How To Play Reggae Drums - "No Woman, No Cry" - The One Drop
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How To Play Reggae Drums - "No Woman, No Cry" - The One Drop
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I always love songs that give a great example of a drum beat. The reggae drum beat used in this song by Bob Marley is the perfect example of a one drop. I break out the entire song as well as the fills that happen in it.
A little info about the song title: The title and main refrain, "No Woman, No Cry" is rendered "No, woman, nuh cry" in Jamaican Patois. The "nuh" is pronounced with a short schwa vowel (a "mumbled" vowel, often represented as "uh" in spelling) and represents a clitic ("weakened") form of "no". It is the equivalent to the contraction "don't". A more correct interpretation would be "No, Woman, Don't Cry". The song is about growing up in the ghetto and persuading a woman that things will get better, entreating her not to cry.
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Thanks for breaking it down and playing it slowly at first.
Very interesting and cool. As a metal drummer I like to see stuff like this so I can incorporate ideas like this in my playing. Thanks.
Michael Obrien You bet Michael
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A little info about the song title: The title and main refrain, "No Woman, No Cry" is rendered "No, woman, nuh cry" in Jamaican Patois. The "nuh" is pronounced with a short schwa vowel (a "mumbled" vowel, often represented as "uh" in spelling) and represents a clitic ("weakened") form of "no". It is the equivalent to the contraction "don't". A more correct interpretation would be "No, Woman, Don't Cry". The song is about growing up in the ghetto and persuading a woman that things will get better, entreating her not to cry.
Now you know...and knowing is half the battle (Yo Joe!).
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Very useful. Thank you.
Really liking the variety in your videos, Stephen. And I’m impressed at how educated and familiar you are with so many different drumming styles, as well as being able to teach them in an entertaining way. Nice. 👍
Thanks so much! Glad you're digging the content my friend
Great lesson thanks!
This is definitely a genre of both music and drumming that I need to improve upon. Tnx for another outstanding lesson 👊
You bet Whelan
Classic one drop there. Love that little fill there. What about the OG version? 😜🎶👏🏾
Very interesting lesson. Thank you
Thanks for the tips man. Love your drumming skillz.
Love it sounds Steve going to work on the Bob thanks dude.chrees
Thank you for all lessons!! Awesome!!
You bet!
Awesome. I've been working on Reggae lately so this is very handy. As always, very well explained!
Thanks Jason...so glad it helped!
Nice lesson
Thanks Kyle!
Drums sound great
Thanks so much Nicholas
Very nice, Stephan! You may want to do a breakdown of a Dancehall or Afrobeat/Afropop song one day as well ;)
Love afrobeat...here's a lesson I did on it a while back
ruclips.net/video/5OJVgyBrVKM/видео.html
Well, you killed it! Keep it up!
Very useful
Glad it helped Mike!
Nice 😎🤙
I thought reagge was played as 1 -3, instead of 2 -4 ?
No...it can be counted a couple of ways (maybe you count it in double time and the emphasis is on the 3). But not the 1
Interesting....I played this song for years....even in the Carribean... and I've never heard of the one drop falling anywhere but on three. I count this completely differently. I'm sure this is a valid count....but it's the first time I've seen it.
Hey Aaron...yea, so I've had this debate so many times over the years. I've had drummers (both those born and raised in Jamaica and those outside) swear they count it this way...and others swear it can't be counted any way but the way your referenced. I've seen the one drop counted live both ways. I can point you to vids from established drummers counting it off both ways. I've come to the conclusion that it depends on the song, chordal structure, vocal lines, melody, etc. For me, this song makes more sense counted as I do in the video. But that's for me...that's how I hear things. Most of the charts you find on this song will also be written in 4/4 and not cut time, so the count off makes more sense to me. I go in to the two different count off's a bit in this video: ruclips.net/video/oYRpsXxN4Q4/видео.html
But in short, yes, they're both right.
Very cool, actually. It really comes down to where you feel the pulse. I think I prefer your counting for both one drop and rockers variants...and may try adopting that approach. I still like counting the steppers style with the backbeat on three....something about counting those kick drum beats as 1/8ths doesn't gel for me. Either way it's all Irie! One love...
Aaron Drabitt Totally agree. I prefer counting steppers the other way as well. Just makes more sense
Stephen could you help me out? Could you tell me what Jon Moss is playing in this simple fill from the famous eighties song “Victims” ruclips.net/video/dN2S1NqTOgc/видео.htmlm23s I am a person who programs Drums but unfortunately can’t play Drums so has to guess half the time. It seems like he is playing some sort of Tom Fill followed by a bar of four quarter note crashes. To any Drummer my question is going to sound incredibly simplistic so excuse me in advance.
1 &, &, & 4 x2, then qtr note crashes with kick. 1 on snare, & of 1 and & of 2 on rack tom, then & of 3 and 4 on floor tom. Hope that helps.
Michael Dallara Michael that was a a great help. I really appreciate it! I program music and the drums are the greatest challenge for me. Sure programming kick and snare and hats is relatively straightforward if you have a relatively good ear but Toms are proving hard for me to bring into my songs. I just can’t get them to sound natural at all. I watch drum videos all the time to see how real drummers play drums to try and pick up some tips. BTW I just subscribed to your RUclips channel. One last thing I tend to call Toms High, Mid and Low which I realise is not very accurate so terms like rack Tom are a bit unfamiliar to me. Once again many thanks for your reply.
Glad it helped Steve! Thanks so much for your subscription!
buddy ur holding ur stick upside down