Gain precise kit navigation by using PARADIDDLES
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Do you feel like your hands get tangled up as you play fills around the kit? Like you’re not really “in command” and “in control” of what you’re playing?
Well, this is really just a lack of precision…and if you’re dealing with this, today’s lesson is most definitely for you.
The secret to professional drumming sound is precision - Hitting your drums in the right spot - and at the right TIME. But without these two elements, you’ll sound sloppy and amateur no matter what.
But not to worry, because today I’m teaching you a weird paradiddle exercise that’s kind of mind-bending - but very simple at the same time - Which will tighten up your ability to play fills around the kit smoothly and in time, sounding like a true pro. YOU CAN DO THIS!
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Been playing since age 10 or 11….hitting 70 at the end of this year and am still learning great stuff. The learning never ends folks. 👍👍😁
You better be getting good at this point :)
My dude, you are an incredible drum teacher!
Man, It's really nice to see you are still active here; I remember watching one of ur vids like 10 years ago. Thanks for all the tips
This practice really helps to focus on each stroke.
Years ago as a guitar/bass/keyboardist, I bought an Idiot's Guide To Playing The Drums , or something like that, thinking that I was finally going to understand the drums. There were paradiddle exercises of course, and I just instinctively started moving the paradiddles around the kit that was left behind by the drummer because my place was the rehearsal room. That was a revelation to me as far as drums are concerned. This current lesson of yours shows the absolute power of the paradiddle and moving it around the drums. I appreciate your approach as the "the non-glamourous drummer.," and I've learned quite a bit from your channel as not even a glamorous drummer, but not even a drummer.
Thanks Stephen. Good stuff.
Dear Stephen, What a crazy way to think of singles. I simply love it and will try this to improve my precision and fluidity around the kit. Even if I am just on an E-kit the precision is one key to be a better drummer! Thank you so much for this.
That is a mind bender! I can only play that exercise at a certain tempo and no faster, for now anyway. Based on the title, I did not expect this video to be about non-paradiddles. It's good though. It gets me out of my box, where I tend to live most of the time.
While I can play the drums reasonably well, I do struggle with some things. Hitting in the middle of the head is one of them. Transitioning in and out of fills is another. When I'm playing fills I feel like I'm killing it, but when I listen to recordings of myself playing fills I sometimes hear myself falling out of time slightly, or not smoothly getting back into the groove coming out of a fill.
Don't worry about fills yet. I mean have fun if you want but if that is happening you aren't there yet. You will learn faster without them. Most fills suck anyhow.
One thing I struggle with is when I’m focusing on a fill I’ll sometimes forget about playing the bass drum.
same here, but I think the key is to make the bassdrum just a part of your "rudiments" it will come with practice, I hope...
Try sneaking a double or a single kick in between your feet. You can practice this completely on the Toms if you want. Then add a beat after you figure it out at the start to connect them together.
Facts bro I can relate
Amazing session. I struggle with volume control. I have some ideas to work on that but you may have better ones.
Hi Stephen, only been playing 3 months, have watched a ton of your videos, can often understand and get the sticking, but fail to get the bass kick drum timing right...
thanks for the videos...
Awesome! Love these simple but mind-boggling concepts. Will surely add this to my routine ;)
- what size are your drumsticks by the way? :D
**Stephen, Man, You Rock. My name is Ward and I consider myself a mid to higher level intermediate Drummer with a large Drum Set (at 62 a huge fan of- well, of course-Neil.) I have one of your awesome Coordination work sheets (what I call it) and being a little slower in the reading dept. and not a whole lot of patience (all my life, but not out of control) But, it's just a lot of reading (which is needed) for me to sit long enough to go thru it all**!! Keep up the great work. I know I won't stop watching (to match you, LOL ha ha.) Thanx again Stephen for you great (AND FREE) content, Ward L. P.S. what do you think of all my "in parentheses"?
this is great, will work on it.
But my biggest challrnge is getting my timing really accuerate (esp against a click, i usually end up playing ahead) and the beats really even (like what you were saying about why Jeff POcaro was o good)
You can place your script around the camera. You can also place a face there so you don't have to keep talking to yourself (you do that when you look down to your left, which is fine if it's done every 10 seconds or so, but not after each phrase)
He's not looking at the script. The font size is way too small for any person to see at such a quick glance and his angle doesn't allow him to see anything on the laptop.
It's just his way to keep his thoughts flowing and counteract nervousness in front of the camera - nobody is watching him in that very moment, but the camera being on could make some people more nervous than when doing the exact same thing without being recorded.
Edit: Also, let's be honest...he's doing a great job at teaching lots of people how to play drums. He's doing it patiently and goes through a lot of details that 99% of youtubers leave out. Considering this, do you really care that much about him peaking at the script? :)
@@RHCPsTv Which is my point exactly. The comments I gave are ways to improve, instead of him losing views because of stuff he doesn't know yet. Also, he doesn't glance, he takes at least 2 seconds when he's looking to his left. If that's not a script, that's probably an outline he's looking at. Also the constant looking down to the left (not the turning of the head to look at his laptop) is a sign of self talk. People do this unconsciously, yet it doesn't look good on camera.
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True true but that vanilla flavor is strong strong
Thank you so much stephen!
I started learning drums for 1 year and almost 2 months. What is my difficulties by now?
Moving around the kit, with 16th notes, very fine when slow, okay when not above 130 BPM, not stable when up to 150 BPM, and very sloppy or even unable to play for higher speed.
I have been practicing paradiddles for recent half year and I can feel the improvements. Some bars within a song used to be too challenging for me are now possible to play, even not very well, however the problems that I am encountering seemed no progress.
Ga ga goo goo ga goo goo boo boo da da bup
😅 our drumspeak is at times Hilarious 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Bada da Bada da Boom
Boom Boom
Bada da Bada da Boom
Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics’ half brother taught me to paradiddle.
❤ it. My translation -
PLAYING Singles to Create THE SOUND of Paradiddles!
The Only paradiddles here are the SOUND of paradiddles. 😀
Awesome stuff Stephen.
Thx! Again! 👍🏻😎👍🏻
It sounds like this exact exercise is being used in the interpol song Obstacle 1 at the 2:40 mark
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It says free PDF but when you go there to sign up its $7? I'm all for paying for good training guides but this is a little misleading.
A separate email has the PDF and mine went into the spam folder.
Why is your snare sound like a tom?
Ban this guy
Why?