Education

For the list of musical terms, see here.

Exercises are available for most of the techniques listed here. See Practice page.

The (non-definitive) list

Fundamentals

    • Drum setup (About Setting Up the Kit - Comfort and Balance, link)
    • Posture, arms, wrists, figers
    • Stick, holding the stick, fulcrum (Gordy link)
    • Grip:
      • traditional,
      • German,
      • French

Technique

Overall: Marko (link).

Instruments

Hi-Hat

Turn the raiser towards yourself, this provides more control over the hats.