{"id":21886,"date":"2020-02-18T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=21886"},"modified":"2023-03-06T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T21:38:29","slug":"stick-control-page-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/stick-control-page-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Your Weaker Hand In 30 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Du31MCIlYO0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your sticking consistency and strengthen your non-dominant hand? Play along with Heather Thomas and work your way through page 1 of one of the most important drumming books: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/creating-grooves-with-stick-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather practices it per the book&#8217;s instructions: repeat each exercise 20 times. The advantages to practicing this way is that you need to stay focused for a long period of time, which gives you an opportunity to relax in an almost meditative way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/practice-pad-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grab your practice pad<\/a>, ideally in a place where you can stand, and make sure you&#8217;re nice and centered in front of it. You&#8217;ll be playing for about half an hour, so get comfortable and try to relax!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this boot camp video, Heather plays it at 152 BPM. If this is too fast for you, take it at a slower tempo on your own until you&#8217;re ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/single-stroke-roll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">single strokes<\/a>, then goes into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/double-stroke-roll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">double strokes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/single-paradiddle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paradiddles<\/a>, inverted paradiddles, single mills (reverse paradiddles), and a variety of other single and double stroke exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Play each exercise 20 times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123943\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.38.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21896\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123943\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.38.51-PM.png 626w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123943\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.38.51-PM.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123943\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.39.03-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21895\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123943\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.39.03-PM.png 624w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123943\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.39.03-PM.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123942\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.39.13-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21894\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123942\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.39.13-PM.png 632w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13123942\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-13-at-3.39.13-PM.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to work through more of Stick Control, you can also check out Dom Famularo&#8217;s course that takes you through the book (available to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drumeo members<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More importantly, if you&#8217;re struggling with your hand technique and speed &#8211; or if you found these exercises challenging &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get this free 10-video course called The Fastest Way To Get Faster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to improve your sticking consistency and strengthen your non-dominant hand? 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