How To Hold The Sticks & Turn Your Wrists

Learn proper technique from legends who have taught many of today’s best drummers. This course is fundamental to everything you will play.

This no bounce course, along with The Bounce Stroke and The Definitive Moeller Method / Outside Release® Motion, are three essential courses you should learn. They are fundamental to everything you play and will help you get the most out of your practice.

These lessons are built from courses in your DC library, where the world’s best educators break down what’s important and provide step-by-step instruction—just as they have for some of today’s greatest drummers.

In Lesson 1, Chad Wackerman provides an overview of proper technique. In Lessons 2-4, Ralph Humphrey teaches these fundamental concepts, just as he did at Musicians Institute and the Los Angeles College of Music.

In Lessons 5-9, Don Lombardi breaks down how Freddy Gruber explained to him the way Buddy Rich holds the sticks and turns his wrists.

What You Will Learn:
     
  • How to Hold the Stick
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  • Correct Wrist Turns
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  • Correct Fulcrum Placement
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  • Wrist and Forearm Motion
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  • Wrist, Forearm, and Finger Motion
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  • The Importance of Being Relaxed
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  • 9 Lessons

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  • Chad Wackerman
  • Don Lombardi
  • Joe Porcaro
  • Ralph Humphrey
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