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  • Sara, Wow, you are very talented! Congrats on mastering such a difficult piece. You should be very proud of this. Your abilities are quite remarkable. Frank would approve 100%. Keep up the great work, and don't let anyone discourage you. You are amazing! (The negative comments are all from people who WISH they could play this when they were 11 years old or at anytime in their lives!) Have fun, and just follow your heart.

    You ROCK!

    RamBozo3

  • this vid is good but i like her others a lil more but were all 11 year olds all reday to be greats

  • OMFG! That was really terrific! Awesome - and keep up the amazing work - and don't worry about the jealous noobs...!

  • REAL IMPRESSIVE!!

  • She's Fabulous.  love her. when you have this kind of ability at this age, you are destined for Greatness! great talent. keep it up Sara!

  • Very impressed with the double strokes!!

  • put her on a real kit and see if she can do the same on that. once i doubt it! she needs to drum on a real kit not a digital kit, cuz thats like not even real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a drummer and i learned on a real kit not like that................so do it again on a real kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I have the other videos on a real kit, though...

  • Uh...how is it different? Everything is set up in the correct place depending on how the drummer likes to have their kit.

    You give a bad name to drummers. Embrace technology...get out of the 60's. Drummers are more than just skins and wood. Look at Buddy Rich..he would beat on amps and anything that was near him as long as it sounded good with what he was playing. You saying he's not a real drummer because he didn't use a real drum set sometimes?

  • Are you that dumb? You could have just check "Related Videos" to see if SARA could play it on Acoustic Drum Set; instead of passing on your cynical views,

    BTW, She can.

  • NYann i Play Drum im 17 God Dammit she 11 :D

  • WOW! That'll put a smile on Frank's face. Hope to see you preform Frank's music live in a few years. And kudos to your parents for exposing you to great music. Your a very talented young lady!!:-)

  • Good!

  • Fucking good for 11 year old...

  • Freekin' SWEET Girl ;-) At 11 I Was Chasin' Butterflies ;-) Keep It Up!!!!!

  • Amazing.

  • i like how u hav a eletric drum set but then a real hit hat thts pretty creative and good job

  • she is good and so cute my little girls puts on the 1978 jethro tull live album "bursting out" and plays bass to every song" they should hook up for a zappy tully sound!

  • wish i was that good at 11 nice!!!!!

  • Wish I was that good at 36, lol

    (I never played drums in my life but I wish I will one of these days!!!)

  • wow girl !!!! you like zappa music at 11 ... and black page is a fucking hard tune ... amazing girl

  • Excellently played! I wish she could of done Jones Crusher. I was hoping she would. :)

  • WTF :O :´D

    good ! :]

  • Good for an 11 year old but the stick control and technique is a bit jumbled. But better than 96% of all other 11 year olds.

  • She gets better with every passing year heck every day

  • NICE!! wow...and sight reading too. killer chick drummer.

  • Sara, you are Incredible. ROck on little angel. a true Prodigy. to possess your Ability at this young age is nothing short of Remarkable.

    I've been drumming for around 33 years ( I'm 48) and i am humbled and inspired by you. continue your journey to greatness! much Love

  • great job, keep it up.

  • pretty good for an 11 year old she should be learning metal songs though try the song the black page by animosity haha i found this video cause i was listening to the band animosity and they have a song called the black page so it was in related video's look it up you be amazed with their drums

  • metal songs aren't complex drum beats. It's all straight forward stuff. She's pretty much fine right where she is.

  • man listen to this song and tell me if it sounds like straight beats. animosity has some of the craziest time signature switch-ups in metal today, this is something to be proud of.

  • amazing for an 11 year old, although for people saying that she's the best drummer theve seen is abit over the top, its very sloppy and her technique isnt great either

  • she need to play some quo vadis because she's awesome

  • Sara, you really are an amazing drummer. I don't care if you ARE 12, you would be my first choice on the drums if I were to start a band RIGHT NOW. Anyone at your age who can play, let alone appreciate, anything written by Frank Zappa (especially something THIS difficult) should be immediately respected by anyone who knows talent when they see it. Don't listen to the haters out there. Be yourself, and use your talents as far as they will take you.

  • I've been playing for 8 years and haven't thought of attempting Black Page. Wow, kudos on knowing ur Zappa at an early age, thought I was the only one into his music early on in life. Keep up the good work. - Craig

  • Sara,

    Don't pay any attention to all the hate mail. I have studied Zappa and his music for years and I can assure you of one thing : his playing was nowhere as good as yours until he was much, much older than you are.

  • I'm impressed that you've even heard of the Black Page... I think if I ever met a girl (my age of course) that knew who Terry Bozzio was, I might have to swipe her up and marry her! Seems like it'd be easy for an ambitious drummer like you to get good players to jam with... anyway, really good job! Hope to see more!

  • I`ll reserve judgement until I see all the folks that criticize this player send in their versions of the black page super easy teen version. However since most of them come across as being SO much better than superkiddrummer, I`m hoping I`ll see them post vids of them playing Buddy Rich`s West Side Story solo with the right hand over top of Zappa`s Black Page part 2 with the left hand. I`m sure it won`t be a problem for all those that slag superkiddrummer. Keep it up Sara. Yay.

  • hey were you playing from baby snakes?

    nice talking to you sara.

  • shes wank

  • You've got to be kidding me man, she's 11, hello did I say 11? I think I was in Haskell Har book 1 or Syncopation at her age.

    Perhaps you are not familiar with the material, what may sound like mistakes or unfamiliar rhythms to you are actually intended and written down. Yes she could clean up her double stroke roll and needs to sharpen up a bit, but I'm amazed by her level of understanding complex rhythms.

    I wonder if she could read the chart?

  • Yes, I can.

    Sara

  • Oooh... Aren't you little smartie pants?

    Nice job on your playing. Now you need to go out and find a guitarist who can cover that song and try to play it. Playing with a recording is like riding a bike with training wheels on, it's good practice but nothing like the real thing.

  • I know what you mean.

    Like my rush's YYZ, I could play much better with CD, and it was harder with other person.

    That's why I'm looking for somebody to play with.

    Sara

  • Dude, she's 11. stfu.

  • she did it well,but a little sloppy.i played this with frank zappa too,but of course nobody does it better than terry ted bozzio.

  • Why's it all snare? Where are the sounds from the rest of the drums? Weird. Working on her fundamentals should be a bigger priority right now than tackling a piece like this.

  • SHE SHUD PLAY SOME METALLL!

  • hey does anyone no if ROLAND electronic drums are better than YAMAHA????? cuz im lookin' at buyin' one sonn.... im goin' there today

  • really???? i dont think so.... but u could very well be right:);)

  • that kit looks EXPENSIVE

    spoiled......

  • he d better play first an old ac dc nirvana or stones or rocknroll tune before trying the masterpieces ...

  • wow

  • spoiled little girl

  • Anyone can practice for hours a day and copy a recording.

  • no shit, but takes determination and drive. fuck hole.

  • that's true,and i'm a drummer that plays the hardest and most fun shit.and to copy the drummer note for note takes time. to play like bill bruford,stewart copeland,neil peart or even terry bozzio takes a lot of practice,cause it's real tricky.terry told me to learn all the paradiddles and syncopation with my sticks,so i did and i thought "great, i can play anything" but then he tells me "now learn to do it all with your feet."

    that was the hardest thing i learned playing with zappa.

  • So you mean you've played with terry bozzio, too?

    Sara

  • yeah,i met him thru frank zappa.i wrote something on keyboards and a friend of mine said to send it to frank,cause it was crazy stuff.frank loved it and asked me to come to his house in westwood.there i played drums for frank and he said "great,but you can do it better" terry told me frank would always take you to your limits.frank took terry to his limits and terry took me to mine.terry is one of the best friends you can have as a drummer.learn the hard shit,but play it with passion.

  • You really knew him!

    I'm a lucky girl to get some comments like you.

    I met him last October, when he came to Japan. I gave him my DVD, and next day he told me "Let's play together someday. I think it was probably flatter, but I really hope that happens someday.

    I wander if he remembers me...

    Sara

  • i bet he does remember you,cause you are really good and he loves young drummers.

    and about playing with him,you never know what might happen.anyway just keep bashing away and have fun.sincerly,anthony

  • wow..

    im looking at that..

    and all im thinking is

    DAMN that kit must have cost alot !

    any idea how much it was ?, like, the accumulation of all the things

  • I wasn't attempting the Black Page when I was 11. Most of you didn't even know what the hell it was.

    Just the fact that she's DOING IT---regardless of it's "perfection"---is a testament to her and her parents!

    Keep it up!!

  • good job though, for an 11 year old girl

  • haha the snare isn't electronic that's why it sounds weird

  • the snare sounds like shit and you need to learn how to hold sticks.

  • jealous guy!

  • you freak

  • you're a dick! no wonder you dont have a girlfriend or you wife doesnt blow you anymore. i bet when this kid is your age she will be 1 million times better then you, you shit!

  • Yeah - I LOVE Animosity!!!

  • hahaha that's why I clicked this too dammit I thought it was gonna be a lot more intense.

  • Lmao.

  • wow, yos, terry is terry, but you are good!

  • take away all the eletric and put in a real drumset. better than having an electric

  • Its odd number? It's in 4/4.

  • Hey! Wow! You are very talented! And also very fortunate. People would kill for your talent and your gear so always appreciate your gift(s); I'm a musician myself (guitar) people said I was a prodigy and I squandered my talents so that's why you've probably never heard of me and I'm 30 years old. Stay on it! Never walk away from it!!! NEVER!

  • rich...

    you get what you wanted..

    lucky man...

    i live in a friggin apartment now..

    and so i cant even play nomore!!!

  • Seems you have A LOT !! of Haters out there kid

    you sound good

  • get an electric snare please ruins the sound

  • Alot of potential

  • get the girl an electric snare to go with the rest of the kit!

  • I use achostic snare on purpose.

    Making a good sound snare is really important. And that's something good drummers have to get it, right?

    If you prctice with electirc snare , you hardly can do it.

    It doesn't matter for me the sound balance with other electric kit. This was just my practice at home on that day

    So hard to play achostic drums in Tokyo.

  • Great performance. Terrible sound.

  • My Lord.

    off In Some Points And Your snar Is Super Loud..

    But Bloody Hell..

    I've been Playing Drums Since I Was 11, And I Still Can't Play That.. Then Again My Symbols Make The Sound All Wrong.

    o.o

  • OH MY GOD TURN THE SNARE DOWN. Jesus. Not bad though, a little off in some spots...but for an eleven year old, that's excellent.

  • lol if i wrote a song an 11 year old could drum i'd be like "aww lame"

  • I wish i had nothing else to do than drumming the whole day ;)

  • My congratulations! Nice Job! But she is only playing along to "the easy teenage New York" rendition. However, this is quite an accomplishment for an eleven year old! Frank would be proud!

  • "the easy teenage New York version" is ONLY easy to dance to.

  • U look like ur playing good but all I hear is the snare. Trying using an acoustic set next time.

  • VV retard this girl is like 3 and your complaining about stick height, that coz her hands are 2 small, in 7 years time shes guna b world class. think...

  • I'm not Impressed,

    im crying on the inside.

    She's good, but honestly she needs to work on her hands and stick height.

  • imagine you just picked up drums 2 months ago, and some arrogant prick just comes by and tells you "hey you suck don't ever tell people you play drums".. how'd you feel?

    ok then you might say "play, but don't post your vids on youtube"

    but i think the dad posted it because he was so proud of his daughter.

    peace out colaiuta forever!

  • she showed me up

  • Seriously, this girl is great. Considering she is playing on a set of V drums and sight reading at the same time and considering that she is playing the black page at the age of 11 by the time she is an adult, if she wants to she will probably be doing more session work than most of you retarded wannabes will ever dream of.

  • She is amazing, but I don't think she is really sight reading. More like checking where she is in the song.

  • Anyone who rips on this kid is a twat.

    Yes it's not the solo, but she's 11 and she is already soo good.

  • Anyone who rips on this kid is a twat.

    Yes it's not the solo, but she's 11 and she is already soo good.

  • how can you read notes??????

     shame whole song reading notes

  • well done.... cnt really hear any of the cymbals tho, snare is wither to loud or cymbals are to quite

  • Don't listen to these discouraging morons.

  • I can't believe it. awesome!!! beautiful!!!

  • there's two drum tracks on the black page #2. One is terry Bozzio playing the solo drum part, the other is sort of a "rhythmn drum" track similar to a lead/rhythmn guitar part. She is playing the rhythmn part, which is still very difficult because of the time signature changes. Plus, Shes 11 years old!

  • Very cute...and very good.

  • Not really sure what everyone was expecting here. It's an 11 year old girl attempting a very complicated piece. God forbid that she wasn't playing the solo and only playing the body of the song.

    It's not exactly an easy thing to play, let alone for an 11 year old. She plays a lot better than I did when I was 11.

  • damn.....

  • I think that's actually pretty good, I would like to see these haters play at 11. Is she actually reading all that music?

  • this aint the black page + he (possibly a she) sucks

  • the title says "she" retard

  • is this what your doing with your life? going on youtube to anonymously rip on 11 year old girls? have you ever actually tried to play the rythym track for this song, or are you still working on the intro to "paradise city"?

    ridiculous...

    p.s., she was READING THE MUSIC AS SHE PLAYED!!!!!!!! THE BLACK PAGE, NO LESS!!!!!HOW DENSE ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!?!?

  • LMAO hardly the fucking Black Page....

  • u are the best

  • wow this was fucking stupid.

  • hs alot left to work on

  • too much!

  • how long have u been playing, i think its good, just a little off timing sometimes, so dont be mad at me it happens to me to! good job!!!

  • Zappa at 11 years old? Wow...

  • The form in both of her hands is very, very good. Her movement is extremely liquid, especialy considering the fact that she is not looking at all. Needs work on the double open strokes, but very impresive.

  • The kids got heart.

  • nothing special

  • your ok but u need more practice maybe1 day ull be aowsme keep on drumming.

  • Why 'leccy drums n cymbals but real hats?

  • im a drummer too, and im 12, but, wow, my computer doesnt have sound, but i can just imagine what it must be like, it looks awesome, keep on rockin girl!

  • i can't tell if she's good or just hitting shit at certain times

  • Its So cool that she's playing from the music.I'm just learning to read drum music as well as guitar.I think any instrument is difficult to learn coz ive been playing guitar for 27 years and i've been learning drums for about a year and it is difficult.Just be determined banana and focus on your dream.The rest will flow.

  • is playing drums easier than playing the guitar? cause i play guitar, and it's kinda hard..

  • depends on what you play

  • Holy shit!!!!!!!!!!

  • I love this girl!

  • Peter Criss from Kiss is 100x better. You know his 12 & a half minute drum solo on the Kiss ALIVE! album, well that just speaks for itself. Terry Bozzio, or whatever you call it, I never heard of him, so he probably sucks.

  • Please die.

  • all you have to do is search on youtube. it's called not being ignorant and sounding like an idiot.

  • All of you idiots that are posting ignorant comments about this girl, do a search for superkiddrummer and click on the one where she plays Rush's YYZ.

    Peter Criss...lol

  • she fucking sucks i mean come on lets be honest

  • Yeah, she is pretty bad. I hate when drummers don't even bother LOOKING at their drums as they play. What, is she reading a book or something? Keep on with those lessons, kid.

  • You guys have no idea do you?

    She's playing quite the complex tune. Search up The Black Page #2 by Frank Zappa. It's a hard fucking song to play. The fact that she attempted it is respect and more from me...

  • Another mental midget...do a search for superkiddrummer ...

    Keep up with the lessons indeed.

    If you think she is pretty bad, then you must really suck.

  • outstanding

  • sweet keep drumming youll go far cant wait 2 see how good u are wen ur older.

    peace!

  • Dana is the best drummer

  • ok but you have to play a acoustic set. and do it again. come on and rock it!

  • snare snare snare snare snare snare snare

    sry but the snare sucks

  • You have talent. Please, listen closely to Bozzio, Wackerman, Colaiuta; you could learn a lot from taking 50% of them and 50% of the score. Keep it up!

  • electric kits are so gay!

  • i wondered how old i should wait till i get my nieces their first drum/instrument, now i know that they need it asap! lol

  • thank you so much young lady. please keep at it you are very talented , and one day i hope to see you at the montreal drum fest , probebly playing it or something, have a great weekend and do mo arigato

  • Check her version of "Freewill". Not only is she a talented drummer but she sings as well, so she's definitely on to something here.

  • hello little girl playing black page , you are very good, you just need your body to develop so that your strength improves around the drum , aside from that you will be something ammzzing, also my little friend , i want to know do, you know where i can find the transcription to black page , if so or if any one rEADING , please write bcak

  • For balck page #2, I found the score on Japanese drums magazine.

    For black page (original), I copied it by myself. I'm sorry I don't know where you can find them.

  • pretty good. Is she reading music while she's playing!!!??? If she is than she's the shiznit

  • Amazing, by 14 she will be a jazz star, just keep feeding her good music, as Zappa, Hermeto and etc...

  • she has good technique for her age, but no timing at all (which is understandable). I'd say she should start practicing with more simple time-relations before coming near the tuplet-laden world of the Black Page.

  • I dun mind elecric kits bt i prefer acoustic kits

  • Holy crap, was she reading music while she was playing???

  • this is why i hate electric drum sets, acoustic are much better

  • This might be slightly more enjoyable if you could actually hear anything other than the snare... regardless, it seems good for her age... but only when you take her age into account... otherwise, nothing special... and the crap mix ruins it completely for me.

  • all you can hear is the gay ass snare

  • When I was her age(1966) I was playing Hang on Sloopy. I would love to see her live with whatever band her folks help put together for her. I wonder what SHE likes to play?

  • Yup... she's good.

  • Yeah, she's not perfect. But even the "easy" version of the Black Page (#2) is hard as hell for most experienced adult drummers. So I'd say she's got a damn good start on things here...

  • obviously she's sightreading. you can tell by the inconsistencies in her counting. she slows down at some parts.

  • Aye, I would love to see how she would do if she had the piece practiced and memorized a lot more. Good work regardless for her age :)

  • cool i can play this song to but not very good

  • i can play the first like minute but im 12 almost 13 and she is so much better than me , well done XD xxxlivxxx

  • Even if she IS sightreading it everyone on here even musicians can't play this song for the most part much less an 11 year old.

  • she's sightreading this song off that music stand... she's probably never even heard the song before

  • get a grip. if you read music you know that to play a piece this complex would be next to impossible if you'd never heard it before. this song is very hard. if she had never heard it I would be even more amazed than I am at this kid's ability.

  • She is dead on accurate. She is amazing!

  • Maybe you should get her grooving to something a little less challenging. You gotta walk before you can run etc !

  • Nice job, little girl. Keep practicing! (Next, try some ELP, Crimson, and Rush)

  • shes playing on a electric drums god theres so much in the stores

  • what is she playing on?

    i want to get this for my Kid brother too..

    Please help!

  • Yeah! Go girl! We need more female drummers. And Zappa ain't easy to play, so you keep practicing 'til you nail it, then you're further ahead than most of us mortals ;-) Keep up the good work.

  • Her parents took interest in Zappa...come on!

  • Not bad for an 11 year old, the fact that she even has heard of the black page or Zappa, impresses me. She was all over the place, but will learn. Good job sweetie!!

  • Man this sucks...You're missing the notes completely. I can hardly call this the Black Page.

  • Dude, she's ELEVEN.

  • She looks around six, but awesome playing :]

  • Sounds like what it is. An 11 year old bangin away. The Black Page just happens to be playing on the stereo.

  • Awesome job, kid. I've been playing for 15 years and I couldn't do as well as you did!

  • rdangelo...it sounds like you are grouping this girl with the kid in your neighborhood because they are both youn