Drummer’s physiology. Individual approach to the choice of techniques and sitting at the drum kit with the consideration of musician’s physiological characteristics

The drum is one of the most spectacular instruments that unites musical composition, filling it with rhythm, drive and dynamics. Historically, the drum was the instrument of communications and warnings about danger, part of military affairs. Some issues of physiological work in forming an effective technique for holding sticks, sitting of the performer and his footwork have arisen when using drums in everyday practice and in training drummers. The article considers the key directions of work at the class of percussion instruments: variants of locks and techniques for holding (German and French) percussion sticks, features of sitting at the drum kit and the technique of playing with feet that allow to form the musician's correct sitting excluding physiological clamps of the apparatus.