Finger exercises for drummers

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Here’s a simple exercise that I do to warm up my fingers, you can do them anytime to improve the strength of your fingers or to warm up before playing .

First position:
First, open your palms.
then close your palms into a clenched fist

Second position:
Join the tip of your thumb with the tip of your forefinger,
close your palms with the remainder three fingers into a fist.

Two simple actions only, now follow this co-ordination.
L = Left Hand
R = Right Hand

1. LRLR LRLR LRLR LRLR X 5 times
   
2. RLRL RLRL RLRL RLRL X 5 times
   
3. RRLL RRLL RRLL RRLL X 5 times
   
4. LLRR LLRR LLRR LLRR X 5 times
   
5. RLRR LRLL RLRR LRLL X 5 times

Do this above exercise for three sets, first without the drumsticks, then with the drumsticks.