I hope this framework helps you all out! Get the transcription of over 100 of these fills on my Patreon page patreon.com/JeffRandallDrumming and book a lesson with me on my website JeffRandallDrumming.com.
When I was young about 5 my older cousin taught me the basic beats of drums and I never improved since. I know all the basic beats but no fills. I hope I can come back in 5-10 years and come back to this comment and share my progress based off this single video alone. Thanks.
As a beginner drummer ! This is so helpful . Simple and easy to understand . And most importantly… they sound good . I wish I can give you more than one like .
This clear and concise explanation is valuable for beginners as well as intermediates for taking a (sometimes necessary) step back to the fundamentals. Thanks Jeff!
Honestly I feel like an idiot that this hasnt really ocurred to me naturally :D but finally somebody who explains it in context. I have been playin for a week already and now I am figuring out the logic of the game among fills as musical ideas and some medium-dif rudiments.Going to subscribe and other vids this is great thanks man
I have been playing drums for 15 years and I currently gig in NYC and I teach during the weekdays. I have always hit a wall for most of my time with orchestrating fills around the kit. Jeff you explained this extremely well and it has helped even myself to approach my playing with the basics that I have started with into my playing. I love your content please keep it going!
The video I needed because I used to play bass and snare in high school and decided to learn drums but it wasn't the same because I just learned the music they gave me and it was fun because it had complicated rhythms and rudiments but I never knew how to apply it to the drums but this vid helps me to get started to improvise and be creative while playing. Many thanks!!!
There's a lifetime of things to practice in this lesson. I should do myself a favor and never watch another YT drumming video. Thanks for sharing, Jeff.
A version of the same framework works for triplet-based time signatures, like 12/8. This video showed R always on "1" and "&", L always on "e" and "a". In triplet feels, use R on the 1st and last beats of "1" and "3", and L on the first beats of "2" and "4". The other hand hits the middle note. A full bar is RLR LRL RLR LRL, but if you leave out some, you can create funky sounds, like R.R LRL RLR L.L, or RLR L.L RL..RL. It works to get you started on triplets!
This is one of the best beginner videos Ive seen, and Ive seen a lot! It is especially helpful cause you start slow and build. And hardly anybody else gives you nearly as complete, comprehensible, and full of eye opening ideas on fills. Seems like you pro's give away real secrets, just not too often. Jay
Damn dude. I have learned everything I know from you. I started playing 4 months ago and I have watched your videos daily and practiced for hours. I think I have beccome decent for a beginner. Thank you.
Hands down the best 8 minutes on fills I’ve seen. Just took all the extra bullshit out and put the whole thing in clear context… I think I’ll go sit at the kit and digest this for a bit…. Thanks!
Really loved this lesson - specially the message that not everything needs to be complicated to sound good. worth mentioning that orchestration is practice on its own (what i'm struggling with now) , since not everything is simple RLRL . you mention the PDF files in the video - but i see now its only available for paid subscription.
A scientific and methodological approach always yields the best results for learning-regardless of the subject studied. Simply throwing shit against the wall hoping that something "sticks" (pun intended) leads to years of undoing what has been horribly engrained, as well as the suffering of injuries that truly never heal. Thanks for your awesome level of instructorship, and thank you for taking the time to make these incredible videos.
Can't wait to put this into practice! Your material has been making a huge difference in my playing! I've been warming up using your Warm Up Video and I'm seeing a big improvement in flexibility and technique. Your bass drum slide stuff has been a game changer. I've also been re-discovering the fun and joy in practice thanks to your videos. You have a great approach to teaching and your lessons are ultra practical! Top notch content! Wish you tons of success!
Jeff I have noticed something... I have issues using finger technique on my floor Tom. Big loose punchy drum head. Any advice my very wise and talented friend?
I’m new to the drums and teaching myself. This video looks like an awesome treasure trove. I can’t wait to start to work on some of these, and see if I can get a bit more creativity and fluidity into my fills. Thanks!
8:06 this. Keep to singles. :) Listen I’ve been playing as an amateur drummer for 25 years. And. I end up in singlestrokes for full shows. Doing just all this. Adding some bassdrum in the gaps. Som flams. And sometimes some hertas. Paradiddles and doubles come in Handy when making cymbal accents. Just to keep the hands in the same spot. The audience will never pick up on more advances stuff. And you can keep it all stabile with singles.
definition of perfect vid-straight to the point,100%usuful content,great aproach and presenting,being many years drummer I found these usuful,another thing most of beginner drummers think is that the more extreme stuff they play the better.Cannot skip the basics also playing right stuff at the right time divides good drummers from just drummers that trying to throw everything they've got to impress or show off.Playing with the others is whole different story,feeling whats bestt to do and when
I quit drumming in the 90s because I was overwhelmed and my instructor had no organized way to explain or teach fills. He'd just say take the paradiddle and put it around the kit.
Excellent and really helpfull! I don't get why I can't roll them fills with L R L R tho, it's great to only play fills rather than transition between them and chops = I find a lot of time loss to switch from the larger to smaller tom with R initial striking
Advanced to super advanced ?? Learn to throw in doubles to not get painted into a corner. When I was a kid in the sixties I worked through Joe Cusatis,s around the drums with paradiddles and Around the drums with triplets!! Opens up seamless playing !
Soo what your really saying is stop watching RUclips gp back to using Stick control progressive steps to syncopation 4 way coordination and the other drummer bibles i think you may be right or I'm reading into what i need 😁👍
This is great but here's my problem. I just started learning and I would love to try these but I wish I knew the beat first. That way I could play along until I sound the same as you
Ok. But what is the best practice way to get this in to your brain? And shouldn't be accents learned first before going on various toms etc? That sounds like a months to learn or am i'm missing something?
So if you are playing 8th note hi hats in the groove at a fast tempo and the fills are just 8th notes and not 16th, just play right hand everything, or alternate?
Great Video, and so true. Even after many years as a (not professionell) drummer it is always good to come back to basic systems and question once more the own way of drumming, just to get a step further from where I was before. Thank you!
I just realized Jeff's been wearing the same (or at least similar) black shirt for like the past two years and I didn't even notice... But now if he stops, it will be life shattering.
The idea is to practice a bunch of the different combinations which will build up your muscle memory and vocabulary. After that, you’ll begin to “hear” the fill you want to play and your hands will just make it happen. It’s a process.
This is good stuff even for intermediate and advanced players as kind of a refresh course. (Also: "Stick around". That's was a really subtle pun. I would call that a "ghost pun".)
This is exactly what Pegada Drum Method is about, but more organised in presenting the variations. What you see in this video is fraction of Pegada. Pegada Drum Method does that with grooves and hi-hat variations too. I've been using it for more than 10 years.
Damn,never thought about this approach Jeff!I knew I followed you for a reason!LOL.thanks man!keep I'm coming my brother!priceless to me as an old drummer 😉
I hope this framework helps you all out! Get the transcription of over 100 of these fills on my Patreon page patreon.com/JeffRandallDrumming and book a lesson with me on my website JeffRandallDrumming.com.
HOLY SHIT, you just made everything make sense!!! Thank you so much for this, insanely helpful.
Couldn’t find the dots Jeff, do I pay the sib to get them?
When I was young about 5 my older cousin taught me the basic beats of drums and I never improved since. I know all the basic beats but no fills. I hope I can come back in 5-10 years and come back to this comment and share my progress based off this single video alone. Thanks.
good luck
Good luck on this journey 🫡
how is it going?
@@jaylagmusic good. 👍 👍
5-10 years??!!
Yet another absolute precise description of what orchestrating around the kit actually means. Wouldn’t expect anything less Jeff 👌🏾
Thanks for posting this video. Helped me out a lot .
As a beginner drummer ! This is so helpful . Simple and easy to understand . And most importantly… they sound good . I wish I can give you more than one like .
it's insane to me that this is the only video on fills I've seen that talks about the RL/1e&a structure. It's a game changer.
4:53 is super fun! and the variation on the 2nd beat.
I just practiced off this vid for an hour, and i havent even finished the vid
This clear and concise explanation is valuable for beginners as well as intermediates for taking a (sometimes necessary) step back to the fundamentals. Thanks Jeff!
Thanks a lot!
Your site makes me sign up to see the transcripts of these fills...
Honestly I feel like an idiot that this hasnt really ocurred to me naturally :D but finally somebody who explains it in context. I have been playin for a week already and now I am figuring out the logic of the game among fills as musical ideas and some medium-dif rudiments.Going to subscribe and other vids this is great thanks man
I have been playing drums for 15 years and I currently gig in NYC and I teach during the weekdays. I have always hit a wall for most of my time with orchestrating fills around the kit. Jeff you explained this extremely well and it has helped even myself to approach my playing with the basics that I have started with into my playing. I love your content please keep it going!
Top D + 🙌🥁🥁
The video I needed because I used to play bass and snare in high school and decided to learn drums but it wasn't the same because I just learned the music they gave me and it was fun because it had complicated rhythms and rudiments but I never knew how to apply it to the drums but this vid helps me to get started to improvise and be creative while playing. Many thanks!!!
Quality!
this is honestly one of the best drumming videos on youtube
This is an awesome video definitely will help me a lot as a beginner drummer. Subscribed✅
he kinda looks like a younger brother of that guitariswin guy
There's a lifetime of things to practice in this lesson. I should do myself a favor and never watch another YT drumming video. Thanks for sharing, Jeff.
A version of the same framework works for triplet-based time signatures, like 12/8. This video showed R always on "1" and "&", L always on "e" and "a". In triplet feels, use R on the 1st and last beats of "1" and "3", and L on the first beats of "2" and "4". The other hand hits the middle note.
A full bar is RLR LRL RLR LRL, but if you leave out some, you can create funky sounds, like R.R LRL RLR L.L, or RLR L.L RL..RL. It works to get you started on triplets!
One more guide: not every drum fills need to end with 4ena, try stretch your fills!
You've got a knack for simplicity when everyone else tries to get more complicated. Useful stuff as usual.
Thank you for this video. My son and I have been trying to get a foundation for creating fills. This video is the best video online! Thanks!
This is one of the best beginner videos Ive seen, and Ive seen a lot!
It is especially helpful cause you start slow and build.
And hardly anybody else gives you nearly as complete, comprehensible, and full of eye opening ideas on fills.
Seems like you pro's give away real secrets, just not too often.
Jay
Damn dude. I have learned everything I know from you. I started playing 4 months ago and I have watched your videos daily and practiced for hours. I think I have beccome decent for a beginner. Thank you.
I'll bet you decent after 4 months :D Drummer genius I would say.
@@K3NH nah
Hands down the best 8 minutes on fills I’ve seen. Just took all the extra bullshit out and put the whole thing in clear context…
I think I’ll go sit at the kit and digest this for a bit….
Thanks!
Finally, a video straight to that point and fills, no waiting around - great one, thank you!
Really loved this lesson - specially the message that not everything needs to be complicated to sound good. worth mentioning that orchestration is practice on its own (what i'm struggling with now) , since not everything is simple RLRL . you mention the PDF files in the video - but i see now its only available for paid subscription.
This was a phenomenal video tbh
A scientific and methodological approach always yields the best results for learning-regardless of the subject studied. Simply throwing shit against the wall hoping that something "sticks" (pun intended) leads to years of undoing what has been horribly engrained, as well as the suffering of injuries that truly never heal. Thanks for your awesome level of instructorship, and thank you for taking the time to make these incredible videos.
I am your fan from Philippines sir, Jeff! If you have some old sticks, please give it to me for my church. Thank you sir!
Can't wait to put this into practice! Your material has been making a huge difference in my playing! I've been warming up using your Warm Up Video and I'm seeing a big improvement in flexibility and technique. Your bass drum slide stuff has been a game changer. I've also been re-discovering the fun and joy in practice thanks to your videos. You have a great approach to teaching and your lessons are ultra practical! Top notch content! Wish you tons of success!
Wow you are really good teacher..we're mortal..it is ok too ex.R_LR..instead of R_RL just asking?
Jeff I have noticed something... I have issues using finger technique on my floor Tom. Big loose punchy drum head. Any advice my very wise and talented friend?
I’m new to the drums and teaching myself. This video looks like an awesome treasure trove. I can’t wait to start to work on some of these, and see if I can get a bit more creativity and fluidity into my fills. Thanks!
8:06 this. Keep to singles. :)
Listen I’ve been playing as an amateur drummer for 25 years. And. I end up in singlestrokes for full shows. Doing just all this. Adding some bassdrum in the gaps. Som flams. And sometimes some hertas.
Paradiddles and doubles come in Handy when making cymbal accents. Just to keep the hands in the same spot.
The audience will never pick up on more advances stuff. And you can keep it all stabile with singles.
definition of perfect vid-straight to the point,100%usuful content,great aproach and presenting,being many years drummer I found these usuful,another thing most of beginner drummers think is that the more extreme stuff they play the better.Cannot skip the basics also playing right stuff at the right time divides good drummers from just drummers that trying to throw everything they've got to impress or show off.Playing with the others is whole different story,feeling whats bestt to do and when
I quit drumming in the 90s because I was overwhelmed and my instructor had no organized way to explain or teach fills. He'd just say take the paradiddle and put it around the kit.
Excellent and really helpfull!
I don't get why I can't roll them fills with L R L R tho, it's great to only play fills rather than transition between them and chops = I find a lot of time loss to switch from the larger to smaller tom with R initial striking
Advanced to super advanced ?? Learn to throw in doubles to not get painted into a corner. When I was a kid in the sixties I worked through Joe Cusatis,s around the drums with paradiddles and Around the drums with triplets!! Opens up seamless playing !
I’m already good at fills, I clicked to hear how those K cons sound
edit: I can’t tell if that’s what you’ve got on the kit…
Hello Jeff, I am a bit confused. Why does this tutorial teach you to play the 'an' with the left ?? ruclips.net/video/TkU7jXEjfOE/видео.html THX
Soo what your really saying is stop watching RUclips gp back to using Stick control progressive steps to syncopation 4 way coordination and the other drummer bibles i think you may be right or I'm reading into what i need 😁👍
This is great but here's my problem. I just started learning and I would love to try these but I wish I knew the beat first. That way I could play along until I sound the same as you
Ok. But what is the best practice way to get this in to your brain? And shouldn't be accents learned first before going on various toms etc? That sounds like a months to learn or am i'm missing something?
Where to get the fill transcriptions on your website. The link just takes you to your main site that has many lessons you have to pay for...
Thanks bud that was a really great way to teach drum fills excellent inspiration 👍
This has helped me tremendously! I do appreciate you sharing this
Awesome! You’re very welcome.
Thank you so much for creating this channel, every video has so much useful information and techniques you truly are a drumming hero
I don’t care for the same approach each time. I quite often start a fill with the left when it serves the flow of moving around the kit.
Hi Jeff. I tried to sign up as a supporter of yours on Patreon (using email or phone number) and was unable to do so. Any suggestions?
Thank you Jeff for structuring it all up, nice lesson!
So if you are playing 8th note hi hats in the groove at a fast tempo and the fills are just 8th notes and not 16th, just play right hand everything, or alternate?
What skins do you have on your Tom’s? Sounds great
Simply wonderful! Learning fills now and this will lay a solid foundation for my learning. Many thanks!
this is a very good video but could you put the grove into the description. I can't really figure it out
I hope I can do it, after watching this video, thsnks
Great Video, and so true. Even after many years as a (not professionell) drummer it is always good to come back to basic systems and question once more the own way of drumming, just to get a step further from where I was before. Thank you!
Damn man yeeeeessssssss
Got some more fuel to add to the fire
Thanks jeff
Add triplets/sixtuplets to make it spicier.
Thank you jeff. Godbless you.😇
This is good, thank you. I saved the link.
Love these kind of lessons/ideas!! Great explanation and a very powerful concept
Great video. Very helpful. 😊
4:56 red hot chilli peppers.give it away..if u guys notice
These sound at lot like what Ringo would do.
Great sounding snare by the way! What is it?
🤣 dude! 7:41 the Dave grohl fill if sped up, from his "play" track
It's your Maui student!
Absolutely! Classic fill.
on 5:03 feels an "Assasin" of JM vibe :)
Thank you, sir! This made my life easier by teaching my son.
Great explanation yet that iv seen and heard
I like the way you analyzed this approach and explained it in a way to easily understand good job!
Solid methodology man. Your teaching style is clear and concise.
Very cool again... thanks !
AWESOME MATE!!! THANKS FOR THAT
Really helpful video!!! 🐦
"For the rest of your drumming journey"
Thanks for reminding me I'll die
Haha
I just realized Jeff's been wearing the same (or at least similar) black shirt for like the past two years and I didn't even notice... But now if he stops, it will be life shattering.
Have you/can you make a video for beats to play using brushes? I just got a pair yesterday
I’ll certainly add it to the list of ideas!
ba dum ba du dum ba dum ba du dum ba dum THANK YOU SO MUCHH!
This is pure gold!
There're 16 combinations of 4 notes. How is one supposed to remember them?
The idea is to practice a bunch of the different combinations which will build up your muscle memory and vocabulary. After that, you’ll begin to “hear” the fill you want to play and your hands will just make it happen. It’s a process.
Thanks a lot it helped me a lot
Hi. Jeff
잘보고 있어. 많은 도움 되고있어요.
Just found you!! Subscribing!! Thank you!!
Welcome to the channel!
Your videos are great man
Magníficos fills
ONE VIDEO TO RULE THEM ALL
I play my way and it works
How cme you convinced me ?
This guy gets it
This is good stuff even for intermediate and advanced players as kind of a refresh course. (Also: "Stick around". That's was a really subtle pun. I would call that a "ghost pun".)
I will master this!!!
Thank u awesome ❤❤❤
This is exactly what Pegada Drum Method is about, but more organised in presenting the variations. What you see in this video is fraction of Pegada. Pegada Drum Method does that with grooves and hi-hat variations too. I've been using it for more than 10 years.
This is Awesome 😊😊❤
Such a pro lesson mate!
those toms are beefy
OMG. I think you just changed my life.. thanks!
Damn,never thought about this approach Jeff!I knew I followed you for a reason!LOL.thanks man!keep I'm coming my brother!priceless to me as an old drummer 😉