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Leave a comment below and let me know how you work on your weak hand!
Sir, I'm having issues with my left hand while trying to play ghost notes
I just comented with my left hand
I just did something else with my left hand.
Same
@@iansullivan9738 oh woah wow wow just wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow just wow wow dont mind me just typing with my left hand ay aty ay ay wow wow wow wow wow what else do write? hmmm hmm thorouglhy hah no bye hi wow queue bye done phone pretty pot point plow the thomas the tank engine your mum is my mum my left hand is getting tired now😴 pls no i need to get better at my doubles i dont really play drums but its fun aha i play guitar with left hand lol just realised aha i dont play guitsr right handed aha imma go now bye
oh no i got it wrong i play guitar right handed🤦🏿♀️
Liked with my left hand
When I started my teacher asked with which hand I wrote, I said left and he said " good your going to play right hand lead." and he smiled. After playing for a few years my hand have become even. What a teacher man.
just brushed my teeth with left hand.omg my left hand so much weaker Depression
I am in the lucky situation that can I use both hands almost interchangeably... my big problem is that I have just started with the drums and everything sucks. :-)
isolate...... EVERYTHING!
I'm a beginner. WhenI started doing some rudiments, I noticed my left hand has a bad habit of doing circles instead of going up and down. It's like I'm drawing circles or ovals with the drum stick. It's really annoying I have to slow down to nearly 40bpm just to get it to be as good as my right hand. It's the first road block I've hit in my learning. I can't do fills property. Anyway thanks for the advice I will practice the hell outta my left hand.
My left does circle too. I never been able to get my left working well.
Mine does the exact same thing!
Keep practice, I had the same issue...
Same here.... How did it go for you? Any improvment by now?
Yeah I'm better now I realized I was tensing up all of the muscles in my arm and locking my wrist when ever I went fast. Now my arm and wrist is more relaxed and I'm using the bounce more so yeah I just kept practicing and got there in the end.
i have nerv damage so i tape the sticks to my hands. looks stupid, sounds awful but it is the only way for me to play. on my right hand i have it straight up, like an extended finger (between index and middle finger), becaue i think i can play a little more "easy" through the wrist. but yeah, i don´t know of any magical exercise to fix that - get bandmates that understand and are forgiving maybe? anyhow. have a nice day everybody
Wow. So u can't grip the drumstick with the thumb and index finger normally??? So u grip the drumstick between your index finger and middle finger?? And how did u found out its a nerve issue??? Did you got surgery for that???
I am also doubly damned, I had severe trauma to my left hand (lost the tip of my little finger, severe scarring on the ring finger and fused top joint of my middle finger). I found that my control was very poor but keep working it when ever I first sit down at the kit. I have found that larger diameter sticks allow me to control the rhythm better, also (even though it increases the friction on the stick) I use some inexpensive course cloth tape on the stick. Don't give up!
Keep Drumming !
I never understood that my left hand will suck at drumming at first until I actually started drumming/rolling
I wasted so much time before i actually started working on my left hand. My god even the simplest drum roll sounded like crap due to my weak left hand. And yet i continued playing ACDC songs instead of rudiments.
Take a bar of 8th notes leading with the dominant hand. Play 8th notes up to beat 3 than replace the 4 + beat for a triplet.
(RL RL RL RLR LR LR LR LRL etc) playing triplets on the last beat forces you to lead with your weaker hand on the next measure. Do this for 15 mins every day over a month and your weaker hand will improve. Slow tempo first (50bpm +) then gradually move up when ready. alternatively pick a song or backing track you really like at a slow tempo and run through the exercise while listening to the music 👍
Man sometimes i just plug my headphones I and just listen to you talk or play. I don't play along i just listen while watching football on tv. I always enjoy your message man. Love ya brother, keep up all your great work!! Hope to see you soon!!
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Practice the drums with your left hand, that helped me a lot BTW
Finger control! My left hand has trouble doing anything more after the rebound settles which causes me to try and use this whipping motion a lot in my playing. I think it contributes to trouble with volume control and speed. Thanks Stephen! BTW I was working on beat #1 from Neil Peart series last night, I love it! Kind of funky to lead with the kick. Have a great weekend with the Fam!
Spencer Kragseth You bet..,and def, that first groove is deceptively hard. Getting it smooth is another thing because of the kick up front
Absolutely spot on! I switched from traditional grip to match grip two weeks ago. I had to learn every single technique I knew with my left hand trad grip to playing left hand matched grip. 4 to 5 hours of practice a day with just the left hand really helped. Still work in progress.
Many years ago I turned my kit around from RH and played left handed for 6 months. My weak side of the brain improved dramatically. It’s part of my regular exercise routine now
I did the same in college. Extremely helpful
Awesome! Been playing a lifetime (not good at all), and musicians who said "I'm in a rut" including me, was not doing as you teach with i i T. So we play the same thing over & over which is giving up. Nothing stays the same..our playing is always either expanding or contracting. To expand i i P is the key working hard on our specific weak areas. Great Lesson Steven!
When you said how everyone acts like the world is ending just cause they can’t play a certain groove made me think to when I was learning good times bad times and would literally throw my drum sticks across the room and go upstairs about to cry because I couldn’t figure out the bass drum triplets.
This has been one of the best drummer tip(s) video I've seen. Thank you so much for not throwing out a "one-size-fits-all" exercise. I tremendously appreciate your suggestions and problem-solving approaches.
Thank you for touching on this subject Stephen. I realized early on that I had an overall weakness as opposed to general dexterity in my left hand and wrist. So I eventually did what you have suggested, but started out by strengthening my wrist and fingers muscles. For that I use a squeeze ball and a powerball for my wrist. I then spend 10 minutes grooving around the kit with only my left hand. 3 months later and the results are just incredible. Once I had the strength, I started isolating. A mirror helps immensely, I could not only feel but see where my left hand was lagging. Also playing singles and doubles with both hands doing the same stroke helps to emphasize the short comings and to try and mimick the stronger hand. Patience, patience, patience added into the mix.
I'm glad I came across this in the middle of me having a dramatic moment on my kit. This is great!
Your ideas about drumming are refreshing and innovative. You have inspired me to improve on my drumming. Thanks,man.
I stopped taking drum lessons because I feel I learn more from your channel. For me I plug into my electric kit for practice and then try to apply one new thing a week when my band jams. I’ve learned more from you in two months then I learned from a year of drum lessons at my local music shop. Great job man, very clear and thorough explanations.
Thanks so much Ryan. That really means a ton. Glad you’re getting so much out of the lessons
4:47 "my fulcrum's cool" That needs to be on a t shirt! :D
2 cents: sometimes the hands are just fine, sometimes you just need to learn the song better, that'll stop you from fidgeting and blaming everything else! I found this time and again, once I know what I'm playing, the hands seem to be just fine, no more locking, no more cramps, fast single handed 16ths are alright, etc!
Great vid! Thanks to your "iip" method, I found that my biggest problem with my weak hand is my wrist. I've been working for some time now on my weak hand. Spending some time playing open handed and concentrating on exercises from "stick control" that contain more lefts than rights. But the skies opened up when I identified and began to isolate my left wrist. I mean it was so far behind my right that I wondered how I even played drums all these years. I think I just compensated with more fingers and elbow. So now I spend some time each day just playing single stroke taps with only wrist action. No fingers, elbows or bouncing in the fulcrum. At first it was hard and my left wrist was very "jumpy" for lack of a better word. But it's only been a week and I'm seeing improvement already. And believe it or not, it is harder for me at slower tempos rather than faster ones.
excellent as always Stephen. keep us the lessons you are the best on the internet!
I recently set up my gig kit lefty so I can do this!! Been looking for some info on this, glad I cam across this channel!! You rock man!! Super thankful!
Hi Stephen - for me a lot of it is neuro based. My left hand hasn’t learned how to make repeated, controlled movements for anything!
It’s a place to start, and a s-l-o-w movement for training
Great stuff- thanks!
I was eating a bowl of cereal when I started this vid and switched my spoon to my weak hand. Excellent suggestion Stephen.
Thanks Stephen, one of the best and most helpful lessons about weak hand, fellow drummers integrate I. I. P. With Bruce Becker muscle memory concepts and youll see your control get better.
Thank you, Stephen! Brilliant analysis and great help! It makes perfect sense, of course, but I needed to hear it in your words and with your great humor!
I now brush my teeth with my weak hand and switch my fork and knife hands for eating... Wow! I'm surprised I'm still alive. But two things have become perfectly clear: coordination and strength are two huge issues for my left....
Thanks again! Really appreciate your channel!
Wolfgang
Another great video! Exceptional explanation and exceptional problem solving technics! Time to help my weak hand!
Keep up the good work! Cheers!
Started the 30 days to better singles and found I have minimal control of my left hand. Here I am to fix this issue. Lol I love this channel. Thank you for all you do
Youre more than welcome Josh
Great advice in this video!!Anecdotal : Been playing for 30 years, with a weak left hand. Semi-pro. A couple of years ago suffering for a severe lateral epicondylitis in my right hand from work, forced me to do Everything with the left. Started out working on “Dave’s gone skiing” and voila, double strokes and triples like it’s second nature. I’m 43.
After investigating I found that my left hand can't play anything as well as my right hand lol. In all seriousness though, I've found that as my finger control improves, everything else improves. In my opinion, your ability to manipulate the stick with the fingers determines everything.
Thanks Stephen..the way you're saying it all always make me laugh..just what a drummer needs in these terrible Corona days..thanks 😁👍so better not using my weak hand in the week hand. Watching you videos always with a smile..thanks from a Dutch pensioner drummer living in Austria.
Sir, much respect to you. I would love to learn more from you irl. I love your content. This video was informative and educative. Thank you.
I love writing with my left hand. Painting my nails everyblue moon is probably the best challenge. Lol. I have recentlyntried to switch roles with my hands. Guve my left hand more beat then the right one. Switch roles.
Another phenomenal video. Thank you!
Wow what another great video Stephen. I'm right handed but have been trying to switch back and forth between my hands to try and make my left hand better. I love the acronym you used I.I.P. I have yet to breakdown where EXACTLY the weak parts are on both hands....but it's all about baby steps
Thanks so much again
I'm a weird one, I started playing left handed when I was 11 and did for a year until I got my new kit and was told I was right handed and that was wrong, I never had that much of an issue until I started playing again but as chops slowly return so does grip strength and better habits...Great Vid!! David
Thank you Stephen! I've played a lot of guitar hero as a kid, and thus my fingers on my left hand are faster, more precise and more flexible than the fingers on my right hand. The example of isolation finally helped me understand these issues I have in my technique and I realized that I can't move my right pinky without moving my ringfinger, which I can do with my "weaker", left hand. Thanks again and keep up with the amazing content!
You bet Thomas!
I've been playing for a loooonnnggg time lol. Professionally I'm a full time musician. When I started I was largely self taught and played right hand over the left blah blah blah. In all this time I STILL have a severe "slice" in my left hand. Its been so bad for so long that I've actually started playing with a left foot snare. I do my backbeat stuff with it and use my left hand for fills and ghost notes. I've come to believe my slice developed from playing with my right hand on the hats and left on the snare. When you play like that your left hand can't come up high to make the big backbeat on 2 and 4 so it "learns" a funky path to travel. I grew up playing metal and my early bands were loud. So my left hand issue is severe slicing when coming up to play a backbeat. I've completely stopped putting my hats in the usual position years ago and use a cable hi-hat so as to play my hats to the right of my kit. Been working on the movement of my left since giving it a break with the foot snare. Still struggling with it though. Cool thing in all of this is the foot snare has freed up my left so I can manipulate the click track and play percussion parts on a trigger pad. But yeah, would love to get my left hand to be able to play the larger motions correctly. If I play with my left on the snare, which some songs require, I can play it just fine musically speaking but it tenses up and I can't fight the slice and wind up playing with my wrist bent and almost crippled looking just to get through it lol. That makes for one tight forearm muscle!
I don't have the strength and coordination in my left hand. So I'm trying to correct this by doing hand exercises and doing more work outs on the pad with my left hand. It's getting better but I'm not going to be satisfied until it's equal to my right.
But after watching this video, I'm going to start trying to do other daily tasks with my left hand that I would normally do with my right.
Thanks for the suggestion!
it might have been obvious for most but I really needed someone to confirm "if you play it with your strong hand once, play it with your weak hand 53 times". I have always thought about it this way but wasn't so sure if it is worth the effort. Thank you Stephen!
Finger speed and control is the biggest issue with my non-dominant (left) hand. Also the ghost note that you mentioned, but I am going to work on the double stroke roll first, as soon as I get home from work. Priority 1!!!!!
Amazing, IIP is the key to every problem in life! Thank you!
Another great lesson, thank you, bro.
Good lesson, thank you!
You bet my friend
To me, music is Art and Science. Thank you for explaining the science so clearly. Following this method will make the art so much better!
Great advice Steve. Your the best.
Now that I’ve been working on my fingers... I believe it’s my left wrist that I need to work on now. Does that make sense?
Yep, makes perfect sense
That does make sense ... It happens to most boys when they hit puberty 🤷♂️
Keep practicing ✔
@@jazbasic I'm left handed 😏 which means I have no problem😏😏
Great video! Also so true, that is why I have not allowed myself to play double bass w/my left foot very often. I am left handed and back in the day I swear I would even start my fills from the floor tom up using my left hand. I have a way to go but am trying. Thanks Stephen
Awesome video! I'm 42. Been playing 30 years as a hobby and trying to get more serious about my drumming now. I've got good coordination and double bass techniques. I'm starting to lose feeling in my hands and have been using my feet to give the sound of speed during fills by galloping hands and feet. It's what I call lazy drumming. Anyone else do this?
DA TRUTH!! Good honest lesson. Indeed there is no shortcut!!
I find that I do not have enough control in my non dominant(left hand) I find myself slicing if I play too fast and loose control, also my left wrist moves waaaay more than my right
Rob Brown and Stephen are some of the best drum teachers on CZcams!
yep my left hand needs some fixing, thanks for the advice!
Thnx for ur video
Thank you for this topic.. very appropriate for me.. I had a crushed nerve in my cervical spine and the doctors waited too long before fusion surgery.. My pinky and ring finger are numb a lot of the time and the muscles between my thumb and first finger are extremely weak.. Love your videos thank you Steven :)
Bill Bacon Sorry you have to deal with that Bill. Glad this one hit you where you needed it to though!
@@StephenTaylorDrums Thank you drummer brother.. this video has inspired me.. I am going to work diligently on developing my left hand.. Drumming has been my life and religion since I was 11.. Beginning again at 65 is a gift really.. I am glad you focused on the duration of practice.. I needed that.
Progress!!! IIP took me to first finger placement and thumb position.. like a slightly new fulcrum.. I also experimented using more of a French grip to keep my thumb more on top of the stick.. I also found what I expected.. VERY weak ring finger.. My tool box is filled.. now I begin to build.. Thanks again and again etc :)
Bill Bacon
I also have a left hand thas was injured. I work it three times as hard and use a squeeze ball and power ball. Works magic
@@wikuslombard6373 I discovered that a hair tie could change everything.. I wrap it once around my middle finger between the first and second joint and then just loop one strand around my thumb just inside the first joint.. then the stick goes under the hair tie.. If I lose the grip between my thumb and FIRST finger the tie 'catches' the stick and keeps it from flying backwards.. If that isn't clear I can try again.. This little detail has given me a hope I had just about given up on.
I've been doing this for years. It came in very handy when I broke my right shoulder a few years ago. The hardest things I found were: stirring a cup of coffee, using a computer mouse (particularly the fingers), using a knife to cut anything and scissors. I'm almost ambidextrous now. It also seems to have translated to me feet. When snow boarding I don't have a preference (regular or goofy).
Here's a trick that's worked for me very well. Set your kit up left handed and play it for three months straight. That's it! Once you've done the three months, switch back over whenever you think it will help break through a level.
For sure...reversing the kit makes you focus on that weak hand. Done this many times.
@@StephenTaylorDrums Hey! Thank you for the comment! Love the channel, really good information. I did end up really focusing on my left hand like you said here.
Great info. I play the money beat with left hand on hihat. Sadly not long enough. I do need to work on finger control as well. Thank you!
One of the main things I have always tried to do is daily activities with my non-dominant hand (left.) It helps just to keep strength and coordination up if anything. As far as drums set up just kick, snare, and hi-hat on the opposite side and crossover that way. You also end up with left footed kick but that’s ok. Start out with your hands and then incorporate your feet. Build dexterity and you should be able to have independence with time.
On my left hand I have 2 fingers that has nerve damage. I have little control with the last 2 fingers and the whole hand is a lot weaker. I can not get my left hand to do a good drum role. got a finger grip to squeeze just like the one they have to build up finger strength for guitar and have good luck but I have to deal with the nerve damage with a much weaker hand than my right.
william sharp that’s a lot to deal with. Glad you’re pushing through though
@@W.L.MacLean Thanks for the comment. It made me feel good that I in good company.
Have you tried playing guitar to build up strength in your hand??
@@W.L.MacLean Yeah same
Very interesting lesson Stephen, very good to improve thx :))))
I love that broken down car analogy.
Really good lesson Stephen!
For me I think it's more of a genetical thing, how my hands are built.
I can't really use my pinkies in a good way in my technique.
I have quite big palms, but in proportion, short thick fingers, where I just can't seem to get my pinkies to reach the stick in a good way, if I'm holding the sticks as I'm supposed to. They're more or less out of the game. So I have to rely on index, middle and ring finger.
That may be partially the reason why I can't seem to improove my hand speed and precision in doubble strokes, or other more demanding rudiments.
Your a good musician and appreciate every tip
i noticed that my left wrist is what makes playing in time and playing faster diffudult because it is stiffer. I also have been playing guitar for years so my right wrist is already used to being looser because of strumming patterns. I've been doing stretches for my wrists but does anyone have any other suggestions rather than just extra practice and repetition on the left.
Thanks for a very helpful lesson! My issue with my weak hand is that I grip the stick too tightly, in an effort to not drop it.
IIP! This!
I've started playing a 16th note groove and since my left is always on the HH I'd rather stay in matched grip with it (I'm usually traditional). I know there's an issue: everytime my left goes matched my wrist is going to get sore. So what's up ? Basically I grip harder when there's a stroke and more so when it's an accent. My right hand smoothly opens up and follows the stick closesly without choking it. I'm doing some exercises from Stick Control (which is really rudiments...), I'm fairly bang on when playing traditional and working on growing my tempo over them now, so here's a new twist: I'll do all possible left hand accents over the basic rudiments in matched grip, until my left has absorbed that movement, so I will go back to my 16th note groove and play the left hand bit right.
Bonus: since I'm coming from a groove to an exercise I have a strong motivation to pull it. It's a bit disheartening the first times you notice that it's not just about learning the notes and that relatively simple grooves require you to step back and go to the pad to fix issues. But that's the way it is, gotta stay humble.
Great lesson! Thanks! I have a question, how do you find the Rhythm to a song you've never heard before? For instance, setting in on a song with a local band on jam night? Sorry for sounding ignorant
Yeah, mine is a strength issue. I had a severed tendon in my left wrist years back and I realized that my stick barely stays straight when I'm playing. It bounces all around every which way when I'm not fully grasping the stick. I'm isolating and playing on my practice pad for hours now while I watch youtube videos and read. So far I'm actually feeling it getting stronger by the day.
I have noticed that when I play single triplets my right hand can play more precise at a faster rate than my left. As soon as I speed up with my left hand the stick bounces off the edges and hits the wood on my practice pad as well as hitting my right stick. I have tried investigating the problem... My fingers my wrist trying to stay relaxed but I can't seem to figure it out. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
i need to use this IIP method in conjuction with your 30 days to better doubles course stephen, my right hand doubles are sooo lame compaired to my left even tho my right hand is used way more? great vid as always, happy xmas fella!
You are awesome sir ! The way you break things down and explain it in a way so everybody gets it. #dumbingitdown . Thank you good sir
Thanks Stephen been steering clear from the issue for ages but can't shake it anymore my left pinky is letting me down!
My left hand is my "weak" hand, I am having trouble findin a middle ground with the fulcrum. Either my thumb and index or thumb and middle finger, depending on how I'm playing, are way too tight and causes to much friction or it's way too loose and the stick spins or I lose the fulcrum. I notice the stick spins in my right had but does not move from the fulcrum.
my left hand is "weaker" in the sense that it has poorer technique and therefore it has more injuries/carpal tunnel/elbow issues. When I do stuff with ghost notes and accent with the left hand the technique is great, but when I switch over to backbeat drumming with the left hand I forget all about the technique and switch to bashing which I'm trying to correct
Case and point Excellent Lesson! If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
I’m not a professional drummer I’m a guitar player first ,however I get ask to play drums at church often but songs my left hand little bit off tempo at times especially when to play fast songs or when I need to maintain a certain tempo for a long period
Your video thumbnails have started to look way better over time
Great lesson I totally have to work on my Left side
Stephen once again thanks, my problem is my grip and am working on that, and have been for the past week now and driving my wife crazy ,she says now all I am doing is making noise again but like I told her , it will get better with time and practice.
Drummer wives are a special breed lol. I have a technique course in the members area on my website if you need some in depth help. And tell your wife to hang in there!
Since I think the issue with my left is literally strength would it be a bad idea to just sit there and play singles for hours and worry about timing after I build up some muscle that I can actually work with?
So for the Last week or so I have been working on doubles from a video you shared. And my doubles are better spacing speed etc. But I still dont have a lot of stick control with my weak hand. Middle finger and ring finger are okish on both hands and that's where my best doubles come from. But to play as I would in a gig scene I dont get the bounce. Or if I do its crushed. I just may need to give it more time. I can honestly tell a difference already in stamina in weak hand. Just cant help thinking I still have an issue. My weak hand thumb tends to go numb after a few minutes. Could I be gripping to hard once I'm really into the groove. ?? It also makes the doubles sound crushed after a bit
Holy shit i really needed this
Remy Christer glad it helped brotha
I keep switching badly between wrist and finger technique.. I am bad at finger technique i know but it happens as a shitty reflex! Should I keep on with wrist and speed up or go for finger technique slowly? Also, thanks for iip - my left hand slows down with pain or I start moving my forearm with it to support.. -_-
I CAN DO PARADIDLES SO I AM PRACTICING AND NOW I EVEN WRITE THIS MESSAGE WITH MY LEFT HAND.I CANOT PLAY AT 90 BPM,BUT CAN ON 160 AND 180 SOMETHIMES.Thank you,tomorow i start work only with my left hand.....
4:27 is me all too often! I’m glad I’m not the only one
I trust this guy, I also trust Dwight. Thanks for the lesson!
Look Stephen, I've always been curious about a thing of mine that I've "Done wrong" my right hand is the dominant, but as stupid as I am I've started playing left handed, I use my right hand for accents, and that's good because my ghost notes are Luke Holland level clean, but the problem is that everytime I wanna start a fill my right hand wants to take control and start it, at this point I'm not insane good doing fills but I'm decent I can do well, but whenever I switch my kit around and try to fill I just do much better, I can do everything I wanna do, but I just can't play well the snare with the left hand, what would you do in my position, change my kit around and focus on left hand work, or working on starting fills with the left on the left handed kit? My footwork is fine I can do fast triplets with both legs.
Omfg IVE been searching for this for a while
Soup herb Steven. Very motivational. Thanks!!
strange thing for me..
im a righty and my right hand is faster than my left but i cannot start with my right. like with triplet fills, eight notes, sixteenths, and flams. i cant even do flams starting with my right (RL). i dont know if youve done a video on this topic but this is the first vid ive seen on your channel
I am left handed but I play drums with my right hand… yeah I f’ed up real bad… 😬 I’ve been playing with my right hand for almost 3 years now and just now I realized that I should have played with my left. Should I change now or is it too late?
My double strokes pulse extremely badly. My right hand strikes faster and harder than my left EVERY TIME. EVEN AT A SLOW SPEED. My left almost keeps up with my right it just sounds “different”. And looks different too!! Do you have any advice for me? Thank you!
I'm partially disabled in my left arm. My wrist won't hinge like the right hand. And I recently reinjured it and lost some mobility I had before and now I feel I have a weak hand. But before that. Not at all. Such an odd thing. Ughhhh. Now I gotta do this.
I'm having issues with my left hand, especially doubles and its affecting my speed quite badly, trying to fix it, its as if the stick wont bounce when in my left hand
5:48 That's a pretty big thing for me. In fact, I _knew_ it was going to happen when I started drumming, so I actually set my drum set up the first time with my ride on the left and played 100% left lead. Didn't do a thing. Even though I was only just starting and didn't develop any muscle memory, it didn't sit right (heh heh) until I eventually switched to right hand. My right hand does not have the finesse for ghost notes that my left hand does, and my left hand does not have the relatively clean Moeller stroke on the hi-hat that my right hand does.
However, my individual hand speed _is_ very close between them, and my doubles and triples are about matched. But a fast left-lead fill...my right hand wants to dominate that downbeat 16th or 32nd, and I've been spending some time sitting and playing left lead whatever I could think of on my snare on and off for a while now.
However, it's just a hobby for me: I don't play in any bands or anything: I just sit and play to MP3s or just improvise, and I _am_ way farther along than I ever thought I'd get, and I do much enjoy playing, which is what really matters to me, so it's not really a problem!
Also, great advice, as usual! i've learned a pretty good number of things from your videos.