yashiharu Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 i hold stick with tradition grip ... i found that grip method did wounded my second knuckle of the ring figer of my left hand ... a bit skinned ... i don't know why ... what's wrong? do you have the same experience? how to solve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiniki Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 i hold stick with tradition grip ...i found that grip method did wounded my second knuckle of the ring figer of my left hand ... a bit skinned ... i don't know why ... what's wrong? do you have the same experience? how to solve it? Not percussion by any means but I know a thing or two about abraisions. If your wanting to avoid the ugly calus that may be approaching your future, you can get some "mole-skin" to protect it. It's kind of like a tubular ace bandage for your fingers/toes that you can pull on your finger and cut to size (please take it off your finger before you cut it though). I think you can find it in the foot care section of most stores (like where you'd get Dr. Scholls products or odoreaters). I don't know if that will affect your grip at all, but it will protect your finger. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDog Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Nothing should come in contact with the second knuckle on that finger. The stick should rest between the third knuckle and the fingertip on your ring finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiharu Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Not percussion by any means but I know a thing or two about abraisions. If your wanting to avoid the ugly calus that may be approaching your future, you can get some "mole-skin" to protect it. It's kind of like a tubular ace bandage for your fingers/toes that you can pull on your finger and cut to size (please take it off your finger before you cut it though). I think you can find it in the foot care section of most stores (like where you'd get Dr. Scholls products or odoreaters). I don't know if that will affect your grip at all, but it will protect your finger. Hope that helps! thx actually, i have plan to do so ... but ... seems i've never see anyone do so on the field it doesn't matter about the appearance of the finger to me B) it just stop me to practise ... painful ... :( how you guys can tolerant such painful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiharu Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Nothing should come in contact with the second knuckle on that finger. The stick should rest between the third knuckle and the fingertip on your ring finger. why third knuckle? i found this pix from google ... http://post.queensu.ca/~mackayr/ksom/StickGrips.htm http://www.percussionsessions.com/dec03/relaxing.html it show the second knuckle of ring finger ... which on should be the correct one ... 2nd/ 3rd? I think i were hurt becoz of wrong grip ... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiniki Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Nothing should come in contact with the second knuckle on that finger. The stick should rest between the third knuckle and the fingertip on your ring finger. Do you mean the knuckle just below the fingernail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDog Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Do you mean the knuckle just below the fingernail? Yep, the nearest knuckle to the fingernail. There's an intro/tutorial to traditional grip by Mark Wessels on Pearl's web site with good pictures of proper grip: http://www.pearldrum.com/03_nuupdts/edu/fr...ionalgrip1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 The grip should be loose and relaxed, except for those times when you're playing super loud and hard! That's something Jim Chapin personally taught me, regardless of whether it's traditional or matched grip! Let the sticks, the drumheads, and wrists do most of the work - USE the drum for rebounds and CONTROL the sticks with wrists while holding them loose and not tight! Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiharu Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Yep, the nearest knuckle to the fingernail.There's an intro/tutorial to traditional grip by Mark Wessels on Pearl's web site with good pictures of proper grip: http://www.pearldrum.com/03_nuupdts/edu/fr...ionalgrip1.html that's excatly the part i get hurt ... how to prevent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDog Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 that's excatly the part i get hurt ... how to prevent? The place where the stick rests in the Mark Wessels tutorial is actually different than in the pictures you posted earlier. If the stick rests on your ring finger between the third knuckle and fingertip (near the nail), there shouldn't be much rubbing. The stick would come to rest there, but without a lot of friction. If you're resting the stick on the other side of that knuckle, though, the stick could potentially be rubbing a lot on that finger, causing friction blisters. Without actually seeing your grip (preferably in motion) or the sore spot on your finger, it's really hard to say exactly what's causing the problem. There could be something wrong in your grip or stroke, or you could just be prone to blisters. If your finger blisters easily, just treat it as best you can while continuing to practice. You'll eventually develop a callous to protect that spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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