In pictures: How to twirl a drum stick by Thomas Lang
I start the trick with a matched grip
How to twirl a drum stick: step 1
Want to wow the audience with some showmanship? Here, Thomas Lang guides you through one of his many stick tricks.
I use my middle finger to push the front end of the stick down
Step 2
Then I put my index finger on the butt end of the stick, while stretching out my ring finger and pinkie
Step 3
I roll it over my middle finger for one full rotation. If the tip starts at three o'clock, the tip ends at just over nine o'clock after one rotation. By the end I'm holding the stick between my middle and ring fingers
Step 4
I roll it over my middle finger for one full rotation. If the tip starts at three o'clock, the tip ends at just over nine o'clock after one rotation. By the end I'm holding the stick between my middle and ring fingers
Step 4 continued
I roll it over my middle finger for one full rotation. If the tip starts at three o'clock, the tip ends at just over nine o'clock after one rotation. By the end I'm holding the stick between my middle and ring fingers
Step 4 continued
From this position I roll the stick backwards, anti-clockwise around my middle finger
Step 5
I grab it with my index finger and bring it right over from my middle finger until it is back in the first position of my matched grip
Step 6
I grab it with my index finger and bring it right over from my middle finger until it is back in the first position of my matched grip
Step 6 continued
I repeat this motion, one full rotation, back and forth multiple times and that's my twirl!
Step 7
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