That seems like a good idea to me and I am going to try it the next time I play Thanks for the suggestion.
I started a new exercise to strengthen my left hand and coordination. Just wanted to get some opinions from you guys.
Here's the exercise...
Starting with right hand, three single paradiddles, a double paradiddle, a single paradiddle, a triple paradiddle, and then start all over again.
So the hand pattern would be something like:
RLRR LRLL RLRR LRLRLL RLRR LRLRLRLL and start the whole pattern again.
That seems like a good idea to me and I am going to try it the next time I play Thanks for the suggestion.
any repetetive rudiments are good for developing clarity of your less dominant hand. I like paradiddle diddles because the last two notes tend to be a bit harder to do. You can also simply just do singles with your left hand or triplets. Developing coordination is a bit more involving. If you read music I can recommend a few more involving books, if not you can try to do your rudimemts on your set with you right hand on the ride cymbal and left hand on the snare or move it around the set doing the rudiment. Keep time with your bass and use you hat if you want. The notion is to get a more complex set of patterns going. A ratamacue from tom to tom starting with right hand and then left hand. Doing this over and over will yeild some nice results. If you use match grip make sure you stretch your hands before and after playing and try different finger positions that give you greater control over the stick. If you use classic grip your wrist motion on your left hand is different it requires building the muscle to twist rather then drop down. If you are using one grip predominantly try using the other it will build more dexterity in both wrists. If you play with all kinds of wrist positions and ambedexterily using right hand as you would left and left as you would right you will find new ways to play. I did a clinic with Billy Cobham and learned this from him. It is very difficult but in time if you even slightly master any of it you can open up new ways to play and your hands will get stronger, faster and independent.
Play just with your left hand and BD. I used to practice like that a lot.
I have been focusing on building a seamless double stroke for last 6 months. Two days ago I actually am at a point where it sounds semi-smooth with a decent pace. I still hit a wall, but making big progress. What I did 2 days ago when things felt good, I video taped myself. And learned by watching that my left only had about half the motion of the right, even though at the time, I felt I had a good "push/pull motion going on with both hands, the left was still making half the height, and less wrist arm movement. Without watching myself on video, I think I would still be practicing the same way and hitting the same wall not knowing why. continue thinking I was on the right track, just making same motions and not correcting the core of the problem, and therefore do what many of us do, waste my practice time getting better at doing it wrong.
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It looks like a good exercise, & i agree with everyone else who responded try to lead with your left hand im just learning my double pedal and to get better i switch everything around i lead with my left hand and use the left foot to lead with the bass it has worked progression is all about commitment sometimes u will have to challenge & push yourself
By the i wrote down your exercise its going on Drum exercise wall thank u
Those are great suggestions guys. Thanks! I'm just like every other "right hand dominant drummer", always trying to find ways to strengthen my left hand(which I call my stupid hand).
If anyone else has suggestions where you lead mostly with your left hand, it would be most appreciated not only by me but probably others as well.
Thanks for sharing your idea Mark. I'm gonna try this with only the left hand adding accents on the right hand strokes. So L= soft R= loud then do the opposite L= loud R= soft.
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Awesome!
I was messing around with it and found that it was bothering me that it wasn't a complete 4/4 bar (a full 32 two notes), so I am trying this one now, changing only the end:
RLRR LRLL RLRR LRLRLL RLRR LRLLRR LRLL
I freaking love rudimental stuff like this!
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Another thing to try, sparrowbeat, accent just one hand. For example:
R=Loud r=soft
L=Loud l=soft
RlRR lRll or rLrr LrLL - Single paradiddle
RlRlRR lRlRll - Double paradiddle
You get the idea.
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