Drum Lesson: The Basic Rock Drum Beat

[TheXeroflo]

I did an exam on this today :D

[eatmahdusteez]

the high hat was closed and it does matter plus you are a good teacheer but i already know it just u helped me understand it  thx!!!

[Erock691]

Awesome lesson, you are a good teacher!

[Man123Epic]

Thank you that really helped

You've just scored yourself another subscriber

[zac1moore]

When u r playing the high-hat is it closed or open? Does it really matter?

[hyrulian444]

i seem to play the bass along with my highhat and i cant seem to fix it. any ideas or tips on how i can fix it?

[danalbon1983]

great lesson....easy to understand and play along with. i'm on my 2nd day of learning by myself (having learned a couple of basic beats years ago in college) and i'm really starting to get in to it. i dont understand the transfer of doing a basic beat and incorporating fills in to it also. I'm sure with your great lessons you could be my sensei HAHAHA!

[CHATO22IFY]

thanks this video really helps

[ShrimpCrackR]

If u close your eyes and listen to the vid...its sounds like brad pitts teaching u drums!!

[caliindica]

What kind of Hi-hats you using here bud?Sounds great..Im playing on these shit sounding Zildjian ZHT and hate em!!!!!

[daxterk9]

iv just got a drum set about a week ago, and have just learnt this. do you know any songs that use this beat, that i can play along to? thanks

[gangsterbaby2]

I have all my life loved drumming during class. Be it me drumming the table, my chair, or my pencil, but I have never really TRIED using a drum set until a couple of days ago. People actually thought I took lessons, and already knew to play the drums, but I don't. Thank you for helping me expand my knowledge of drumming.

Now all I need to do now is get a drum set...

[augustalovesu]

Thank you. :3 My dad sucks at teaching me because we always end up fighting. I can now show him that I do know what Im doing. (he plays and has for like 32 years and ive been intrested but am just now REALLY starting) -.-

[irishecker]

you are amazing! this is very helpful. thank you

[Emmissaire922]

lol when he started playing I was excepting the hum um um um am um um

[ajmaal123]

Hey i am a complete beginner seriously i have never played drumms but i got a hand of this in fifteen mins and now i can go as fast as you did in this demonstration but i do mess it up from time to time do you think i got what it takes to be a drummer i want to take up drumming ^^,

[lumyingluo]

thanks^^

[pleasurementgui]

Your drums sound beautiful! I am looking into making a tutorial and i was checking to see some examples. Thanks; bye!

[deathpharaon]

I'm a beginner at drumming and dude seriously thank you soooo fucking much this helped me a ton, especially over my 8note, seriously THANKS!!!

[OverLoadedMicrophone]

I've never had drum lessons , I don't have my own kit .. I play the drums at school , I'm in a band and I teach myself .. I can't read drum Tabs or music and when I play it's like it's the only time im really myself .. What do you think?

[turdadactyl]

@OverLoadedMicrophone I think you answered your question. Be yourself! Play! And check the Harmony Central Drum Forum too.

[10sandeepmathur]

very well teach

[jacobwalters85]

All right...I'm a 25 year old crappy guitarist with bad timing. How realistic would it be for me to convert to drums at this age with once a week lessons? How quickly could I be playing in a band if I practiced an hour a night?

[turdadactyl]

@jacobwalters85 I honestly think that if you ("you" as in anyone) practice an hour a night and take a lesson a week you can be playing in a band in 6 months to a year. That said, you can't do a band much good until you fix that "bad timing" issue.  Time to invest in a metronome. Maybe "Practicing with a Metronome" should be my next vid.

[PrtiBeeGeeLady]

I'm learning alone to play drums, so your's vid are great & sooo neaded help ... (: ... Thank U... (:

[XxEdisKradXx]

wow that bass drum sound very orgasmic

[Thejoelambert100]

I had my 1st lesson a few weeks ago an that just taught me alot more !!!! Thanks. P.s can u make a few more simple videos were u break it down thank you !!! :);)

[johan965731120]

I will try this one so thx alot. A easy start

[weaselman1995]

do you have any advanced lessons

[Heislegendrocks7]

I learned this stuff today!

[LIthium105]

Yesh Thank you, I just got my drum set today, and this helped me get started. I thank you, and hope you had a great holiday! :D

[tjn82p]

too good that was very helpful!! thanks

[stuscott555]

this.is.like.smoke.on.the.wate­r.for.drums.:P

[turdadactyl]

@TheSpoofSentral Well, if it had to have a name, you could call it "the basic rock beat." Every experienced drummer would know what you meant.

[FlooD1993]

Nice lesson. I think I'm getting an electric drum set for Christmas, and this is the kind of vids I think are the most helpful.

Take care!

[todiros95]

Very good lesson...:)

[Meldeleieff]

after I learned this lesson, what can I do next?

[stuscott555]

@Meldeleieff add.more.kicks.such.as..veryti­me.you.dont.play.the.snare.kic­k.the.pedal.(sounds.kinda.meta­l)

[trappedunderice24]

i dont play drums, i play guitar, but in year 8 everyone has to learn some stuff on the drums. i had completely forgot how to do this but now i remember, and i actually get it this time. i think i'll pass the assesment now, thanks heaps! :D

[clintonwesley1979]

Great work on this video. You explain and demonstrate this perfectly. It really helped me understand what's going on in a basic rock beat. Thank you!

[emt600]

i'm 29, is it to late for me to start playing the drums?

[turdadactyl]

@emt600 No way! If you want to learn and will work at it, it's never too late. Start slow and basic...like with the beat in this lesson. If you have any questions, shoot!

[mikegalsworthy]

@emt600 not at all, mate. I'm 34 and I've got my first drum lesson this coming Friday. :) The way I figure is that even if it takes me 10 years (!!) to learn it -- then I'll be 44 with still half my life or more left to enjoy playing around with it all. :)))

[therebellion7]

I don't even own drums but my friend had some and I wanted to play and I FAILED the first time then I told him I would come back and have it mastered and because of your AMAZING video i did :)

[Deaner23456]

I have seen allot of these but you make it very understandable, thanks! How about some more...

[squebee1998]

this is a good and simple beat

[colorfulgina]

thank you so much. (:

[tinitoysinatra]

A Drummer!

You've got an excelent voice! A singer too.

Thanks for this 1st lesson: despite the 1 through 4 counting IT DAMN WORKS!

[shadowestreetshuffle]

You are a good teacher. I had no idea where to begin playing drums, had no coordination, and I practice with your video and didi it correctly! :) post more lessons!

[ashikadil19]

@ cindyMarilyn93 -got it:) thanks

Thankyou turdadactyl

[PointBlankNZ]

Practicing musicians / learners, if you could fill out my easy 4 question survey for my research project it would be much appreciated. The link is in the info of my video called practicing musicians thanks.

[ashikadil19]

Thanks so much:) i kind of get it now

its still a little confusing with the notes

[MrSwannify]

this really helped

[ashikadil19]

I am an absolute beginner and know nothing about drums.

With the hit hat if there are only four counts why does it sound like more?You hit the hat hat more thanfour times. Thats the only thing i didnt get. Thankyou:)

[turdadactyl]

We are counting 4 BEATS...1-2-3-4. Those are called quarter notes. But we are breaking those beats down further into eighth notes. (Twice as many as 4...but in the same amount of time.) So those are counted 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND. So you are correct...you are hearing 8 hits on the hi hat, not 4.

[RollingThunderStudio]

The snare drum hits on the second and fourth beats in the four-beat count. The hi-hat is playing faster, but the snare is what really keeps the beat.

[CindyMarilyn93]

@ashikadil19

it's one and two and three and four and

that's why it sounds like more, they're actually 8 hits. but it's a fourth note.

[whatgate3]

Got 1st drum kit for 56th birthday...at last!!!!

Great info, will avidly refer to you, am practising now. Thank you.

[damoguitar95]

these fish sticks are hard as tits

[Fucingroovin]

Good Job!!!

[daybyday12music]

Much better than expert village. I already know how to do this, but it's really good for anyone who doesn't.

[Kadaj419]

Hi! I wanna learn how to play drums, and I watched ur vid, and it helped me ^_^ thnx !

[PastaIsCrazy1]

lol I learn this beat on school It's very easy if you understand it

[bladererred08]

he makes it sound easy but u can get easy play 1 on bass and hi hat 2 one on hi hat 3rd on snare 4 on hi hat if it dosnt work its me then

[MARKSLIMM]

Nice kit! its got a good sound to it.

[RainXKyle]

what i do is just keep my right hand at the high hat n say in my head is foot and hand hand but dont play the second hand ^^

[cakdrummerboy53]

really good teaching man! im past this stage put still good

[savgege]

i just got a drum set for christmas and this realy helped

[9848674445]

@savgege haha same!

[daimeun32347]

same =] doing crash+kick , open hat , open hat+snare, open hat. repeat. every other time you repeat do crash kick at the beginning 2 times

[sstill49]

and picwent try holding down the hi hat TIGHT down

[sstill49]

i just started a doubled the tempo

[sstill49]

same as halo

[halo45121]

Got a drum set for Christmas, and this really helped. Thanks. :D

[picwent]

Same, my hi hats dont make the 'T T' noise though :( i dont know whats wrong with them

[TRJMproductions]

yayz, using math to play drumz! thiz is helpful though, good beginner lesson :)

[izik30]

just bought my 8 year old daughter a set and this helps enormously. Thanks.

[spryor71]

Perfect!

[19jc80]

Just what I needed, thanks for posting.

[Papu1234]

Just what I needed, thanks for posting. x2

[joeyt373]

nice sounding drums and hi hat. what kind?

[turdadactyl]

@joeyt373 Annotations added to the video during the play-along section.

[davek0974]

Nice, thanks

[SAD33333333333333]

thanks this helped me alot.

[chevkoch]

Thanks lots! This really helped me out.

[sk8andbike4live]

haha well this is 2 basic for me XD

i suck but noth that much haha

peace

[mattatat819]

yes maybe it is, but it also is the basic beat for most songs since the 1960s!! don't make comments on rock and drums mr. 50 cent. u just gonna sound like a fool

[mattatat819]

i didn't call the guy in this video a retard...i called mutsukazuma a retard...y don't u just shut up and mind ur own crap. and i don't really give a crap about my grammar on youtube. hell, u may be the retard actually

[davids8765]

ehhh yeah this beat the one i learnd i use im\n practcly evrwhere

[jakokoclay]

Nice very good

[pantiline]

nice one  helped a lot

[MutsuKazuma]

too retarded to play mediocre  drum beats for pop music douche?

[333coolkat333]

Thanks! This helped!

[KDMaz]

This beat is in like every song now days.

[MutsuKazuma]

yeah cause every retard can play this, shows how good the whole mediocre pop music is that everyone thinks is so fantastic, even a monkey could play this beats (since it's a basic beat)

[KDMaz]

Hey, it takes serious skill to use a drum machine

[mattatat819]

your a retard

[BarneysMusicIsGood]

sounds very cool man, thanks for the upload

[sudiptwhizkid]

Now thats wat we call "E-learning"

[unculeguy]

I thought that was very helpful

[urpickle]

yep

[lilpronoob]

OMG he aculally has a normal drumset not a huge big ass drum set !! good Vid

[be93lolzy]

shut the fuck up you falilure in life! im one of the %100 of people who would personally push you of a building and no one would give a fuck because they will all think " oh look its that dumb ass who sends shitty spam mail on youtube"

[chalegirl]

thank you it really explains how to play the beat.I do not have a drum kit yet so i am studying it so when i do get a kit i will be really good.

[PIMikeProd]

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[Barmino]

I hate her music but I would soooo do her. So she can live

[PIMikeProd]

I probably would toooo

[Mamulengo1]

me too ha!

[kellsummer08]

Thank you! I got it down in about 2 minutes!!!

[gemmaisgemma]

Thank you :)

It will help me with my music project at school, Because i play the drums and i don't really know how so yeah, Thanks :)

[PChomosapienssapiens]

tnx!

[Andhika1993]

sounds like Michael Jackson's Billy Jean. hahaha

[yazzi8P]

lolz i cn do tht wth my eyes closed! ur gr8 and kl kit

[mouse2200]

Great kit.

[MozartDeathMetal]

your kit sounds amazing!!!!!!

[mayfly127]

wow this is pretty good! i have played drums for over a year with constant drum lessons i am also in several bands! this is a great snare tuning how about posting a clip of how to tune your snare? lolwhat kit are you using?

[foamyserver]

thanks alot very helpful

[sanjayjethani]

This is a really helpful video. thanks dude.

[pdbordelon]

This is excellent! As a non-drummer guitar player who wants to learn I found this very helpful and a good place to start. Thanks!

[NaturesGlory]

I'm the same as you dude, and i agree!

[samwilliams999]

Third : )

[Flixor3]

Fourth :D

[666devilkid1]

dude omg this helped me out so much

thanks!

[OfficialLucky13]

nice. I am trying to teach my friend basic drumming and this will be perfect to show her...I'm a guitar player myself but i love rocking out on the drums...

[drhater]

very well explained easy to learn thanks

[weeniesaurus]

thanx lots!

....u made it easier to understand! :]

[TheAnsw3r3]

Nice lesson, i dont dont play drums, im playing guitar, but i always wanted to have drums... So it's cool lesson, learnt it in 3minutes :)

[Morton12345678]

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[sheehan22kk88]

i took me a wile 2 learn that in school im in year 8 doing it send me some drum vids people please

[louistotalcontrol]

Cool vid...check mine out too!

[junexbug47]

thanks!

[NEPproductions]

thanks this was very helpful