These are the most intuitive videos I've seen. Once I have access to my drum set, I'll be banging at it constantly, while watching you teach...I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET GOOD!
i think these videos are great, not only as a beginner/intermediate lessons or guide, but also for us advanced guys. i have been playing for 15 years, play in 2 metal bands, and you knwo that thing that happens sometimes, you have an idea for a beat to put in a certain weird timed part of a song, but nothing seems to just work the way you want? these videos always seem to if not make it click, but to just help with a refresh of the basics and something just seems ot work. thanks... keep them up!
good teacher...as i am still learning you break things down just as a great teacher does and i find them relatively hard at first but practising all the time is borin and hard at first but it really does work...practice practice n practice...it all comes clear in the end and now ive improved with different grooves and great fills...thanks again SPIKEY...TOP 5 STAR TEACHER...
Wow, the drumgroove in the first part is a total mind**** :D Thanks very much, I enjoyed it a lot! The tigger suit worked perfectly for the more frustrating moments ! It helped me a lot to divide the groove into sections of three hihat strikes, thats when the bass pattern repeats again, then placing the snare differently in three of these segments completes the beat. After having that down, I was able to focus on the "polyrhythms" involved. Thanks again!
Wow, the drumgroove in the first part is a total mind**** :D Thanks very much, I enjoyed it a lot! The tigger suit worked perfectly for the more frustrating moments ! It helped me a lot to divide the groove into sections of three hihat strikes, thats when the bass pattern repeats again, then placing the snare differently in three of these segments completes the beat. After having that down, I was able to focus on the "polyrhythms" involved. Thanks again!
Man I can't explain how much you've helped me.. I went from playing stuff like rise against to playing avenged sevenfold in a matter of months. You're an AMAZING teacher.
Josh! Okay I went to Guitar Center yesterday, and this Paul guy that works there told me to drop metal because it's really simple, just played fast. However, I've seen plenty of more technical things than just straight 16ths, 32nds, etc. Oh and, I currently have Remo Coated Emperor on all of my toms.. should I switch to maybe.. Pinstripe? Thanks.
Thanks so much for your videos Josh. They have inspired me for months, even though I didn't have a kit. Now that I finally bought one, here I am back on your Youtube channel looking through these lessons, and man are some of them helpful. Thanks again Josh, you're one of the reasons I'm about to go practice now, and the next day, and the next.
hey josh. would it be accurate to say that the hit hats are going at 8th notes (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and) and the foot is going at 8th note triplets (1-trip-let 2-trip-let 3-trip-let 4-trip-let)?
Wow, this is extremely difficult and I have been playing for 4 years... I guess I never really started practicing til a year ago though and I haven't had any lessons. I just recently started looking at youtube videos for techniques for coordination. Yours seems to be a good one, i'll be trying it out and i'll let you know how it goes!
@narbynarb I started laying drums in about october last year. I started practicing with the HiHat about a week later, and a week after that, it was almost perfect ^^
josh cant wait to get to the kit and practice ,thanks one question your toms they look like some are the same size is that the case and if so are you just tuning them dif? thanks again for the videos
Lol, I tried the tom thing once just for fun and I still practice it. Thought it would sound cool. Had a hard time learning it, but it turned out to be fun.
wow, took me about 10 minutes to get it down. haha but i wouldn't have been able to do it if i hadn't heard you do it slow, even though you got a bit confused at the end of the slow part! :P hahahaha great stuff though none the less!!
When you first play the bass only, it seems like just a 4/4. Than when you add the hi hat, it seems as if it's a separated 4/4, like 2 hits, than two hits.
Anyways, I don't own drums, but when i play it on something, i can't lock it. Maybe thats because i only tried it for 10 minutes xD
aww man, i got it !, took me half an hour-40 minutes but i nailed it ,,,so proud! lol sorry if i seem like im boasting, but im writing this cuz im so happy! lol
I'm not a drummer but I had to try this, it's pretty hard at first! :D You made me to wanna buy my own drumset and start playing but I guess that's too expensive for me.
it took me forever to figure this out but the trick is to do it like
HHHH
B B B so that it feels like u ar goin bass hi-hat flam/hi-hat/bass/hi-hat/bass hi-hat flam(do in time) its hard to explain but in between each simultaneous hit of the hihat and bass. do a hi-hat then bass then hi-hat. do it so all of it is in time. start out slowly then speed up as u learn it.
this is kinda confusing cuz it sounds like in the beat that the kick isnt steady and then when u say "ok this is what ur bass is doing" the kick drum seems to be just be doin 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 at a steady pace
That part about being scared to venture to toms has happened with me...& I'm still a bit like that...However, that roll u gave would be of special help!!!
& drumming is all bout resilience...heck, anything is!!..If u stick around, do the same thing over & over again till u get it right, u WILL get it!..& it tastes much sweeter that way...Regardless what I'll be able to play in this life, drumming has made me realize this valuable lesson!
& God knows how many more such revelations are on my way!!
Its kind of like a mental and audial illusion isnt it? Sounds like the bass drum is striking differently but its actualy in a straight sequence i think? :P
dude, how should i count my hi-hats so i can know when to put the bass and snare in?!? i'm lost but really wanna learn this cos i'm new to drumming and LOVE metal
well, in this particular beat it's "one and two and three and four and..." hang in there man... it will clear up soon... just keep practicing! welcome to the metal drumming family!
Wow, the drumgroove in the first part is a total mind**** :D Thanks very much, I enjoyed it a lot! The tigger suit worked perfectly for the more frustrating moments !
It helped me a lot to divide the groove into sections of three hihat strikes, thats when the bass pattern repeats again, then placing the snare differently in three of these segments completes the beat. After having that down, I was able to focus on the "polyrhythms" involved. Thanks again!
@matei13au i don't know if this makes sense, but... if you're playing eighth notes on the hi hats, you play dotted eighths with your foot and snare on 2 and four... sorry if that's confusing.
this one is actually a little harder than i expected but im slowly getting the hang of it. i think! lol. what messes it for me is when i add the snare in it but that just makes me wanna keep on trying till i get it right. thanks for the videos spikey. all of them so far have really been real helpful to helping me with my drumming! ! ! keep up the good work! ! !
you are seriously the best drum teacher i ever found on the internet. sad that ppl like u are so rare. if i was you i would be selling this as a whole package, cause kids out there will learn a lot from it!
thanks man! I appreciate it! I won't be selling these youtube videos ever... they are simply free videos to help out new and intermediate drummers... but I appreciate it!
all i'm saying is that i think you are a drummer who somehow didn't forget what he had to struggle with when he was learning things. and therefore you are better at explaining. exspecially in pointing out difficulties. this is a gift man. believe me i've seen alot of professional drumteachers and they don't understand what kind of problems a newcomer has. and with selling this you'd just broaden up your audience. but still keep it free on utoob.
I guess what I mean is if I use a metronome what should I set it at. Example should I set it at 70bpm and play the hit hat a regular 4/4 and play the base at 50bpm and play 1/8th notes. I hope that makes sense. I just started drumming a few weeks ago so I'm still learning all of this so hoefully this isn't confusing (though it probably is). =)
OMG i actually tried it today when i went to church and i got it in less than like 2 min !!! omg ! i'm so proud of myself... i NEVER and i mean NEVERR thought i'd b able to do it.. i can even play it really fast !!! ha ! i'm so happy right now sorry and i am crowding ur comment space but.. like when i tried to play it first i was messin up so badly when i had to add in the snare part.. the high hat and bass were good but things stated getting crazy with the snare.. anyway... thank u so much !
That's very good to hear! I fully understand the excitement when you finally are able to do something you've always wanted to do... I ran all over the house and got my family and friends to listen when I learned blast beats for the first time.
yo u got the struggle thing DOWN PACT.. my mind goes thru a real struggle when i'm tryna do things to get myself more coordinated.. thank u for that.. a lot.. 4 sum reason i thought i was the onli one going thru that craziness lol n btw u put it into the best words.. bravo ! .. good job man
When I started drumming, I learned to play the song Vasoline by the Stone Temple Pilots. This really helped with limb separation. If anyone is having trouble with this beat maybe you can try that one.
hey josh, kind of unrelated - to this video - question.
i was wondering about the flying fingers technique, i watched your video but when i try it myself my pointing finger always seems to follow my other fingers when i begin to move them
Sorry for double comment here, when i got round to trying this i dont seem to be able to get the right thing going. I understand the 4/4 time sig. on the hi-hat and where the snare comes in but i wasnt sure about the off beat of the bass drum, could you explain a little more?
congrats on the new drum set! Don't worry man... my drum lessons are for many different playing levels. This particular video might be a little too much for you to start out with... but that doesn't mean anything at all... just like you said... practice alone will always help to separate your limbs and prepare for the coordination needed...
i've just been practising this, and i find that the easiest way to add the snare is to:
make ur right hand hit each note in 3 places a few centimetres apart, in the pattern [left-centre-right-centre] so you can actually SEE that the snare plays when your right hand plays to the right, so you don't lose count of the beats when playing the polyrhythm.
When Two Are One by Atreyu. They use this triplet method in their chorus. ttabs(dot)com shows a tab for this(no this isn't advertisement). Just, if you hear this song, hear the drums for it, you can get an extra feel for it. Just something if you wanna learn for the hi-hat and bass as triplet while HH does eighths.
ah, don't worry man... it's not as bad once you've practiced it a lot... you probably need to watch it again, so that you can see when the bass comes in.
Im gonna be stuck on this one for a bit...legs and arms dont wanna work at the same time...first learned this cause of rockband lol...sweat beat...but ur making me want more cymbols :(
Nobody's a metronome... except Gene Hoglan
nataservant 1 week ago
This is so fun to play once you've got it omnomnom
karmabiscuits 2 months ago
HAHAHAHA that beat rules so hard, it made me a much better drummer, you should do a drum lesson on d beats
vacantcoffin 2 months ago
first video ive watched by you, thanks been stressing over it XD
Fenixmaiden666 3 months ago
3:2 polyrhythm goodness :D
hginct 3 months ago in playlist More videos from Spikeydrummer
this is the grooviest beat ever haha, totally bobbing my head to this, rad dude
vacantcoffin 6 months ago
man i wanna ask u..how many times hit the kick....? like double then 1 or like 1 by 1 by 1...:S
RaMoOoOoS4 7 months ago
wow man awesume I can do that beat just traint 15 min fore it O_o thx allot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dielerG 8 months ago
Thank god for this video
silvershadic 8 months ago
owww mama.... soo good
naharibo 10 months ago
This guy is the only man on the world who can look bad-ass in a Tigger costume.
jUnk134l1f3 10 months ago 4
where i can find notation for this exercise?? thanks
KaRapinha 11 months ago
No one has perfect time... Except
Gene Hoglan.
freefighter712 11 months ago
I can work very well with my limbs seperated, but this beat is HARD as cement! D=
ThelcecreamMan 1 year ago
You sir are simply awesome.
I've gotten at least twice as good as I was before thanks to you.
silvershadic 1 year ago
"Limb Seperation" Uh.. that scared me
Josh: "So the lesson today is to seperate your legs from your body, just get your hand and grab your leg and PUUUUUUUULLLLLLL"
DrummerBlast3 1 year ago
Did anyone else click on this video expecting a death metal drum cover...
or is it just me?
tkdman45 1 year ago
Hey Spikey i like your Druming Style and your Videos. Is it possibility to get the notes of that beat? It´s easyer to understand an play the beat.
Thx Niki
InsaneBrain85 1 year ago
So every third time you hit the snare, you are simultanious with the bass, and the other two times it will be a bit early or a bit late?
0ester 1 year ago
These are the most intuitive videos I've seen. Once I have access to my drum set, I'll be banging at it constantly, while watching you teach...I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET GOOD!
orknip 1 year ago
wow this helps sooooo much, i kept getting told if i could separate my limbs i couldnt drum.
NPshuffler 1 year ago
i think these videos are great, not only as a beginner/intermediate lessons or guide, but also for us advanced guys. i have been playing for 15 years, play in 2 metal bands, and you knwo that thing that happens sometimes, you have an idea for a beat to put in a certain weird timed part of a song, but nothing seems to just work the way you want? these videos always seem to if not make it click, but to just help with a refresh of the basics and something just seems ot work. thanks... keep them up!
BelialX1980 1 year ago
Going to try this tonight! Thanks for putting up these videos!
bretso25 1 year ago
good teacher...as i am still learning you break things down just as a great teacher does and i find them relatively hard at first but practising all the time is borin and hard at first but it really does work...practice practice n practice...it all comes clear in the end and now ive improved with different grooves and great fills...thanks again SPIKEY...TOP 5 STAR TEACHER...
gtsrider250 1 year ago
what if i only have 2 toms? can i improvise and use the snare, hi hat, and crash in the place of the three toms?
TheRedHotKillers 1 year ago
@TheRedHotKillers yes
ExorArgus 1 year ago
finally someone who seems to relate to me on my wavelength.,...
zazz63 1 year ago
dude... this is so hard to do xD
jibbythegreat 1 year ago
Can someone please write this in tab form?
Ignifer 1 year ago
Wow, the drumgroove in the first part is a total mind**** :D Thanks very much, I enjoyed it a lot! The tigger suit worked perfectly for the more frustrating moments ! It helped me a lot to divide the groove into sections of three hihat strikes, thats when the bass pattern repeats again, then placing the snare differently in three of these segments completes the beat. After having that down, I was able to focus on the "polyrhythms" involved. Thanks again!
elceedee 1 year ago
Wow, the drumgroove in the first part is a total mind**** :D Thanks very much, I enjoyed it a lot! The tigger suit worked perfectly for the more frustrating moments ! It helped me a lot to divide the groove into sections of three hihat strikes, thats when the bass pattern repeats again, then placing the snare differently in three of these segments completes the beat. After having that down, I was able to focus on the "polyrhythms" involved. Thanks again!
elceedee 1 year ago
How would this look in tab form? :)
dimmaz88 1 year ago 3
Man I can't explain how much you've helped me.. I went from playing stuff like rise against to playing avenged sevenfold in a matter of months. You're an AMAZING teacher.
Drumking59 1 year ago
Josh! Okay I went to Guitar Center yesterday, and this Paul guy that works there told me to drop metal because it's really simple, just played fast. However, I've seen plenty of more technical things than just straight 16ths, 32nds, etc. Oh and, I currently have Remo Coated Emperor on all of my toms.. should I switch to maybe.. Pinstripe? Thanks.
BoxOnWheelsPrdctns 1 year ago
Thanks so much for your videos Josh. They have inspired me for months, even though I didn't have a kit. Now that I finally bought one, here I am back on your Youtube channel looking through these lessons, and man are some of them helpful. Thanks again Josh, you're one of the reasons I'm about to go practice now, and the next day, and the next.
rowan241 1 year ago
hey josh. would it be accurate to say that the hit hats are going at 8th notes (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and) and the foot is going at 8th note triplets (1-trip-let 2-trip-let 3-trip-let 4-trip-let)?
newcomerdrummer 1 year ago
how long did it take you to learn this. it's freakin killing me, but super fun trying to get it down.
newcomerdrummer 1 year ago
Wow, this is extremely difficult and I have been playing for 4 years... I guess I never really started practicing til a year ago though and I haven't had any lessons. I just recently started looking at youtube videos for techniques for coordination. Yours seems to be a good one, i'll be trying it out and i'll let you know how it goes!
narbynarb 1 year ago
@narbynarb I started laying drums in about october last year. I started practicing with the HiHat about a week later, and a week after that, it was almost perfect ^^
LauenPower 1 year ago
lawl, sounds violent
MiKill93 2 years ago 5
I know this was made a year and a half ago, but something that might make it easier to learn is to make a tab or sheet music for the first exercise.
Heammawihio 2 years ago
josh cant wait to get to the kit and practice ,thanks one question your toms they look like some are the same size is that the case and if so are you just tuning them dif? thanks again for the videos
tomtj0207 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
totally sucks trying to introduce the toms
mikebeard89 2 years ago
did u tell them that its called a polyrhythm lol
MgsManiac97 2 years ago 2
@MgsManiac97 it's a polymetre
WhatEver2Be99 1 year ago
OMG THIS IS HOW I LEARNED IT:] it is way easier if you cut the hi hat in half
cjkr3w 2 years ago
Lol, I tried the tom thing once just for fun and I still practice it. Thought it would sound cool. Had a hard time learning it, but it turned out to be fun.
baltimore94 2 years ago
this is exactly what i needed to learn !!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you =)
WorstShowEvaa 2 years ago 5
wow, took me about 10 minutes to get it down. haha but i wouldn't have been able to do it if i hadn't heard you do it slow, even though you got a bit confused at the end of the slow part! :P hahahaha great stuff though none the less!!
lombardezeeJR 2 years ago 2
Bull, u can't do this! u gotta have a tigger suit to be this sick....mango... :P
pabloco100 2 years ago
Thank you so much man.
grubsta 2 years ago 2
i think you made this video for me specificly haha, i have this very problem with my legs and hands!! thanks man, im going to try this
jediryan500 2 years ago
Its like he said "a very simple beat that will change your life",
Thank you Spikey Drummer you've changed my life!
RatchetMan5000 2 years ago 2
spikey ftw!
DeathDrummer198 2 years ago
This technique is actually called Syncopation. It is a really helpful technique to get used to this kind of stuff. Nice lesson. :D
RandomWankeryFtw 2 years ago
HAHA your trippin fo
Walle661 2 years ago
Thx man.
You have helped me make babies with my drumset.
MrRogue09 2 years ago 22
hahaha
nsG0 2 years ago
lolololololololololololol
siphre7 2 years ago
this was so goddamn helpful. thanks a lot.
inroom13 2 years ago
This is so awesome,totally gonna try that,sound so cool.
Yev300 2 years ago
Finally! I finally got this down! That last snare threw me off for like, a month but I finally got this!
ChunkyPirate 2 years ago 2
When you first play the bass only, it seems like just a 4/4. Than when you add the hi hat, it seems as if it's a separated 4/4, like 2 hits, than two hits.
Anyways, I don't own drums, but when i play it on something, i can't lock it. Maybe thats because i only tried it for 10 minutes xD
thanks for uploading
wrizhta 2 years ago
A lot of my technique sucks but this is one thing I picked up super quick - I have a feeling it's gonna save me a hell of a lot of time and effort :)
TheFierak 2 years ago
man i like your attitud XD
some one will pay you for all the help that you gave us
i'm very very very grateful and sure that every one that have seen even only one vidoe, learned something
soorry if my english isn't good
but i'll be better playing the drmms jaja
thank you for all you'r videos
rick metal and core lives and rules¡¡¡¡¡¡
emocram3 2 years ago 2
aww man, i got it !, took me half an hour-40 minutes but i nailed it ,,,so proud! lol sorry if i seem like im boasting, but im writing this cuz im so happy! lol
utsawin09 2 years ago
Nice man, keep at it :D
TheFierak 2 years ago
I'm not a drummer but I had to try this, it's pretty hard at first! :D You made me to wanna buy my own drumset and start playing but I guess that's too expensive for me.
Distasted 2 years ago
dude you are freaking hillarious seriously
justerman1993 2 years ago 3
it took me forever to figure this out but the trick is to do it like
HHHH
B B B so that it feels like u ar goin bass hi-hat flam/hi-hat/bass/hi-hat/bass hi-hat flam(do in time) its hard to explain but in between each simultaneous hit of the hihat and bass. do a hi-hat then bass then hi-hat. do it so all of it is in time. start out slowly then speed up as u learn it.
vinnypapa63 2 years ago
the first exercises, can anybody write down the notes and post it here?!
Skym0sh0 2 years ago 5
Damn!
I just remembered when I struggled with this kind of patterns! It gets easier after a while, but oh boy is it frustrating
hfolkense 2 years ago
Great name for a band... Limb Seperation.
^^
Z6U6Z6U 2 years ago 47
lol
zurathon 2 years ago
you are funny and very helpful! thank you very much for your tips and support :]
David12xu 2 years ago
It's funny and educational :E
beastrevor 2 years ago
For anyone trying to learn this and have trouble figuring it out, this is what he is doing.
R=right hand
r=left hand
b=Bass L
r r r r
b b b
It's a very cool pattern to learn which is basically playing 3 on your bass for every 4 on your hi-hat.
Toesrus 3 years ago
How many tigger suits do u have?
reboundjunkie 3 years ago
lol
RSKJK 2 years ago
Aww, hell, this lesson is gonna kill me...
stormshadow2k 3 years ago
hmmmm i wonder if this would be any use with double bass...i think im gonna try it out lol what the hay!!!
HalfBakedDrummeR 3 years ago
i need a lot of work in this area thanks for the exercises.
keep kicking ass.
eelcapitann 3 years ago
this is kinda confusing cuz it sounds like in the beat that the kick isnt steady and then when u say "ok this is what ur bass is doing" the kick drum seems to be just be doin 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 at a steady pace
wakethenation0345 3 years ago
haha i thought the same thing, but i think the bass is going 1 2 3 1 2 3 while the hi-hat is going 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
KazrakFTW 3 years ago
Na the bass drum is just on the off-beat, played in between the hi-hat hits instead of on them.
Alizarincross 3 years ago
That part about being scared to venture to toms has happened with me...& I'm still a bit like that...However, that roll u gave would be of special help!!!
& drumming is all bout resilience...heck, anything is!!..If u stick around, do the same thing over & over again till u get it right, u WILL get it!..& it tastes much sweeter that way...Regardless what I'll be able to play in this life, drumming has made me realize this valuable lesson!
& God knows how many more such revelations are on my way!!
DruixXx 3 years ago
This is so cool. Learned that first part today.
1. Its a cool grove.
2. Its challenging.
Its kind of like a mental and audial illusion isnt it? Sounds like the bass drum is striking differently but its actualy in a straight sequence i think? :P
You rock! :)
appledrum2a 3 years ago
Hi Any chance you could do the first part of this video again with the beats much slower?
iamleavingchina 3 years ago
dude, how should i count my hi-hats so i can know when to put the bass and snare in?!? i'm lost but really wanna learn this cos i'm new to drumming and LOVE metal
matei13au 3 years ago
well, in this particular beat it's "one and two and three and four and..." hang in there man... it will clear up soon... just keep practicing! welcome to the metal drumming family!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago 8
@matei13au ROFL COUNT EACH HIT
beastrevor 1 year ago
@matei13au
Wow, the drumgroove in the first part is a total mind**** :D Thanks very much, I enjoyed it a lot! The tigger suit worked perfectly for the more frustrating moments !
It helped me a lot to divide the groove into sections of three hihat strikes, thats when the bass pattern repeats again, then placing the snare differently in three of these segments completes the beat. After having that down, I was able to focus on the "polyrhythms" involved. Thanks again!
elceedee 1 year ago
@elceedee
Great explanation. I just got it!
SIuDude 1 year ago
@matei13au i don't know if this makes sense, but... if you're playing eighth notes on the hi hats, you play dotted eighths with your foot and snare on 2 and four... sorry if that's confusing.
yoyoguy281 6 months ago
this one is actually a little harder than i expected but im slowly getting the hang of it. i think! lol. what messes it for me is when i add the snare in it but that just makes me wanna keep on trying till i get it right. thanks for the videos spikey. all of them so far have really been real helpful to helping me with my drumming! ! ! keep up the good work! ! !
Hydralisk17 3 years ago
hang in there man! this one is supposed to be a bit of a brain teaser
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
Dude, Spikey.. I skipped this video because I thought I wouldn't need it... I was wrong.
The beat at the beginning is so hard, and I finally got the arm separation down, thanks man.
Colbyeatsworld 3 years ago
awesome man! I'm glad you found this difficult... it may not seem like it, but it will definitely help your coordination
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
Thanks, :D
Colbyeatsworld 3 years ago
you are seriously the best drum teacher i ever found on the internet. sad that ppl like u are so rare. if i was you i would be selling this as a whole package, cause kids out there will learn a lot from it!
unruheGER 3 years ago 4
thanks man! I appreciate it! I won't be selling these youtube videos ever... they are simply free videos to help out new and intermediate drummers... but I appreciate it!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago 6
of course the vids should be free :D
all i'm saying is that i think you are a drummer who somehow didn't forget what he had to struggle with when he was learning things. and therefore you are better at explaining. exspecially in pointing out difficulties. this is a gift man. believe me i've seen alot of professional drumteachers and they don't understand what kind of problems a newcomer has. and with selling this you'd just broaden up your audience. but still keep it free on utoob.
unruheGER 3 years ago
Thanks man, I'm honored! and I really appreciate it too... I'm glad you find my teaching to be helpful. thanks again
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago 2
josh,
what is the bpm for this beat? what should it be for the bass, hit hat and snare if that makes any sense. thanx!!!
newcomerdrummer 3 years ago
I'm sorry man, I'm not exactly sure what bpm this beat is... but are you sure that's what you're asking, because bpm is speed (beats per minute)
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
I guess what I mean is if I use a metronome what should I set it at. Example should I set it at 70bpm and play the hit hat a regular 4/4 and play the base at 50bpm and play 1/8th notes. I hope that makes sense. I just started drumming a few weeks ago so I'm still learning all of this so hoefully this isn't confusing (though it probably is). =)
newcomerdrummer 3 years ago
well, I wouldn't try to set your metronome to the individual drums... just try to play along to the entire click track
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
great! congrats!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
everybody who plays in instrument is plagued with time. :(
rvasquez6089 3 years ago
lol, hang in there man... time and meter will follow you forever... make them your friends!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
OMG i actually tried it today when i went to church and i got it in less than like 2 min !!! omg ! i'm so proud of myself... i NEVER and i mean NEVERR thought i'd b able to do it.. i can even play it really fast !!! ha ! i'm so happy right now sorry and i am crowding ur comment space but.. like when i tried to play it first i was messin up so badly when i had to add in the snare part.. the high hat and bass were good but things stated getting crazy with the snare.. anyway... thank u so much !
LilMizzLae 3 years ago
That's very good to hear! I fully understand the excitement when you finally are able to do something you've always wanted to do... I ran all over the house and got my family and friends to listen when I learned blast beats for the first time.
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
yo u got the struggle thing DOWN PACT.. my mind goes thru a real struggle when i'm tryna do things to get myself more coordinated.. thank u for that.. a lot.. 4 sum reason i thought i was the onli one going thru that craziness lol n btw u put it into the best words.. bravo ! .. good job man
LilMizzLae 3 years ago
I am glad you were able to identify with this video... thanks!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
When I started drumming, I learned to play the song Vasoline by the Stone Temple Pilots. This really helped with limb separation. If anyone is having trouble with this beat maybe you can try that one.
Toesrus 3 years ago
thanks man! I'm glad this helped!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
lol i was just thinking man this sounds sort of like a meshuggah beat... then i read the coment below this one
great vids
i was just wondering what kind of snare and head you have... they sound really good
bacon57 3 years ago
thanks man, and I agree, bleed by meshuggah has a similar pattern, however the single bass is replaced with quads
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
hey josh, kind of unrelated - to this video - question.
i was wondering about the flying fingers technique, i watched your video but when i try it myself my pointing finger always seems to follow my other fingers when i begin to move them
relicpwn 3 years ago
don't worry man, it's going to move like that... I was just saying that the middle fingers do most of the work
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
Oh i see, is it possible to do a "walk" pattern (like walking to play bass) to make them faster, or should you just learn to move them real quick?
relicpwn 3 years ago
Sorry for double comment here, when i got round to trying this i dont seem to be able to get the right thing going. I understand the 4/4 time sig. on the hi-hat and where the snare comes in but i wasnt sure about the off beat of the bass drum, could you explain a little more?
relicpwn 3 years ago
yes, it's the very same concept... the timing is the same, however the bass pattern is totally different.
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
hey josh im a new drummer i got my drumset 2 days ago so if i cant play that,can practice alone make my limb separation better ???
fallenangel328 3 years ago
congrats on the new drum set! Don't worry man... my drum lessons are for many different playing levels. This particular video might be a little too much for you to start out with... but that doesn't mean anything at all... just like you said... practice alone will always help to separate your limbs and prepare for the coordination needed...
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
i've just been practising this, and i find that the easiest way to add the snare is to:
make ur right hand hit each note in 3 places a few centimetres apart, in the pattern [left-centre-right-centre] so you can actually SEE that the snare plays when your right hand plays to the right, so you don't lose count of the beats when playing the polyrhythm.
Great lesson, btw.
PS: does any of that make sense?
murraytaylor123 3 years ago
Thanks for the advice to everyone... I'm glad you found a way to make this easier. I hope it helps everyone out!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
aaaaa the left of my brain feels...:P
I dont know not to shure how to explain it:)
but nice you gave me another way to practice limb separation and to make shure that I have it
THANKS!!!
deathdrummer169 3 years ago
lol cool man.. just hang in there... you'll be ok!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
When Two Are One by Atreyu. They use this triplet method in their chorus. ttabs(dot)com shows a tab for this(no this isn't advertisement). Just, if you hear this song, hear the drums for it, you can get an extra feel for it. Just something if you wanna learn for the hi-hat and bass as triplet while HH does eighths.
M1NDG4ME25 3 years ago
cool man, thanks for the sample... I'm sure the viewers could use outside example.
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
ya the snare fucks me up.
LandetOgHavet123 3 years ago
lol I know... it just takes a little practice... it's like a brain puzzle.
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
Ow my brain hurts.
Getin it though...slowly
LandetOgHavet123 3 years ago
lol hang in there man... I know it's tough
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
hey man,
awesome job with the videos
:D i think that once i get a kit this will help out tonnes
keep it up
:D
Like2Watch69 3 years ago
thanks man, I appreciate the encouragement
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
This makes my brain hurt lol. When is the bass coming in relative to the hi hat?
IWANTHOTDOG 3 years ago
ah, don't worry man... it's not as bad once you've practiced it a lot... you probably need to watch it again, so that you can see when the bass comes in.
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
Thanks alot for this man it shockingly improved me on every other beat i do
LKennedy1989 3 years ago
awesome man... I'm glad this helped you out!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
Im gonna be stuck on this one for a bit...legs and arms dont wanna work at the same time...first learned this cause of rockband lol...sweat beat...but ur making me want more cymbols :(
TakaioB 3 years ago
lol I'm glad this is a challenge though man, just hang in there man, all it takes is a little practice.
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago
good beat
8rzepak8 3 years ago
thanks!
Spikeydrummer 3 years ago