Re: Hand injuries,who has had them?
That's funny, because my instructor was telling me about this just last night. He claims to not be a "percussionist," though he really is. But he says he doesn't play the hand drums enough to honestly call himself that. Anyhoo, one of the reasons he doesn't play them as much is because of the pain in the fingertips, etc. like you mentioned. It just takes a lot of time and practice to develop both callouses and better technique.
I had a similar situation with my right shoulder last year. I had a really hard time playing the ride cymbal because my shoulder would just kill me. Since then, however, my technique has improved where I'm not using my whole arm to play the ride and I have also adjusted where on the cymbal I am playing and it has completely gone away.
Robert
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