On May 10, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Terry Ford wrote: > 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.
Cause it separates the men from the boys. :) Doing comes purely from tradition, but it's certainly possible to play just as well with a traditional grip as it is matched grip so there's no real reason /not/ to do it. I always played traditional in marching, but matched on a drum set in jazz band. Unlike Geoff, however, I always play crossed over (right hand on hi-hat vs left and left hand on snare vs right -- which is also traditional). -- Seth Willits _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
