AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken
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I'm wondering what people think about the level system. I've studied with a few different teachers and heard competing arguments, not sure which I believe.
I've heard teachers say that the only proper way to play accents is to use the level system - prepare for the accented note on the unaccented note before it. And I've heard teachers who just laugh at that. One sat at the drums with both sticks way up, like in free stroke ready position, and said "Have you ever seen a drummer at the start of a song like this"? He then had me study lifting the stick for each stroke, rather than prepare the stick on the previous stroke.
I've heard teachers say that the only proper way to play accents is to use the level system - prepare for the accented note on the unaccented note before it. And I've heard teachers who just laugh at that. One sat at the drums with both sticks way up, like in free stroke ready position, and said "Have you ever seen a drummer at the start of a song like this"? He then had me study lifting the stick for each stroke, rather than prepare the stick on the previous stroke.