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Probably the millionth time you read this, but Yamaha should hook you up hahaha

It's refreshing to see someone take this instrument at face value (especially when you get results like these), I've found it a bit tiring to see some influencers in the niche dismiss the FGDP due to the non-grid layout. This is a new thing, and I'm personally very excited to see more like it. And amazing playing, of course, you're an inspiration!

Woooowwwww.... That's just awesome

Great demonstration! I ordered an FGDP-50 for my child who is now only able to play the normal drum set to a limited extent due to a chronic illness.

It is unbelievable how well you've embraced this deceptively inexpensive technology and achieved such original and tasteful artistic expression that compares well with the best of what premiere percussionists on an acoustic set are capable of! Outstanding!!!

Whata a tasteful drum solo! ❤

I have watched a dozen videos already but yours basically sold me the product in less than 3 minutes, I'm floored by what this machine can do. Amazing there's no crosstalk between pads !

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For what it's worth, and I never use this word, you appear to be some kind of genius. Your guitar playing is Holdworthy. But then you do this finger drumming too at such an advanced level. People speak of Matteo Mancuso or Jacob Collier or Louis Cole as being another level, but you seem to have an originality and maturity that easily places you in that beyond stunning musical ability category. What cracks me up is this sense of muted emotionality towards your musicianship. It's like you're someone who finds themselves after having explored and cataloged some new planet and now just walks about like a curator pointing out with quiet detachment some red and purple creature that appears and disappears in different places in space you've studied for a hundred thousand hours and now offers no surprises to you. Perhaps that metaphor was a bit extravagant, but the simple point is that you seem content in your own superlative world. Do you teach anywhere and do you accept mortals?

Thank you in sharing this video! One thing I hated about older drum machines or the pads is that you have to do all the programming of all of the drum notes. If you were to do it manually on the fly, the pads would sometimes miss registering on hitting the beat due to the lack of velocity or sensitivity to the pad. This finger drum machine looks functional and organic naturally with sensitivity on the pads intact. This instrument looks like something I've been missing in all my years of musicianship! The way how I'll approach it will be differently from how your showing on the video. When ever I hear music playing, be it others or my own music, my hand is tapping the closed high hat or ride cymbal and the snare to the beat of the song. That's what I'll do first once I get my hands on one of these. I'll start out and record one track with me playing just the closed high hat or ride cymbal and snare like I naturally do when my hand is tapping to a beat of a song. Then I'll record a second track with just the ghost notes on snare. Third track would be the bass drum. Fourth track would be for toms and finally a fifth track to rerecord high hat and ride cymbals from the first track for a little more finesse. Soon as I get done with my latest project, I'm getting one of these machines. Your video has sold me on this product! Yamaha should be paying you!

Definitely gave an electronic drum kit some human feeling. Really well done!

Hello, good evening, you play a lot, congratulations!!!👏👏👏 Is it just me or does the FGDP30 sound better than its older brother FGPD50 despite being more complete in terms of functions or is it all a matter of editing and parameters?🤔

Amazing. Do Some Skunk Funk!

Complete craziness! I want to have those skills. I'm practising at the moment & hoping my skills will develop to this standard. You are an amazing player. Bless.

Excellent! I see it right in front of me but I can't believe it.

That was great, Tory! That riff is so cool and I really dig the super outside stuff as well. It’s like finding a hidden pocket with an entirely different groove, but it still fits….I can’t explain it well, but there’s an old video called “Vadrum meets William tell” where he does this sort of thing. Hope you’re having a great week and take care! :)

Blessed by the algorithm once again. Usually you see this with hip hop. This is sick. Earned a sub!

The best finger drummer I've seen. You have the total feel of the music as an actual acoustic drummer. You blow my mind. I've checked out some of your other videos, & wow! I would have never known that this instrument could mimic an acoustic drum kit so accurately. God has blessed you with amazing skills. Bless.

Love this!

Agreed, if you have slender female fingers. But if you have craftsman's shovels like mine, then you don't need to try to play triplets on the small hi-hat pads on the 50. A pair of sticks is worth its weight in gold.

Great stuff!

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Very inspiring! Buddy Rich on extacy. 😉

Good luck finding any drummer who can play that 💩

goddam what a JAM!

Oh my lord, how are you this good?

You are now my sensei of finger drumming. First view of your stuff, utterly jaw dropping.

What a smooth performance, thank you for sharing! ❤

Awesome!

Have you ever looked into the ZenDrum products? I had one some time back and it's a very interesting (and arguably more playable) option for finger drumming.

wowwwwwwww

Better than Superior Drummer, that's for sure!

I love you Tory! 🥰

Just discovered you and your channel. Great reviews and great playing ! I would say, world class ! Super impressed. Put up some more of your original tunes 🙂

I like it!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Did you feel normal or weird growing up since you’re so freakin brilliant and cool?❤

Fantabulous!

The groove is so good. I just watched Nate's recent upload and they both sound really good. ❤

Okay I want to learn how to do this because this is the best I’ve seen on the fgdp layout wow!

Fantastic! Both this and your guitar stuff. I have followed David for years . You are one of the best finger drummers Ive seen. I use an akai pad, but this looks really interesting.

I would also state that your fingerdrumming of the Yamaha FGDP is superior to any of Yamaha's official promotion videos on RUclips. Is the reason why you didn't buy thet FGDP-50 that you just want to play it directly out of the box without editing or making custom kits?

Best review, with someone really drumming next level, showing te potential. Thanks

Everybody else do Qwerty, Tory does Steno... Fantastic technique!!!!

Incredible!

Yamaha should really sponsor you because your video's finally pushed me (never even looked at a drum) over the edge to finally purchase one. (I suspect that I may not be alone here..) So.... Now that we are all sitting here with our brand new Yamaha drum machines how would you advise us to get a started with some kind of basic practice regime? For instance there are a few covers that I have been working on with an 8 string guitar (some of which include tapping) and I would like to Isolate the drums of said covers by learning how to play them and get them on a backing track to play against. Would it be better to learn primarily by ear and or go the more traditional (hard yard) route of a more formal approach? In summary what would be your philosophy on how to possibly structure some kind of beginner road map for rhythmless numpties like myself.

I accidentally edited out the "steam machine" segment, lol, well I'll get it in another video....

Outstanding finger drumming tutorial and demo. I used to play real drums before moving to guitar. The Yamaha FGDP ergonomic layout looks to have solved the lack of stick bounce feel by mirroring the pads for both hands - Smart design. I've tried pads with a uniform grid layout, and found them totally unintuitive and no fun to play. The Yamaha FGDP-50 looks like it might be worth the extra $100 just to make navigating the menus easier. Your prowess on the guitar is alive and well on the finger drums. Impressive! 😎

Hey. Is this the machine native sound? Are you just using it to midi softwhere?

Well, I used to do it on my keyboard - but, now you are sharing a better idea to play drums using our fingers. Hoping the long pad can be made positional pad sensitive like the Roland R70 by Yamaha. Cheers!

Nice