Hi, i am a keyboardist and an amateur drummer. I am trying to teach to some friends the little that i know about drumming. They bought a practice pad from vic firth, and it came with a book with excersises to do. My question is, it has de classic R/L notation to indicate wich hand is the strike with, but there are some excersises where that notation appears for 4 bars and then it does not appear for 6 bars, then it is there for 8 bars more, and then there is none for another 6 bars and so on. Is it supossed that all the comming strikes should be done with the last hand that is written on the paper? or how is it? thanks.
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Yo, Teeth: Yes, The hand pattern (R-Right, L-Left) is established. Typically music is written in Right Hand Lead patterns.
Occassionally a Left Hand Lead is necessary for patterns based on a particular rudiment or if on drumset, based on a patterns direction and flow of drums.
If you go for a while and see new notation, it is because that particular pattern is what is recommended based on technical ease or sense.
