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AircraftNoise
May 9, 2008
I havent seen anybody ask this yet and I am dying to know. When I practice rudiments at very slow to slow tempos, I find that I hit the pad using actual downward force from my stroke, but this becomes difficult/impossible at faster (read: standard) tempos. Are you supposed to let the bounce-back and/or gravity take over at some point when increasing speed? For instance, when doing RLRRLRLL at a slow tempo, I physically strike the pad to make the notes. As I increase speed, I find it easier to simply let the bounce-back force of the stick re-strike the pad for portions such as RR and LL.

I guess what I am asking is, is this what is supposed to be happening, or am I supposed to actually physically use my own force to strike the pad at LL and RR?

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