
You can learn to play the drums with either matched or traditional grip 3 KEYS to Proper Matched Grip I love playing traditional grip and believe it is a valuable skill to learn once basics have been mastered with matched grip. It is a very fun way to play and creates stylistic nuances in the left hand that many drummers enjoy. It is most common in marching percussion and also very common on the drum set. The “tradition” of this method of playing has continued to today and can be used to play the drums in any style of music. B) This continued as a very sensible practice and became a “tradition” in military, marching and rudimental drumming environments.

This special way of holding the sticks originated in a military setting where the drum was carried over the shoulder at a sharp angle and the left hand was turned over to make striking the drum easier.
