• Feel the rebound for smoother playing without fatigue.
• Develop finger technique for faster playing without fatigue.
• Understand the fulcrum (balance points) on the stick for more control.
• Feel the whipping motion of the Moeller technique.
• Making the transition from traditional to matched grip.

HingeStix® simulates a loose grip, so they’re PERFECT for playing the BERNARD PURDIE SHUFFLE!!

No matter how hard you squeeze the plastic pads between the thumb and index finger, the stick will still move loosely on its own, so you might a well hold the HingeStix® as loosely as possible so that when you go back to your regular drumsticks it will feel the same.  Remember, control comes from letting go, not gripping tightly.

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“I am a middle school band director and a percussionist. Our two elementary school band directors are a voice major and a trumpet major and are responsible for starting all of the students on all of the instruments in 4th grade including percussion. Teaching the proper stick grip was a real problem for my elementary colleagues even with my help. The HingeStix have taken the problem away. Now the non-percussion teachers and the students can master the correct grip right away and it is no longer necessary for me to re-teach proper stick grip to all of my incoming students. Thanks for developing a tool to address one of the most consistent problems in school band programs where the band director is a non-percussionist.” 

Bill Cain, Wissahickon Middle School, Ambler, PA

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