The "Gadd Flutter Lick" Revisited - The Classic Steve Gadd Ghost Note Drum Lick - thru Audix Mics
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
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I originally explained this lick in 2014 with one camera for video & sound. I redid it with my Pearl Masterworks kit recorded with Audix Mics for clear sound.
If you liked this video, there's more coming now that I have this kit and the mics and interface! Please like, comment, share & subscribe!
~Jeff Wald~
Video recorded with a Zoom Q4 video camera (www.amazon.com/...) and a SJCam 5000+ (www.amazon.com/...)
Masterworks specs:
The kit is basically in Pearl Reference Specs except all have at least 2 plies of mahogany on the inside (which is stained red) and adding 4 plies w/ the floor and even more mahogany with the Gong & kicks. The rest of the plies in each are maple except for the snare.
Toms (Mic’d with Audix D2)
6x7" Rack Tom
8x7.25" Rack Tom
10x7.75" Rack Tom
12X8.5" Rack Tom
13x9.5" Rack Tom on left
Floor Toms (Mic’d with Audix D4)
14x13" Floor Tom
16x15" Floor Tom
Snare (Mic’d with Audix i5)
14x5.75". 10 ply - 2 inner birch, 7 maple, outer bubinga. It also has the triple snare throw off. This thing looks amazing and lets you choose 3 different 6 strand snares allowing you to mix and match all of them
Gong Drum (Mic’d with Audix D6)
20x15"- 8 ply. All mahogany except the bubinga on the outside. Finish is a fade from the head down instead of the burst like the rest b/c of it being single headed
Kick Drums (Mic’d with Audix D6s)
22x17 kicks. 10 plies - 6 inner are mahogany - BOOM!! The outer 3 plies are maple and the outside bubinga.
Cymbals from left to right:
17” Sabian Xtreme China regular finish
8” Sabian Splash in brilliant finish
14” Hi-Hats: K Custom Session (Steve Gadd model)
18” Zildjian K Custom Fast Crash
22” K Custom Session Ride (Steve Gadd model)
14” Zildjian Trash Hats - 13” A Custom Mastersound on Top, 14” Zildjian Oriental on bottom
19” Zildjian K Dark Crash
For complete specs of the kit and a tour, see my video: • Jeff Wald - Tour of Pe...
Thanks for taking the effort to explain/demonstrate this awesome, yet versatile fill. Love it. Nice kit, too!
Thanx, its been a long time favorite of mine
I remember your old one. It was very instructional. I like how with your new kit you play around with the patterns.
Thanx, and thanx for checking out my videos!
Nice job Jeff.. and a great sound.. many thanks from NZ
Thanks Jeff! Great job demonstrating and explaining. You are a "natural" teacher which is apparent because of your very down to earth demeanor. Thanks again!
Right on, thanks my friend! I hope you get a lot of usage out of it. It's a fun lick
That was great! I think of it as an open roll (doubles) displaced by a 32nd note, or an inversion of an open roll. That samba analogy was pretty helpful. Also, the drums sound great!!!
Thanx Robert! Yeah, that's a good way of thinking of it.
you have great touch and dynamics. slowing down the sticking really helps. thx!
Thanks, I hope it helps!
Always wanted to learn this famous drum lick. Thanks for posting this and for the great lesson👍
you bet! I hope it helps
Very tight! Good dynamics and control. Thanks for the break down. Oh and good mix!
Thanx Doc! Gadd has been a constant study for me - LOVE him!
Thanks for the update ... revisited video on the Steve Gadd "flutter lick". I watched the first one a few months ago and am trying to get this down clean and to speed. I've been hearing Steve play this in various situations ... with various iterations, and would have never figured it out without this breakdown.
Many thanks for clarifying your analysis ... and "sharing the love". Subscribed!
You're welcome! I first heard it in "Egyptian Danza" live (82 album). It was so perfect.
I've been practising this lick all day. Serendipitous!
awesome! let me know how it goes
man your stuff is so quality you deserve so many more views and subs
thanx Jacob, feel free to share as much as you want :)
Gadd, one of the greats. Nice video. My only objection is that he's very singular in his style and playing, a lot of drummers copy him note for note and don't really stray from that. I appreciate others taking from him and expanding from there.
The guy amazes me. everything he does grooves so hard. I have fun taking the basic concepts of his playing and coming up with stuff.
You make that beast of a lick look so effortless
thanx! its a great one to pull out of the bag-o-tricks
nice upgrade. Thank you again for sharing the wisdom. I've been working on this on and off for about a year, and it's starting to sink in now! :)
Awesome Scott! Post a video and let me know when you do. I'd love to hear how it's going for you
Hey Jeff, thank you for that and more like it. I see a lot of Simon Phillips I that new kit………..nice gong drum.
Thanx MP! Yes sir, Simon was an influence in the set up as well as Neil, Steve Smith, Weckl, Gadd & Todd. I kinda mixed em all together and that's what I came up with :)
A Great break down, that made it for me !
Now I just have to speed it up a bit and I.ll
be there :) . The samba part cleared the way,
and made possible the step by step build up to
a full rhythmic sentence that made sense !
Wonderful teaching ability ! Thanks so much.
I’ll check more of your vidéos !
Great set :)
Glad it helped! Thanx for watching Eric!
Thank you! I saw this video about a week ago and am SLOWLY getting there. Hoping to apply this in an old school death metal context...well see how that turns out lol
Enjoy the process, Nick! its a fun lick, one of my favorites
As a guitarist I love this!!
Practiced this for about an hour today. Thanks for the lesson! Also, that drum on the far right sounds incredible.
I call that one my subwoofer! its a 20x15 gong drum
Drums sounds outrageously awsome!
Thanx Hugo!
Thank you Jeff. A favorite 32nd note fill in pattern to the groove.
Thanx Sal. One of my favorites. I pulled it out this weekend at a jam session where I got to blow some. Fun!
Your set sounds great.
Great lesson...wow your kit sounds great ..great separate sounds mikes are doing a great job
thanx Lori!
Thanks for posting that! That is a great lick to have in your back pocket. You don't see many drummers these days playing those kind of beats but they should be.
Its alot of fun and sounds sooo cool
Probably because it's hard to do.
Nice demonstration. Also, drums sound great.
Thanx!
Yeah Jeff! You got it down. Good demo and explanation. Great job, much appreciated too. Thanks!
Thanx for checking it out!
jeff my man that is one beautiful kit and the sound of them are just amazing
Thanx John! I hope you're well
Frickin love this! Gadd was in maximum funk mode then... Good god what a pocket. How does Steve groove that hard? He's playing a simple groove, but when he plays it, it had a bounce. It dances. Obviously he has swing like crazy, but his feel goes beyond that somehow... Kills me. To me, this Gadd "lick" is so amazing because it's like he can decorate the beat (for lack of another term) and still keep that deep, beautiful groove right where it is. Thanks for the breakdown Jeff! I just discovered your channel today and I'm really diggin it. I can relate to your influences and sensibilities I think. Love it!
Thanx for the note my friend! Gadd mystifies me. The one thing I've noticed is that everything - even straight stuff - still has a slight swing to it. He's just the man
This is awesome, already liked the first video about it. Can't wait to achieve this
You can do it, just shed it slow and a little bit each day
Great lick. That kit sounds GREAT. I'm trying to get mine mic'ed to sound anywhere near that good. Good job.
Thanx Adam. I've had it mic'd for almost 2 years and LOVE doing it
Thanks Jeff! simple explanation of a very cool lick! You play great and the kit sounds killer!
right on, thanx Joey!
Cool... Inverted doubles are the bomb... Gets that dotted eight sixteenth feel... Gary Chaffe's "Phrasing and motion" vhs was my bible back in the day
I've really gotten into using them alot since making this video - just so easy to get around the kit and come up with cool rhythms
Your drum notation is the spitting image of my own.
Didn't think anybody could notate as bad as me ,but damn!
nice! yep, its looked the same all the way back to the 80s when I wrote out EVERYTHING
Thank you for the lesson Jeff :-)
you bet!
Your drums sound incredible! Lol! I typed the first part as you said @ new drums and mics! Nice playing also!
Thanx Scott! Pearl just makes amazing drums
Jeff you're a great player I love your kit and I really like your attitude I'm going to subscribe thank you so very much
Inverted parallel starting on the first kick.... Followed by another inverted paradiddle that starts with the backbeat on the snare.... Round and around and around
Drums sound amazing !!!! Exactly how they should
Thanx Brian!
Nice demonstration lesson Jeff, very cool. Gotta practice this one. That left hand sticking will be tricky, my LH is the weakest part of my game.
Me too man, I just constantly have to work on it too bring it up near the right hand. Thanks for watching and commenting brother!
You played it super clean though. I'm actually from DC (PG county), as I guess you are since you mentioned Rockville in one of your vids. Lot of good drummers and drum teachers from that area.
Johnny Rotten yes there are! I never took from him, but Grant Menefee is one that I have connected with on Facebook recently. He was very popular back in the 80s when I lived up that way.
The new drums are beautiful and sound superb. You should consider a video explaining how you achieved such a great sound. Nice job on the video too.
I'll have to do that. Thanx for the idea!
nice drumkit
Bass drum sounds great.
I like your notation style as well. Very good.
thanx Billy, its the most readable to me
Awesome..
Jeff..Thx for sharing..
Greetings from Mumbai...India
My pleasure!
Great vocabulary. Thats how you explain things. Thank you.
Thanx!
I truly Love your Videos Very Informative you have great articulation and dynamics And what a Killer set Good For You , Your Dedication has paid off in spades truly wonderful You gotta be having a blast on your set All the best to you Jeff
Right on, thanks so much! I appreciate you taking the time to check out my stuff
Hi jeff love the new kit "great kick drum sound"enjoy 'all the best 😃
Thanx Gerry!. I can't believe that that kit is almost 3 years old now!
Very helpful. Nice teaching style. Thanks. You sound great!
Much appreciated!
Excellent job!!! Your practice really shows in this video! Well done👍🏾
thanx Adam!
Beautiful kit. Great lesson.
Thanx Ron!
That's how a kit should sound!
thanx!
What a beautiful drum set o.o
thanx!
That's nice bro. Very clean, and your kit sounds great!
Thanx Charlie!
Jeff - I'm not a drummer in the least (guitarist) but I love the sound of your kit. Great video sir!
Thanx so much Anthony!
Tanks for these videos, very informative.
Great video. Good explanations without talking too much. Thanks!
haha, I'm not comfortable talking with stuff like this, so I guess I got just enough :)
very nice indeed !!!!!!!
appreciate it!
Hi Jeff,
Cool lesson! Did you go to Glenelg High School? I was in the band with a Jeff Wald in Glenelg back in the 80s. Nice to see you're still playing. Cool video.
Colin! too cool to see you on here man. This is the lick I saw Gadd do when Stan, Tony & I went to the Gadd clinic at Veneman in 1985. I overused it in some of the jazz band stuff :)
The flutter part feels heavily swung with a lot of wiggle Thanks for the lesson
Love the way your drums sound. Your snare actually sounds like a great full bodied snare, not like that incredibly annoying over tightened wood block sounding snare sound that seems to be popular these days. You play great and your instructions are clear and easy to understand. Thanks for a great tip! I can't wait to get on the drums and work it out.
Thanx so much! I'm going thru missed comments and found this. Have you gotten it yet? Its so fun to throw in there :)
Awesome video! Thanks!
Thanx for checking it out!
Great tutorial!!! 🥁👍🏽
Thanx GL!
AWESOME BRO!!!! Thanks!!!
Thanx Charlie!
Thanks for the great lesson, well done!
Glad you liked it!
Appreciate your lessons greatly!
Thanx Tom! Glad you're liking them
Actually the foot swings and everything else falls between that.... That's part of the samba feel. Very cool I am from New Orleans and this is part of our groove
Thanks again Jeff...
you bet
Great kit and the lesson!
Thanx Alex!
Jeff, in addition to working on my jazz swing style, I'm diving more into the Gadd fills and licks so to keep my linear studies up and keep it Gadd focused! Great video, I will work this one! Very 7- stroke roll-ish!!!
Thanx for checking it out!
good video.nice drums
thanx!
Hi Jeff, excellent video!! I've got to say superb sound I happened to have my headphones on and your kit sounds great that kick drum sounds sensational man, unbelievable!! Can I ask what program you're running for the recordings as I am wanting to start recording my drums, if you could point me in the right direction that would be much appreciated. Thanks Matt
Thanx Matt! Its Studio One v2.6. I've got no background in this so its all alot of trial and error for me. I appreciate the feedback!
Great lesson! Grtz from Holland
Thanx Robert!
You guys make it sound like no sweat
It just takes slow practice to work it up. I'm doing it with other things right now, always learning!
muy didactica ..gracias por explicar tan bien
Nice one jeff!
Thanx Steve!
Hi Jeff Nice video! Did you mention Venemans music on you previous Video? I wonder where you went to high school.
I bought my first PA system from them. Price war between Chuck Levins and Venemans. I went to Peary high school Class of 74
hey man! Glenelg High School -86, Howard County.
What a small world! keep up the good work you'll be 60 before you know it. Trust me.
Dude kit sounds amazing
Thanx Lonnie!
Jeff Wald what hi hats are you using ?
Lonnie Chiasson those are the 14 in K custom session series that they designed after Gadd's sound
Dudes a badass.
Gadd? Fo sho!!!
Great lesson THANK YOU! Man what's up with the strainer on your snare? Do you have an option of three levels of snare strain? Thats ingenious! Where did you find it and what is it called?? Peace from Detroit MI.
I missed this! That's a symphonic strainer but it was an available option when I ordered the kit so I went with it. You can have up to 3 different 6 strand strainers on it to mix and match and I did for a little while but now I just have a regular 24 strand connected to the outer 2 levers and the middle one has nothing. I shot a video last weekend of the shell config of the kit and I do flip the snare over in that video, so I hope to have that up soon
Great, thanx a lot! Great Video!!!
you bet, thanx for watching!
Great vid! Really enjoyed it!
Thanx Rob! I'm glad I finally updated this one
Nice Video Jeff Thx
thanx Viktor!
great explanation....i wanna see that vinnie lick? you said youre gonna revisit it....did you already post a lesson on it?
I just finished getting it together, I think I'll post it this week if I get it all produced
awesome!!!
Love it . Thanks man ✌🏻️😀
thanx!
snare sounds great by the way!
Thanx Eli!
by the way Jeff if you don't mind what kind of snare head is that, sounds totally awesome
Hey Lance, just saw this (after 3 yrs). I believe thats when I was using a CS Black Dot
Steve gadd's book of rudiments page 3 exercise 1 will teach you how to displace beats.... The flutter lick is one beat displaced from the first groove..... So you basically got two rhythms that are syncopated off of each other?...
Gets me every time.
Me too! Gadd is still the man!
Nice kit, sounds great, snare & tom tuning?
Thanx! check out this video where I show my tunebot settings. # for snare on it is 280 top/400 bottom. translated: top medium high, bottom cranked REAL tight :) ruclips.net/video/IZ_uWN5u08s/видео.html&t
Reverb on the snare even.
I'm always tweaking with settings :)
You slowing down because you lifting the stick to make the back back..... If you look at Steve's forearm it's sharply angled so he's pulling back instead of lifting up and hitting the snare with with right arm. I think it's more effective, but thanks for the great lesson. I really got a lot of that of this in a short period of time. I appreciate it very much
Thanx Andy! Its a fun thing to apply and to put in strategic places. I think my favorite that Steve did, and the VERY first time I ever heard it, was in Tour De Force Live, Al Di Meola. I think it was Egyptian Danza where it went into that really "spacey" sound and Steve broke into this. Wow. 40 yrs later its still just as amazing
nice...hey what hi hats you using? they sound great even at low volume
Hey Ryan, they are the 14" K Session series that were designed with Gadd's help. Very versitale!
Thanks Jeff! I have a question: is it the same concept with Gadd's usual mid and floor tom lick?
Sorry I missed this! I'm not exactly sure which lick you're talking about BUT I do know that he uses this sticking ALOT and it always sounds amazing
Thanks!
thanx for watching Jon!
Damn! jeff what are those hats you're using?
Those are the Gadd hats! 14" K Custom Session hats. Ride is the same version, a 20"
Love it. Just can't get my foot to diddle that fast lol
just take it slow, it'll come over time!
Dope !
Okay, so there used to be on RUclips a full version of the clip we see for the first 20 seconds of this video. Now, I cannot find it to save my life. Can anyone direct me to it, please?
hmmm, I know that it was from the 1985 Zildjian Day with Ralph MacDonald, but dont' have the address
Good session Jeff! What kinda drums are those?
Thanx John! Pearl Masterworks
Molto bravo. Grazie (Italia)
thanx!
What is that gong sound? Great lick and sound
you mean the actual gong drum? if so, that's a 20x15 with a remo emporer on it
Tony had his own rudiments. Not many people them. You sound good by the way
Thanx James!