[T.B. Yoits]

My two cents is to start with just the rudiments, even with a practice pad on a stand.

I recommend to learn playing Matched Grip instead of Traditional Grip. Traditional Grip is a holdover from marching with a snare drum where your left hand had to hold the stick more like a pencil because the drum skin faced forward at the hip.

I also recommend learning Open Handed drumming instead of traditional cross-handed. Cross-handed is a holdover from the Traditional Grip due to a marching snare and from older kits where you couldn't move your equipment wherever you wanted.

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Handed-Playing-Vol-Claus-Hessler/dp/0739054155

[kawhill]

I really appreciate your time to educate me.

[jmacusa]

I used to play using the match grip for years. Then I took lesson from Joe Morello and learned what rudiments were and what a metronome is. After a while I found the Match grip wasn't conducive to how I liked to play and found the Traditional Grip to be much better.

[Openurmind]

“I recommend to learn playing Matched Grip instead of Traditional Grip.”

I agree, it is pretty hard to use a traditional grip on a kit. And there is no real need if you are not marching with a drum hanging against your thigh at an angle.

[Vlad0]

I played guitar in a bunch of rock bands for 30 years. For the last 15 of those I had a drum kit in my practice room, where the band played.

I bought them so the drummer would not have to move stuff every week.

It was a nice and pretty generic kit. If you set it up normally you will be playing crossed. One advantage to that is that still most drumms are set up that way, so if you are going to be playing at jam sessions, open mic might!, etc. The drums will be set up the way you use them.

So to go to open hand I could just set the kit up like I’m a lefty?