Development of three percussion system

 TRAINING  1

As to this matter, I will periodically insert exercises drawn by a series of COMPARATIVE TABLES that I have employed for some seminars on the technique.

In this first meeting am describing the first two exercises of ten that form the TABLE 1.

If you are interested to the matter, you would know at first what articulation of the wrists, articulation of the fingers and rebound mean.

They refer to the ways of striking the percussion instruments with the sticks.

For a close examination consult my method " TECHNIQUE AND DYNAMIC" and what follows is a summary.

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ARTICULATION OF THE WRISTS

 -  The stroke is carried just with the articulation of the wrist, with the stick kept firm by the fingers in the palm of the hand.

ARTICULATION OF THE FINGERS

 -  The stroke is carried out by adding the articulation of the fingers to the movement of the wrist; the stick is moved up and down by the opening and closing movement of the fingers.

REBOUND

 -  The stroke is carried out so that during the impact with the surface the stick is hold only by the fulcrum and is not in contact with the other parts of the hand.

The purpose is to succeed in developing an ability in striking in different ways, an ability that must be realized in a beautiful touch and beautiful sound. Such a necessity is imposed by musical and instrumental demands. In the following meetings we will study how the ability to strike in different ways is connected to musical and instrumental demands.

These specific exercises aim to practice and to make the hands and the sticks sensitive in a comparative and progressive way so that it will be possible to get a homogeneous stroke.

ROUTINES FOR THE TABLE  I

 EXERCISES 1 AND 2

Perform the following cycle for each exercise:    

2 times just right  -  2 times just left

2 times a measure for hand

2 times at double strokes

2 times with single strokes

 N.B.  PERFORM THE CYCLE CONCERNING EACH EXERCISE FIRST WITH THE ARTICULATION OF THE WRIST, THEN WITH THE ARTICULATION OF THE FINGERS AND FINALLY WITH THE REBOUND.

metronomic modulation recommended: exercises 1 and 2  = 70 the quarter

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