Drum Lesson: Vinnie Colaiuta On Frank Zappa’s ‘Keep It Greasy’

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @TimSuliman
    @TimSuliman 5 місяців тому +4

    This is the best explanation I’ve seen. Thanks!

  • @easyenglishcuatro
    @easyenglishcuatro 6 місяців тому +3

    love your ghost notes. nice and soft. thats what you do really well in this video. you have really soft ghost note control. Its noticable and impressive

  • @EsharpFflat
    @EsharpFflat 5 років тому +22

    "Celestial Terrestrial Commuters" by Mahavishnu Orchestra is in 19/16.

    • @danielwatson7540
      @danielwatson7540 5 років тому +8

      But, that one's not about keeping it greasy though ;)

  • @6789drummerdude
    @6789drummerdude 4 роки тому +16

    This is the first time I’ve been able to comprehend the time signature, very well explained, thank you so much.

  • @daviddicara991
    @daviddicara991 5 місяців тому +1

    Oh Man! Great, GREAT lesson! I played this tune when I was 14 years old! I was a prodigy and the bass player helped me tremendously! He worked it out exactly how you did with 323! And he kept me going when I stumbled a LOT in the beginning...YOU are such a wonderful teacher! The guys at MI are lu"ky to have you! You have an amazing bedside manner and can play the heck out of the drums! Thank you for taking me way back to some great memories!

    • @jongallardo8006
      @jongallardo8006 10 днів тому

      Everyone’s a “prodigy “ in their own mind

  • @magikkris
    @magikkris 6 років тому +28

    music is the best

    • @andrejz8954
      @andrejz8954 5 років тому +1

      Love is not music

    • @hoshme
      @hoshme 4 роки тому +1

      Wisdom is the domain of the Wis, which is extinct

    • @oozzyknob
      @oozzyknob 3 роки тому +1

      Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament currently in resurgence

  • @nickbansal9369
    @nickbansal9369 9 місяців тому +1

    Great vid - will definitely follow you page. Zappa and Vinnie were king!

  • @highwayman2849
    @highwayman2849 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the demonstration of this fantastic time signature

  • @tyranonaut
    @tyranonaut 5 років тому +35

    All you gotta do is grease it down and everything is fine.

  • @vincentdublino7136
    @vincentdublino7136 4 роки тому +6

    Awesome video! I pulled up keep it greasy to practice the other day and for some reason I remembered it was in 17/16. I sat there for like 45 minutes trying to figure that s*** out and finally gave up. Thanks for this awesome exclamation! I guess it's my time was good enough, I could have played 17 against 19 and it would have worked out and maybe lined up once every 52 Bars LOL

  • @alonzovillarreal4666
    @alonzovillarreal4666 6 років тому +7

    A great breakdown of a fun groove!

  • @zenmonk420
    @zenmonk420 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @AdamBryandrums
    @AdamBryandrums 5 років тому +9

    There’s a section at the end of the dream theater song “home” in 19/16. Awesome lesson

    • @DRUM
      @DRUM  5 років тому

      Nice pull! Thanks for watching!

    • @Maki_theAests
      @Maki_theAests Місяць тому +1

      True, dream theater is awesome

  • @rainerbuechse6923
    @rainerbuechse6923 Рік тому +1

    Phantastic, thanks so much!

  • @TylerHNothing
    @TylerHNothing 4 роки тому +3

    you killed it at the end, nice playing

  • @MultiKrelle
    @MultiKrelle 4 роки тому +1

    Great Stewart!
    Miss MI and the talk and the hang. I hope this COVID19 shit soon will come to an end so I can get back to MI

  • @jdsgotninelives
    @jdsgotninelives 6 років тому +14

    Tetris level infiinity

  • @rosslmccallum
    @rosslmccallum 5 років тому +1

    Nice lesson!

  • @MrLeeziebee
    @MrLeeziebee 3 роки тому +4

    "A Bar of 5/4 with one 16th missing" perfect. Its a bit like Spanish Moss by Billy Cobham, where you fall off the end of the bar the same way. 3:49 could be Balkan like ivo papasov. odd meter is awesome for soloists.. Aber beklecker nicht
    Das sofa, sofa!

  • @yougotgroove
    @yougotgroove 3 роки тому +1

    Nice!!!!

  • @mvmmotovlogmusic2815
    @mvmmotovlogmusic2815 4 роки тому +4

    “See what sticks” 😂 great like for a drummer.

  • @lucafogliati6050
    @lucafogliati6050 4 роки тому +2

    Oh yeah it goes down easy!

  • @minifuzz5
    @minifuzz5 5 років тому +1

    nice one chap.

  • @robizoobi6016
    @robizoobi6016 3 роки тому +1

    Nice 👍

  • @nicowit8896
    @nicowit8896 5 років тому +3

    Saying the pattern is 3, then 2 then 3 was a bit confusing until I saw the chart then it made sense ( right hand plays 3,2,3) . Should have said groupings of 7,5,7. Really like the addition of accents. Makes it sounds way more complex

  • @smorrow
    @smorrow 4 роки тому +4

    Patrick O'Hearn described a better trick than "subdivide down to twos and threes", and that is to subvocalise some phrase with that number of syllables in it. So, for example, 11 would be |: I would like to go to the mo-vies to-day :|.

  • @federruchi6147
    @federruchi6147 Рік тому +1

    Now do one for He Used To Cut The Grass lol

  • @ManicMovesDrowsyDreams
    @ManicMovesDrowsyDreams 3 роки тому +4

    Never even noticed that this song had anything complicated going on with the drums. That's probably because I play bass but still, wow

    • @clydebillingsworth8574
      @clydebillingsworth8574 2 роки тому +2

      It's a quick bass groove but us bassists would be ridiculously lost without a tight drummer on this.

    • @ManicMovesDrowsyDreams
      @ManicMovesDrowsyDreams 2 роки тому

      @@clydebillingsworth8574 Could I ask is it best played for most bassists by incorporating the open A, or by using more fretted notes? I'm talking about the main riff of course. Thanks in advance

    • @clydebillingsworth8574
      @clydebillingsworth8574 2 роки тому

      @@ManicMovesDrowsyDreams i can't pretend I know this too well. I play with four strings since 5 is hard to count. But this guy knows some Zappa and is much better at bass than I. I just figure get it real close and improv. I've listened to a lot of versions of this song and it's got a main line but the drums seem to be what holds it together. The bass has a bit more freedom.
      ua-cam.com/video/IPvsNt6jsD4/v-deo.html

    • @boston5814
      @boston5814 2 роки тому +1

      @@ManicMovesDrowsyDreams fretted, 5 then 3 on the A string, down to 5 on the E, back to 5 on the A

    • @ManicMovesDrowsyDreams
      @ManicMovesDrowsyDreams 2 роки тому

      @@boston5814 okay so don't use the open A for that part. That feels better thanks

  • @fernandogoncalves1958
    @fernandogoncalves1958 6 років тому +2

    Muito bom...Obrigado por essa pérola...

    • @stewartjean2066
      @stewartjean2066 6 років тому +1

      Fernando Gonçalves você é bem vindo

  • @deadsetzn
    @deadsetzn 2 роки тому

    What are the chances you have a download of this loop? Playing with Ike Willis in a couple weeks and I gotta get my 19 together!

  • @jakumaba
    @jakumaba Рік тому +2

    Am I on the wrong channel? Where does the lube come in?

  • @TylerHNothing
    @TylerHNothing 4 роки тому +1

    3:33 in your 2's / 3's approach:
    those types of 2's and 3's are actually 5's and 7's... whenever I hear a 2 like that I automatically think 5, and a 3 like that I automatically think 7
    the 2 is actually 5/16, the 3 is actually 7/16. when you do 3+2+3, it's really 7/16+5/16+7/16 = 19/16

    • @deseipel0076
      @deseipel0076 2 роки тому

      Yep agreed. That's the way

    • @jeffreypenis736
      @jeffreypenis736 6 місяців тому

      yeah i think he was misinterpreting the 2s and 3s thing; it really means that each group of 7 is 2+2+3 and each 5 is 2+3, so the whole thing is 22323223

  • @EleanorPeterson
    @EleanorPeterson 4 роки тому +2

    I think I'm greasy enough now...

  • @tark4099
    @tark4099 5 років тому +3

    Pale Blue Dot.

  • @toughenupfluffy7294
    @toughenupfluffy7294 9 місяців тому +2

    Catholic boys (Vinnie Colaiuta)
    Catholic boys (Really young, kinda 'wow')

  • @JDNicoll
    @JDNicoll 4 роки тому

    Check out this cover of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers: m.ua-cam.com/video/ossFdDmqtDA/v-deo.html

  • @jdbulciolu
    @jdbulciolu 4 роки тому

    it doesn't sound like keep it greasy from frank zappa, though... nice lesson btw.

    • @stewartjean2066
      @stewartjean2066 4 роки тому +2

      jd bulciolu it’s a loop based on and inspired by the bass line at the jam at the end of the tune, simply something to play over. Thanks for checking it out.

  • @yurisilva5943
    @yurisilva5943 6 років тому +3

    Primeiro

  • @yoddeb
    @yoddeb 2 роки тому

    I'm not a musician....but my gut feeling tells me that muscle memory is the wrong approach. Must be better to fully understand the math involved.

    • @biorage6670
      @biorage6670 9 місяців тому +1

      Muscle memory plays a huge role in music and instrument playing. Down the path, math will almost always be needed but they are not mutually exclusive or competing.

    • @yoddeb
      @yoddeb 9 місяців тому

      ​@@biorage6670that sounds like "winging it"

    • @UseTheSupeRsonic
      @UseTheSupeRsonic 7 місяців тому +1

      Muscle memory is how you FEEL the groove. You can count all you want and know the math, but these things all have a groove, and if you can’t feel it, it’ll never sound right

    • @kpaasial
      @kpaasial 5 місяців тому +1

      You don't understand how humans work. We learn something new using our higher brain functions, the "math", the mechanics etc. but in order to repeatedly perform the same thing correctly over time we always rely on "muscle memory", the so called long term memory. If you'd have to re-analyze something like this groove in your brain all the time while playing it, your brain would quickly melt.

  • @tdrum21
    @tdrum21 6 років тому +2

    Very cool. Ryan Brown did an amazing breakdown of the Zappa grooves. Borlai is pretty amazing too like you said. What do you for a breakdown of the 21/16 section in the song?

    • @1961andrewdennis
      @1961andrewdennis 5 років тому +2

      Look for Aussiedrumnerd on youtube as he breaks down the 21/16 section as well

    • @stewartjean2066
      @stewartjean2066 5 років тому

      tdrum21 I add two 16th notes :)

  • @tdrum21
    @tdrum21 5 років тому +1

    Is there a way to get these play along links you make on these? I love them

    • @stewartjean2066
      @stewartjean2066 5 років тому +1

      tdrum21 let me see what I can work out for you.

    • @drumprogram6511
      @drumprogram6511 5 років тому

      The loops can be found here:
      www.stewartjean.com/