TRIPLETVILLE! THE FAMOUS JOHN BONHAM BASS DRUM TRIPLETS
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2022
- In this video I take account of the songs other than Good Times, Bad Times that featured Bonzo playing his signature bass drum triplets, and look at a couple other drummers who played them before Bonzo.
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Triplets are the way Bonham drove the bus. The groove he kept was always riveting to listen to and watch. Just an original style with precision. Timeless drumming. Thanks for sharing. We all studied at John Bonham University.
John Bonham University Alumni ( TM )
What's crazy is, if you didn't introduce any of the songs by name, they'd still be instantly recognizable regardless.
It’s crazy that a drummer 53 years later is being studied by us like a Mozart, Bach, and the geniuses of centuries past. It will be true for Bonham hundreds of years later.
Great job with your presentation, sir! Making the Kick the Genesis of your teaching really helps.
On “Since I’ve been loving you”, you can hear the spring on his pedal squeak every time he lifts the beater off the head.
omgggg 😅 you're right. sounds like a little bird or smth.
I'm 55 years old and will always remember when my father put the Led Zeppelin II on the record player. I was a young boy and his words where "Now let's listen to something real" and turned the volume up. I was completely flashed. I did not know, that my father was a drummer years ago.. but this evening he told me.. and that his old drumkit was still availlable. Crazy about that info, one week later I was sitting behind his old Teardrop kit and the adventure had begun. You remind me of him and these days. Keeping the Bonzo spirit up!
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing the story.
Best class about triplet. Marvellous. Peace and Love to all. God bless you all.
George, in my 50 years of attempting/learning Bonham your teaching has been the most thorough of any source. Be it specific technique like the triplets or just watching you play full zep shows and picking up tips. As always thanks for sharing your time and talent.
Thanks!
@@BONHAMOLOGY I agree with this 100% I never thought it was for an individual to understand Bonham and reproduce his playing the way you do. It's probably the closest anyone physically can. Any person I have ever heard either isn't playing what Bonham actually played, or doesn't have the sound, timing, or feel. You do. And I find that to be amazing. I have a pretty good ear and you have correct some of my own thoughts on what I thought Bonham was doing. I will also say, thank God for UA-cam and slowing down playback!
@@thephilosophersrant1552 Yoyoka reproduces Bonham pretty well. She even gives lessons how how to do the Bass Drum Triplet Without Downbeat, (mind you she was only 8 yrs old at the time) here: ua-cam.com/video/B5EUmV9Jz-E/v-deo.html
@@thephilosophersrant1552 what? Brian Tichy! Watch the Bonham tribute shows and there are a few
Totally agree.
Hello! Great video. I have a special place in my heart for a 3 piece drum set like in the video because a 3 piece set was my very first experience feeling a drum set. BONHAMOLOGY OR GEORGE, I enjoy all your videos, YOU ARE ALL RHYTHM'S BONHAMOLOGY,Take care!
Nice playing George
MAN!! The tuning of the drums sound spot on to Bonham’s recordings. At least to me it does. Fantastic video!!
You are right. It is downright creepy in the best of ways. The bass drum is Mr. Bonham's clone.
I will never underestimate the versatility of a Ludwig Speed king pedal again!!!
Or that Camco which George uses , and seems to prefer . Glad I finally got one , though I was conflicted; felt like I was cheating on my Speed King(s) . Getting over it mostly
Here we go again!!!
Mastery lesson at higher level!!!!
No drummer is a reliable drummer until he is able to use Bonham Bass drum triplets in his bag of tricks!!!!
Thanks for this awsome lesson.
Greetings from Portugal!!!! 🥁🇵🇹💜🇵🇹
One of my top favorites, Custard Pie. 🥰
You are the real deal. Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing. Tony.
You explanations are always easy to understand and presented in a friendly manner. Thanks George.
Excellent overview and tutorial....Thank you.
These videos keep me wanting to practice, thankyou!
This is a very good explanation of how John Bonham got his groove. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers! ✌️🥁
Sweet. I love your videos man! Rock on 🤘🏼
Thanks for taking the time to give us a good view of your kick foot technique and of course the post of this great video.
We all love Led Zeppelin and John Henry Bonham's signature style and all round approach to drumming.
Thanks again. 👍🎼🇬🇧
I'm so old I have to play these in half time. Great playing George, you are the master.
You are always enjoyable and I always learn something. As someone who learned to drum sitting in the dark 40 years ago listening to Bonham play it's amazing to see you have such a depth of knowledge of all his drumming styles. I believe an early version of What is And What Should Never has bass triplets in it. Loved the video examples of those inspirational drummers. Thank you and God Bless you
Beautiful and thorough explanation. AND with a (not-so) Speed King!😂 brilliant. Thank you Mr, Fludas!
Hey George! I enjoyed watching you play in high school. Just found you on You Tube, glad to see you’re still playing man. You sound better than ever!
Super cool as always George!
Very cool vid! The one triplet use that i always remember because it blew my mind some 20 years ago is the one in the Thank You version included in the BBC Sessions, during the guitar solo (which i also love!). How he jumps to that crazy train beat and then back to the original like it was nothing… damn 🤯.
Enjoyed that immensely
Yeah George very nice those placements are waaaaay trickier than they seem great stuff thankyou bro
That bass drum is nailing his tone! Excellent video, sir.
My head is about to explode. Your bass drum sound is John's bass drum's twin, and it's spooky. Nicely done sir.
Great video . thank you....kit sounds great
I can't quit you baby has the best drum sound ever. Studio version. Love it!!!!
Great lesson George! Love these bass drum triplets! What a great way Bonzo orchestrated these around the kit, right off the bat with GTBT, and Black Dog is another favorite the way he plays them. Love the history too that he learned from Carmine, Morello and Papa Joe. Now I want to know where they learned them from! Thanks! ✌️❤️🥁
Great job on this video..😊😊😊
Brillante demostración, felicitaciones desde Argentina Bonhamlogy!!
Genius! 🤘🏻🥁
Brilliant ⚘
George,
I have always thought that Bonham was heavily influenced by jazz and big band drummers... heck, playing with bare hands was a Joe Morrelo thing. Stravinsky said good composers are influenced by other composers, but great composers steel. Aside from obvious native tallent, I believe Bonham's genus was cuningly integrating jazz and big band licks into the rock form, thus creating his own idiom. Great video as always.
Yes!
Awesome tutorial George. I'm a heel up player but trying to learn the rocking motion to finally try to get these right
Love the bass drum technique. I used to Love that speed king pedal...
That's incredible..I'm 62..still drumming...and all this time I thought he was hitting 3 times on the kick...so possibly another example of this is the Don Brewer drum intro to We're An American Band?.... thanks so much for this video!
George, Carmine got this from Gary Driscol. Gary Driscol was Ronnie Dio's drummer from 1965 until he left Rainbow.
Their band in the 60s was called Ronnie Dio and the Profits, the most popular cover band in central NY state.
Gary was an amazing drummer. What he did with is foot was mesmerizing. Every drummer in upstate NY was in awe of him.
He not only did quads but did them with separated and accented notes.
The prophets, then renamed the Electric Elves, opened for the Fudge in the late 60s and immediately after Carmine tried to imitate Gary. He couldn't, no one could, but he did a good job trying.
To put it simply, what Gary did with his foot was otherworldly. He was like a world class athlete who could do something with his body that no other human being could do.
Neurologically, his brain could get his foot and ankle to do something that was impossible to copy. Believe me I tried for a decade.
He was that great and I hope that since Gary was horrifically murdered in 1985, that Carmine will eventually give him credit for the place in drummers history that Gary deserves.
Very cool man.
Great video george, you make it look easy. I heard some early versions of the lemon song "killing floor" in 69' where he would throw them in. There were also some parts in the studio version where he had them going for a while.
Happy 2023! George! What is and what should never be would do it for me.
I did a couple versions, check my vids. Thanks!
Another great chapter in Bonzo's bible. 👏👏👏
Really excellent work! I could talk Bonham all day. I have. 😐
Such an enjoyable watch.
I never thought I would make it through a 13 min video of someone talking about bass drum triplets but this kept me interested the entire time… I actually wish it was longer
Thanks, I enjoyed your video today as well.
@@BONHAMOLOGY you're very kind... I'm honored that you checked out my video.
CLEAN
the professor of bonhamology is in!!! hate to heap praise all the time but your playing gives me the chills man…from all the great jazz and zep stuff to the surprise mitch mitchell and bill ward stuff i just watched and heard ya do.. youre my fav drummer, hands down!!
Cheers, thank you!
thanks for your time ,George you make it look like the beater belongs on the head and you're just letting it up for a few seconds .good job 🤘 Hey to Terry ✌
Thanks for another great video. I think I hear triplets during the guitar solo on dazed and confused. Also I think I hear them on Dancing Days. Both are the studio versions. Thanks
Thanks for teaching all of us the illusive sought-after BONZO technique 😀 foot pattern triplets!!! WE appreciate you for teaching us some of your trade secrets...And ALLLLLLL FOR FREE!!! THANKS 😊 GEORGE!!! "BROTHER DRUMMER"
7:43 “Black Dog”, I absolutely love JB’s playing on that.
Took me to school, thanks, George! The other thing that really got my attention was how musical Bonzo's playing was. When you can recognize a song by the drum part, I'm not sure how many artists can pull that off.
Yes, absolutely!!
I love the no floor tom setup.
Great video, and btw, Happy National Drummers Day today!!
Great Insight george! The sound you are getting on that bass drum is so spot on. I always thought Achilles Last Stand with that galloping thing going on was basically a slow triplet but maybe technically it's something else but it seems to have that feel?
Thanks Bob. I think of that as 16ths , but he always had that swing or lope in his feel
George, I'm about to turn 64 I've been an amputee (right arm) since 25. I've always had a love of drums and felt I had a feel for it, but it was just a dream...till now. I bought a TD1-DMK kit and I'm having a blast! Your videos help me so much! I know I have limitations and I accept that, just wanted to thank you for sharing your knowledge and let you know how much it's helped me. Much appreciated!
Thank you so much, I'm really glad to hear that!! 🙏🏼♥️
@@BONHAMOLOGY My pleasure!
Great video, well done, liked, subscribed, locked and loaded.
I am now subscribed!
this is the only thing i can't get right on an electric drum set. wish i had a garage or something so i can get an acoustic set lol.
thanks for the insights!
No problem at 85 BPM but at 95 it's a struggle. Especially with spikes and plates in your right foot. Thank you again George!
Another excellent video,Thank You!
He also did them in I Can’t Quit You Baby at RAH 1970
that snare drum!
Damn you know the shit
When I was ghost notes and triplets were all over the place
Just starting practicing this... my foots doing the worm lol
leonard haze told me he started recording the 1st yesterday and today album w a camco pedal but the strap broke so then he put on his speed king. the fastest single footwork w more bd notes ive ever heard on an album.
On In Through The Outdoor, at 2:10- 2:11 I believe he does 1foot triplet on All My Love. It can be heard on the iso drum track. I'm loving your new content btw
Could be , I will check that
this is one of the greatest videos on UA-cam. ( & I’m a guitar player/ lol ) If ya can master this bass drum ( full elevated foot ) your past 50
% Bonzo , In my tink’n .
Nice work, that snare sound is right on the money. l should check first maybe there's some on the Rain Song, then it could be flams instead.
On Black Dog, I'm sure he plays three quick bass notes a few times during the outro, on top of the doubles that you've shown here: Snare, Kick-Kick-Kick, Snare, Kick. I could be entirely wrong though, but that's how I've always heard and played it.
The Speed King is truly King😊
The kashmir trips are so smooth
So its basically like Procaro/Purdie kind of a shuffle, reduced triplet, but played with a kick
Thanks for a great informative video.what bass drum pedal do you use please ? Thanks 👍
That’s a vintage Ludwig speed king That has been restored and painted.
For those who'll ask how he got that great bass drum tone, look at 1:39 to see the Moongel on his sock to figure it all out.
This is a joke, by the way.
Great video. I have a question. What is the thing that looks like a napkin hanging out of the bass drum?
Ha!! That’s a felt strip across the lower part of the back head
Ever feel like your just a drummer doing aerobics in the garage, and who knows if it will ever go further than you just enjoying yourself playing? Glad you guys made it work for you! It' s encouraging when some of us noise makers are feeling useless.
Hey George, fantastic breakdown
However, you have a dryer sheet stuck between your bass hoop and drum ..
I got to get a speed king, I’m curious how they feel compared to modern pedals, I’m used to a Pearl elim and a Trick Dominator
They are more naturally responsive to your foot, not so reboundy, they can take some getting used to, it's like your foot really is in control, more than a reaction to the mechanical rebound.
My pedal became squeaking after playing these triplets all the time, just like Bonzo’s speed king. But I kinda like it😄.
You forgot When the Levee Breaks, toward the end of the song. Now you do cover the same fill in a couple of your examples. But Its use in Levee is my favorite use of Bonham Triplets he did. It's so genius.
I play that part, it’s at 7:32
@@BONHAMOLOGY Oh God. How did I miss that!
You have to find a seat that had the squeak in it whenever John bounced up and down on it. have you ever heard it?
Not a criticism, but you missed "3 bass drum hits" on "Good Times Bad Times". If you listen to the end as it fades, as Plant say "never be apart", at that exact spot Bonham does really fast 3 bass drum hits TWICE IN A ROW. The reason most drummers don't pick up on it is that it happens as the song is fading, and you may have to crank up your music really high, but they are there. I was twelve years old, in NY listening to WNEW-FM, at 10pm, Alison Steele comes on, this is freeform fm radio, and announces Jimmy Page's new band. And she actually said: "Listen to this drunmer, yikes"..then she plays 'Good Times Bad Times' first time in America. Changed my life. I saw Zep 19 times, and every show Bonzo always got the biggest standing ovation of the night. I saw him up close a few times, it was frightening. He defied the laws of time and physics. Live he was not like on record. What he played seemed physically impossible. They may have become really big, but Led Zeppelin could never have come close to the best band on Earth without John Bonham. Still never seen anybody play remotely like him. Also, CA is full of shit. It's easy to take credit when someone's dead. Bonham lived in the Black Country, he never saw CA and the only song he would have heard (maybe) was Keep me hanging on. No double's on that, and you're correct, Bonham did listen to all the great jazz drummers. But according to Bill Ward, Bev Bevan and the late great B.J. Wilson, they all grew up near each other, Bonham was the youngest but they watched as he got better and blew past them, they were in awe, and apparently the double bass hits just happened, he didn't plan it. They were his friends, the quotes are in a book by Bonham's brother. Before any of them had success they were in awe of "the kid". hahahahha true stuff..I really like your videos, thanks...
thanks for taking time to edit and post, serious question... you find floppy shoes better for bass drum or stiff souls, just curious
Personally I like flexible soles...not necessarily floppy but I don't like hard stiff soled shoes.
Hello george this is kenny if u get this message im looking at u give this john bonham example on drums in case u dont remember we worked together at the recorder of deeds.u look good george steal waiting for my lessons
Cool stuff! Is that Gretch bass drum on the right a 20"?
Both of those Gretsch bass drums on the lower shelf are 20 inch
@@BONHAMOLOGY nice Drums!😎
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
George, i was listening to a rare Bonham interview ( I think ) and he said he played drums at school. Im assuming the school band. I was waiting for the interviewer to press him on that but he didnt. Have you heard this?
Yes, I heard that…. I think he meant that he played at school functions but it was with a band made up of his mates, not a school band
If you are having trouble with doubles on your kick pedal, try a different kick pedal, my cheap pedal out performs my Mapex 10 to 1, and here I thought it was me, sometimes it really is your equipment.
Truth!
What is the spring tension set at on your bass pedal?
Basically its about medium ish
Have you checked out Akane from Band Maid? Page called her the next Bonham. Seriously. And she is all about the triplets.
I'll check her out!
how are these videos free ??? simply thanks, George
Do we hear these triplets often enough in new music? I don't think we do, at least not in the good times bad times way.
Hi, what pedal tension are you using
I keep it medium loose, not too tight
Bonham used a Speed King pedal which is a reverse pedal
i heard ca claim jb said he got it from him but i listened to the song he claimed he did it on and i couldnt hear it.
Doesn't the wanton song have triplets on the kick? Nice work by the way.
Thank you, no those are 16th notes not really triplets