Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer George Lawrence Stone
Publisher: Alfred Publishing

Stick Control for the Snare Drummer by George Lawrence Stone is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. To do this, strike a drum several times and adjust the fulcrum point To get the feel of this new grip try alternately striking the sticks beginning with your intended 'lead' hand and then your 'following' hand, on the snare drum. Associated with this is the balance of tone. Without snares on, the drummer controls the ration of “tom” to snare. At this point, it is essential to adjust the exact position of your fulcrum to the point of the stick where you feel you get the optimum amount of bounce (like a basketball) and control. Two sets of wire strands is one too many. Connolly's answer was, “Not this year. Count, with the wand of the metronome. Beyond Stick Control is the book that offers the snare and drum set player various eight bar solos to develop hand technique and hand/foot coordination. 2) Once you have that sticking pattern down come up with a simple, one or two bar accent pattern and play that sticking pattern in conjunction with those accents. Now count 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 3 4.” “Give me the sticks,” I said. Explore holding the stick at a higher or Once you get this beat and some basic variations under control, you are ready to start jamming. The textbook “Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer” is one of the best books anyone can by for a beginner drummer to commence outside drumming with. This takes extremely refined technique. Now, hit your snare drum and let the stick bounce. So the connection with the Stone exercises is clear, I've put the hands on separate lines and also given the sticking in Rs and Ls. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book one of the top 25 drum method books of all-time. 1) Take any line of Stick Control and play it on the snare drum.