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Title: Hand Speed
Post by: eversoclear on April 07, 2005, 06:51:51 PM

What is the best method on developing faster hand speed

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: 2quick on April 07, 2005, 07:10:46 PM

Practicing my rudiments on pillows seem to be the best method of increasing my  hand speed. paradiddles and double paradiddles are good to practice on pillows in my opinion.  Let me know what works.  Holla Back!

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: eversoclear on April 07, 2005, 07:52:55 PM

Thanks I will continue to work on that, My left had seems to need the most work!

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: cckdl on April 08, 2005, 02:39:30 PM

You should play with weights on your arm. They work a lot.

                cckdl

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: on April 11, 2005, 11:46:46 PM

Dennis chamber has an article out on pearldrum.com; you have to got to the artist feature. He has and excercise that incorporates telephone books!(yea telephone books) But this had worked tremendously! check it out

Title: Re: Hand Speed
Post by: soulnomad on April 12, 2005, 10:24:32 AM

Quote from: eversoclear

What is the best method on developing faster hand speed

I've used the Dennis Chambers approach for awhile but then I stumbled across the extreme drumming site for the world's fastest drumming and the drumometer and started using some of their ideas. Johnny Rabb,Mike Mangini and Jotan Afanotar.They hace guys doing singles,doubles,paradiddles using some extreme techniques and methods.
Anyway one is five strokes per hand with a paradiddle in between and you work up to speed with this 30 seconds per combination. Another is to play per hand three strokes(triplet sounding),four strokes( paradiddle sounding) and so on. Then there is aa exercise I picked from a speed metel drummer using multiples of four for hands and feet simultaneously, in example;RRRR LLLL,RRRR RRRR LLLL LLLL,RRRR RRRR RRRR LLLL LLLL LLLL,RRRR RRRR RRRR RRRR LLLL LLLL LLLL LLLL. This is done continuously all the way through then do 32nd notes for as long as you can take it. Also check out Jim Chapin's video,Speed, Power, Control, Endurance,Stick Control book and Joe Morello's Chop Builders. If you don't have any speed after that, you aren't meant to.

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: Funkaddictus_Groovus on April 12, 2005, 11:20:45 AM

Joe Morello's "master studies" is THE book on hand developement.get it!!! :evil:  :)  :wink:

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: soulnomad on April 12, 2005, 04:38:47 PM

Yup,taht's the one!!

Title: Here it is....
Post by: DuvalsLilJohnLumpkin on April 15, 2005, 08:03:40 AM

Double Strokes / Paradiddles / Double Paradiddles 8)

Title: triplet diddles for fast hands
Post by: soulnomad on April 15, 2005, 07:57:01 PM

Check out Mark Wessel's rudimental technique section at the Vic firth site. Exercise # 14 : Triplet Diddle.

Title: Hand Speed
Post by: eversoclear on April 15, 2005, 08:42:34 PM

Thanks Guys for all of your help, I am going to take all of this and place it to good use! Shed,Shed,Shed