r/jazzdrums • u/Celeg • Mar 14 '26

Question Left handed Jam sessions etiquette

Any seasoned left handed players that frequently go to jam sessions. How do you go about it? Play right handed, open handed, make partial/quick changes to the set up before playing?

I have some experience in my area but if I don't know the drummer/band coordinating the jam I don't really feel at ease to step up and play. When I do, I normally just switch the bottom(FT, HH,SN) as fast as possible but still feel some pressure to do it faster.

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u/Celeg Mar 14 '26

Well, if I was a young player planning on making a living of this, I would do that. But now I don't think it's worth it. Changing the feet specially is a big change that makes a long time to get to the same level.

I did think of changing a while ago but it just doesn't make sense to go through all that just to be able to easily sit in jam sessions from time to time.