How To Position Your Surdo on a Strap

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In this video you will learn how to position your surdo on a strap so it doesn’t move around while you parade.
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[@ellenmeilee]

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[@ellenmeilee]

I have a couple of follow on questions…I see how having the surdo strapped over slightly to one side works when you’re playing with one beater and hand…but when playing dobra patterns with two beaters, unlike with a caixa worn to one side, you can’t (well, I can’t!) so much play using trad grip with the non dominant hand. So I play mine with a very good harness, match grip both hands, and have it slung really low so I don’t hunch my shoulders. I have a good pad attached to the drum, but I still find parading very hard going. Static, I can play all day. I feel I’m missing a trick somehow!! Will try this but it probably works better if just playing with one beater and hand?

[@LearnToPlaySamba]

If you play the surdo with 2 mallets for any length of time, I would suggest wearing the drum flat with a strap around the waist as they do in the blocos afro. This way your non-dominant arm isn't raised more than it should be (typically surdo mallets are held with matched grip). It sounds like you are doing this already. So, what exactly is happening when you parade that's causing you problems?

[@ellenmeilee]

@@LearnToPlaySamba thanks for the reply! As soon as I start to walk on parade, surdo swings from side to side.have tried having extra waist strap on other lugs as well as harness but it tilts drum head too far forwards into belly area an unbalanced way. Have tried having surdo positioned high so it doesn’t bang on knees but I hunch to compensate for surdo position… have tried having it slung really low olodum style which works but only if you can do the waddle and step in time to the beat clamping surdo with thighs…but sometimes parade pace doesn’t accommodate. It’s probably a problem specific to short people and I guess you have to suffer for your art 😂

[@LearnToPlaySamba]

@@ellenmeilee I would have to see what you’re doing to give you an assessment. Feel free to email me at [e-mail], and we can take it from there.

[@ellenmeilee]

You definitely have yours positioned a lot higher than I do mine so maybe that’s why it swings about a bit too much.

[@LearnToPlaySamba]

@@ellenmeilee It could be. Try wearing it higher and see what happens.