Video: The French Drum Grip

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The grip a drummer has on his sticks is essential to his playing style. Learn how to play drums with the French grip int his free video.

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JOEL SIEGEL: Hi there. My name is Joel Siegel. I'm with Expert Village, and I'm here today to talk about some of the basics of drumming. And the first thing that we're going to start off with is your grip when you're drumming. So there are three different kinds of grip, when you're playing. The first thing when you're holding the stick, you want to have anywhere from 1.5 inches to 2 or maybe 2.5 inches coming down below the bottom of your palm here, and that's going to depend on the length of your stick, how much leverage you like, whatever feels natural for you. This first grip is called French Grip, and you can see my wrist is to the side. The top of my hand is pointed up and my fingers are going to be doing the work here like that. Your French Grip is going to sound like this.

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The French Drum Grip

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