Srick Drumss

How to hold drum sticks

1. Matched grip (see figure I)
2. Traditional grip (see figure II)
 

Matched grip has two different ways to hold:

A. Closed hand / closed hand punches which rely heavily on the arm and wrist so that the blow become stiff and tired hands, speed was very limited.
B. Open hand / open hand where the thumb and forefinger are used to clamp the stick, while the three other fingers like a middle finger, ring finger and little finger plays to encourage the stick. When the stick is pushed to touch drumhead, it will automatically stick will bounce back, use reflection to make the next shot (third finger stick was pushed back). Do it repeatedly, like a basketball mendribble only.
Traditional grip
The difference is the grip on the left hand, where the stick clipped to be placed between the thumb and middle finger and ring finger. Thumb whose role is to encourage the stick. As for the hand holding it right way there is no difference, such as the matched grip Traditional grip is just harder to do than the matched grip because it controls the left hand is much more complicated.
Beginning of the Traditional Grip
Traditional way of holding the stick is first used, starting from the year 1600. Actually, traditional grip is required for the purpose of marching band drummer at that time that when they put the snare drum by way tie (like bags) and the rope looped dibahu, so the position of the snare drum tilted towards the right. Because of its position tilted to the right, then left hand using a different grip with his right hand in order to achieve the snare drum (left hand like a pencil, but the stick is placed between two pairs of fingers and thumb clipped).
1840 the newly discovered drumset (snare, bass and tom-tom) where three drums played by one person. Because the traditional grip is a hereditary habit which originated from marching, then it is also used traditional grip on the drumset. Then again, this practice continues with the end in mid-1960, Ringo Starr (drummer of The Beatles) took a step forward by holding the stick at the same position (left hand as right hand), so as a person who holds two hammers. Which was then called matched grip. It turned out that by using the matched grip drummer can easily remove the power / energy you want and also blow on his left hand became more accurate.
And finally they both can be used in accordance with the flow of songs and tastes drummer, to the tune of a gentle and requires a touch, then the traditional griplah who 'spoke', while to play groove / beat a solid and more modern songs (rock), matched grip the most suitable.