Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: The Legendary Purdie Shuffle (rebrushed Version)
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2023
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I was worried about those ghost notes, but if Bernard says they ain't nothin' but rebound, that's all the reassurance I need.
You didn’t know that did ya!
That’s the one part that always gets me
@@dude2499 you are the only person that gets me dude
@@dude2499 this is 12 eight…. and it grooves like anythinggggg
@@jamesoshannasy8052y'all get you to dude. I understand it I just couldn't play it so I quit.
Dude can talk while playing drums; meanwhile I can hardly play drums while playing drums.
So funny! I can relate. 😁
I'm with you brother
Eat breakfast.
Lol, same here my friend.
Just when I thought I was advanced 😂
You know what’s most impressive? It’s the amount of joy this man carries, it’s simply magical, I can’t help but smile whenever I watch this.
Awww…yeah!! I like that.
Hell yeah
I wanna be as free as he is
However learning about his session player claims is a depressing black hole.
Meh.
@@liamsandal6360 lol
Thanks for contributing. I’m sure there’s some death metal guy doing 900 fills per verse you can find on UA-cam somewheres.
Bernard was born with a metronome inside him, I swear. When you have a shuffle beat named after you, you know you’ve goddamn well made it!
They use Bernard to calibrate metronomes 🙂
Guitar George may know all of the chords, but there ain't no chord named after Guitar George. Know what I'm sayin'?
@@VillageTechnologies...but Harry does not mind...😂
That's cuz he's got a day time job. He's doin' all right. @@realReyLopez
In 2017 I participated in an event called "Let There Be Drums" in St. Paul, Minnesota, in which we attempted to set the world record for the most drummers playing in one place at one time. About 250 of us showed up at a bandstand with our drum kits. We'd all learned beforehand how to play "Rocksteady" by Aretha Franklin, Ringo's famous drum break from "The End" of Abbey Road, and most of us who didn't already know it tried to learn the Purdie Shuffle.
At the event a band took to the stage (which included several respected industry drummers whose names I've since forgotten), plus Mister Bernard Purdie himself, and 250 of us drummers all played in unison. When it came time to do the Purdie Shuffle, Bernard basically walked us through how to do it, exactly like he does in this video, and after a couple of minutes all of us were doing the Purdie Shuffle in unison. Afterwards, he signed my LP copy of "Aja." I'll never forget it.
Wow. Majorly jealous here my friend! He's one of my heroes.
That sounds Amazing 😍
Did you set the record?
This is dude is so full of joy !😊😊😊
@@billdrummer1197 No. The record is 533 drummers, and we only had around 250. But it was still awesome!
He invented it, and he’s still like a kid with his new toy. No end to musical pleasure, remember this when you are down. There is always a gift of up. Thanks, pretty.
“and it grooves like anything!” always gets me 😭❤
That's solid advice, for music,........and for life!
The greatest video ever made. I watch it on my birthday and at funerals.
@matthewcurtis6794 I hope this is true.
1:58 the fact that he can swing in and out of the full shuffle on an off beat without skipping a breath is utterly mind blowing
While talking too!
I could watch this a thousand times and it would never get old.
Amen.
I've watched this a thousand times and I still can't play the Purdie Shuffle...LOL
Facts
I watched this a thousand times and now I’m old. Still can’t play any of this.
I'm personally quite high in my count of rewatching! Never gets old. Always makes me smile.
What a lovely spirit. He's not a musician, he's music.
This man is every drummers dream grandpa at this point.
this man is every drummers grandpa
I feel like this video by itself has great sampling potential
Seriously: “owwww”
“Heh-heh-heh”
“Yeah…I like dat”
“Bee bow bow baya baya baya BYE!”
The fragile equilibrium of this universe has been restored with this reupload. Thank you kind sir.
I don't know anything about playing drums, but I get the sense that he is seeing every beat in his head long before he plays it. This isn't just repetition, this is mastery to the point of simply being the beat.
Every drummer needs to watch this
I don't even play drums and I could watch him all day 'splain stuff.
OW! Now! The big big big big big big question: The triplet.
We all know about the triplet. We know that the triplet represents 12:4m
We ALSO KNOW that it represents 12:8. Too.
but you didn’t know that it represents the Purdie Shuffle. Hehehehe.
and before we’re finished, we’re going to do a little bit of that too.
And a good old-fashioned shuffle we might do that at the end as well,
but for the trime - time being we’re gonna do… triplets.
THIS IS a triplet, and it grooves like anything.
AH uh ee. Uh uh. Eeeee. Oyyneuuhhh doen-a. A-one-and-a.
One-e-and-a. Two-e-and-a.
Hehehehe. I like this. I like this part.
Now, let’s make that 12:8.
See? You didn’t know you were doin’ it! That’s 12:8!
Yes, It really is. Now! Now we’ll move from center.
Uh ba ba da da da da-da-da. Aye! Om ba dya bada bada dy. Dyo byo byo-byo-byo-buyo-buyo-buyo-byo-dy. Dy-yayayayaya-ahhh. HOO!
Now. Now that we’ve got the 12:4, and the 12:8, I’m gonna explain to you
- ‘member that word: called “splain”. Not “explain”!, but I’mmon ‘splain to you what the Purdie Shuffle is all about.
Gonna surprise ya.
Its quarters. Hahahaha-ehehehehe. It’s eights. It’s sixteen. It’s dotted.
and it’s also: Triplets! Hahahahe. Didn’t know that, did you?
But you wanna know somethin’ else!?
It’s also HALF notes.
Which brings about half-time. and you can also add to that a
whoooole note. And I’m gonna ‘splain to you by playing it all.
Ooo. Ah!
Hahahaha! Hahahahaha. Hahah.
Now! We’re gonna have a little fun with this, to let you know that they all work together when you put ‘em together, and as long as you groove.
‘Member those, those quarters? ‘Member that 12:8? HOOOOO! HA!
Don’t worry ‘bout those ghost notes:
AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT REBOUND!
To make it sound, and feel good. Ba-oo. Hahaah!
‘Member that old triplet we did? Oo aa! Baa! Deey! Uh heh heh heh.
OOH! Hahahahahahahuh. YEAH!
I like that.
It's impossible not to feel Bernard's pure love of groove, and life!
I love this man - he has my eternal gratitude not only for sharing his masterful chops with us mere mortals, but also for sharing his high-flyin' spirit.
I will never forget, back in the 80's, getting on the 79th St. crosstown bus in New York City, and a gentleman sitting to my had a pair of drumsticks on his lap. I asked him if he was a professional drummer (I a life-long good amateur.) He said yes. I asked him his name. He said, "Bernard Purdy." I smiled the biggest smile and told him how much I loved his high hat break from the days of Eddie Harris and Les McCann. We chuckled together.
0:00 The best way to start any lesson: "Ow!"
Ending with a scream, "yeah!"
It's incredible that he can play so well, especially after stubbing his toe so hard, right in the beginning.
Ah ah ah eeeeee! Hoynnnaaahhhh! The trrrrrriplets! Like the China cymbal embellishment ! Purdie is splaining to you his own language while showing you the shuffle that is above every shuffle in music. Don’t worry about the ghost notes! Ain’t nuthin but rebound! AaaaahhhhhhhhjjjjjjjjaaaayyyyyaaaH! Legendary!
I've always loved his playing the Purdie shuffle on Steely Dan's "Home at Last". Nothing like it! Thanks for 'splainin Pretty!
I came late to the Purdie shuffle as I always struggled with the accent into the immediate ghost, so I made a similar shuffle that never felt half as groovy. Getting into Steely Dan later in life I heard Home At Last and vowed to learn it, damn its so good! Now I just spend hours sitting in the shuffle when I should be practising stuff for the next show......
Drum machines have no soul because Purdie has all of it.
Just pure love from great Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
One of my favorite educational drum videos of all time. Just give Purdie 10 mins, one take. Pure gold. He’s also so freaking funny.
To anyone struggling to learn this beat, maybe try what I did: think of your snare hand as a second hand on your high hats, then find the right spot on your snare and just tap it lightly until it sounds as much like a high hat as possible. Imagine you're playing the high hat with two hands.
I'll have to try this. I was actually thinking of something like this. Lol, I guess that makes you a genius in my Mom's opinion!
It took me a week or two of bashing my head into a wall. Once you find and actually feel the rhythm, you still have the ghost notes to refine. Just keep at it, and if you get frustrated, stop - can’t force these dynamics.
In case you're having trouble wrapping your mind around it, imagine that you're playing a triplet on the hi-hat, only the second note of the triplet is tapped on the snare in the form of a ghost note. Once you have that down, add the first couplet of the bass drum on the one and two of the triplet. From there it's all downhill.
So frictionlessly smooth, I slipped right off my couch. I'm still accelerating, send help...
one of my favorite videos of all time
That was the best drum lesson ever!!! My favourite parts were the “hehehehe…” doom-doom…doom-kah! What a legend! ❤
Not my comment, but someone’s from another version of this lesson that I think is not on UA-cam anymore
“Came for the Purdie shuffle, stayed for the Purdie chuckle”-Someone great
Such high-ethic social media behavior.
The world needs more of you
Hey I remember this comment on the other video! Haha thanks for bringing it over!
I generally have no clue whats going on when he starts talking about timing and such, but it's just fun to watch someone doing something they have a passion for like this. Makes me want to try a new instrument or something
Technical wizardry.
Still one of the best drummer videos out there. I always come back to it. Thank you Bernard for your style and groove.
No matter how many times I’ve watched this video, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing Bernard Perdie play the drums! 👍🏻😎
Purdie
I discovered this man today and it put a huge smile on my face. His voice ad libs passion is therapeutic. I like that!
Bernard Purdie is my biggest inspiration as a drummer
Unbelievable. I consider myself a pretty good drummer but watching this, I feel like a beginner again but it's a great feeling.
What is your username lol
@@andym28 frank ocean reference lol
Bernard Purdie is an absolute magician, who knows EXACTLY what he's doing...
This is incredible...Purdie is a legend!
Makes it all seem so effortless. A master at work right here.
Nothing greater than the master himself showing us how to play and as a drummer. I play/practice this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and while you get the point.
This is the most amazing drum video I have ever seen.
Fun fact: legendary drummer of the band 'Motorhead' Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor was influenced by Bernard Purdie, particularly for his use of high hats.
You can hear pretty in iron fist.
id be more impressed if you could name a post 1975 drummer that wasnt influenced by purdy via some vector tbh.
Nothing is worse than a bad drummer playing a shuffle. And nothing is better than Purdie. Often duplicated, never imitated. LEGEND
Bernard Purdie is one of the most inspiring human beings in the world. After listening to this, I wanna take up the drums all over again!
This man is so nice to listen to. Such joyness in his talking. I love his personnality and his groove ❤
If I could play like he does, i would have joy in my voice too!
Joyless aint a woid.
Legend. I find myself shouting things because I when he does it. So groovy.
How can you not love this man??
He played on 21 beatle tracks ( not Ringo) before You disagree watch this : ua-cam.com/video/CLqkk1443Dc/v-deo.html
on his own admission. He said there were 5 session drummers on Beatle albums and Ringo was not one of them
When it comes to half-time shuffles, Porcaro is the brain, carefully picking little patterns and details from records he heard and combining them. Bonham is the muscle, going full beans and making it swing just by sheer willpower. Purdie is the heart, every cell in his body is in the groove.
I think the 'splaining thing is really cool, he doesn't really explain how to do it in words, he just gets you to feel it for yourself.
Just showed a drum student this...she smiled and said he is "cool".
Thank you for reuploading this! You have no idea how sad I was when the video vanished.
Amazing drummer and the guy is a trip! Great groove!
Now I know where John Bonham got it
Everything Bonham did, Ginger Baker did first! Buddy and John; the two most overrated drummers of all time. Oh yeah, then there's Ringo, the drummer who never was a drummer. Purdie played everything for Ringo and never took credit for it. Watch the video where Bernard tells all how Ringo is a complete TOTAL FRAUD. That's why he doesn't play the drums in his own band. What an ASSHOLE! When will THEY stop lying and start telling the truth about the Beatles and especially, Ringo Starr.
And Jeff Porcaro too!
"and it grooves ----- like anything" amazing
The most beautiful human being ive ever seen. Good bless him.
Actually Purdie I'm still worrying about thos ghost notes
They ain't nuthin' but REBOUND!
That groove is just flowing out of his entire body. It's pure him. Love it.
Definitely the most entertaining drum instruction videos I have ever seen. Much respect to this man.
that's it sir! Now you've gone and done it! 45 years into my drumming career and I'm finally going to get off my ass and master this! It will be my crowning achievement ha ha ha ha ha cheers!
OOOOOoooo YEAH, I like dat!
How can you not love this man?
The BB King of drums, talking is part of the gig.
What a groove.
man this dude is so cool
What a Master!!! And loving every second of it.
completely one with his kit... amazing.
Best music lesson EVER!!! Bernard is a genius.
I watch this video over and over cuz he’s adorable ! Amazing riff I wanna learn it !
This is truly amazing
I love this man, what an absolute legend!
This makes me happy! thank you mr purdie
This is hypnosis. Those ghosts notes …. whew
I saw this guy perform with his band about 18 years ago in London. It was fuckin awesome.
Legend
This demo/lesson is fantastic, but his chuckles throughout the lesson make it even better.
I get the chills every time I watch this.
Oh yes, the joy on THE MAN'S face
Man loves his craft..wants to teach it..he is so happy teaching..probably played on more music we hear on the radio than anybody
Rick Beato interviewed mr Purdie fairly recently, well worth checking out
That's a good video.
That's incredible! Goodnight.
Love his personality.
One of, if not my favourite drum video of all time. Starting to be able to play this shuffle, still feeling out those ghost notes.
I have it on good authority that the ghost notes ain't nothing but rebound. No need to worry about them. 😄
The way he simplified it is amazing 😮
Most underrated drummer of his era
Dude got more rhythm in his left earlobe than my entire family tree.
This is precious.
Always comforting to know that some of your hero's are also nice people
Thanks for the smile my friend!.
Wow just finding this man today! And I wish he was my uncle or something wow what a incredible human! He oozes groovy vibes and has character I love him so
A master at his work
I love this guy so much. His personality is what it’s supposed to be all about
Master class. 🥁
I like that too Mr Purdie
That was stonecold 😂 @2:19 and than back to this tight rhythm. ❤
This is the best video that exists in any format.
Smooth as silk baby
I play a few of prettys videos on replay all night while i sleep. I wake up like a viking, still play drums like a robot, but my soul is on its way to Valhalla.
The mans a drumming legend . God bless his soul.
I can watch Bernard do the "Perdie Shuffle" all day! He's just having so much fun 😊 just like anyone who participates in muzik should always be having. FUN! If you're not having fun, you're done said KRS-1 😁💖🎶