Explanation of some triplet licks

[sk8rdudeism]

i crank up my volume each time you start talking and then BOOM BOOM BOOM my room explodes, and i've gotta turn it down again (repeat x10)

nice playing though! :)

[Danielcrspo]

And yo, honestly you are the first white guy that I've personally seen that really has the gospel feel to your licks, how did you learn this style of play? And you explain them so well, that now I finally understand how to emulate the feel I've been looking for for so long! I just had a crazy epiphany, thanks <9000!

[thatsmypeanuts]

@Danielcrspo Glad to be of help. Nice when people enjoy the video.

Also, not to be preachy, but race has nothing to do with learning the style... anybody can learn to play any style. If you grow up with it, it comes faster and possibly more easily, which is why you'll usually see black people playing gospel, Brazilians playing samba, and white people playing rock. But by no means are these styles exclusive to people of a particular color.

You can learn anything you want. Just open your ears..

[Danielcrspo]

Dude this is killer, you literally just blew my mind, I've been wanna learn these type of licks for so long! Thanksss

[MrDbk13us]

NICE DRUMMING YES BUT THE SOUND IS LOW!

[drumsandivory]

WHERE could i get a book on this kind of stuff???

[thatsmypeanuts]

@drumsandivory Maybe I'll write one. :D But for now I could answer any questions you have...

[drumsandivory]

@thatsmypeanuts haha sounds good. well mainly i was wondering how one would practice the polyrhythm kind of thing where you go from a simple groove to a beat using grouping of 5 or 7 at the same tempo. i see a lot of 5's incorporated in to a beat not even as a fill. i guess you'd just set a metronome and count like crazy?

[thatsmypeanuts]

@drumsandivory Exactly. As you do it more and more you'll have to count less and less...

[drumsandivory]

@thatsmypeanuts ok thanks and just as my last question what's your favorite kind of lick to do with triplets?

[AlanColeslaw]

@thatsmypeanuts DUDE if you wrote a book.... damn I'd pay gooooood money for that, I love your playing so much!

[Feesharp9er]

did you end up shutting the window??

[thatsmypeanuts]

@Feesharp9er HELL NO!

[Mojo206]

thanx man this video helped a lot... i've been looking for a video tht explained this stuff for a while

[TommyGadd]

at 1:44 what is the sticking and foot pattern

sounds like triplets but i think I hear double kicks

[thatsmypeanuts]

starting on the and of 2 with sixteenth note triplets:

RLRFFRLFFL

The final L, on the snare drum, is beat 4.

[cocacolalight1994]

is that Yamaha drums?

[thatsmypeanuts]

Nope, Gretschs from the mid-90s before they changed ownership. Nice drums but not Yamaha nice...

[hebronsawyers]

3:14? purdie shuffle

[musicmadman23]

I've been looking for this video since this summer. I didn't add to my favorites, n i was on a serious search. I love the way you explained that groove from 4:40. Being a gospel drummer, I picked up the first groove but the way you played it, thats what i've been trying to tighten up. Thank you

[Funkydrumbum]

Hey man this is a wicked video. I'm really into this kind of playing. Your an inspiration! Check out some of my videos. cheers!

[Feesharp9er]

Excellent!!

[angrysamoan6802]

nobody asked u shyt, bruh

[AlanColeslaw]

great but SO QUIET!!

[vangied]

GREAT vid thanks!

[samnadel]

Hey man. Nice stuff here. The great thing about putting a 4 beat phrase into triplets is you can use all your rudiments (paradiddle, flam tap etc) in the same way and it creates a great cross rhythm.

check out my video that I posted as a response to this. Its totally different but still based around triplets.

[thatsmypeanuts]

I get you man, I just wish I had these rudiment things you speak of... :)

[tony9156]

awesome video! this is exactly what ive been looking to learn and you did a great job of explaining, thanks.

[FATEFUL5]

Remember Kevin Hayden? All reasoning applied. Pretty cool betwixt both of u. Play on.

[thatsmypeanuts]

Thanks. I got nothin on that cat :)

[scoopgh45]

I'm trying to follow this but do you have this written down.if so could you share.

[thatsmypeanuts]

Nah, I never wrote it down. Think of it this way: write out a beat in 4/4, make the hi-hat play constant 8th note triplets, then accent every 4th triplet so you have three accents in a measure. Go from there

[scoopgh45]

I'm trying to follow this but do you have this written down.if so could you share.

[eldowns]

Really great video man, right on.