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WHAT ARE HINGESTIX?
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HINGESTIX Practice Drumsticks, are the best drumsticks for beginners. HingeStix is a teaching tool that helps drummers learn how to properly grip and control the drumstick, engage the back fingers (building and improving finger technique), and enables the drumstick to bounce freely teaching drummers to play more easily with increased speed and precision.
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The original 5A and 5B Matched Grip HINGESTIX have patented finger pads that serve as "hinges", allowing the drumstick to freely rotate around the fulcrum between your thumbs and index fingers. This innovative design helps both beginner drum students and experienced drummers to develop proper drumstick grip and drumstick control, achieving a naturally, free-floating drum stroke.
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HINGESTIX Practice Drumsticks reinforces the mind/body connection and builds muscle memory, allowing drummers to seamlessly apply what they've learned to their regular drumsticks. The results are immediate!
HINGESTIX Practice Drumsticks are great for teaching:
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Single strokes and single stroke rolls. The HINGESTIX teach the proper drumstick grip, a loose grip enabling a free-floating bounce
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The double bounce for “open” rolls. Just throw the stick down once and let the stick bounce free for that 2nd stroke
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The all-important “buzz” stroke for the long or “closed” roll
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Proper finger technique for more control and speed
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Proper matched grip by holding the patented finger pads between the thumb and index finger, and engaging the back fingers
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Each pair of HINGESTIX Practice Drumsticks are balanced and pitch matched.
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NEW RELEASE
The Drum Tips eBook:
Practical Ideas and Insights for Drum-Set Performance by Sam Ruttenberg
Now Available for Download
Whether you're a beginner, a seasoned pro, or a drum teacher, this eBook has something for everyone.
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This eBook consists of over 60 pages of conceptual, musical, and technical ideas based on 40+ years of experience performing, studying, and teaching.
The "DRUM TIPS" eBook covers a wide range of topics, including:
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How to Practice
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Sticking for Different Sounds and Tempos
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Grip: Traditional or Matched
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Improvising
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Interpreting a Chart
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Jazz Coordination
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Phrasing
...and many exercises to build endurance and stick control.
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this book has something for everyone.
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It’s also a great instructional guide for drum teachers and instructors for use at the K-12 level, music schools, universities and music conservatories.
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What Are HingeStix?
A Masterful Teaching Tool
The HINGESTIX Practice Drumsticks are the best beginner drumsticks on the market. No other drumsticks are designed to help drummers master proper matched grip, develop drumstick control, build finger technique, and master the bounce & rebound - elevating their skills to the next level.
Patented Design
The patented contoured finger pads allow the HingeStix to freely rotate around the fulcrum. With this free-floating drum stroke, drummers will immediately learn how to control any drumstick, develop the loose grip and master the rebound.
Master the Loose Grip & Build Finger Control
HINGESTIX promotes a loose grip, engaging the fingers, allowing drummers of all levels to strengthen the mind/body connection essential to building muscle memory. Once developed, this muscle memory enables drummers to control their regular drumsticks with greater ease and precision.
Winner of the NAMM Best In Show
Winner at NAMM Best in Show, and recommended by the world’s top drummers and educators.
REVIEWS
HAL BLAINE
Legendary LA Studio Great
"Every drum teacher should start out their students with these sticks. It’s a great teaching aid."
TESTIMONIALS
Hal Blaine
Legendary LA Studio Great
“Every drum teacher should start out their students with these sticks. It’s a great teaching aid."
Gerry Brown
Drummer with Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder
"Sam’s HINGESTIX show drummers right away what drumming feels like when you understand the concept of free rebound…you suddenly realize and feel the ease of relaxed playing."
Steve Rucker
Drummer for the Bee Gees
“Sam Ruttenberg's HingeStix are a remarkable tool that enables the drummer to experience the proper motion of the drumstick. It’s a great product that produces great results.”
Sean Kennedy
Band Director at Wissahickon High School
Upper Dublin, PA
“Sam Ruttenberg’s HingeStix are a valuable time-saving tool for anyone that teaches drums. Putting a pair of HingeStix in a student’s hands can clear up hours of confusion.”
Steve Machamer
Professor of Percussion University of New South Wales, Australia
"HingeStix demonstrate better than any words how the fulcrum works."
John Leister
Band Director, Montclair Kimberly Academy
“I believe that every band director should own a pair of HingeStix. It is one of my favorite teaching tools.”
DEMONSTRATIONS
Colin Woolway talks about HingeStix
Drumming great Dom Famularo on HingeStix Practice Drumsticks
Marcus Moore for HingeStix
