Open-handed or Cross-handed?
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2019
- Do you play cross-handed or open-handed?
Drums and drumming have changed a lot since its beginning and they're always changing. Drums and its technique are always evolving and open-handed playing is part of its evolution. 
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Great explanation!
Thank you
it's been tough !! I transitions to open handed 2 years ago after more than 10 years of playing!! I have progressed tremendously but I feel I'm not as comfortable yet as i was crossed handed
If this is something you want keep going, it'll come together
Thanks man, very useful to hear your experience. You seem to prefer a kind of symmetric drum-kit, as opposite to one where the progression high-to-low would go in just one direction. Do you think that gives you more freedom of movement? And how do you control the hi-hat on the right hand, is it a remotely controlled one?
Hi
Thank you for reaching out!
I played a standard kit (from high to low) for almost 30 years before I started venturing into open-handed playing. The better I got at open-hand the kit expanding to both directions came kind of naturally. Yes, I feel I have more freedom but not because of how I set up the kit, because of open-handed playing.
The-hat on the right side is closed, it's not remote.
Thank you for watching.
What about to open your feet too and use a second hi-hat pedal to your right foot? I use this set up and it’s very weird but very useful.
I'll think about
I think open handed drumming is great but my left hand is very weak (and in some cases the strong hand) so i play open handed with my remote hihat is placed on the right and having rack toms (10",12" and 14") positioned normal and rototoms ( 8",10",12") placed for a left handed drummer. I am thinking of getting 2 normal toms (12", 13" and place them instead of the 12" roto toms. But then i get the problem when playing two hands on the hihat.. have to figure that one out.
The more you practice open-handed the stronger your left hand will get. Another thing, in order to play open handed I lowered my hi-hat a lot, with means more space for drums on the left side of the kit.
@@FelipeDrago When practicing i pretend to play the hi hat with my left hand but playing shuffles it gives me problems with the ghost notes and the 1 and 3 of the triplets gives me problems with both hands but i am working on it.
@@nielswil I wished I had some magic to tell you or a spell but the answer you already know, it's hard work and patience, almost as important.
They always talk about the dominant hand but being a drummer you also need your feet. For example, I"m left handed but right footed. I started playing on a rigth handed drum (open handed) for several years but a drum teacher advised me to turn the drum left-handed to be able to do better drumfills (cuz we lefties always start fills with the left).
After several years of playing on a left-handed drum set, the left foot on the bass drum remained the weak link. That is why I have now placed a remote hi-hat right in front of me and I operate it with my weak left foot. In this way my dominant foot on the right can operate the bass drum which feels much more natural.
I still doubt whether I should not cross my hands by using a remote hi-hat (place right but operate left foot) and a double bass drum pedal (place bass drum left but operate right). But maybe this is getting too complicated ...
The point is, too little account is taken into the dominant foot. And with today's possibilities (remote hi-hat / double bass drum pedal ...) I think a drum kit should always be placed taking into account both the dominant hand and the dominant foot. Unless putting the hi-hat right in front of you (like Danny Carey from Tool in Pneuma) becomes the new evolution in drumming! To think about! Greetings Andy
The beauty of the drum kit is that you can set it up any way you want it.
You can experiment.
If I were you I'd set the lit up as a right-handed player and play open-handed or, as you did with the hi-hat right in the front and operating it with your left foot, putting the kick to the right and operating it with the right foot, and having the toms going in both directions, left and right.
@@FelipeDrago Hello Felipe, thanks for the response! Indeed, I was already thinking of trying out such an ambidextrous drum setup. Do you have any advice on positioning the toms and floor toms? I play with 10TT, 12TT, 14 standing FT, 16 standing FT? Greetings Andy
@@pearlmmx7 snare in the middle 10 and 14 to the left and 12 and 16 to the right
@@FelipeDrago thx! I'll give it a try!
@@pearlmmx7 excellent
I'm lefty if I do open handed is it more easier for me.
Great!
And it gives you more freedom too.
@@FelipeDrago so it's more easier for me?
I thought you already did.
If you play the hi-hat with your left hand it will be way easier!
@@FelipeDrago oh ok thanks
Thank you for watching the video,!
Open handed forever !!
thanx for the video... so Why people started to play crossed handed in the first place ? I mean it seems more like a disadvantage
thank you for watching. My guess it's because they already played the ride cymbal with their right hand, so when the low-boy was raised and became the hi-hat in order to keep "riding" with their right hand they had to cross over. But don't forget that the main source of "riding" for many years was the ride cymbal.