Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "andypfau" <andypfau@y...> wrote:
> 
> I recently purchased a DTXPRESS II set. I love it (especially
> living in an apartment), but I find that after a little while my
> right hand becomes extremely sore, so much that I can't continue to
> play. This doesn't happen on my regular set at all.
> 
> I've tried using Zildjian's Anti-Vibe sticks and they seem to help 
a
> little but not that much. Anyone have any thoughts/suggestions?

I can't stress enough the importance of correct gripping of your 
sticks, and good sticking technique.  I wondered for years why my 
arms and wrists would get sore and why I couldn't achieve the speed 
I wanted around the kit.  Then I went to a teacher and everything 
got sorted.  Playing any sort of drums is so much easier now.  
Basically, the trick is having your palms parallel with the ground, 
using your 2nd or 3rd fingers as a fulcrum, having a good, balanced 
stick (not too light; the Anti-Vibe 5A sticks are great) and letting 
gravity do most of the work.  Oh, and practising rudiments is very 
very useful (a good book to use is "Stick Control for the Snare 
Drummer" by George Lawrence Stone).

Nick.