If there's no rebound is it still Moeller?

[CLWarunki]

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ May 16, 2005 06:12 PM: Message edited by: CLWarunki ]</font>

[XNavyDrummer]

Thanks to everyone for their input!

There is a version of the Moeller motion where the first stroke is not accented (Weckl teaches this, more of a Gruber than Chapin version of Moeller).

And you can use the Moeller motion with brushes to produce an accented note and two following notes without rebound.

So, it appears that you can use the Moeller motion with and without rebound, and with and without multiple strokes, and with and without accents.

Also, there's a few different interpretations of the Moeller motion, where the end of the stick moves up (Chapin) and where the end of the stick moves horizontally away from you (Gruber/Weckl).

<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ May 17, 2005 11:00 AM: Message edited by: Andy Vermiglio ]</font></font>

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ May 17, 2005 11:02 AM: Message edited by: Andy Vermiglio ]</font>

[Henry II]

Originally posted by CLWarunki:
The Moeller technique most importantly focuses on the drummer's motion *before* impact. It's more of a study on *how to* hit a drum, and how to hit a drum hard without tension and injury. I don't think it has all that much to do with rebound at all, you might be thinking of the Gladstone method - correct me if I am wrong.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Moeller method is a technique to get multiple stick strokes with a single arm stroke. The downstroke of the arm is always an accented stroke. Additional stick strokes are achieved on the upstroke of the arm. Without rebound, there are no additional stick strokes on the upstroke of the arm.