Many years ago as a boy, I started with traditional grip. As a young adult, I had a teacher who convinced me that there's no logical reason to have a different grip on each hand and I agreed with that. Fast forward about 40 years later I'm learning traditional again. There IS a reason for a different grip on each hand... Each hand is different! My left hand can do things better in traditional than matched. Not everything yet, but it's getting there. The way the kit is layed out, it's much easier for the left hand to get around more efficiently. Also, the left hand muscles have had a lifetime of different training. Bottom line... the left hand is different and for some of us prefers a different grip.
Out of all the videos I've seen on traditional grip, yours is the most clearly defined an explanatory. I especially liked your part about implementing the left hand technique in your daily life. When I was in school studying the double bass, my bass teacher told me almost the very same thing to do with the bow, he said carry it around with you all day long in your house and just practice the different contact points. If you are a teacher, your students are very fortunate to have you.
I'm a 69 year old drummer with what I've always felt were "hands of stone" No Roberto Duran comparison intended ! I was taught this grip but could never master it. Thanks for breaking this down and making it learnable for me !
I’m learning traditional grip and I’ve got more out of this video than I have 100 of the others! Best traditional grip demo on RU-vid! Thanks for the help!
I just switched over but I haven't tried playing it on my set to a song because I don't have any control yet. I'd like to see all of your lessons from the very beginning to the advanced. Thank You. Great Job of Teaching.
It’s a life time of learning any kind of traditional grip exercises I play both grips This was a pretty good little video I think but it’s an every day hands on to learn and improve
It is prefered to strictly choose one over the other. Playing traditional in the left hand for too long will weaken your matched left hand. And vise versa. I started learning traditional for snare and only played snare for a long time. Then when i started going back out to jams and playing kit again i couldnt play ANY of the stuff i used go be able to play on the kit with a matched grip. So, to refurbish my matched would mean id be weaking my traditional left hand in fhe process.
