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In pictures: How to twirl a drum stick by Thomas Lang

By Thomas Lang
published 3 December 2019

Step-by-step stick trick instructions

How to twirl a drum stick: step 1
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.

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Step 2
I use my middle finger to push the front end of the stick down

Step 2

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Step 3
Then I put my index finger on the butt end of the stick, while stretching out my ring finger and pinkie

Step 3

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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

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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

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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

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Step 5
From this position I roll the stick backwards, anti-clockwise around my middle finger

Step 5

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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

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Step 6 continued
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

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Step 7
I repeat this motion, one full rotation, back and forth multiple times and that's my twirl!

Step 7

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Thomas Lang
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