Tiger Bill’s Speed Lesson #56: Developing the Weak Hand - Part 7

Welcome to part seven in our series of exercises designed to develop your weak hand. If you missed any of the previous lessons, check them out at DrumMagazine.com/lessons before continuing.

Video Lesson

Study the written exercises below before accessing the video clip. The line marked S is to be played with your strong hand and the line marked W is played with your weak hand. For best results, use a metronome and maintain a log of your progress. Daily practice is best.

This month we add another 3 exercises to our practice routine, at 3 minutes per exercise, for a total of 63 minutes. To get the maximum benefit, you should now be practicing non-stop for a full 63 minutes each session! Be sure to select a metronome tempo that allows you to play for the entire length of time without developing tension in your fingers, wrists, or arms. Drumming with your muscles tense is the equivalent of driving a car with one foot on the gas and the other foot on the brake. The car will move but not nearly as well as when you take your foot off the brake! Throughout this series I can be seen using a system of drumming that allows me to play with maximum power and speed for extended periods of time without tensing my muscles. If you are interested in learning more about these tension free techniques, visit TensionFreeDrumming.com .

More Weak Hand Workouts

If you caught the prior lesson in this series, you learned how practicing short bursts of speed can help build your weak hand. Please continue to work on that regularly as it will greatly increase your development. If you missed that lesson, please go to the DrumMagazine.com/lessons site and practice Speed Lesson #56: Developing the Weak Hand - Part 6.

As always, you should continue to practice these exercises as written and also by reversing your hands so that you play the S (strong hand) part with your weak hand and the W (weak hand) part with your strong hand.

Questions on this month's lesson can be sent to me .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .

See you next time. Have fun and stay loose!

Tiger Bill Meligari