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Exercises for Tendinitis and Carpal Tunnel frame drum health practice technique Sep 06, 2026
Almost every percussionist I know has run into this at some point. You practise a little longer than usual, or on a cold day, or you are getting ready for a concert and push a bit harder than you meant to. A few days lat...
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About the author

David Kuckhermann

Percussionist and teacher

David has been playing and teaching hand percussion for more than twenty-five years. He studied with Glen Velez, Behnam Samani, Ramesh Shotham and Ustad Fayaz Khan, toured as a soloist with Dead Can Dance, and teaches frame drum, riq, cajon, darbuka, udu and handpan here at the World Percussion Academy.

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