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  • This made me want to learn, I shall begin practising tomorrow.

    Thank you.

  • Really tight. You're like the producers' wet dream - won't take many takes.

  • Seriously, good job. Your chops are rock solid.

  • Thanks a lot :-)

  • @SonorSonicFan

    I'v never tried to play 16th's as an exersize with my left hand where my right is playing 8th's Thankyou very much for sharing your wonderfull tallent with the rest of us..

    Also the black panther,wich now, was the first time I'v heard one till now.

  • lol is it true that nickelback's drummers daniel loves using ghost notes, i hear them in lots of their songs and even the one song he played for another band Theory of a Deadman's Santa Monica..

  • It sounds like Bill Bruford :D

  • Wow. that side snare is absolutley amazing. what kind is it?

  • That's a 10" Mapex Black Panther

  • @maxlikedrums Whoop ass snare :D

  • @maxlikedrums .... what snare drum is it ??

  • Ten film jest chyba jeszcze przed wypadkiem Roberta. Nie sądziłem że Kubica tak dobrze radził sobie za bębnami. Ciekawe jak będzie teraz... ;/

  • Did'nt say it because I ran out of space in the comment box... but though not my style of drumming, I really like what you do and the way you explain it... You do clinics?? If so, you should definitely hit up Drum Bazar in Montreal if you're in the area... They're a nice bunch and the hold very interesting clinics now and then!!

  • That's interesting, thanks for the tip! I haven't heard of the the Drum Bazar before. I do clinics and masterclasses but mainly here on the west coast. I'm gonna check it out.

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • i have just one question i just get half an hour or an hour and i don't know how do i improve my whole drumming skills and i dont know what to play when people askj for me to to play ? helpppp

  • Oh wow, that's a really broad question. I think you would be better off to book a few private lessons with a good drum teacher in your area. This is impossible to answer via mail.

    All the best

    Ydna

  • @ashish4211 play along with a song you like, make sure the song(s) you choose have drums in them

  • Hey you never answer the question about the sound proofing, as a few people have asked and no reply. Im wondering. My band, Falling From Fallacy (check em out!) recently recorded in a home studio and the guy had the same amount of sound proofing above his computer monitor. How exactly is that small amount effective, since I've seen others use it in that little amount?

  • Sorry about that, I get lots of email on a daily basis, sometimes I just miss some, especially when I travel. The general idea is to break sound waves. You can do this in a big way, all the way up to a totally dead room, or small amounts to keep the waves under control just a little bit. It all depends on what you want to achieve. If I would plaster all my walls with them, the room would be super dead, so the drums would sound much different.

    Take care

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter

    Ah I see. So its not really there for sound proofing to deaden the noise for the outside but more to catch the reverberation of the drums? Another question. Is sound proofing usually found at a music store or is it something you can find in most stores? And how much?

  • Yes, that's right. The panels I use in my room are the professional ones, they cost about 50 Dollars for 1 square meter. That's just for the foam, I made the frame myself. But you can use cheaper materials as well, it just won't look as good and of course don't work that well either, but good enough for home recordings. Studios spend a lot of money on sound proofing, check out some videos about the topic here on you tube.

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter If I may chime in here... We used old cubicle partitions from a office surplus supplier in town... Can't remember how much we paid for them, but they were the ones with coffee stains and fuzzy worn corners... so, CHEAP!! They did a great job of cutting down the echo in the room and we could move them out of the way when we needed. Really soundproofing a room is a whole other game!!

  • I have two mobile walls like this in my studio to roll them around wherever I need them. Cheap material does the job quite often, it doesn't always have to be fancy and expensive.

  • I find it really hard to keep an 8th note hihat going whilst playing 16th note snare, is there any special technique to help this or is it just lots of practice??

  • That just comes down to practice. Coordination is not related to tempo, so you can practice these things really slowly, which makes it way easier. Take your time, it'll get much better and easier with practice.

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • kannst du deutsch?

  • Ja, ich bin aus Deutschland, lebe aber schon seit ca. 6 Jahren in Kanada

    Viele Gruesse

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter kannst du mir vlt sagen wie teuer das schlagzeug mit allem ist ?

    danke im voraus

  • Ich habe nicht alles auf einmal gekauft, sondern im Laufe von vielen Jahren. Ich wuerde mal schaetzen so 7000 Euro vielleicht? Die Brady snare drum kostet schon ca. 900 Euro und die Becken kosten alle recht viel. Ist schon eine gute Idee alles nacheinander zu kaufen :-)

  • @Jungleritter okey danke viel mal :)

  • great video! very informative, im gonna subscribe and your gonna be my teacher :) by the way, do you have any endorsements?

  • Thanks mate, I appreciate it :-) I'm not endorsed by a drum company.

  • Thanks! Sound great by the way keep it up!!

  • what kind of hihats are those?

  • These are 13" Zildijan K's

  • i'm already trying to play ghost notes as in the begining of the video.......but my left hand and fingers just don't wanna move!!!!! asleep!

  • Dillinger Escape Plan

  • what is the main snare? Could you describe it please?

  • That's a 14" Brady from Australia. They use a certain type of Australian wood for this drum but I can't remember what the name of the wood is :-) Tha'ts a really nice snare drum, sounds great no matter what style and tuning.

  • @Jungleritter  Thanx man!

  • Thanks :-) It's a 10" Mapex Black Panther / wood

  • i dont know if anyone here can relate to this, but ghost notes came naturally to me... within the first week of getting my hand on a kit i was practising a standard 4/4 beat and i get really into it, i just found myself adding little taps... On the other side of the spectrum, im no natural with rudiments, god damn i hate rudiments, but ghostnotes have always been groove rather than technique for me.... of course we're all different, groove on....

  • whats the thingy behind that dude? is that a back rest shit or something or just for soundproofing,and if sounproofing for what?i mean that shit is small

  • @latem777 It could be for sound 'treatment' and not actually sound proofing. A lot of people say for the best balance of reverb you should be specific about where you use the stuff, and not just use a lot. If you completely cover the walls you will have good sound 'proofing' but the room will sound 'dead', or completely lack any reverb. Not saying I would complain with my drum room being completely covered though lol.

  • The first time I heard of ghost notes was in a video with Chad Smith. From then on I've never been able to stop using them. It's an addiction.

  • Chad Smith is a great example for using ghost notes in a most musical way...

  • how is 1:15 ghost notes hahaha

  • 1:15 is an extreme ghostnote, hahaha

  • by the way dude in america ghost notes arent played!!! the look like they are notes but the make no sound!!!! thats the point they are there but they arent they are Ghosts!!! try playing the accents without hitting the drum!

  • More Piano !

  • This might sound funny, but I actually want to STOP doing ghost notes. Ever since i learned i got in the habit of doing it and i cant stop adding ghost notes in every jam session and it annoys the hell out of me... haha

  • Oh yeah, I hear you, sometimes they are great, sometimes they simply suck, it's a matter of taste to know when to use them.

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • @Fuckraphiphoptechno

    Same, I can't just play a simple beat, i have to add them, doesn't boher me much :D

  • @Fuckraphiphoptechno make them so quiet they aren't heard. or just hold back, stay in the pocket. you can see on lots of live performances / mic'd snares that the drummers are doing way more and only stronger things are audible through the mix, and the compressor. I'd say make them as absolutely quiet as possible just for the fuck of it.

  • @Fuckraphiphoptechno I personally think ghost notes add a lot more flavor to your playing, but I actually get where you're coming from. Sometimes it's best to just be a little more laid back and simplistic.

  • i like a lot your drumming and i have no critics but a kind of advice, Try make the ghosts notes more piano

  • The volume of tap/soft/ghost notes always depends on the music style. If you think of a Steely Dan song, you would play them very soft, if you think of a hard funk song (chili peppers for ex.) you would play them in a more audible way. The approach here is extreme (hence the title of the vid), that's why they are played louder than "usual" ghost notes.

    Take care

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter oh i see, well it's just something about taste also, i was just saying. I see you have a worked technique there :) keep it on!

  • Oh yeah, taste, how could I forget to mention that one, hahaha. And also, the instrumentation in the band. A distorted guitar in the band requires louder ghost notes than an acoustic setting of course.

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut , So im Going to speak english instead :) What is that Snare your using on your left to the Hi hat ?

  • You're German sounds pretty good to me :-) The aux snare is a 10" Mapex Black Panther, really nice sounding snare drum.

    Cheers from Canada

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter danke sehr! , ich denke dass der Klang der kleinen Trommel, ist sehr schön, wenn sie gemisch , Danke von England . Entschuldigen Sie mein Deutsch :)

  • when i stare at your hands, you look like Jon Cryer... lol. good playing man

  • Thanks :-) But who is Jon Cryer??

  • @Jungleritter

    haha if you haven't looked him up, he's in Two and a Half men.

  • Very nice. 

  • sir, that groove was amazing. just fantastic. cheers

  • Great to hear you liked it :-)

    Cheers from Canada

    Ydna Murd

  • great video! great material! only quibble: the suspended snare totally obscures the view of your left hand...

  • Klingt echt super Funkig!

    Grüße nach Kanada!

  • Vielen Dank!

    Gruesse nach Deutschland :-)

  • You sound Swedish. Am I wrong? Good video.

  • Close enough, I'm from Germany :-)

    Thanks and Cheers from Canada, that's where I live.

    Ydna

  • And which Software and Interface/mixing console?

    Thank you

    good Sound *****

  • I record with Logic Audio. The signals run through a Mackie mixing desk, an Edirol UA 1000 Interface and several A.R.T. and Gold Mike preamps.

    Thanks and Cheers

    Ydna

  • awesome!! absolutely helpful. I loved it..Thank you

  • Great to hear, thanks!!

  • @Jungleritter

    Great stick control! Would like to know about your kit - especially your snare drums. Also, could you give me some advice on snare drum tuning? Can't seem to make my snare sound like yours.....

    Thanks!

  • Hi, my kit is a Pearl Masters Custom, the snares are a 14" Brady, a 10" Mapex Black Panther and a 10" Sonor Jungle Snare. My snare drums are both tuned quite high. I like the cracking sound, it fitsD&B music very well and I like the high tension/playability as well. I use a Evans G1 on top of the Brady. The Brady is quite an expensive snare drum, I think I paid 1200 Dollars, you can hear the quality of that drum. Besides the high tension there's nothing special to the way I tune it. Cheers

  • i love this concept! fill in the blanks with ghost notes lol nice playing too. check out my vids of me playing and let me know what you think :)

  • Is this what i need to learn to be able to play like Pridgen

  • Pridgen uses a lot of left hand notes, so, yeah, definitely a helpful exercise to get there

  • i miss drumming gonna pull out the old gretsch and play!

  • when I try to do ghost notes I can't seem quite get it to sound like yours in terms of as if you were doing a drum roll it always seems overly accented but I don't know if I can hit the snare any softer and it still be audible haha perhaps I need a different snare head I use EVANS Genra HD Dry

  • Hi, it's certainly not the drumhead (I use the same head on my snare). I can't really say without seeing you play but I guess you just have to practice it more often, feel free to send me a link of a video and I will check it out, ok?

  • @ned2one Hay, I have a suggestion to your struggle. My suggestions to you are: play simultaneous (flams) 8th notes with both hands then 16th notes, building up speed and really look at what both hands are doing and try observing of how they feel too, rebound etc... Next do a single stroke role then start taking the right hand out and see how long you can last. Another suggestion is making sure your nuckles are horizontal no thumb pointing out. Also try on a harder surface much more rebound.

  • @druminid Thanks that was a very insightful suggestion I will definately try this out! Thanks for helpin!

  • this is really a hard one. nice practice do.

    Do you have the transcription on your site somewhere?

    I cant figure out where all the ghost are at combined with 8 notes.

    Any suggestion how to practice this in steps?

  • The idea is simple: You basically think of playing all sixteen 16th notes as ghost notes on any given groove. Then just don't play the ones that would line up with the bass drum and snare drum notes. But keep playing all of the others. So all the spaces between your snare and bass drum are gonna be filled with ghostnotes while you keep playing 8th notes on your hi-hat (or other hi-hat figures, doesn't really matter). Does that help?

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter

    yes it did surtently.

    It starting to work bit by bit(this because already had some good ghostplacement skills).

    Do you have a technic for this?

    I noticed the first pair of 16ths are easier then the rest to play. The last from 3 to 4 are the most dificult.

    From 2 to 3 is ok, cause it bounces after the accent on 2.

    Am i right?

    T

    

  • The placement of a ghost note right before a snare accent is definitely the hardest to play. You will improve depending on how much time you'll spend practicing it, there's not really a shortcut with a special technique.

    Have fun :-)

  • i have send you an email

  • Caan you make a regular snare drum sound like your side snare?

  • You can try to tune both heads really high but besides that, there's nothing you can change due to the size of the drum.

  • what is your side snare?

  • It's a 10" Mapex Black Panther

  • within the first 10 seconds, he slowed down like 10 bpm.

  • And? As long as I don't play in a band or with a playalong, where's the problem? Time is free, were not machines :-)

  • @Jungleritter

    all I'm saying is that it would have had more of a groove it had been a little faster. other than that, it was pretty awesome!

  • No worries :-) The exercise is great, give it a try. Picked it up from Rod Morgenstein, it's a great workout for left hand ghostnotes.

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • I love ghost notes, good video bro, I would really love to master this technique one day..

  • This is what David Garibaldi called beat layering. Excellent demonstration.

  • Props! You're my fave online instructor. This lesson is brilliant!

  • That's really nice to hear, thanks!!

  • is awesome thanks for the lesson!!

    Best regards!

  • When finally one realizes that all the techniques learned to fill every last empty space of silence are pretty much useless because, like writing, percussion is the art of leaving things out.

  • No offence aber das wackelt irgendwie ziemlich teilweise. :<

  • Ich bin mit dem Tempo runtergegangen und wieder hoch, das nehmen mir manche Leute uebel. Ich mache dass oft wenn ich alleine spiele, in einer Band natuerlich nicht :-)

    Viele Gruesse

    Ydna

  • @Jungleritter ich nehm dir gar nichts übel :) bei dem Groove am Anfang hinken die Ghosts nur manchmal etwas nach... spielst du mit Fingern oder mehr mit Moeller wenn man fragen darf?

  • Kommt auf die Figur drauf an, oft benutze ich einen Mix von beiden Techniken. Es ist auch unterschiedlich wo man spielt, auf der Snare benutze ich gerne mehr Finger, auf der Hi-Hat und Toms mehr Moeller, haengt halt vom Rebound ab.

  • die snare hört sich an wie ein alter mülleimerdeckel...

    soll das so sein?

  • OH SHIT MAN THOSE GHOSTNOTES ARE EEEEXXXTRRREEEEEEMMMEEEEE!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • why is your china cymbol all screwed up ???

  • Hahaha, it's not screwed up, I just like to have it that way :-)

  • That's some fancy soundproofing you got there. :)

  • Nun, eine nette Cymbal-Auswahl haste ja ;-) Ich hab mich vor einigen Jahren weitestgehend auf Anatolian festgelegt, gerade aus dem Grund, weil ich mit diesen Becken NICHT bei jeder Genre-Änderung direkt alle Cymbals austauschen musst, wegen der genialen Klangvielfalt. Nur ist man mit einem kompletten "Wunschsatz" auch ohne Probleme 2.000€ los.Unter anderem auf der DVD "World of Groove" von Ralf Gustke kannst du den Sound der Cymbals ausgiebig probehören. Frohes Fest im traumhaft schönen Kanada!

  • Okay die China ist jedenfalls schon mal vom Paiste XD

  • Ich hab recht viele Becken am Set und wechsele sie auch noch recht haeufig je nachdem was ich spiele. Auf meiner Webseite ist eine komplette Auflistung mit allem was ich benutze, vielleicht kannst du dir das mal Anschauen unter drumgate . com / equipment list.

    Die Side Snare ist ein 10" Mapex Black Panther. Die Anatolian klingen bestimmt klasse, haette ich auch gerne :-)) Gruesse aus Kanada

    Ydna

  • are you using the finger technique for the ghost notes or just your wrists?

  • It depends. A mix of finger and wrist for a string of notes like three's or four's. Only wrist for single notes and sometimes doubles too, depends on the tempo as well! There's more control at slow tempos when you use only your wrist.

  • What drum set is this?

    You sound awesome, I love the sound of everything in your kit, and the ghost notes are spot on and just what I was looking for, thank you!

  • Cool, thanks a lot :-)) The drumset it s Pearl Masters Custom Maple, a Brady Snare and a Mapex Black Panther sidesnare.

  • Nem rossz ez!

  • hmmm doesn't sound clean to me

  • @minkusink6 If you like fast and "clean" ghostnotes and "drum-microcosm" -----> Check out Johnny Rabb XD

    @Jungleritter Nettes Video und danke! Gibt zu wenige deutsche Drummer, die sich die Zeit nehmen Videos online zu stellen. Der Sound der linken Snare gefällt mir! Was ist das für eine? Geht klanglich nen bissl in Richtung Musashi. Was für Cymbals benutzt du? Ich seit längerem die Ralf Gustke Serie von Anatolian (extrem geiler Sound).....

  • I loved your videos man. I hope you don't mind if I feature them on my blog. :)

  • Yeah, that would be great :-))

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • i love your drum solo at the end :D

  • en el segundo 12 como se hace eso siempre he querido saber alguien sabe

  • ummm, and umm, and umm yeah, umm

  • i think you did a great job bro... some subscribe to my page

  • You know, you might be right on that when it comes to the original meaning of the term ghostnote, but the thing is, drumset players have been using this term (ghost note, soft note or tap note) for a long time. Nowadays, a grace note refers to the smaller note you hit before the main note when playing a flam. Check out David Garibaldi's work for example, he clearly talks about ghost notes and there are many many others. Open for discussion I guess :-) Cheers Ydna

  • @flammaster wasted scum. ;))

  • @flammaster you petty bastard!

  • @flammaster Terminology depends on the discipline you are studying. The drum corps world and drum set world, although have a lot in common, are quite different. Therefor its safe to say, what you think is universal terminology, ends up being only one way to explain something. Be open minded bro

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  • @flammaster As a drumcorps-style tenor player, I completely agree with you. Ghosting is alot of arm and no contact with the drumhead. However, in the context of D'n'B, ghost notes are extremely soft notes, meant to fill in empty space and keep the groove going. Since ghost notes can be played by themselves, they aren't regarded as grace notes.

  • Some people shoulld just not attempt ot make intructional videos .EVER !

  • Hahaha, du mich auch :-))

  • what a left....

  • Good technique but timing is off.

  • sei bravissimo complimenti!

  • awesome..... pleasure to watch your videos.

  • It´s a pleasure to read comments like this :-))

  • Great sound..

    which mic. do you use?

  • Pretty basic and classic setup: Shure 57 on Snares, AKG 112 on Kick, Sennheisers e604 on Toms, and Rode 1´s and 5`s on Hi-Hat, Ride and Overhead. Good quality mics but nothing really expensive or fancy.

  • very nice video mate.. can u tell me what that side snare is....

  • Thanks a lot :-))

    The side snare is a 10" Mapex Black Panther

  • you're such a fucking good drummer.

    i wish i could do ghost notes and rolls like you.

  • Thanx :-)) Well, I try to do my best and I enjoy almost every minute behind a drumkit. Just keep on playing/practicing and it will come

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • He freaking slows down.

  • very helpful tnx!

  • Yes i fianlly found a video i can really learn n practice something with!!!

  • That´s great, have fun!!

  • Look at Keith Carlock or Dave Dicenso!!!!!!!!!! This SUCKS

  • almost ANY genre*

  • I absolutely love the lesson tho, it shows truly how kids can make ghost notes very effectively work in almost genre. I myself typically play metal/post-hardcore style of drumming and I praise u for this video as it definitely helped me get my ghost noting under control which a lot of people don't realize is difficult to do....thanx!

  • Great to hear you like the exercise idea. Have fun :-)

    Ydna

  • I have to agree with YouSpamTard, as far as I know, and I've had lessons with some of the greatest, ghost notes are just that "ghost" notes in that they can barely be heard and add small accents in between rhythms that are going on amongst other limbs. The only discrepancy I had was that yes they can in fact be counted in time, but unless your playing just the snare track or listen VERY CAREFULLY to certain recordings, your prob not going to be able to hear each and every single little ghost n

  • I agree, but there´s also surely a reason I called this exercise idea "Extreme Ghostnotes" :-))

  • love that smal snare, so tight !

  • your channel rules, man.

  • there is no ghost anything, all there is, is a weird idiotically complicated, heavily accented, bullshit rhythm, ghost means ghost, they dont call them ghost notes for nothing, ghost notes are usually so small and minute, they really cant be heard, only add texture to sound, texture in time, also, usually they are put in places of musical time which can't even be accurately counted as something that exists in time, this is their function, to be ghost, literally and figuratively speaking, GL :)

  • this guy's sick!! keep it up!

  • After Jojo Mayer and Johnny Rabb...Ydna Murd! YEAH MEN!

  • Hard to criticize some one as good as you, however your gostnotes could be a little softer. check the ultimate jazz album Steps Ahead with Peter Erskine.

  • is this lesson in one of your books?

  • It can be found in my Hi-Hat Master drum book.

    The book is available on drumgate.com

    Cheers

    Ydna

  • I would call this a quiet blastbeat..not ghostnote anymore.

  • extremely good instructional video.you taught such an advance level thing so easily.keep up the good work!

  • Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it :-))

    Cheers

    Ydna Murd

  • looks like there is 26 jealous peoples out there.... Dude, you are great!

  • Good teacher and I enjoy your laid back approach. Keep up the good work.