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Inside Your Hands

Freddie Gruber

Freddie Gruber was a renowned jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker. He was a popular and well-loved teacher for drummers everywhere. In this lesson, Gruber explains hand technique and the theory behind a relaxed, open grip.

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Lesson tags: grip, musicality, relaxed, sound
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About the Artist

Freddie Gruber
Freddie Gruber was a jazz drummer and drum teacher. born on May 27, 1927. He came up in the nascent New York be-bop scene, and gigged with Charlie Parker, among many others. Making fast friends with his roommate, fellow drummer Buddy Rich, he observed Rich's "style, technique, and guts" over a long period and eventually based most of his teaching method on what he assimilated.

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