanks for your question. I will change the placement of my grip on the stick depending on the type of music I'm playing. Most of the time my grip is located at the sweet spot on the stick (for Vic Firth sticks my thumb is on the flag), but if I want a lot more volume and don't have to generate a lot of rebound to play a ton of notes, I will move back on the stick. It's easier to achieve this from the butt end. I don't approach every genre of music the same way. When I play Jazz I'll be in the sweet spot of the stick, for very loud rock I'll move back. You should play around with this and see what works best for you in the specific musical situation you are in. Let me know your thoughts. Mike

@flashfan1122 Ай бұрын

Also don't understand using the butt of the stick..so wild to me

@hasan_bahramian Жыл бұрын

🌹 🌹

@bryanjackson8917 10 ай бұрын

You are wrong regarding the fulcrum point, as the fulcrum is the pivot point, which means it is between the thumb and index fingers, not the thumb and middle finger.

@BrandonGebbia 3 ай бұрын

The problem with this lesson is that you don’t specify that when you use the second finger as a fulcrum, you don’t have that same precision and control of your fingers, as you do with the position of the first and second fingers.

@AlmostReady504 7 ай бұрын

Didn't even strike the drum one time!

@jefferyflemister6394 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!the white power sign is the supposed grip!!🧐

@kareokekareoke6844 11 ай бұрын

Jefferyflemister6394. WTF😂😂😂 another conspiracy theory?

@DesignRhythm Жыл бұрын

Half grip??? That is American grip.

@mpacker49 Жыл бұрын

@designrhythm7264, I've always considered half grip and American grip to be synonymous. I guess it all depends on how you learned it originally. Either way, it's the same grip. Thanks for your comment!