Drum stick
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A drum stick is a type of percussion mallet used particularly for playing snare drum, drum kit, and some other percussion instruments, and particularly for playing unpitched percussion.
A selection of Nick Mason's customised drumsticks, from various makers, displayed at the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition
Traditional grip
"Fire-sticks" used by Top Secret Drum Corps
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Grip (percussion)
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In percussion, grip refers to the manner in which the player holds the sticks or mallets, whether drum sticks or other mallets.
Drum stick
…There are two main ways of holding drumsticks: Traditional grip, in which right and left hands use different grips. Matched grip, in which the two hand grips are mirror-image…
Five mallets in use on a vibraphone
Traditional grip (left) and matched grip (right) in use by side drummers
French grip in use by a timpanist