Drum Stick Manipulation

The drumstick manipulation: symmetrical, traditional, straight wrist, wrist-snap, and so on.

One, symmetrical

With the thumb first knuckle and forefinger the first two knuckles, clamped from the end of the drumstick stick about one-third of the place, this is the center of rotation of the drumsticks, about one-third of the length of the stick to hold the stick at the center of the rotation, is an important pivot point to control the drumsticks, the pivot point for the center of the drumsticks movement. Palm close to the drumstick, its in the three fingers buckle the end of the stick, this three fingers in the strike, control the movement of the stick. Hold the end of the stick with the back of the hand upward. Symmetrical left and right hand movements and grip the same way.

Traditional style

The right hand is the same as the symmetrical style: the left hand tiger's mouth clamped near the end of the stick at one-third of the place, and this is the center of rotation. The center of rotation to the top of the drumstick is held and controlled by the middle finger and ring finger. The index finger and middle finger control the stick, the index finger and middle finger control the stick's retraction and release, which affects the position of the strike point. The left hand strikes with flipping power, and the right hand is the same as in the symmetrical style.

Three, straight wrist

Left and right hands hold the stick the same, with the thumb, index finger, middle finger pinch in the drumstick one-third of the place, ring finger and pinky naturally close together and lightly affixed to the back, do not affect the stick's movement, the palms of the two hands relative to each other, pay attention to the symmetry of the two hands and the balance, the drumstick strikes the point of relative concentration. Timpani, ladder xylophone, etc. are basically played with this wrist method.

Four, buckle wrist

Holding the stick and the straight wrist is more or less the same, but the hands should be turned inward, so that the palms of the hands face downward, the two drumsticks are concentrated on the point of impact, the two sticks were about ninety degrees angle. Marimba, steel sheet piano, jazz drums and indoor playing snare drums, etc. are used in this wrist method.