by yoni » Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:51 pm
Hi all,
I find my highest pitched, sharpest sounding slaps come not with power but with the right focus or snap, on any drum. I once read in this forum that some players can make high, cracking slaps without raising their hands more than an inch or two off the drum, and I know this is true.
Also the open slap, without the other hand holding the drum, can sound real high and sharp consistently without much power at all - just practice the snap of it, kind of like the cracking of a whip.
All the "weight", snap or focus is concentrated in the very ends of the fingers only. I think this "effortless" way of slapping is worth the practice, because after a while it really works!
It's true that the slap usually comes easier on a higher-pitched drum like a quinto, but as Conuno wrote, practicing on a low drum will make the slap come even easier on a high one. Even on a low drum (not "dead", though) you can get a pretty high-pitched slap with the right focus.
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