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A person using drum sticks for a complete set of songs will doubtless find that the longer he or she plays, the more difficult it is to keep the sticks in hand. The reason for this is because the sticks are naturally smooth and a person’s hands get sweatier.

Add these two things together and it is easy to see why drummers have a hard time holding on to drum sticks.

Despite this, there is help available. While some drummers choose to wear fingerless gloves, there are others who go a different route and wrap the drum sticks they use. In order to wrap drum sticks, a person must:

• Completely unroll the drumstick wrap. Unrolling it can help a person know how much wrap he has to work with.

• Remove the tab on the end of the roll. Doing this will expose a sticky surface. This adhesive is what is needed to allow the wrap to cling to the stick.

• Starting with the bottom of the stick, a person should slowly wrap the wrapping around the stick. Most drum sticks include grooves that will help a person know where the best places to wrap are.

• Keep it low – The wrap should not extend to the upper parts of the drum sticks. A person should only wrap these sticks slightly above the area where they hold the sticks with their hands. Too much wrap could dull the sound made on drums by the drum sticks.

 

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