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By having just these single points of contact either side of the stick, we create a good hinging point for the stick to rotate around. The first finger should contact the stick behind the middle knuckle (the side closest to the palm) and on the side of the finger. The stick should contact the tip of the thumb using the whole of the fleshy pad under the thumbnail. With matched grip we hold the stick between the thumb and first finger, with the butt of the stick on the palm side of the hand. There are two fundamental points which need to be addressed: Which parts of the hand are creating our fulcrum, and which part of the stick the fulcrum should hold. Getting this fulcrum correct is the single most important thing you can do for your grip. This is where we actually hold on to the stick, and is in most cases the ONLY part of our hand which actually grips it. The most important part of this grip is the "fulcrum" or "pivot point". The matched grip is very effective because it utilises all the sections of our hands in a very natural way. the ability to do with the sticks, whatever we want! Remember that by developing "technique" we are developing control of the sticks. I’ve applied a great deal of logical thought and experimentation along with some common sense - and developed a way of playing which gives maximum speed and more importantly - control at that speed! - no matter what type of drumming you are involved with you can get the sound and results you are after. I have combined all the different ideas about hand movement that I have come across. What is in this book is the way I personally aim to play, and I use it for everything. The perfect technique gives you perfect control - ie the ability to do whatever you need with the stick to achieve the desired notes - whatever they are! If a "technique" is not so good for a particular style of playing - then it is no technique at all! - it clearly is flawed as it limits the control of the stick required for that style of playing. Technique is about control of the sticks, and the better your technique is, the more control you will have, and the more you will be able to do. While this may have some truth, I believe that the word "technique" applies to all "techniques" at once. Many will argue that one technique is better for a certain type of playing, and another technique may be better suited to something else. To get speed and control that you never dreamed possible. This is just a small part of what you really need to know!
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Stick Technique - Lesson 01 STICK TECHNIQUE