traditionalvsmatchedgrip

Hi there! My name is Hans and I’m a master student percussion in Belgium. This year i graduate and I’m writing a master paper (thesis) about open-handed drumming. This is why i need you! What do you think about open-handed drumming? Does it work with traditional grip? Do you coordination...

(I have to be fair and warn you this is a bit long and preachy, though I feel that’s what many of you are looking for if you clicked on this thread.) Hello So for a long time now I’ve been thinking about how we drummers go about what we do. Not necessarily what we do, but why, how...

Most drummers seem to play one of the matched grips, usually the american grip, whenever they play drumset. I think that is their folly. Traditional (in most cases) is better, at least I think so. Traditional gives better angles, stays out of the way, and is just as fast as matched, if not...