Basic Rebound Control

Basic Rebound Control

After teaching a beginner how to hold drum sticks, I spend a considerable amount of time teaching them how to hit the drum properly, and training their fingers and wrists how to respond in a relaxed fashion to the energy created from hitting the drum.  This requires some basic exercises involving individual strokes (rests in-between strokes) and also sequential/continuous strokes.  It is also important that the exercises be easy to memorize so that all focus can be put on technique.  

Below are two versions of the exercises that I use to focus on basic stick rebounding – the first version with 8th note subdivision counting written in (helpful to teach subdividing), and the second with no counting indicated (a less cluttered version).