I switched to open handed drumming as a part of no-gigs-covid-2020 challange and that was the best drumming decision I have ever taken. It's crazy practical and it feels like I have found my true identity as a drummer
Thanks for Sharing this. I think that is really typical when you start out with that kind of technique even if it seems obvious to play instruments on your left with your left hand right? 😄
Jeez! Been drumming 40 years and it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen something completely new to me that creates so many amazing different possibilities. Thank you so much for this. Only time I’ve ever tried this was jumping on a LHanded kit!! Brilliant.
I've played this way for years not even knowing there was a term for it. I was self taught at an early age. I did take drum lessons in school but just snare. I have a hard time playing odd grooves on ride with my right hand even though I'm right handed..guess I mixed up the wires between my right hand and foot. I also lead left footed on double bass triplets..but right footed on straight 16ths..to each their own.
I started learning open-handed drumming almost a year & a half ago, after about 48 years of drumming. It took several months to start feeling comfortable, but the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. The most important benefit for me, is that my left hand has become much stronger, with greater dexterity. It gives me a lot of flexibility in choosing stickings.
Hey, great lesson! This really explains why “open handed playing“ or leading with both hands is super useful for almost every drummer! Thx, Max, but still curious bout what excactly your opener was. With that lick you had me right away. Well done!
Hi Mathias, thanks for your kind words:) I played groups of 3 between my floortom and racktom and adding a bass drum between every tomstroke. Hand to foot stuff...
I started to play open handed on a left handed kit (i am right handed) and i use a remote hihat. I have some additional toms to the right of my hihat so i can do 'normal' drum fills i use to do when i played with my hands crossed.
Super gemachtes Video. Bin bei Openhanded eigentlich immer eher ein bisschen skeptisch, aber das hier ist so super und unaufdringlich erklärt, dass ich es doch wiedermal ausprobieren muss. Danke euch und Thumbs up ;-)
This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for…… Links and guides to learn this joint saving method. What a great challenge. I wish Simon would do this too.
Nice video and I liked all your open-handed ideas. I play open-handedly for some of my playing. I especially liked how you position your stick angle for rim-clicks. I usually keep my stick between the HH and first tom and have my snare mic under my HH pointing across the snare towards my floor tom. That seems to help the microphone's HH rejection since the HH is in the mics null zone. Speaking of mics, what are you using to mic this kit. It sounds great!
Hey Brad Thanks for your feedback and sharing your personal experience! The mics are all Beyerdynamic. BD: outside: TG D70; inside: TG D 71 SN 1: top: M 201; bottom: MC 740 SN 2: top: M88; bottom: MC 740 OH + HH: M 160 Toms: TG I51
6:05 beautiful groove I played open handed for at least one year back in the day, then I got back to cross handed because I never felt really comfortable. It was a great experience nonetheless
Thanks for sharing! Even just trying out open-handed playing for a while will give you a lot of new ideas and help to build independence and flexibility on the kit. No matter if you then decide to stay open handed or go back to cross handed this experience will enrich your playing don‘t you think? 👍🏻
I play guitar and bass lefty. But I’m far more dexterous with my right foot. So I starting playing open handed and I still do. Considering a left handed set up for a kit didn’t feel right. I can play cross too. But I usually only do it as a technique if the song needs it. And I play ride ride cross handed very often.
GREAT video and playing man, I loved it. Bottom line is we should all be familiar with rightie and leftie, it really does open up a lot of options for creativity.
It's reasonably simple (at least on my kit setup) to play these just crossing your left hand under to play the toms, ride, etc. Open handed is cool and I'm learning a bit but it's not the be all end all for these techniques
Hey Donovan! Thanks for your feedback. We‘re already planning our next production run with max. Both, for RU-vid and some more courses about open handed drumming for artofdrumming.com Make sure to check this stuff out as well 👍🏻
If I could go back and relearn drumming, I'd start learning open handed. It just makes more sense. I've ended up with a remote hihat on my right so I can still play open without relearning everything.
.... Getting my left hand up to speed would probably be worth it, but with a full time job I can't justify how much work I'd have to put in - maybe one day, if I can quit my job for a year and spend it all in a rehearsal room :D
@@JustLilGecko that's often the point but also believe me I know a couple of drummers who started late. Yes you will have to sacrifice first but the effort is definitely worth it.
Nah. So John Bonham, Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, Ringo Starr, Gene Krupa and countless others missed out by not playing open handed!? Stupid spazz show off drumming from d-bag minimul kids SUCKS!
I started with Piano so when I first sat at the drums, it was damn near impossible to keep time with my right hand...... and 10 years later I still play open handed lol
mapex drums are so underrated, at least here in the US. i have a 2002 pro-M kit (22, 12, 16) that i've been playing on for almost 20 years and it just gets better with age. my favorite heads are aquarian performance 2. the sound is sooo fat and punchy
I am an open handed player. I was a left handed player until I was hit by a car on Xmas eve 2006. I broke my leg and shattered my foot so I learned how to play right footed and never went back. I think open handed playing gives me a unique style, but it makes learning certain covers more challenging because my kit is set up for right handed people. But I make do and have learned to just lean into my own uniqueness on the drums. I think it has its advantages and disadvantages, but all disadvantages are fertile ground for growth.
I started messing around with this about 30 yrs ago. Could never go back to the restriction of cross handed, it's just no fun. And what you can do with paradiddles.... I think using the kick and snare on the same side of the brain has a bit to do with it as well.
Hey Vashkar Vashkar On our website we concentrate on creating courses that consist of more than one lesson. We want to create videos that build on one another and enable you to work your way through the lessons and use the predetermined learning path of the course. Sometimes depending on the topic there are also consecutive courses that enable you to grow certain skills even better. With this video we also added a new course about getting into open handed drumming and there will be 3 more courses going in depth about this topic coming throughout the next 1-2 months. On RU-vid we concentrate on single videos that need to be self-contained units. You will find some of the ideas that were shown here on our platform in the future but as part of one of Max‘s courses 👍🏻
It's not that it's not the "original" way. Personally I've been more in touch with right handed drummers whose traditional grip would hinder open handed drumming for an extended period of time. Having your ride cymbal on your right when comping jazz for example, you are playing "open handed"
I think that leaving your set right-handed is problematic in a true open-handed set-up. In my opinion, an open-set needs a right and left hat. Preferably, two cable hats. Or, one can be an auxiliary hat. However, what I'm speaking of would require cofidence and consistency, with both hands and feet, and some creativity with your set pieces. I agree that whatever is best for the individual is great. My point is that a true open-handed set requires more than just switching your hands to avoid issues.
Correction open handed is the way to go I've been doing it a few years it is very difficult in the beginning but the more you do it the more versatile and valuable it becomes and it opens up so many opportunities I'll never ever play cross hand again it's way out dated
I absolutely did. Honestly as far as open handed goes i could definitely see myself implementing it if i had an opportunity to arrange my kit like Harry miree lmao id do it in a second lol but good video regardless
