French grip (percussion)
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- This article is about the percussion grip. For the fencing grip or for other meanings, see French grip (disambiguation).
French grip is a technique used to hold drum sticks and mallets to play percussion instruments. In this form of matched grip, the palms of the hands face directly toward each other and the stick is moved primarily with the fingers rather the wrist as in German grip. This allows a greater degree of finesse, which is why many timpanists prefer French grip. For louder strokes, the wrist rotates much in the same way as when hammering a nail.
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