Here is a comment that I just posted on my Facebook page that I wanted to share here as well. The RUclips community - although harsh at time - has been incredible for me and my success as an educator, thank you! - My Independence Made Easy course has been going on for a few weeks and I have never experienced such a massive amount of student engagement. In all my years doing this, we've released so many different types of educational products, but this one struck a chord. What blows my mind is how the lessons have actually motivated students to practice harder and more than ever. The stories I'm hearing are just crazy. I'm so excited, so proud, and so stoked to continue pushing with these students to help them reach their goals. With the internet, there are endless choices for drum lessons, but I am so very grateful that these students chose me. Thank you all so much! - Jared Falk
We don't hear many people talking about left foot independence - AND - consistency because we don't see many doing it. It's mind bendingly more difficult than blending in with the vast majority of drummers who have not toughed it through and begun to experience drumming nirvana. Even when you see the great's play, the left foot ( of a right hander ) is often spotty, especially while soloing. Can you please offer some examples of players who give as much importance to the "red headed step child of limbs" as they do the ever more popular RH, LH and RF? Thanks!
Drumeo thanks dude. i have been playing for 6 months so i'm taking it slow. i do a paradiddle with both feet and singles, doubles and quadruples with my hands as a warm up. will that help as well?
I think one of the most important things in this video is the idea of getting your feet used to doing things without your hands being involved. I assume most people are like me and suck at practicing, so when we do, we use all our limbs every time. Factually, this just creates muscle memory of our limbs always having to work concurrently rather than separate and independent. Thanks, Jared. I hadn't considered this until I watched this video, and I'm certain it will evolve my practice.
I feel like along with the drummers I listen to, Jared is the main reason I am where I am with drumming. His lessons always interest me and challenge me. I've watched Drumeo since before I even got a drum kit.
I've been playing for 25 years and I already incorporate a lot of this in my playing without really knowing what I'm doing. Being able to go back to some of these basics and being able to read music notation from my marching band days has has taken me to a place I wish I had been when I was touring with a band out of Orange County, CA. 15 years ago. I'm 40 years old now and just bought my first DW kit. Let me tell you.. another year of just going back and really studying and focusing on independence and I'll be ready to take any gig and start playing multiple styles. Thank you drumeo for taking me to that next level!
Jared, as an Elementary School Music school Teacher and Musician / Percussionist, I loved Your performance!!! I think You were spot on when You said that You forget about the ostinato, While Your soloing over top of it. Great Job !!!
this is it. this is the exercise I've been looking for. Thank you, Jared! I need to practice this furiously! My independence is practically non-existent.
Hi Jared. I´m a long time fan of your work and I would like congratulate you, your team and the guest drummers (some of them drum legends) who has been teaching all this important lessons, concepts and experiences. Once you used a "samba pattern" on this lesson (even the video is about independence, not samba rhythm) I remembered ask you to invite some brazilian drummers as Kiko Freitas. It would be great ! Anyway good luck, success and keep the good work !!! Regards from Brazil.
Nice excersises! I'll try them. By now I am practicing an ostinato with my double pedal on the quiet kick that I get from your give while I write this comment
I had the same issue. What I learned is you really Really REALLY have to practice slow a consistently. A lot of time we’ll try practicing something and then it gets to hard, and when it’s hard it’s usually not fun, so we do something different that’s more fun. Take 10 minutes everyday to not have any fun on the kit just trying to get that hard practice in. Do it
My coordination is terrible, but gets somehow worse while I'm on a drum set. If my legs and arms had brain cells, my right arm would be fairly smart, my left arm would be running on a singular braincell and trying to copy my right arm, but failing because it's just so damn slow. My right leg would be dumber than my right arm, but smarter than my left leg. Tl;dr: the limbs on the left side of my body share a singe braincell, while the limbs on the right side of my body are about average.
Hey jared, can you please do a video on these odd eight note polyrythms and/or eight note fivelets, some rhythms that make the transition to a high level drummer very hard. Nobody has made in-depth videos on these topics which makes me very mad.
Hi Drumeo. Thank you for all of your videos! I would love to learn how to play Godsmack's Battle de los tambores. Can you possibly create a lesson for this? Its very catchy seems like it would be fun to play.
Hi Jared, great lesson! One question I've always had is sometimes when a beat requires a lot of independence(different things for each limb), I'd always have to play through it a bunch of times until I figure out how the placement of hits from each limb fit in with each other(rh-lh-rh-rf-bh-rf, etc.), and can't really hear it as right hand in triplets and left foot in quarters, for example. Is that a bad/beginner way to approach that? Should I try to think of each limb on its own, even if that means I'd have a much harder time playing it? Thanks in advance!
Yutong Sun For anyone else that comes across this question. I'm quite new, but the way I see it is that this is not an issue as long as you keep practicing the rhythm so much that it becomes muscle memory. Whatever mental trick you gotta do to get it down is fune because once it's muscle memory you don't have to focus as hard. With that relaxation comes the mental freedom to start "feeling" the groove. That's when you get an idea of the actual timing going on. I really enjoy having picked up the drums because of the A-Ha! moments.
A very good way of learning difficult beats is to write the beats out is the way it is illustrated in several of my old drum set books. You can either draw a dash line to represent the individual beats or dash lines to connect hand/foot strokes which are played together. Either way is good and it will show where the subdivisions within a pattern appear, or where the connected notes are played together. It's a lot like what you have written above, but without musical notation I would have no way of knowing what the rhythm is supposed to sound like. And...no matter what method you use to learn a complicated pattern, time and repetition are always a requirement. I find the dash line method most helpful.
I'm taking exercise #1 and running through all the single beat patterns from George Stone's Stick Control book. Is it possible to do the triplet hand patterns over the asonado foot pattern?
Maybe a silly question, but on average, how much time does a committed drummer (serious drummer that practices at least 4 hrs a day) take to have good timing and groove (which i think depends a lot on independence)... would you say 3, 4, 5 years?... thx heaps
So bummed that I missed the deadline on the IME course. IMO it would have been smart to time the deadline with tax refund deposits. I'm sure my employer isn't the only one that waits until the last possible minute to hand out W-2's.
Here is a comment that I just posted on my Facebook page that I wanted to share here as well. The RUclips community - although harsh at time - has been incredible for me and my success as an educator, thank you!
-
My Independence Made Easy course has been going on for a few weeks and I have never experienced such a massive amount of student engagement. In all my years doing this, we've released so many different types of educational products, but this one struck a chord.
What blows my mind is how the lessons have actually motivated students to practice harder and more than ever. The stories I'm hearing are just crazy. I'm so excited, so proud, and so stoked to continue pushing with these students to help them reach their goals.
With the internet, there are endless choices for drum lessons, but I am so very grateful that these students chose me. Thank you all so much! - Jared Falk
Drumeo lol i chosed you way way back when you were just using a crappy camera on your room teaching the "heel-toe" technique
We don't hear many people talking about left foot independence
- AND - consistency because we don't see many doing it. It's mind bendingly more difficult than blending in with the vast majority of drummers who have not toughed it through and begun to experience drumming nirvana.
Even when you see the great's play, the left foot ( of a right hander ) is often spotty, especially while soloing. Can you please offer some examples of players who give as much importance to the "red headed step child of limbs" as they do the ever more popular RH, LH and RF? Thanks!
Hey you! Thanks for watching. Leave me a comment and tell me a little about yourself. - Jared
Drumeo thanks dude. i have been playing for 6 months so i'm taking it slow. i do a paradiddle with both feet and singles, doubles and quadruples with my hands as a warm up. will that help as well?
Playing drums will help. Anything you do on the drums helps.
Ive been plaging for 3 weeks and your independence stuff is awsome. Im just struggling noveing between fills and the beat fluidly
I think one of the most important things in this video is the idea of getting your feet used to doing things without your hands being involved. I assume most people are like me and suck at practicing, so when we do, we use all our limbs every time. Factually, this just creates muscle memory of our limbs always having to work concurrently rather than separate and independent. Thanks, Jared. I hadn't considered this until I watched this video, and I'm certain it will evolve my practice.
#1 1:44 & 2:33 & 3:16
#2 4:31 & 4:48 & 4:59 & 5:13 & 5:33 & 5:57 & Demonstration: 6:29
#3 7:37
Thank you kindly
So much appreciated
I feel like along with the drummers I listen to, Jared is the main reason I am where I am with drumming. His lessons always interest me and challenge me. I've watched Drumeo since before I even got a drum kit.
Mungebimp13 Love to read stuff like that man. That's awesome and long may you continue to be inspired 😀
I've been playing for 25 years and I already incorporate a lot of this in my playing without really knowing what I'm doing. Being able to go back to some of these basics and being able to read music notation from my marching band days has has taken me to a place I wish I had been when I was touring with a band out of Orange County, CA. 15 years ago. I'm 40 years old now and just bought my first DW kit. Let me tell you.. another year of just going back and really studying and focusing on independence and I'll be ready to take any gig and start playing multiple styles. Thank you drumeo for taking me to that next level!
Those Toms sound soooo good.
Jared, as an Elementary School Music school Teacher and Musician / Percussionist, I loved Your performance!!! I think You were spot on when You said that You forget about the ostinato, While Your soloing over top of it. Great Job !!!
6:44 Ghost notes went really seriuos there!
That kit though, I'm very jealous. Also Jared you are an amazing teacher!!!!
R SAMs I think i might have the same kit although my music teacher let borrow it for the summer.
Your drum kit will be amazing if you are an amazing drummer
hey thats pretty good
This kind of exercises make the drum play more versatile, thanks for sharing 👏👏👏
this is it. this is the exercise I've been looking for. Thank you, Jared! I need to practice this furiously! My independence is practically non-existent.
I like this mans teaching style!
Just got my new Evans Heads in the mail today and this is gonna be the first video I watch while playing tonight, can't wait!
Thanks Jared, great introduction to this vital topic!🙂
I needed this! My Independence/Interdependence needs a lot of work.....Thank you!
Many thanks for this videos. Great stuff. Cheers from argentina 🤘🏻
Hi Jared. I´m a long time fan of your work and I would like congratulate you, your team and the guest drummers (some of them drum legends) who has been teaching all this important lessons, concepts and experiences. Once you used a "samba pattern" on this lesson (even the video is about independence, not samba rhythm) I remembered ask you to invite some brazilian drummers as Kiko Freitas. It would be great ! Anyway good luck, success and keep the good work !!! Regards from Brazil.
Nice excersises! I'll try them. By now I am practicing an ostinato with my double pedal on the quiet kick that I get from your give while I write this comment
Esse é um ritmo brasileiro? Parece com samba, e samba é do Brasil. Parabéns, muito bom!!!
É samba, ele mesmo falou.
Very useful ! Thanks for giving us this video clip
Loving the videos
Excellent and didactic & as always my dear Jared.
top notch vid, something I could really use now
Thx so much, You are an awasome teacher !
Those new evans heads sound great
All of these amazing tools, thanks Jared :)
Good Lessons Jared.thank you .
I feel like my independece gets nowhere regardless of how much i practice
my right hand and foot are always doing the same thing.
kingzor100 same here...
I had the same issue. What I learned is you really Really REALLY have to practice slow a consistently. A lot of time we’ll try practicing something and then it gets to hard, and when it’s hard it’s usually not fun, so we do something different that’s more fun. Take 10 minutes everyday to not have any fun on the kit just trying to get that hard practice in. Do it
It's so damn hard to separate the limbs. 😠
My coordination is terrible, but gets somehow worse while I'm on a drum set.
If my legs and arms had brain cells, my right arm would be fairly smart, my left arm would be running on a singular braincell and trying to copy my right arm, but failing because it's just so damn slow. My right leg would be dumber than my right arm, but smarter than my left leg.
Tl;dr: the limbs on the left side of my body share a singe braincell, while the limbs on the right side of my body are about average.
This is so helpful
Great lesson
Good Job! Keep up the good work!
jared is the best drum teacher for me.
Samba so nice!
One tip, watch Virgil Donati, he knows the concept of independence....
Nice video!
Hey jared, can you please do a video on these odd eight note polyrythms and/or eight note fivelets, some rhythms that make the transition to a high level drummer very hard. Nobody has made in-depth videos on these topics which makes me very mad.
Off to practice! Thanks again, Jared. Random question: what shoes are you wearing in this? Looking for something like those.
Hey, Jared. Can you make a RUclips video on drum theory/notation for those who play by ear?
This would be great
If I am not mistaken, there is already a Drumeo lesson with Cooperdrummer about learning songs quickly, and he does approach playing by ear
learn to read
heeeeey i'm gonna use this thnx
cool stuff. thanks, greetings!
6:30 Benny Greb inspired? :D
I Played Grebfruit over it....
Hi Drumeo. Thank you for all of your videos!
I would love to learn how to play Godsmack's Battle de los tambores. Can you possibly create a lesson for this? Its very catchy seems like it would be fun to play.
Been drumming for over 10 years... technically and musically very strong, this shouldn't be this hard for me....
Wasn't this in the Thomas Pridgen lesson?
I tried this during my study break and i’m struggling... Good exercise!
Hey Jared! Great video. Hey, can you share what you use for in ear monitors/headphones? Thanks!
Hi Jared, great lesson! One question I've always had is sometimes when a beat requires a lot of independence(different things for each limb), I'd always have to play through it a bunch of times until I figure out how the placement of hits from each limb fit in with each other(rh-lh-rh-rf-bh-rf, etc.), and can't really hear it as right hand in triplets and left foot in quarters, for example. Is that a bad/beginner way to approach that? Should I try to think of each limb on its own, even if that means I'd have a much harder time playing it? Thanks in advance!
Yutong Sun For anyone else that comes across this question. I'm quite new, but the way I see it is that this is not an issue as long as you keep practicing the rhythm so much that it becomes muscle memory. Whatever mental trick you gotta do to get it down is fune because once it's muscle memory you don't have to focus as hard. With that relaxation comes the mental freedom to start "feeling" the groove. That's when you get an idea of the actual timing going on. I really enjoy having picked up the drums because of the A-Ha! moments.
A very good way of learning difficult beats is to write the beats out is the way it is illustrated in several of my old drum set books. You can either draw a dash line to represent the individual beats or dash lines to connect hand/foot strokes which are played together.
Either way is good and it will show where the subdivisions within a pattern appear, or where the connected notes are played together.
It's a lot like what you have written above, but without musical notation I would have no way of knowing what the rhythm is supposed to sound like.
And...no matter what method you use to learn a complicated pattern, time and repetition are always a requirement.
I find the dash line method most helpful.
0:07 good start
Thank you! As always
Great... Thanks!
great lesson ! as usual! :-)
I'm taking exercise #1 and running through all the single beat patterns from George Stone's Stick Control book. Is it possible to do the triplet hand patterns over the asonado foot pattern?
Maybe a silly question, but on average, how much time does a committed drummer (serious drummer that practices at least 4 hrs a day) take to have good timing and groove (which i think depends a lot on independence)... would you say 3, 4, 5 years?... thx heaps
Sos groso, sabelo!!!
I found out that RLrrll sticking over that foot ostinato is kinda tricky.
Hey
Are your drum's mikes on?
Thnx for your lovely videos.
Very helpfull!
Great lesson thank you. I'm having trouble downloading the sheet music the link just scrolls?
what series of paiste cymbals is the hit hat and ride?
I am still stuck with the first one: as soon as I add the snare, it all goes off! How do you even get it started?
What Paiste X-hats are you using? Size and model? Thank you.
Nick swardson can really play the drums
Currently writing and reading while practicing lol
What if the sound and panning changed with camera angles
😍😍😍
Bpm you play is 70?
So basically the thomas pridgen lesson?
yeah. I remember seeing a video of pridgen teaching this 5 or so years ago.
So bummed that I missed the deadline on the IME course. IMO it would have been smart to time the deadline with tax refund deposits. I'm sure my employer isn't the only one that waits until the last possible minute to hand out W-2's.
What happens if u don't have a drum
thats what gabor taught me...
So just play cumbias and latin perc
drum drum drum drum drum drum drum drum drum drum jalapeño drum drum Doritos cool
Damn, this is difficult...
me likey
first
man your left hand looks tight, just saying
You speak A LOT. #Hateintros
Wtf I’m so trash. I can’t even do number 2 🥲😩
Very good lesson.