How To Use The Explicit Part Of Your Mind To Become A Better Drummer
Explicit content. Photo credit: FLY2005
Sadly, there's no swearing, sex or violence in this article
It's all about understanding your psychology, hacking into different parts of your brain and using it to your advantage to become a better drummer.
Basically, your memory is split into 2 sections and each section stores different types of information.
Explicit memory
In this sense, the word explicit means to make something clear or visible. The explicit part of your brain is used for
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Drummers, This Is How Your Wrist Works
Musical Wrists. Photo credit: firepile
If you only ever read 1 article on anatomy...
...make sure it's this one. Because when you can hack into how your wrist works and get it moving in the right way, you will notice huge differences in your playing. I know I did. More fluid grooves, faster fills and much more ease when you move around the kit. But before you can exploit this part of your body you need to understand how it works.
Your wrist is a complicated joint consisting of 8 bones. Although this gives you a lot of flexibility it does mean that there are a lot of movements to learn. This means you've got some reading, learning and practising to do. You not going to get all this straight away but... think about it. When was the last time
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What Is Forearm Rotation?
The limits of forearm rotation
Forearm rotation is the name given to the movement you make to get between the 2 positions in these photographs.
Try this:
Put your arm in the position of the 1st photo. The palm of your hand faces up and in the same direction as the inside of your elbow. Your arm is fully supinated.
Now rotate your forearm so that it is now in the position in the 2nd photo. Your palm now faces down the way and your arm is fully pronated.
When you rotate your arm into the 2nd position you are pronating it. When you reverse the movement to go back to the 1st position you are supinating it.
Forearm rotation is the movement you would use to
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