I played TRADITIONAL GRIP for 7 days and this happened!

Imagine how disappointing it is for someone who can’t even get the left hand moving with matched grip! 🤦🏻‍♀️ You were at least half way there! 😁

the pain of the left ring finger is real man, props for pushing through

put your pointer finger over the stick and the thumb bro

Nice job! I am a traditional grip player! So thanks for sharing this information!

Bravo chief! Good video, humble

Very NICE Thank you so much. I would have liked to see you play the same song with match grip in the end. To comapare. But thats not important, really. Im going to try learning trad a little better thanks to you.

I could only use traditional. Couldn’t get comfortable with match.

I use traditional grip exclusively. I'm pretensious. Stuart Copeland style, the stick lays in middle finger, not the ring.

All through high-school I had to do this. Now I can in my sleep good job.

Me too Alejandro! I was really good using traditional grip but I felt better on the kit playing matched grip. It's taken years and years to get my left hand even close to my right hand and now I can't even play traditional grip very well at all. Maybe it's time to try again. 🥁❤️

before i got to play the drums my drum teacher made me go through a whole year of learning Traditional grip on a snare drum lmao (note: i was like 9) then once i went to play the drums (mostly rock style which i prefered) he allowed me to play match grip due to it being easier to go around the drums

dont get him wrong, he plays also uses both styles ( depending on the use case)

but match grip is so much easier to learn (since its just mirroring the right hand) that being able to play traditional grip will give you so much more freedom

the best Drummers know how and when to switch between each grip style

I'd think you'd tilt the snare a little bit when using traditional grip. Good job!

The only thing I didn't like about Whiplash was when the kid was practicing to play faster swing on the ride cymbal. It was painful to watch and his technique was brutal. He was forcing speed and playing stiff. It would never work in real jazz.

Try to keep your fingers on the stick so you can keep control of the stick. You can let the stick rest on your ring finger and stop the stick with your pointer finger. The only time you should take any fingers off the stick is when you're playing rolls, in which case you take your pointer and middle fingers off the stick.

Also, it is actually a good thing to hold the stick further back in your hand. Hold both sticks and point them up at the same height, putting your thumbs next to each other. The tips of your thumbs should be about an inch apart. That will give you the most rebound and control of your stick.

Great job but better stick with the modern grip

Man i recommend the Jojo Mayer video for both grips

I'm not gonna lie I thought you were a jazz drummer. What type of genre would you mainly play then?

Interesting. A VERY long time ago I played for a while in the high school band (French Horn). I used to laugh when the band instructor would fuss at the drummers and promise to make them march around the football field banging a bass drum with a wet sock for the afternoon if he caught them "fisting" their left hand. The funny thing is that the drummers that played in the band for two or three years using the traditional grip said they not only wouldn't, but couldn't use a fisted left hand without loosing a certain amount of control over complex rhythms. Jene Krupa, one of the most renowned drummers of the 1930s and 40s big band era (falsely accused of being hyped up on stimulants to be able to play like he did) NEVER used anything but a traditional grip (or stimulants).

Whiplash is a pile of steaming excrement...

When I was in DCI, the idea was that you hold the stick like you're flipping someone the finger. That action meant the rest of your fingers touched the stick (lightly) and established the fulcrum. From there you got the agility and power.

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If you drop two bananas, how do you pick them up? Truly, I want to know. I guess, maybe, some folks would pick up one with the right hand in the manner the hand naturally works. Then they would retrieve banana number two with their left hand using the hand in a perverse, distorted action that makes the job of picking up the naner more difficult and greatly increase the odds of dropping it . Grabbed again, and again it falls. Banana is deemed too hard to pick up. Now, the fruit flies take ownership. Bugs prefer you use traditional grip

IDK, I'm just a beginner sure, but switching between traditional and mallet was super easy, as soon as I saw someone do it I was like "oh, that's an interesting way to hold the sticks." and was able to completely replicate it. Ig it is just because I'm a beginner

Don’t clamp your thumb down hard on the left hand, it creates tension

So basically nothing happened...

In Whiplash, he played traditional grip. Unfortunately, has no concept of the Moeller technique. He struggled way too hard playing the speed that was demanded. Watch a buddy rich video, Joe Morello, or JoJo Mayer video. they play stuff twice as fast, with alot less effort. The guy was just a average stage drummer. I'm glad it inspired you.

Takes YEARS...was fun watching you ..

I think you should try marching percussion. Would be a great video.

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Learning DCI or Pipe Band drumming will increase any drum kit players skills beyond belief. Even if you go back to matched grip afterwards, you'll have learned: Moller method, incredible dynamics techniques for both hands, perfect rolls in every category (buzz rolls, open rolls - every stroke number), individual finger technique to control the sticks with ridiculous finesse, perfect flams, better timing, and correct accent techniques. Too many kit drummers stop at limb independence, and never really work on hand/finger technique, so their snare playing is lazy, one-dimensional, or never really complements the whole kit sound the way it should. Seriously - rather than having biased ideas about traditional grip, kit players should take a workshop that covers all the important DCI/pipe band techniques because it will include work with the right hand, as well, and the lessons carry over if traditional grip doesn't "stick" with you and you go back to matched grip. Take it from a long-time kit player.

Hey playing electric drums with traditional Grip

Good job buddy, I know this is not easy to control....Well done

I was taught traditional grip originally. I still play traditional. My professor at the conservatory hated that I played it. His argument was logical i.e. you don't trad timpani/etc etc but on set and snare? Yeah no prob. Whether or not he was right it doesn't matter. I still play trad and am happy

My instructor taught us to use it and I've tried it while marching and carrying the snare

My drum teacher always said to keep all fingers on the left hand with traditional grip to get a better stick control and rebound.

For years tradition grip now matched.

traditional grip pulls bitches

You are practicing with accents. Isn‘t it supposed to be same volume unaccented too?

Or is this more marching style and not so much applicable for drums?

Adaption day 3 happens pretty fast, cool.

Where those black check pants ? I love those.

I play snare in marching percussion and seeing your immediate reaction to your ring finger hurting made me remember back to my first band camp when I got a blister the size of my fingernail on the side of my ring finger. It was full week of 8 hour days and we were playing 90% of the time so my finger was not too happy with me after the first 2 days. You are supposed to create a fulcrum between your ring finger and pointer finger around the stick for the most control, so the pain in the beginning is a sign of proper technique. Letting the rebound of the stick dictate the motion can make it very difficult to control the stick, and by proxy makes it far harder to consistently play something with a good height and velocity. While you don't need to follow this for drumset traditional, this marching approach is the best way to get the most control with traditional, so if you want to play the best traditional grip you should follow marching percussion technique. As for the blister / finger pain, it goes away with time so don't worry about it. However, you shouldn't play all day everyday despite the pain because then it won't heal. It'll only heal while there is no friction and will only get worse the more you play if you don't give it time to heal. Once a callous forms though you'll be good and won't have to worry about the pain as there should be pretty much none.

Also, a little tip that might help is to wrap the finger in electrical tape or a bandaid if you need to practice despite the pain. Bandaids may not stay on so that's why electrical tape is there, just make sure you don't put the electrical tape on too tight as that will cause your finger to loose circulation and it won't be too comfortable.


Anyways, I loved the video, keep it up!
(Also you should try marching percussion, I think it would be a pretty good video)

Ginger Baker 90% of the time played traditional grip. He played rock but loved jazz and so did Jack Bruce. Bruce once made a statement that "Ginger and I where playing jazz but didn't tell Eric." A blues player with a jazz flare. Cream was named Cream as the best part of milk rising to the top. They were appropriately named. RESPECT!

If ima be honest I really dislike the snare sound

Whole new vibe with traditional. Great players mix the two.

Those toms sound sexy af tho

see my whole issue with traditional grip comes from my 5th and 6th grade band director, he would chew you out if you used anything but traditional grip on any non-mallet based percussion instrument like we were all gonna be part of Jazz band or the marching band where that grip is either more commonplace or makes playing actually easier considering traditional grip was used for drummer boys during war to be able to issue orders to troops over longer distances and the way the drum would be carried at that time made playing that much easier