• Of foremost import is taking time to learn the rudiments and techniques of your chosen instrument
• Balance and Motion - each limb creates a unique elliptical course. "The goal: to achieve a point where The motion is the message. You made the motion and the stick played it. After a while, it almost plays itself." (Jim Chapin 1981 Modern Drummer article).
• Fluidity - established through correct use of momentum, balance and rebound. Similar applications apply to bass drum pedal(s) The concept of motion as one continuous form
• "Adopt an approach that "opens up" the natural-motion of your playing. Many great jazz drummers have used this approach. You set the sticks/ pedals in motion and get out of the way." "When you're technique is tense, the relationship of "body-to-stick-to-drum" deteriorates and your groove or feel suffers. Once you get this approach working it will make ANY style of music easier to play." (paraphrased from Freddie Gruber).

Economy of Motion - "Once in motion you learn to control it.. perceiving the drum set based on nature’s principals. Breaking those principals creates tension and stress. The result - the person is going to be trying forever, and trying is not doing.....fluidity and elliptical motion develop a more ergonomic approach to the instrument." Freddie Gruber

Ergonomics - (a battle for inches) the given: things you can't change.. bone length. Many drummers sit down and, without realizing ... arrive at an approach that, over the years, becomes more restricting... unconsciously adjusting, little by little over time. Simply put, one will pick up the sticks and give very little, if any, cognitive thought to the placement of anything. Understanding placement in drumming is of EXTREME importance.

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