Hi, this is my first post, but I've been a long time lurker...
So I've been playing for maybe 8 years now. I had lessons for a few years, but apart from that I'm primarily self taught. For that reason my technique is not great.
I think the main bottleneck in my playing at the moment is just speed. My singles and doubles are pretty slow considering I'm trying to do everything with just wrists. So, in your experience what are the techniques you use most to increase speed? And what other rudiments do you use a lot in your playing?
Also I play mainly alt rock music.
I'm now a skint student and have no money for lessons, and only get to use a kit once every 2 weeks or so when I practice with my band (it would probably be a bit rude to ignore my band mates and start practising my rudiments though). I have a practice pad, but I live in a dorm with 2 neighbours I don't exactly get on with that well, and they get pissed with me practising for too long. Point is, in an ideal world I'd learn every technique out there, and hopefully one day I will, but in my current situation I want to prioritize the most important ones in the limited amount of time I have to practice.
I also have a more specific question... I've been trying to learn finger control. I started out instinctively using German grip, but looking at lots of youtube videos, most seem to use French grip. Should I persevere with german, or is french more useful for finger control?
Thanks for any help
So I've been playing for maybe 8 years now. I had lessons for a few years, but apart from that I'm primarily self taught. For that reason my technique is not great.
I think the main bottleneck in my playing at the moment is just speed. My singles and doubles are pretty slow considering I'm trying to do everything with just wrists. So, in your experience what are the techniques you use most to increase speed? And what other rudiments do you use a lot in your playing?
Also I play mainly alt rock music.
I'm now a skint student and have no money for lessons, and only get to use a kit once every 2 weeks or so when I practice with my band (it would probably be a bit rude to ignore my band mates and start practising my rudiments though). I have a practice pad, but I live in a dorm with 2 neighbours I don't exactly get on with that well, and they get pissed with me practising for too long. Point is, in an ideal world I'd learn every technique out there, and hopefully one day I will, but in my current situation I want to prioritize the most important ones in the limited amount of time I have to practice.
I also have a more specific question... I've been trying to learn finger control. I started out instinctively using German grip, but looking at lots of youtube videos, most seem to use French grip. Should I persevere with german, or is french more useful for finger control?
Thanks for any help