Learn Jazz Drums
Learn Jazz Drums
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How to Use Any Drum Book for Inspiration
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Have you ever wondered what you can do with a simple rhythmic and rudimental drum book? In today's lesson, I break down a few ways that you can take a simple drum book like Louis Bellson's Modern Reading Text in 4/4 (amzn.to/2uIpD1B) and apply it in a Jazz context.
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Видео

How to Film Drum Videos - The Stuff I Use
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.4 года назад
Today's lesson is a bit different. I break down every piece of equipment that I use to make these videos including the cameras, microphones, audio interface, drums, and more. I also detail alternative options that you can use on a budget if you are just starting out. Every product is linked below: Best Recorders to Buy (Blog Post): learnjazzdrums.co/2019/10/30/why-you-need-to-listen-to-yourself...
Elevating a Solo by Switching Cymbals
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ Many Jazz drummers treat one ride cymbal as the only cymbal, and that is a great technique, but here is something else you could consider. Try starting by playing on one ride cymbal to accompany a soloist, and then switching cymbals on the next chorus or soloist.
Playing Jazz with a Loose Touch
Просмотров 3 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ Today's lesson is a follow up to last week's about finger control: ruclips.net/video/r5s8xfh4BYY/видео.html. Today we talk about how to keep a loose touch and grip on the drums by using the right balance of finger control so that you don't only use wrist or arm. On top of that, I talk about finding the sweet spot between dropping the stick and holding the stick too tight. Sub...
How to Stay Loose But Controlled on the Drums
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.4 года назад
In today's lesson, I break down a simple, but effective finger control exercise that you can practice in order to stay loose on the drums while having maximum control. I use this exercise to help control my loose ride cymbal beat when I'm playing Jazz, but it can help out across the board in all kinds of drumming. learnjazzdrums.co/
Practicing Jazz Drums with Dynamics
Просмотров 7 тыс.4 года назад
How to Get a Big Sound on The Drums: ruclips.net/video/SGmLittGuDk/видео.html Today's lesson is a reminder that in the process of practicing drums, we need to make sure that we practice everything at all dynamic levels, not just tempos. Often times it's easy to fall into the habit of practicing everything at medium volume levels, and then when we go to play on the band stand, we have to play so...
How to Play Jazz on the Drums - Introductory/Beginner Drum Lesson
Просмотров 87 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ Feathering the Bass Drum: ruclips.net/video/PO_YkRJmO40/видео.html Comping Course (Coming Soon): learnjazzdrums.co/comping I’m going to break down the basic Jazz pattern into 4 easy steps. Click the link above download a free PDF of everything I’m demonstrating in this video. Step 1: The Ride Cymbal The ride cymbal is the calling card for all Jazz drummers and is vital to the...
What NOT to Do to Keep That "Jazz Sound"
Просмотров 14 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/2019/08/27/popvsjazz/ learnjazzdrums.co/ Today’s lesson is about a topic that was requested. What NOT to do to keep that Jazz sound. So this person was likely referencing fact that Jazz drummers have a very unique sound. You can hear the difference between Jazz and other styles on the drums, in regards to touch, volume, feel and so much more. When a drummer learns Jazz and the...
How to NOT Get Lost in a Drum Solo
Просмотров 8 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ In this lesson, I talk about what you can do as a drummer to make sure that you don't get lost when playing a Jazz drum solo. Visit the link above to join our mailing list, receive a free transcription, and stay up to date on all of our weekly blog posts and video lessons. So as we know from last week, it’s important to know the form, the sections, the melody, and the lyrics ...
How to NOT Get Lost Playing Jazz on the Drums
Просмотров 6 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ In this lesson, I talk about what you can do as a drummer to make sure that you don't get lost when playing Jazz. Visit the link above to join our mailing list, receive a free transcription, and stay up to date on all of our weekly blog posts and video lessons. See, in Jazz, when you take a drum solo, it’s different than most other styles. You’re responsible for keeping the f...
High vs. Low Tuned Drums in Jazz
Просмотров 15 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ In this lesson, I demonstrate the difference between high tuned drums and low tuned drums, and how playing fast on lower tuned drums will not speak as well. This doesn't make one better than the other, but it's important to keep in mind when playing fast ideas on low tuned drums.
Top 3 Jazz Bass Drum Tips
Просмотров 6 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/ In this lesson, I show my top 3 tips to keep in mind when playing the bass drum in Jazz, in order to get the best sound. Visit the link above to join our mailing list, receive a free transcription, and stay up to date on all of our weekly blog posts and video lessons.
Sonny Payne Jazz Bass Drum Lick
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.4 года назад
learnjazzdrums.co/cute In this lesson, I break down a cool Sonny Payne lick using two bass drum hits to end out a phrase, as heard in his solo on "Cute". Visit the link above to download a free transcription of the entire solo. Visit the link above to join our mailing list, receive a free transcription, and stay up to date on all of our weekly blog posts and video lessons.
How to Use the Flam Para-Diddle
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.4 года назад
Free PDF of every variation here: learnjazzdrums.co/lesson17 In this lesson, I break down the flam para-diddle, and show you how you can use it on the drum set in a Jazz context. Visit the link above to download the PDF print out, join our mailing list, receive a free transcription, and stay up to date on all of our weekly blog posts and video lessons.
The "Standard" Jazz Big Band Setup
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.4 года назад
Free PDF of every variation here: learnjazzdrums.co/lesson16 In this lesson, I break down the standard Big Band setup, and show you all sorts of options to change it up. You can move the hands around the drums, lay it back, add a triplet, and more. Visit the link above to join download the PDF print out, our mailing list, receive a free transcription, and stay up to date on all of our weekly bl...
Right Hand Triplet Variations
Просмотров 4 тыс.5 лет назад
Right Hand Triplet Variations
Playing Jazz Big Band Figures
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.5 лет назад
Playing Jazz Big Band Figures
Easy Jazz Solo Sticking
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.5 лет назад
Easy Jazz Solo Sticking
The Open Hi-Hat Crash
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.5 лет назад
The Open Hi-Hat Crash
The Frank Sinatra Build - 6 Steps
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.5 лет назад
The Frank Sinatra Build - 6 Steps
Infinite Para-Diddle-Diddle Variations
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.5 лет назад
Infinite Para-Diddle-Diddle Variations
Playing in 2 and 4 in Jazz
Просмотров 6 тыс.5 лет назад
Playing in 2 and 4 in Jazz
How to Get a Big Sound on The Drums
Просмотров 9765 лет назад
How to Get a Big Sound on The Drums
5-Stroke Roll Variations
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.5 лет назад
5-Stroke Roll Variations
Bebop Para-Diddle Lick
Просмотров 6 тыс.5 лет назад
Bebop Para-Diddle Lick
Classic Jazz Para-Diddle Lick
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.5 лет назад
Classic Jazz Para-Diddle Lick
Best Jazz Drum Setup
Просмотров 10 тыс.5 лет назад
Best Jazz Drum Setup
Irv Cottler Closed Hi-Hat
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.5 лет назад
Irv Cottler Closed Hi-Hat
Jazz 6 Stroke Roll Lick
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.5 лет назад
Jazz 6 Stroke Roll Lick
Ride Cymbal Momentum in Jazz
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.5 лет назад
Ride Cymbal Momentum in Jazz

Комментарии

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 10 дней назад

    Wonderful tips! Another simple one that sounds more complicated, is the single-paradiddle in 4/4 with an accent on the single, right beat. This accent can be done anywhere and sounds unique. Love the rudiments!

  • @AaronSmith-c6t
    @AaronSmith-c6t Месяц назад

    Thank you

  • @danarzechula3769
    @danarzechula3769 Месяц назад

    The thanks this was very helpful❤

  • @blvcksandblues
    @blvcksandblues Месяц назад

    Very awesome lesson, thank you for sharing.

  • @johnhewitt1324
    @johnhewitt1324 2 месяца назад

    I saw Irv play with Frank, Irv is one of my favourites, Alvin too.

  • @lassekinnunen2354
    @lassekinnunen2354 2 месяца назад

    You are very concise and clear in your expositions about drums, appreciate that a lot, big thank you. I'm not a jazz drummer, but I have picked up a number of things that you do and it has improved my hands, so thank you for that as well.

  • @bdn8161
    @bdn8161 2 месяца назад

    Man, I’m a past rock/metal drummer who’s needing a new outlet to jazz… this is a great video…. Thank you

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 3 месяца назад

    I have this kit and number of cymbals set up for playing low volume jazz. Another great choice of drum heads for the snare drum if you play a lot of brushes, is the Remo Ambassador Renaissance batter and resonant/snare side heads. Instead of a coating, the texture is built into the batter head which doesn't wear out while still giving excellent definition at low volume. I use the standard Remo Ambassador Coated batter heads on my toms with Remo Ambassador clear resonant heads. All are tuned higher for jazz. Although I haven't tried the Remo Fiberskyn Diplomats yet, I have heard them in person and they are excellent.

  • @charlessmith263
    @charlessmith263 3 месяца назад

    In "Ya Gotta Try" of Count Basie - the Buddy Rich version of that bebop jazz song, there are 2 measures where Buddy got a chance to do the "shank" or "backbeat" on beats 2 and 4 on the snare, in response to the notes A-E on the trumpet section in first and second beats of 1 and 3, in that number. Backbeating on the snare is usually not done in big band jazz except for climaxes in songs, usually near the ending of a number.

  • @charlessmith263
    @charlessmith263 3 месяца назад

    As you know, Buddy Rich had to up the ante in the "setup" in the very fast bebop big band number, "Two Bass Hit". So he modified the big band jazz drum count-off intro to straight-eighths to compensate for the very fast quarter notes in 4/4 (actually counted "in 2").

  • @davidbrown9395
    @davidbrown9395 3 месяца назад

    good lesson and nice shirt

  • @Bassdriver71
    @Bassdriver71 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for the well-explained introduction to jazz drumming. I can start working on it for a few hours :-)

  • @misaeldionisiodepena2970
    @misaeldionisiodepena2970 5 месяцев назад

    🔥🙌🏼

  • @RalphOnofrio
    @RalphOnofrio 6 месяцев назад

    Ed Shaughnessy had me in the Bellson book, among others.....Ed drilled me pretty hard.Great teacher........Ralph Onofrio

  • @toothnail605
    @toothnail605 6 месяцев назад

    G R E A T stuff thank you!!

  • @JK4ManC
    @JK4ManC 7 месяцев назад

    Probably the best first drum lesson I have ever come across. Different perspective from what I was told 55 years ago. Wish I could have had this back then.

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 7 месяцев назад

    So many drummers with a rock background seem to have a "look at me" attitude and try to be in the spotlight. The best drummers (particularly jazz drummers) are true team players who want the balance of the band, large or small, to sound perfect and musical. At 1:00, you show how much more the drums blend into the music instead of trying to overpower it. This is what truly distinguishes jazz from rock.

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 7 месяцев назад

    As usual, this video is excellent. I think a little more emphasis on why the ride cymbal should have a light touch touch should be covered. Jazz drumming with an acoustic trio or quartet is MUCH different from playing with a larger swing band. The effect of a bad ride cymbal with a lot of wash or hum can make a good drummer sound bad. Also, choice of sticks and tips make a critical difference (weight, length, shape, wood or nylon tips, etc.) Then, there are brushes... so magical. Both, heel and toe techniques deserve a lot of focus as well, and could deserve a separate video, on both the hi hat pedal and the bass drum pedal. This is where the volume control comes in. For 4/4 time, I usually raise my heel on the "1" and the "3" beats while the bass drum pedal goes down on. It helps my inner metronome. Volume control is always very important. Not all music is played in 4/4 or 2/4. If you're playing for a dance, you will definitely need skills with 3/4 in a waltz tune and combing a straight 3/4 rhythm with the "2-and-3" on the hi hats with triplet pattern on the brushes with only "3" on the hi hat is a very nice soft touch. (Jerry Granelli did this in "Skating" with Vince Guaraldi on the Charlie Brown Christmas album). Choice of hi hat cymbals is critically important for these. Keep up the great work. How did you get so much experience while being so young? I'm 74 and still learning!

  • @waywardronin8755
    @waywardronin8755 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome lesson one of the best basic jazz drum lessons I’ve seen on RUclips. Thank you so much!

  • @bradmcleish
    @bradmcleish 8 месяцев назад

    Oh my god. Your toms are out of this world!!! Seriosly!!!

  • @IchigoKurosaki3119
    @IchigoKurosaki3119 9 месяцев назад

    This video helped me a ton I was over-thinking this concept a lot.

  • @zachary813
    @zachary813 9 месяцев назад

    What size and type of your three drums?

  • @plantamurga
    @plantamurga 9 месяцев назад

    I like High tension! Its the same tension in bottom and top? In toms? And snare?

  • @SKULL1960
    @SKULL1960 10 месяцев назад

    Hope that I can get to Drum as fast as most Drummers do just with my fingers...I only been Druming for a year now!

  • @Gk2003m
    @Gk2003m 11 месяцев назад

    I have a different solution for this. A ‘hack’. I have wool felt padding on a string, suspended left and right under the bass drum hoop. 3/8” thick, 3” wide, 4” long. The beater hits that felt, and it sounds truly ‘feathered’. The string has just enough play that I can lift that felt over the hoop and rest it on the shell of the drum when I need more impact. But in small jazz settings, like with acoustic bass and piano, this works great. There’s still plenty of impact when I need it.

    • @mattryan6886
      @mattryan6886 10 месяцев назад

      Your drum hack is way more sophisticated than mine. RdavidR on RUclips suggested putting a sock over the beater, it’s simple but effective.

    • @Gk2003m
      @Gk2003m 10 месяцев назад

      @@mattryan6886 i looove that idea! IMO it would need to be a child’s sock, and a very fluffy one (or three) at that. I’ll have to look into it.

    • @mattryan6886
      @mattryan6886 10 месяцев назад

      @@Gk2003m it’s worth trying, I was impressed w/ how well it worked. It’s something I would never have thought of.

  • @MD-wk3gj
    @MD-wk3gj 11 месяцев назад

    What a great teacher! I’m disappointed his website appears to not be active and that he hasn’t released videos for years. Hope he’s ok.

  • @corradomanganaro7150
    @corradomanganaro7150 11 месяцев назад

    thank you very much. it would be very interesting if you gave a lesson on accents to always play on jazz standards, thank you

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 11 месяцев назад

    I keep my Gretsch Catalina Club Jazz kit tuned pretty low and it sounds awesome concerning the size of the "cocktail" kit. It isn't loud but it CAN be if needed. It sounds great with brushes as well as with the right sticks. and bass drum beater I play primarily in small venues with acoustic instruments and I couldn't be happier with it. The 30-degree bearing edge on the mahogany shells also helps the heads have a "deep voice".

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 11 месяцев назад

    During my very first lesson from a professional jazz drummer in 1965, my first thing to learn was how to hold the stick. Then I learned the rudiments, one at a time and had to practice on each for a week. My instructor was not a teacher. He did this as a favor to me and let me know from the very beginning, that if I did not improve each week my lessons were over. No second chances. He was a polite and soft-spoken gentleman who could do more with brushes in a solo than most drummers could do with sticks. He emphasized keeping time, playing softly, playing to perfection with a LOOSE TOUCH. My first professional gig after that was with an acoustic bass, piano and violin. It was wonderful! Prior to this, I had been playing in a very loud garage band and I was self-taught. I had to unlearn everything I knew and start over. I went from being an arrogant, know-it-all teenager to a respectful student. Best days of my life!

  • @ld654321
    @ld654321 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for posting this

  • @davidcertain2492
    @davidcertain2492 11 месяцев назад

    Do both. Rack high, floor low.

  • @peterbunnett
    @peterbunnett Год назад

    Singing I'd quite enjoyable

  • @jeffreymarcum9053
    @jeffreymarcum9053 Год назад

    Boy do I miss this channel

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 Год назад

    Excellent advice! I started out in rock in the 1960's. Then I discovered jazz. I found a professional jazz drummer who played in small acoustic trios and large swing bands. His first words were, "Keep the time steady and keep the volume low." My first jazz gig was with a violin, piano and upright acoustic bass in a dinner club. I was hired within five minutes of my audition. My hard work at playing less instead of more had literally paid off. This video is a great example of "Less is more." I quiet drummer can still be great. Check out Jeff Hamilton, Joe Morello (Take 5) and Jerry Granelli (Charlie Brown's Christmas). Louder is not better. Focus on the correct areas, as explained at the beginning of this video. Also, explore the wonderful world of brushes!

  • @flower-ss2jt
    @flower-ss2jt Год назад

    Although I am not a drummer thanks for the lesson, as I always wondered why some drummers, like Charlie Watts, managed to make different sounds on such a basic drum kit. Now I think I know - its the finger grip.

  • @jackwilloughby239
    @jackwilloughby239 Год назад

    Hey, Thanks! Good lesson. I'm just starting out with stick control, on a plastic bucket no less. I noticed the tone of your Bass Drum. It seems to be tuned to the 5th. I've been learning some Bugle Calls and they all start on the fifth. The first two notes of the Harmonic series are too low for them to play. I'm sort of developing this idea that everyone is teaching us to start in the wrong place, meaning the Root. The fifth is much more interesting, plus it has the largest interval (the 4th) on the bottom, then a Maj 3rd then the min 3rd. It's like the perfect Musical Pyramid.

  • @MattRozema
    @MattRozema Год назад

    This is a great series. What happened to the website?

  • @andresdelvillar-fv8lk
    @andresdelvillar-fv8lk Год назад

    Good tips bro! I like the infinite possibilities you show in the video, very like using probabilities in math

  • @raygrossi
    @raygrossi Год назад

    Thanks for both your lessons. This has been the best jazz drum lessons I’ve ever found on You Tube. I’ve been hearing the terminology AABA etc, being thrown around with some more advanced musicians than me and no one ever explained it fully during our practice sessions. Being predominantly self taught, your lessons will help me no end. Thanks again for great explanations , tips and teaching skills. 💫

  • @archisalcedo7045
    @archisalcedo7045 Год назад

    My favorite Jazz drummers, tune the drums very HIGH.......Max Roach , Elvin Jones , Bill Stewart, Greggory Hutchinson, etc......

  • @jamesberlo4298
    @jamesberlo4298 Год назад

    Now I get it !, I was doing it wrong, this was SO helpful,

  • @johnnyblue1101
    @johnnyblue1101 Год назад

    Great job. I’m a an advanced jazz piano student and like how you demystified the drum set options here. Would like to see how you might approach evolution in dynamics on a basic Blues in F form ( i.e., on Bar 9-12) - hi-hat to ride cymbal for example

  • @jiminator904
    @jiminator904 Год назад

    Great video. Would it be reasonable to just play 1 and 3 on the bass drum instead of 4 on the floor at really fast tempos?

  • @UandMisterG
    @UandMisterG Год назад

    Perfect! Thx a lot!

  • @dirk-lorenz.matthiesen
    @dirk-lorenz.matthiesen Год назад

    I am wondering: If in the two-feel the ride does what you suggest, where is the difference to a four-feel, drummingwise?

  • @robvriens8812
    @robvriens8812 Год назад

    That sound so smooth! Thanks

  • @BusyLizzy575
    @BusyLizzy575 Год назад

    F sake, this is great. I am a jazz pianist and i know only a couple of jazz drummers that don’t drown out the piano. most just smack the shit out the drums. it’s frustrating. like back in the day no amps and presumably audiences could still hear duke or whoever. anyway goid video

    • @boomerguy9935
      @boomerguy9935 Год назад

      My first job as a teenager back in the 60's - after intensive jazz lessons from a professional drummer - was with a piano, violin and acoustic bass fiddle in a dinner club at a 5-star resort. (No pressure there!) When I auditioned, the leader/violinist said, "I can hear myself, you keep perfect time, you're hired." The drummer should PLAY the instrument and be a part of the whole unit. Out of all the gigs I've played, I still prefer the small venue at low volume.

    • @Jayys_Karat3
      @Jayys_Karat3 10 месяцев назад

      I'll keep this in mind as an up and comer.

  • @alfred-mi2wt
    @alfred-mi2wt Год назад

    What kind of coated heads are those? 😃

  • @alfred-mi2wt
    @alfred-mi2wt Год назад

    That was cool. Thanks man. 🤧🙄

  • @johnsanchez5204
    @johnsanchez5204 Год назад

    What are the Large-Cymbals, ln the front of your set? ...They Sound Nice.