So I been avoiding my practice on my feet and I know I have to practice.so tonight I did the bossa nova on the bottom and decided to do doubles on the snare. I started off with the right hand,fumbled for 10-15 mins and then it started to flow then I say let me try left hand lead and wow I fumbled for half hour and still need to practice at verhy slow tempo. So I'm asking is it necessary to learn rudiments left hand lead not only on snare but around kit?
Learn what you think is necessary to enhance your playing. If you feel you need more flexibility and freedom with fills and moving around the kit. Then defintely learn some left hand leads as they will drastically help
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I practice everything every way that I can. I like drumchat because you guys talk about exercises that I don't think of.
I don't even know what some of that stuff means. I tend to just do what feels the most natural.
all the best...
Starting rudiments with your left hand and leading with your left are different-accents tend to feel different, your right foot is suddenly without its right hand "partner", and fills have to resolve differently. You might even try riding the hats with your left-playing open handed. Practice, practice, practice on the kit takes care of any issues.
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Buddy Rich started about 90% of his fills, whatever, with his right hand.
You do want both hands to be equal, that's obvious, but, if you are out gigging and do a paradiddle (or a single or double stroke roll, or anything else for that matter) nobody is going to notice, nor is anyone going to give a damn which hand you start with.
Nah, it still matters what hand you start with. You may have some intricate fills that require very specific sticking. I know I do, sometimes.
Obviously, if you're going to play a right-handed kit and you're right-handed, you will start almost all of your fills with the right. It makes the most sense, and it's natural. But you shouldn't discount fills (or anything) that start with the left, because even if you never use them in performance, they work fantastic for practice.
My left is always behind my right. It's always under-developed when compared to my right. It needs a fair amount of solid practice to come even, so I think doing anything left-hand lead is a great exercise.
Then practice leading with your left hand.
I should have went further with what I posted. Of course you want both hands to be of equal ability.
I played cross-handed the vast majority of the time, I also played open when needed, and both ways, I would start fills with both hands, although most of the time with my right hand.
I started out being left handed, became ambidextrous (because of school in the '50's) set my drums up right handed because it was all I saw. I was 10, what did I know. All drummers become ambidextrous. It's what happens when you play drums.
Vhyle, as for your problem, take a practice session and just play left hand and BD. Don't even have a stick in your right hand. That will build up your left hand, and help with coordination between hands and feet.
I went back and re-read my post and realized that I was looking at it strictly from a gigging standpoint, where nobody really does give a damn which hand you start with, but, as drummers we should be able to start with either hand.
Sorry 'bout that.
I went to the pad to see.
singles, doubles....lead right
5 stroke.....both
7 stroke....left
9 stroke...right
flams, drags, ratameques....left
triplets....both
all the best...
...and practice ending rudiments with the hand that would hit a cymbal!
Last edited by slinglander; 06-29-2015 at 09:39 AM.
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Ah yes, great point! Crashing with the left is something I don't do often enough. I can do it, but it's sometimes awkward. But I know if I do it more often, it will be greatly beneficial. Ending a rudiment with a left-hand crash would be an excellent way to bring the left up to par!
Very true! I don't know the solo very well, but speaking about rudiments, you DEFINITELY want to get your left hand strong for taps and drags/ruffs, otherwise you'll be crossing your arms. Example:
llR llR llR
I play that in a bunch of ways, either "and ah one and ah 2" or as triplets, or the pure drag/ruff (meanin the double is just a quick little embellishment before the accent). This allows you to move this all around the kit and keep your left hand around the snare. Try this the other way with your right hand doing the grace notes...your left hand will have to cross your arm to hit the floor tom!
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