{"id":27996,"date":"2021-04-16T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T14:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=27996"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:21:03","slug":"developing-your-weaker-hand-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/developing-your-weaker-hand-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Your Weaker Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ugwtgcz-wE4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>99.9% (our educated guess) of people have a weaker hand, and most drummers spend their entire drumming lives trying to improve it. Jack Thomas found himself with no choice after a workplace accident took his dominant arm. An open-handed player, he was drumming again just one week later so he wouldn&#8217;t skip a beat. He did whatever it took to get his left hand up to speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lesson (recorded live), Jack goes over some of the tips that worked for him, how to conserve energy, and how to use rebound to your advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine if two-handed drummers played like Jack does with one hand. If you can<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/develop-your-weak-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> develop your weaker hand<\/a> this much &#8211; even playing like a one-handed drummer &#8211; imagine how much more you could do on the kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lesson Index:<\/strong><br>0:00 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Reginald&#8221; by Etheria<br>4:55 &#8211; Introduction<br>11:46 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Stolen Eyes&#8221; by Burn Away<br>18:46 &#8211; Left hand &#8216;paradiddle accents&#8217;<br>24:35 &#8211; Accepting rebound<br>30:40 &#8211; The importance of ghost notes<br>36:15 &#8211; One-handed rolls<br>40:37 &#8211; Relaxing your body<br>44:43 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Tailspin&#8221; by Etheria<br>48:25 &#8211; Jack and Jared Falk duet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Jack:<\/strong><br>Jack has been drumming and playing bass for over 10 years. In 2015, he lost his right arm in a workplace accident but didn&#8217;t let that stop him. He now inspires others to overcome their own challenges and is a sought after motivational speaker. Jack currently plays with Burn Away and Etheria, can be heard on multiple recording sessions as drummer and producer, and works at Drumeo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Thanks To:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/pearldrum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pearl Drums<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sabian Cymbals<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daddario.com\/products\/percussion\/evans-drumheads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evans Drumheads<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sweetwater<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Jack:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jackthomas_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackthomasdrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackthomasdrummer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCN-fmuA2YjWdsS_DdXXz9uw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weak no more! Learn how to develop your non-dominant hand from an amazing drummer who literally had no other option. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":28025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038,4027,4018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons","category-hand-technique","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27996"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31650,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27996\/revisions\/31650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}