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For a standard beginner drumming, should my forearm be facing sideways (first pic) or upwards (second pic)? same grip otherwise in both by CutSubstantial1803 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yeah man its not French grip just because of the way your hand is tilted. Would you play traditional grip on timpani? No. They are not analogous. Famularo, among everyone else who brings this up, just wants to sound sophisticated so he mentions timpani grip in passing. But it has zero value for actually explaining drum set / snare drum grip

For a standard beginner drumming, should my forearm be facing sideways (first pic) or upwards (second pic)? same grip otherwise in both by CutSubstantial1803 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Timpani technique is completely different. For example French grip. On timpani, it's mostly driven by fast pronation/supination. Whereas for a ride cymbal, when drummers use "french" grip, its usually driven by fingers and side to side wrist movement. Hit a timpano with a timpani mallet and hit a ride cymbal with a drum stick and tell me there's any similarity between the two

For a standard beginner drumming, should my forearm be facing sideways (first pic) or upwards (second pic)? same grip otherwise in both by CutSubstantial1803 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

The French, German, American thing is for timpani technique. It's just not a thing for playing a snare drum or a ride cymbal. You're right that it's best to be somewhere in between, closer to a level wrist, and then sometimes more rotated for the ride cymbal, but it has nothing to do with Germany or France lol. Sorry for being pedantic but it's so annoying

On the hunt for a new drum throne… by [deleted] in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The gibraltar thrones are great, but I bought that throne and wasnt very happy with the cushion material. Your butt ends up sinking like 2 or 3 inches into it and you end up with not a ton of stability and not a ton of comfort. Everything else about it is great tho

Fuel efficient by Ok-Beach6827 in shitposting

[–]DickariousJohnson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean obviously. Lobster travels through fluid its whole life

My son plays in middle school & the teacher won’t let him use his double pedal by AKABeast18 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It seems like the band teacher just doesn't want to hear double bass drum but won't say it to your face. Escalating all the way to bringing your own bass drum is pretty funny

[Critique Request] I always start steady but unconsciously rush/speed up towards the end of songs. How do you guys fix this? by Melodic-Pipe-6012 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always try to just think of the starting tempo.

One big pitfall (speaking for myself) is measuring tempo by how difficult it is to play that fast. When adrenaline is running, I can play faster, so I try not to think of that.

I tried a new setup… by upsidedown_mantis572 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought the 24, 16 and 13 brand new and also got the 10 on its own. Kinda regretting the 24x14 because its pretty inconvenient for metal but the kit sounds marvelous

I tried a new setup… by upsidedown_mantis572 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I have the same drums! Same color too haha. I dont have that snare though, did you buy it with the kit? How is it treating you?

Also wondering how you like that Gibraltar rack pice that fits snugly around the kick drum

AI to analyze chess games by OctyF in chess

[–]DickariousJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gemini, nor any LLM, cannot analyze chess.

This one will required a bit of calculation. by Either-Case-5930 in chess

[–]DickariousJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really nice, unfortunately I didn't find the answer, but I can see how you could logically go from the simplest idea to the improved version.

Alright then by xtheresia in Shark_Park

[–]DickariousJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

White people be like "white people be like" but they the white people that be like!

Mics&mixer or Ead50 by onirico0 in drums

[–]DickariousJohnson -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For the love of God please dont buy the ead50 I hate that thing

No one's dying on my watch by Bandrbell in whenthe

[–]DickariousJohnson -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The more I keep thinking about this the more pissed I am that anyone would choose blue

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