Larry
"Uncle Larry"
First, a rant. I was at at an open mic blues jam last night. I know the drummer, good guy. No consideration with the kit though. The throne and hi hat...the heights couldn't be adjusted. No toms at all, a 2 piece. The throne was too low and the snare was too high. The snare drum stand at it's lowest put the snare up near my navel, which is not where I like it. A throne adjustment would have fixed it, but no. It felt funny to me to have to hold my left arm in mid air to be able to clear the rim of the snare drum. I ended up tilting the snare drum towards me way more than I like it to get the rim near me low enough. At least I was able to do that. The bass drum beater was hitting about 2" below the BD rim, way too high for that drum so it wasn't really putting out. The pedal spring was too slack and I had to work 3x as hard to make the bass drum sound how I like it. So my shin muscles were burning pretty quickly. I had to go to heel up which I'd rather not do for shuffles. I don't have the fine control like I do with heel down. He had Sonor drums so my drum key wouldn't work. I just think that's highly inconsiderate for a shared set and won't be attending that jam anymore. I really just needed the throne adjustment. I don't feel that is asking too much. <end rant>
Normally, I rest my snare wrist on my thigh. So my snare is slightly above the top of my thigh, not up near my navel. That few inches makes a big difference.
I like resting, or at least touching, the bottom of my wrist on my thigh for rimshot consistency mainly, plus it feels more natural to me.
I was curious how many (matched grip) guys rest their wrist on their thigh playing snare and how many hold their snare arm in mid air while playing snare.
I'm trying to see if there is a preferred way of holding the main snare arm that the majority of guys use, just for curiosity's sake.
Normally, I rest my snare wrist on my thigh. So my snare is slightly above the top of my thigh, not up near my navel. That few inches makes a big difference.
I like resting, or at least touching, the bottom of my wrist on my thigh for rimshot consistency mainly, plus it feels more natural to me.
I was curious how many (matched grip) guys rest their wrist on their thigh playing snare and how many hold their snare arm in mid air while playing snare.
I'm trying to see if there is a preferred way of holding the main snare arm that the majority of guys use, just for curiosity's sake.
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