Dude can I just say - there are a lot of good drummers on the Internet who can't break a concept down or make it interesting. There are a lot of people purporting to "teach", who can't actually play. You're the rare Internet drummer who can both play his ass off and bring material to life while making it clear. Bravo.
I saw Dave Weckl talk about how the push-pull really opened up his speed on the double stroke and paradiddles. Now I understand how it did so. Thank you for yet another fabulous lesson, Adam.
my right hand be like :"Okay , easy , don't you have something harder ? see that mountain ? i can lift it ..." the other one be like :"uugaahh uuughh ... duuhhh ... uubbbaa uubbbaaaghhh..."
@@andydurnford same. I got a 6inch 2-sided Evans real feel and I’m addicted to the sound and feel that comes from hitting the pad with sticks. Don’t really turn on my Roland ekit either. Thinking of buying a small acoustic kit
Great lesson brother. I had carpal tunnel surgery a little over a year ago and am retraining my hands. These techniques have been great at aiding in restoring my finger dexterity. BTW Jojo Mayer's video is amazing and I highly recommend it. He breaks things down in a way that really makes it easy to understand each technique and the free stroke. Thank you so much for your time and the video and god bless
This is definitely one of the best videos on hand technique on here. I have been very confused on technique for the longest for as which ones I should use and what they actually are, mainly because of the overwhelming amount of information on the internet. You broke it down in detail and gave us good demonstrations. Thank you!
I just started and I was struggling a lot with my weak hand (I am lefty). I guess not everyone would have the same problem but this was a game changer for me: Instead of paying attention to the last three fingers, I realised my problem was with the thumb and index... As soon as I started focusing on them, the rest became way easier. Thanks a lot for the lesson Adam.
Awesome man. Absolutly the most didatic video abou drum hand techniques what i ever seen. Thax for your time, for your music heart and for your teacher spirit!
For 20 years I've been a drummer. I was self taught and had no problems playing anything. Until I needed to play jazz. You break concepts down so easily that novice drummers can dig it as well long time players. It would be great to see your take/instruction on the one handed Buddy Rich drum roll. Great video for all, man.
These are fantastic clear explanations of hand technique. The push pull method is what I use to teach students to do a double stroke roll. It works really well. The key is slow, relaxed practice and patience at first. Also practicing these in front of a mirror is also highly recommended, so you can see exactly what your hand position looks like, how the stick is responding, and make any corrections that need to be made. Thanks Adam for making this great video!
I’ve just started out and having fun with an Alesis drum kit. This is something I’ve been struggling with and you’ve just explained it all perfectly. Thank you for the video
This is AWESOME! I'm not primarily a drummer and I only recently became aware of this technique (push/pull)...and you are the first/best at breaking it down. THANK YOU!
Great! you explained it from a different Angle covering something i could not get before even even after several times of JoJos DVD.. which by the way is one of best out there.. thanks!
love your videos dude...i have known all these techniques ... but i still watched whole video :D thanks for that finger exercise :) it great way to practise that ...
thanks tons! all the bizillion vids Ive seen and your the first who mentioned the roll in the push of the push pull help us obi juan kenobi - your our only hope
good beginners lesson, especially for me at 64...just got my sticks so practicing without drums until my Yamaha DTX electro drums arrive, can't wait till I get them. wanted to play drums all of my life and now it's time to do it lol
b mc 👊🏼 glad you liked it my friend! Yamaha makes some great electronic kits! There’s a MUCH better version of this lesson that you can watch here: content.orlandodrummer.com/career-creator-lesson-packs/season:3
I'm 58. I've studied and practiced since 14/15 somewhere around there. I can't member exactly it was a long time a go. Anyway... I was taught singles... Doubles... Guess what's next..... Paradiddles. But I always watched guys hands as they played. It spoke to me way more then what I played , singles dbl etc. My fast twitch muscles aren't so fast. But by sitting down with a pad a Nome and mood enhancers I'd spend 4 hrs practicing and get better. I'm still not great, occasionally good, but when I play well its because my mechanics are proper. No tension no wasted energy. Watch guys playing single strokes and it'll seem beautiful in a way not unlike a bird's wings in flight. A perfect Flo with zero wasted energy
This is awesome. I finally just got a that pad and some sticks after ten years of being "pretty good" at rock band. I'm stuck on finger technique. My right hand is catching on, but my life is all like a dying fish on a beach.
I juts clicked on this video cause I wanted to see he content of what he considers "hand technique". I was immediately amazed when he mentioned all four techniques I learnt from separate videos. Every beginner should see this
On you doubles and the diddles in paradiddles what kind of technique are you using? Wrist on the first note, fingers on the second? Fingers on both? Sounds super clean man!
im a newbie...but i think this is the MOST COMPLETE ANALYTICAL PERFECT EXTRAORDINARY EXTRA TERRESTRIAL VIDEO on hand teqnicque...just amazing ...THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Can you use your middle finger as the pivot finger? I see a lot of guys whose first finger just kind of hangs there and doesn't really even touch the stick?
I've found that as a right hander it's better to learn these techniques with the left hand first lol bc most of the times its extremely week as a beginner drummer
I have an issue (I don’t know if this has already been addressed in the video, I’m not finished it lol). As someone who started out with a traditional grip for marching etc. Now I’m trying to play kit and for some reason my left hand won’t hit as hard or, well work properly at all. I was wondering if there’s anything I can do? It just won’t play like the other hand.
Thank you very much for all your super helpful videos! I would be so grateful if you could make a video about alternating hands for absolute beginners. I personally struggle with two main things: 1. I don’t know how often I need to alternate hands: do we alternate at every quarter note like: 1 & 2& 3& 4& R L R L or do we alternate on the divisions of the beat too like these examples: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & R L R L R L R L 1 e a 2 e a 3 e a 4 e a R L R L R L R L R L R L ? 2. How do we continue with the altering hands when there is a rest beat? For example: if it was my right hand turn to hit the drum pad, but there is a rest beat, is it my left hand turn to play after the rest or the right hand? Cheers.
The way I like to explain it is.. The moeller technique is a mix of using your arm (elbow) for the first hit and then the wrist pick up.. Two techniques in one.. Also the push pull is like a wrist throw followed by a finger pull..
Hi! To anyone who can help me. I'm sort of in the process of learning drums, so I have a couple questions for the expert. (if it's cool) 1) If I'm on the ride, and I have to hit a crash, should I pause from the ride for that crash, or should I simultaneously hit the ride while I hit the crash. (what do you normally do?) 2) And, for recording. Do you usually have the ride more to left or more to the right? As well, with the crash, more to the left or right? Much appreciated!
I feel like a child trying to learn this technique lol my forearms are on fire and I am feeling discouraged- is that how everyone feels when they first start?
Yes it's absolutely normal, my friend. It ALWAYS requires a lot of time, experience and exercise to develop a natural and smooth hand technique, the ones that tell you it is not like this are lying, or are natural genius. Sure, some people find the first approach to hand tech and stick control easier and less traumatazing than others, especially those that have the luck to play from when they were children, but your struggle is something almost any drummer has known at least once in his musical growth, and that you will meet it several times again, when you will discover new excercises and you will be not immediately able to exeute them. So, don't let this demoralize you, because music is not about how easily you can approach to it but how hard you work to master it ( natural talent it's definitely important,but if you do not nurture it, you are quickly upstaged), and if you keep on trying you will suddenly figure out that you can do it :) Just don't push yourself too much, enjoy the excercises and listen to your body while you do them, trust me. It's faster than it seems.
Dude can I just say - there are a lot of good drummers on the Internet who can't break a concept down or make it interesting. There are a lot of people purporting to "teach", who can't actually play. You're the rare Internet drummer who can both play his ass off and bring material to life while making it clear. Bravo.
Agreed. Lots of good techniques are shared threw Adam. Sometimes, it can be the small nuances that can change a player's ability for the better.
The 80/20 Drummer haha Nate... is the other Mike Johnston?
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I saw Dave Weckl talk about how the push-pull really opened up his speed on the double stroke and paradiddles.
Now I understand how it did so.
Thank you for yet another fabulous lesson, Adam.
my right hand be like :"Okay , easy , don't you have something harder ? see that mountain ? i can lift it ..."
the other one be like :"uugaahh uuughh ... duuhhh ... uubbbaa uubbbaaaghhh..."
You're not alone :) I would like that someone would say how to train left hand for keeping and drumming the same way with left hand.
watch?v=clap3PLe82c
From Drumlessons.com ;)
Thanks man! I got only one training pad. Damn I need 3 extra to do this :).
Mindaugas Kukis just play with your left hand on hi hat instead of right but its tempting not switch back
+H-Djo I cant stop laughing at this ahhahahahhahahahha
Your grip explanation is something I still think about, it's very well put. One of the best videos of wrist technique
Thank you! 🙏🏼You should see the update. 😉
www.orlandodrummer.com/career-creator-lesson-packs
It might be because I’m a fellow drummer, but am I the only one that finds the stick hitting the pad sound a little relaxing?
I barely ever switch my Roland e kit on for this reason when I play xD the pad sound is nice xD same with practice pad
I’m a new drummer and this sound relaxes me as well. 😊
@@andydurnford same. I got a 6inch 2-sided Evans real feel and I’m addicted to the sound and feel that comes from hitting the pad with sticks. Don’t really turn on my Roland ekit either.
Thinking of buying a small acoustic kit
It is a calming sound i think
Right- try the black page2 zappa
Great lesson brother. I had carpal tunnel surgery a little over a year ago and am retraining my hands. These techniques have been great at aiding in restoring my finger dexterity. BTW Jojo Mayer's video is amazing and I highly recommend it. He breaks things down in a way that really makes it easy to understand each technique and the free stroke. Thank you so much for your time and the video and god bless
This is definitely one of the best videos on hand technique on here. I have been very confused on technique for the longest for as which ones I should use and what they actually are, mainly because of the overwhelming amount of information on the internet. You broke it down in detail and gave us good demonstrations. Thank you!
I keep coming back to this video every few months to go over the technique again. Great video bud!
I just started and I was struggling a lot with my weak hand (I am lefty). I guess not everyone would have the same problem but this was a game changer for me: Instead of paying attention to the last three fingers, I realised my problem was with the thumb and index... As soon as I started focusing on them, the rest became way easier.
Thanks a lot for the lesson Adam.
This is what I was looking for and IMHO the very best video on YT about hand technique. The basic for playing drums.Great job Adam , thanks!
Thanks! I am a newly learner having troubles with speed specially with the finger method. It helped me a lot.
Same
Awesome man. Absolutly the most didatic video abou drum hand techniques what i ever seen.
Thax for your time, for your music heart and for your teacher spirit!
Thank you this is really going to help my young son with his new drum kit learn the fundamentals
I love the lesson that's being shared and very helpful to my 7 year old daughter and now she sounds like her dad
I appreciate the time you take to make this videos, they are awesome, concise and straight to the point. Thank you!
Beautifully laid out and demonstrated. A very helpful and informative video. Thank you.
Most educational explanation and demonstration of hand techniques. Inspiring.
Still the best video I could find for learning to properly hold and use the right technique. Good stuff.
For 20 years I've been a drummer. I was self taught and had no problems playing anything. Until I needed to play jazz. You break concepts down so easily that novice drummers can dig it as well long time players. It would be great to see your take/instruction on the one handed Buddy Rich drum roll. Great video for all, man.
great instructional skills! Covered everything pertinent and wasted no time on anything else. I appreciate you
Thank you for having both angles. It will take some practice but it's good to be able to see the hand positions.
This invaluable info and demo is missing from all the other beginner vids I've seen! Awesome tutorial, thank you!
First time viewer, and liker, and subscriberer. Rare to see a straight up teacher among all the personalities. Very well presented and in depth!
These are fantastic clear explanations of hand technique. The push pull method is what I use to teach students to do a double stroke roll. It works really well. The key is slow, relaxed practice and patience at first. Also practicing these in front of a mirror is also highly recommended, so you can see exactly what your hand position looks like, how the stick is responding, and make any corrections that need to be made. Thanks Adam for making this great video!
Amazing explanation, the best I have seen until now. Need more of this please. Also for bass drum. Thanks a lot 👏🏼
Mark Kahlen thank you my friend! My Ultimate Technique technique Lesson Pack can be found at the link in the description. This video is 7 years old. 😉
@@AdamTuminaro Great! I will check it out right now! Thank you 👏🏼
Out of all the drummers on RUclips this guy is def one of my favorites
This kid is a great teacher! Some are meant to teach! Good Job!!!
You are a very good teacher I appreciate you I think I play with the match grip I just started practicing
I’ve just started out and having fun with an Alesis drum kit. This is something I’ve been struggling with and you’ve just explained it all perfectly. Thank you for the video
This men is a good teacher.
Such great insight into the 4 different hand techniques... The fulcrum is the key behind good technique. It’s the ‘holy grail’.. Great job Adam
Best video yet on technique! Thank you so much sir!!
great video you break it down great and explain all the details.
4:50 (note to self)
8x middlefinger.
8x middlefinger&ringfinger
8x all 3 fingers
Fantastic video, mate! Appreciate the info. You're an awesome teacher!
really cool lesson. Thanks!
GOOD TO START AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING !!
This is AWESOME! I'm not primarily a drummer and I only recently became aware of this technique (push/pull)...and you are the first/best at breaking it down. THANK YOU!
Great tutorial, just hope I eventually master even one of the four methods you cover here.
Great! you explained it from a different Angle covering something i could not get before even even after several times of JoJos DVD.. which by the way is one of best out there.. thanks!
you broke it down to perfection.
will subscribe.
This is RUclips drum lesson gold right here.
love your videos dude...i have known all these techniques ... but i still watched whole video :D thanks for that finger exercise :) it great way to practise that ...
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LESSON ADAM TUMINARO...YOU'RE GREAT!
thanks tons! all the bizillion vids Ive seen and your the first who mentioned the roll in the push of the push pull help us obi juan kenobi - your our only hope
sfmmarrow Lol glad you liked it my friend! This lesson is actually 6 years old. The link in the description has my newest Technique Lesson Pack. 👊🏼
Best explanation I have seen! Thank you!!!
Great video mate, one issue i have is the left drum stick going side to side when i'm trying to go up & down faster, cheers.
good beginners lesson, especially for me at 64...just got my sticks so practicing without drums until my Yamaha DTX electro drums arrive, can't wait till I get them. wanted to play drums all of my life and now it's time to do it lol
b mc 👊🏼 glad you liked it my friend! Yamaha makes some great electronic kits! There’s a MUCH better version of this lesson that you can watch here: content.orlandodrummer.com/career-creator-lesson-packs/season:3
I'm 58. I've studied and practiced since 14/15 somewhere around there. I can't member exactly it was a long time a go. Anyway... I was taught singles... Doubles... Guess what's next..... Paradiddles. But I always watched guys hands as they played. It spoke to me way more then what I played , singles dbl etc. My fast twitch muscles aren't so fast. But by sitting down with a pad a Nome and mood enhancers I'd spend 4 hrs practicing and get better. I'm still not great, occasionally good, but when I play well its because my mechanics are proper. No tension no wasted energy. Watch guys playing single strokes and it'll seem beautiful in a way not unlike a bird's wings in flight. A perfect Flo with zero wasted energy
damn, that was some great lesson! thanks for breaking down the Push-pull method finally! can't believe i just found this in 2019!
Adam, you make it look so easy. :)
Great presentation Adam. Thanks a lot.
This is awesome. I finally just got a that pad and some sticks after ten years of being "pretty good" at rock band. I'm stuck on finger technique. My right hand is catching on, but my life is all like a dying fish on a beach.
Made any progress?
This is good stuff. Thanks man. Not sure if I'm a fan of the push pull but still good to know what it is.
Thanks man - the best video on this subject! ♥
Amazinggg 💯💯💯
I want to learn and I learned a few valuable lesson. Thank you
Thanks you helped me a lot in band class
Adam tuminaro his awesome teacher
I use a push-pull technique and big advantage is that regards use for play double-strokes and for single strokes.
Super sir..thank u thank u so much sir..💐💕🎶🎼👌
patience is a thing that the most drummer need, but i need to play like him in just 30 minutes LOL
Omggggg The Best Drum Hand video tutorial i hv been looking for this kind of tutorial Thx a lott!!!
I juts clicked on this video cause I wanted to see he content of what he considers "hand technique". I was immediately amazed when he mentioned all four techniques I learnt from separate videos. Every beginner should see this
Really good lesson! One suggestion: you should show yourself from front as well at moeller method to see your elbows movement.
Báb Déli This video was made in 2012. Check some newer ones. 😉👊🏼
This video is sooo helpful thank you!
Very cool and extremely well demonstrated!
Very well explained. Great work.
Excelente. Estou aprendendo muito com suas vídeos aulas.
Amazing! Very clear tutorial. Thanks so much
Most of these confuse me but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon. Thanks for video! :)
I love how the stick is being revolved @5:05
Great, maybe you could post a video of one student struggling with holding sticks properly and double strokes and also buzzing roll ?
+Vincent Repel hold the first four inches of the stick firmly, create a small spacing for doing drum rolls, practice your chops with a metronome.
On you doubles and the diddles in paradiddles what kind of technique are you using? Wrist on the first note, fingers on the second? Fingers on both? Sounds super clean man!
my left-hand isn't responding as fast as right hand :(
same
Work harder on it.
Saameee
Slow it down mate and practice at that tempo :)
I've got one tip. Try using your left hand most of the time. Not always tho
Thank you Orlando Drummer!
im a newbie...but i think this is the MOST COMPLETE ANALYTICAL PERFECT EXTRAORDINARY EXTRA TERRESTRIAL VIDEO on hand teqnicque...just amazing ...THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Can you use your middle finger as the pivot finger? I see a lot of guys whose first finger just kind of hangs there and doesn't really even touch the stick?
one of the best video of technique!!!
I've found that as a right hander it's better to learn these techniques with the left hand first lol bc most of the times its extremely week as a beginner drummer
I have an issue (I don’t know if this has already been addressed in the video, I’m not finished it lol). As someone who started out with a traditional grip for marching etc. Now I’m trying to play kit and for some reason my left hand won’t hit as hard or, well work properly at all. I was wondering if there’s anything I can do? It just won’t play like the other hand.
superb!
Thank you very much for all your super helpful videos! I would be so grateful if you could make a video about alternating hands for absolute beginners. I personally struggle with two main things:
1. I don’t know how often I need to alternate hands: do we alternate at every quarter note like:
1 & 2& 3& 4&
R L R L
or do we alternate on the divisions of the beat too like these examples:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
R L R L R L R L
1 e a 2 e a 3 e a 4 e a
R L R L R L R L R L R L ?
2. How do we continue with the altering hands when there is a rest beat? For example: if it was my right hand turn to hit the drum pad, but there is a rest beat, is it my left hand turn to play after the rest or the right hand? Cheers.
What an archive!!
The way I like to explain it is.. The moeller technique is a mix of using your arm (elbow) for the first hit and then the wrist pick up.. Two techniques in one.. Also the push pull is like a wrist throw followed by a finger pull..
thank you so much sir for the great tips .. hope to have a lesson w/ you sir ..#salute
Mariel Garcia 9l
EXCELLENT video. Lots of great information.
Appreciated, hope you're getting paid brother! Any tips on other techniques?
Biff Smith Hundreds my friend. Drum school at the link in the description 👊🏼
muito Boa essa aula..Parabens pela iniciativa..
Excellent, all your videos are quality mate really like this one it's all become clearer!!!! Cheers Monty London
Thanks Boss U were amazing,thanks once again.....
Hi! To anyone who can help me. I'm sort of in the process of learning drums, so I have a couple questions for the expert. (if it's cool)
1) If I'm on the ride, and I have to hit a crash, should I pause from the ride for that crash, or should I simultaneously hit the ride while I hit the crash. (what do you normally do?)
2) And, for recording. Do you usually have the ride more to left or more to the right? As well, with the crash, more to the left or right?
Much appreciated!
Hey man, when I was in high school my Drum Instructor taught us the grip in the same spot and taught us "TH for 'thumb' "
Does he use the finger method while showing the wrist method (especially at the end), too? I am a bit confused.
Great video! Everything is well explained, and it's nice to see the various methods in one vid. :-) Bravo!
Love your style Adam have you checked out Gordy Knudson on the Open and Closed technique
Clean & concise.
Jim Chapin talked about holding the sticks like a bird. Also, I am sure it's called the German matched grip.
Is the pad used over an actual drum just for noise purposes?
exelente ..... saludos adam.... muchas gracias....
I feel like a child trying to learn this technique lol my forearms are on fire and I am feeling discouraged- is that how everyone feels when they first start?
Yakim B. no
Yes it's absolutely normal, my friend. It ALWAYS requires a lot of time, experience and exercise to develop a natural and smooth hand technique, the ones that tell you it is not like this are lying, or are natural genius. Sure, some people find the first approach to hand tech and stick control easier and less traumatazing than others, especially those that have the luck to play from when they were children, but your struggle is something almost any drummer has known at least once in his musical growth, and that you will meet it several times again, when you will discover new excercises and you will be not immediately able to exeute them. So, don't let this demoralize you, because music is not about how easily you can approach to it but how hard you work to master it ( natural talent it's definitely important,but if you do not nurture it, you are quickly upstaged), and if you keep on trying you will suddenly figure out that you can do it :) Just don't push yourself too much, enjoy the excercises and listen to your body while you do them, trust me. It's faster than it seems.
Yakim B. Yes bro. Welcome to the burn forearm, feeling slow club lol. You are not alone
That also is exactly my problem
if it hurts then practice at a slower rate for a few days and then speed it up a little bit at a time, like 10-20bpm at a time max