| | Always set the drum at waist level. |
| | | Your arms should be slightly bent |
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| | What's wrong with this picture..... It's way too low! Remember, waist high! |
| | | Your two sticks should form a "V" over the drum. |
| | | Hold between your fore-finger and thumb. The other fingers just lightly grip. |
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| | "FLYING PINKYS!" This is bad form, keep the fingers around the sticks. |
| | | Volume is controlled by the height of the stick. This is a soft stroke. |
| | | This is a medium loud stroke. Notice the stick comes up a little higher. |
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| | THIS IS A LOUD STROKE! Your parents may ask you not to play this one so much |
| | | BAD MR. WHITE... never play down into the drum. |
| | | Bells are about waist high too. Keep the wrists low and the mallet tips high! |
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| | AGAIN... BAD MR. WHITE- he should know better than to play down into the bells. |
| | | How to hold a cymbal... don't wrap the strap around your hand.... (cont.) |
| | | .....like this. This is bad technique. |
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| | Cymbals are played by bringing the front edge of one cymbal.... (cont.) |
| | | into the front edge of the other cymbal. You can hold them on their side (cont.) |
| | | or straight up and down. Way to go Mr. White! CRASH, CRASH, CRASH! |
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| | After a crash you often have to stop the sound by jamming them into your chest. |
| | | Sometimes you let the sound ring... hold them out so the crowd can see you!!! |
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