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The French Downstroke on Snare Drum
The Traditional Downstroke on Snare Drum
The French Upstroke on Snare Drum
The American Upstroke on Snare Drum
The Traditional Upstroke on Snare Drum
The French Full Stroke on Snare Drum
The American Full Stroke on Snare Drum
The German Full Stroke on Snare Drum
The Traditional Full Stroke on Snare Drum
Summary: The French upstroke is a way to hit a snare drum that can alter the tone you get dramatically so watch this free video an choose for yourself.
Joel began his official study of music in middle school, and went on to immerse himself in every music making opportunity. After high school, his focus narrowed to the drum kit and he...read more
"JOEL SIEGEL: Alright, the next stroke is called the upstroke. And as you can imagine, this is kind of the opposite of the downstroke. Instead of starting up and going down, you're going to start down and going up. This is really affiliated with the French stroke or the French grip, rather, that we discussed earlier. This is going to be when you're kinda trying to draw the sound out of the drum. This originated in classical percussion with timpani players where they're kinda the big kettle drums they're trying to draw the sound out of the drum. So, this is what your upstroke, French grip is going to look and sound like. You can see that this is a quiet stoke, so a lot of times, it'll be used for cymbal work for light or sometimes complex cymbal work. You are getting a lot of the subtleties you want in music like jazz and the quieter music like that."
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