At 2:12 PM -0700 5/10/07, Terry Ford wrote:
>On May 10, 2007, at 1:56 PM, Frank Condello wrote:
>
>> Ya, a lot of left-handers play that way rather than flipping the kit
>> around. Some of us right-handers play that way for more freedom -
>> Bobby Jarzombek is a good example:
>> <http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xk6u3cgd6cI>
>> Though he's in the not-quite-human club ;)
>
>Pretty good drummer though.
>
>I never played drums per se but I always wondered why that style of
>stick handling was not considered the best way in the first place and
>why the left hand position of the stick was different from the right
>hand in the "Classic" style. It really made no sense to me logically.
>It just made it harder for me when I studied percussion in
>university. It seemed so unnatural and awkward. Every other
>percussion instrument uses the hands equally.
If you're talking about why the left hand stick is held in the
hand the way it is, I believe it is a throwback from this:
<http://www.spaldinggenealogy.com/Drum.jpg>
With the drum carried in this manner, you can't use the same grip
and make it over the rim. Never having played drums in a marching
band, I've always drummed in the "Ringo Starr" style, both hands
using the same grip.
Regards,
- Lou Forlini
Software Engineer
System Support Products, Inc.
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