Get a Grip

This is an interim post that provides a brief overview of some popular methods and techniques, as well as a recap of some of my earlier posts that are relevant.

The earlier posts:

• This post about instructional videos contains a video clip from Tommy Igoe's Great Hands For a Lifetime that is relevant to this topic.
• Woodshedding!
• Moeller Technique (and other tips by Derrick Pope)

Here is some additional reference material that may be of interest.

• Systems of Natural Drumming: Stone, Gladstone and Moeller
• The Perfectionists: The History of Rudimental Snare Drumming From Military Code to Field Competition
• The Evolution of Grips

The above dips into history, which you may or may not find boring. If the historical aspects grab and hold your interest, then you may also enjoy George Carroll: Marching and Field Percussion Historian and The Timeline Of Marching And Field Percussion Between 1900-1950.

If you are into drum corps, then all of the above may prove to be both good reading and helpful.

Next up will be a post about dynamics. Stay tuned.