Hi all ,
I began taking seriously practicing the rudiments to strengthen my hands , (especially the left weak one).
In VicFirth's site I found 40 rudiments for the snare drum :
VicFirth Rudiments
Are all this rudiments apply for timbales also , or that the stracture of the timbale , different from the snare drum , makes some rudiments just not worth trying on the timbale ?
A little comment :
{I saw someone who played the timbales but came from a set-drum background.He sure put an impressive show with very fast and hard hitting movement and the crowd loves it , but as a matter of fact he hit the timable , cowbell and cymbal as if they were drum kit and conseqently the sound was not clean at all. For someone with a bit understanding you could right away notice the differance from timbale player that came from percussion background .He also performed and his sounds came clean , more exact and pleasant for the ear.}
I understand and correct me if I'm wrong , that the movements come from the wrists and the fingers.
What should be more dominant and how it affect the playing ?
Wrist movements or finger movements ? Do you transfer while playing , for example a fill , between the two holding methods ?
Are the rudiments classified for each of this stick holding methods or match both of them ...
Another question I've got is which rudiments or combination of them are used in common fills ?
best regards ,
Pini