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Thank you @Kirstin @Christine and @Davidine 🙂 I have a very basic ekit with a crash on tje left side. The ride is in between the crash and and the HH. All 3 symbles are 10 inches. All toms and snare are 8 inches. My left hand plays all 3 symbles and the right hand is always on the snare. Playing the left hand on the snare and right hand on the crash sounds interesting, though it is weird for me. But we are here to try new things every day 🙂 Thank you all

Thank you so much @David. It answered many questions I had in my mind in the several days 🙂

@David thank you. I tried listening to your video and was very impressed by the your moves arround the kit 👍, though could not hear your voice (I know you know it 🙂). Does it mean I need to remember per fill how to start it? Do you have problems when it comes to jamming and improvising a fill?

My dominant hand is my left hand. When playing fill on the toms clockwise it is easier to lead with the right hand, though my right hand plays the snare and not the HH or ride (my ride is on the left side).

Just found this article https://drumhelper.com/learning-drums/open-handed-drumming/ It says the text below and I am a bit confused. Any thoughts? Lead with Your Left Hand The biggest adjustment to make when switching to open-handed drumming is that you need to lead most grooves and fills with your left hand. This may take a while to get used to, but it’s the best way of catering to keeping your left hand on the hi-hat for grooves. If you lead with your right hand on a fill, you’ll end up playing your left hand twice in a row after crashing, and that won’t be possible at high speeds. Some grooves and fills will sound quite cool when leading with your right, but the general rule of thumb is to lead with your left with an open-hand setup.

Exactly. When playing open handed on the HH and snare there is no dynamics independence problem. Also when playing the ride which is located the left side of the kit (in between the HH and the crash) there is no dynamics independence problem. But when playing the crash and the snare the hands are almost crossed then it becomes a problem. Maybe I need to move the crash a bit more to the left?

@Kirstin thank you so much. Just ordered these two books 🙂 This is a very interesting insight. It explains why a leading hand is not as trivial as it is when playing cross handed.

While playing open handed the left hand plays the HH and the right hand plays the snare. I also moved the ride to in between the HH and the crash so the left hand always plays the ride. This is pretty native. When it comes to playing fills deciding in the leading hand is not stright forward to me. There are fills which is native to lead with the right hand while there are fills which the left hand 'wants' to lead. Are there any guidelines? Maybe there aren't guidelines?! @Stephen is it possible to have one lesson which summarizes all the nuances when moving to play open handed? Maube other drummers who play open handed have more ideas of topics for such a lesson 🙂

Playing open handed is great. The sticks almost never touch each other. I am playing a song which has this bar. When I reach the note of 4 the sticks touch each other. I am trying to play the snare with less power to avoid it. By the way, when I played cross handed (with a left side setup) this specific note felt much different and easier. Who says open handed is perfect 🙂

This is so true.

Thank you @Kirstin. Waiting for your updates 🙂

@David this is a very useful insight. Thank you! I wonder if these transitioning can be improvised or the drummer actually chunks them and prepare them ahead of time in practice time.

@Kirstin thank you. I use your paraddidle hack and it actually solved my problem. Of course, I need to pracrice my doubles for above 80 bpm. Though it is a great incentive to work on doubles and paradidles. Quick question: I realized that leading with the right hand on fills when the first note is on the downbeat is native. Though when the fill started on the downbeat somehow my left hand want to lead. For example: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 - & a G r o o v e - Fill I assume it happens because the left hand wants to continue its motion on 8th notes. I wonder if it happens to other open handed players. @Kirstin I assume you have some brilliant ideas for this case as well 😉

This is much above my current skill 🙂 I have started learning the push / pull a week ago. My left hand (my strong hand) is ok only on german grip but only on 80bpm 8th notes, I still did not get the motion of the french grip. My right hand is still stuggling with keeping the fulcrum steady. My thumb is too loose and I do not see improvement. Playing doubles is a dream.