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RE: Monday Drum Day: First gig!

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I actually have a drum from India that looks like that one. He has an odd stick grip. Did you learn traditional grip with each hand holding differently? I hold both the same. There are all sorts of subtleties with technique that most people don't realise goes one. Drumming is a very technical exercise.

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We learned match grip until we got up to marching band. Then if you were on a drum it's traditional grip because it is easier and it looks cooler. We did this as a showcase during halftime one year and it really lent itself well to the traditional grip:

That's not us in the video, but we used the music. Back before Youtube existed.

I'm a way off that. Need to work on my rudiments.