How To Hold The Stick And The Position Of The Foot On The Pedal

there are two ways of holding the stick : 

1. matched grip ( see figure i ) 

2. traditional grip ( see figure ii ) 

     

matched grip has 2 different ways of holding : 

 
    
A. closed hand / closed hand punch which rely heavily on the arm and wrist so that blows a stiff and tired hands, speed was very limited. 

B. open hand / open hand where the thumb and forefinger are used to clamp the stick, while the other three fingers like a middle finger, ring finger and little finger play to push stick. when the stick is pushed touching the drumhead, it will automatically stick will bounce back, use the reflection to make the next shot ( third finger stick pushing it back ). do it over and over again, like a basketball dribble course. 

traditional grip 

this difference is the grip on the left hand, where the thumb stick clipped and placed between the middle finger and ring finger. thumb that serve to drive stick. as for the right-handed way of holding it there is no difference, just like matched grip traditional grip is more difficult to do than the matched grip because it controls the left hand is much more complicated. 

beginning of traditional grip 

traditional is the first to hold the stick used, starting from the year 1600. traditional grip is actually required for the purposes of a marching band drummer at the time was that where they put the snare drum by way tie ( like a bag ) and the rope looped dibahu, so that the position of the snare drum tilted towards the right. because of its position tilted to the right, then the left hand using a different grip with his right hand in order to achieve the snare drum ( left hand like holding a pencil, but the stick is placed between two pairs of fingers and thumb clipped ). 

1840 newly discovered drumset ( snare, bass and tom-tom ) where three drums played by one person. because traditional grip is hereditary habits that originated from marching, then use traditional grip also on drumset. then again, this habit continues with the end in mid-1960, ringo starr ( the beatles drummer ) took a step forward by holding the stick at the same position ( left hand as the right hand ), so its like two people holding a hammer. to be called the matched grip. it turns out using the matched grip drummers can easily pull out the power / energy is desirable and also blow on his left hand to be more accurate. 

and finally they also can be used in accordance with the flow of the song and the drummer tastes, to the tune of a gentle and need a touch, the traditional griplah the speaking, whereas to play a groove / solid beats and more modern songs ( rock ), matched grip the most suitable. 

stepping on the pedal 

how to pedal there are 2 kinds : 

1. heel down ( see picture a ) 
2. heel up ( see picture b ) 

 
    
both the position of the feet can be carried out in accordance with the flow of the song and the drummer tastes. if you jazz ( swing, jazz pop ) then heel down is the right choice, but if you are the player or the fusion of rock and funk up the heel needed to create a more solid groove because of the speed and leg strength will increase. 

heel down heavily on the ankle to beat. so, you do not expect it to get hit hard with this position, just a waste of energy alone. 

heel to toe up using a pedal so that all personnel can be deployed. to get more speed at the heel up, so the position was reversed when the foot pedal ( foot pedal when not detained but released again ), then the pedal will return to its original position as drawn by a spring and you just stepped on it again to hit.