Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Purdie Shuffle (Part 1)

[philosophic9]

dvd is on ebay! yes!!!!!!!

[Nowisnu]

HAHAHAHA this is the BEST!!! hehehehe, didn't know that, did you

ooooh... :))

[KarlJoensenMusic]

not explain but am gonna splain to ya!

[drumtilludrop610]

and its also . . . HALF notes!!!

[cg2916]

HALF notes

[mtut]

We need this guy at open-mike night. 

[giggie]

he's tooooo goooood !! great !! i think he teaches in boonton n.j. !!

[oOOpIIIqOOo]

It's also !!HALF.... notes.

[WhyTheHorseface]

reminds me of my dad! love pretty purdie!

[longdongmcsliver]

Dude is amazing!

[DontFearGrim]

grooooove

[theKlaw]

Good to know I'm not the only one who laughs when I do something I like on the drums.

[shauf09]

Must. Have. Pants.

[fdisc0]

if you ever played drums before you know why he's laughing, it does feel so good.

[aegisgfx]

Now I know where the shuffle from Toto's Rosana came from....

[nonsequentialideas]

1:15



[Drblooter99]

Boy can he 'SPLAIN !!!

[wrh1984]

HAAAAAALLLLF NOTES

[Fredisyodaddyo]

Wow sumoooooth drummin

[tomfurstyfield]

This guy is awesome

[goodlovingroove]

HALF! notes

[BooDrummaBoi21]

Hahaha didn't know that did u this guy is so laid back lol

[rockinthepearl]

1:24 funkiest groove of all time

[toynazi]

hes a character for sure. class act!

[WIGANDRUMMER2010]

This old dude is soooooooooo soooooooooooooo cool I could watch him all day and never get tired of him!!. I bet he could read you a great kids story from a book would love to here him read the big bad wolf part from little red riding hood whilst hes playing HIS FANTASTIC COOL GROOVE on the drums man!!

[BlackAtheistsAmerica]

Dope 

[Lukasoncapeta]

HE PREACHES

He's great

[brothermongrel]

HALF .. notes

[gabdrumking]

Take half notes!!!! haha eddie murphy

[chimney330]

Gotta love splain it to ya guy

[Letryk]

I wish i could play even a HiHat like that even for 2 seconds....

[zgates]

His ghosting is phenomenal. It adds a color that you can't even consciously notice.

[TheAtomicLad1996]

HALF! notes...

[mangodebango]

I wish this guy was my uncle... lol

[darkangelglue500]

lemme 'splain somthin to ya.... LOVE IT

[robster4ever]

so much groove in that beat.

[MrEGODRUM]

One of my heroes

[ollietrix]

ha, never before really taken much notice of this guy, now i cant get enough lol

[DCussen]

@ollietrix Bonham's drum pattern to "Fool In the Rain" was actually his take on the Purdie shuffle.

[ollietrix]

@DCussen sweet

[facedspaced]

'Splain it to us Purdie

[1nOnlyBeatlemaniac]

it's also HAAALF notes

[biffbiffton]

man, that snare is blowing my mind

[arthurmee]

This man is a drum god . . . as if it needed spelling out!

[gunkyfreak]

Thank you Lord! Halleluja

[XDrummerSteve]

Bernard is one of my drum heros and certainly one of the the all-time groove masters, but that kit sounds like stank!!

[Who2Are1You]

@XDrummerSteve Keep in mind it's not mic'ed. I personally happen to dig his tom sound.

[Renelub]

im gunna splain to ya

[fozah]

fyi. its also HAAAALF notes

[lolz2561]

It's also...HAAFF!...notes

[socketacount1]

fuck paying for lessons so some smelly old guy can rip me off and teach me nothing, you could learn x10 more from watching one video made by this guy.

[Domothy85]

Saw him last night in London with the Godfathers of Groove. He's a legend

[korruptedchaos10]

Ima splain to ya hahah man he is so groovy haha

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

imma splain.

[jemmani22]

hit pause, play then 5, then wait 3 seconds. rinse repeat

[andykmib]

this is what you call pure grooove - Yeah! mmm yeah!

[djslipdisk]

Bernard Purdie quite simply makes the world better.

[afj617]

i think the drums sound amazing. nice thick sonor tone. doesn't hurt to have b purdie playing them either

[Fjord76]

This is how it's done.PERIOD.

[TheMASDrummer]

hes drums sound like shit

but i love him

imagine if his drums sounded good

that would be scary

[schnozz87]

7 people need this video 'splained to them.

[donchrons]

whoooooooole note. i'mma splain it to y'all..... sick drumming!!

[fnkdrmmr]

See more on Mr. Purdie at SoulDrummers . com

[Pourhadi1]

He even laughs in time.

[TheAtomicLad1996]

Not Esplain! But Splain!!

[stoklund]

....more than 2500 artists and 4000 recordings..... Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, The Manhattans, The Jackson Five , Gladys Knight, B.B. King, Issac Hayes, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Flack, Hall & Oates, Paul Simon, Percy Sledge, Nina Simone, James Brown, Cat Stevens, King Curtis, Lou Donaldson, Hank Crawford, Grover Washington, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy McGriff, Donny Hathaway, Joe Cocker, the Beatles, Tom Jones, The Rolling Stones, Stevie wonder...... and on and on and on..... WOW!

[murdok620]

damn this sounds like jeff porcaros rosanna shuffle!! oh, let me rephrase that. jeff porcaros rosanna shuffle sounds like the purdie shuffle lol this guy should go on sesame st and teach the rubbish monster how to drum man that would be cool!!

[pampdog]

BP splains it son, period.

[PxAxZxDrums]

that little roll @ 1:32 is so cool

[atbglenn]

I love this guy, Great personality, and of course, great drumming :)

[BlkLion0726]

His FEEL IS THE SICKEST EVER! HIS INTERNAL CLOCK IS CRAZY TOO!

[JaskaJunior]

SPLAIN TO ME THE HHAAALLLFFF NOTES!!!!!!!!!!11

[MrTeslasRevenge]

Splain It Bernard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fnkdrmmr]

Check out Bernard Purdie on SoulDrummers . com

[wilfredo941]

holy friggin pow! splain on!

[8iamretarded8]

X_ x ______x I _________ x Bass Drum

[8iamretarded8]

_x x _x x _ x x I X x x_ x x _ x x Snare

[8iamretarded8]

X_ x X_ x X_ x I X_ x X _x X_ x High Hats

[gabe25591]

Drums don't usually give me chills but when the groove properly starts at 1:25... ARGH it's just so damn funky!

[Zw1d]

@gabe25591 its almost the same as in fool in rain by bonham

[djfreakhands]

0:28 hahhahahahaahahahahahaha

[patrycjusz43]

its pulse its music

[BedroomBassist]

HAAAAAAAAAAAALF.

[anidroc]

Good stuff pt1

[Zaul2410]

...as long as you GROOVE...!

[i3rucei3ruce]

Does he have something across the top of his snare? What is that line? It's like snares (impossible of course) or duct tape.

[infamousNfamous]

@i3rucei3ruce i think it actually is his snares? they might be pulled tight so they don't shake as much

[i3rucei3ruce]

@infamousNfamous It can't be possible to hit metal and make it sound like that. I'm sure it's some band or maybe even tape, like duct tape. Or a special head.

[infamousNfamous]

@i3rucei3ruce yeah i guess you're right

[firstmusic00]

"Splain"!!! I love it!! 5/5

[Nolfski]

WWWWWHHHOOOOOOOOOLEEE-

....notes...

[RideMyBMW]

Zep's "Fool in th Rain"! John Bonham you sly bas$#rd XD!

[Antiks72]

I could listen to this beat for hours.

[IPstixrawesume]

Why the hell has this video only been seen 124,000 times? It should be in the millions with how awesome this guy is.

[defonkt]

that's exactly what i thought: HAAAAAALLF notes. Hilarious. and the mischievous laughter as well!

[Creamo223]

I learned it in less than a day :D

[sasoulas]

he's got sooo positive energy...

[BedroomBassist]

Now here's a man who loves doing what he does. Great to see. :]]]

[jamastermike]

i just met him!

[EuphoricLiquid]

I love this guy, I must have watched this 20 times

[Pike11]

The king of feel! I wish I could play with feel half as good as he can.

[wagglemonkey]

Holy ghost notes, Batman!

[n0b0d1r]

I fucking love this dude :D

His laugh is awesome

[Loetrumpet]

Whats the dvd name?

[IPstixrawesume]

@Loetrumpet There is no DVD. Only video cassette. And they stopped printing it. Which is stupid, as they should make this onto DVD.

[bradlaw798]

this guy is beast

[Colunga210]

oh hell yeah!

[jamieliip]

I love him

[RizzoSaurusRex]

1:25 orgasm from Bernard

[you458again]

top notch stuff, every time it's just as good as the last time

[lprrei]

hehehehehe! yeaah!

[themapproject]

cant believe i only just found this dude now.. this is the coolest drum lesson/explanation/ whatever ive ever seen.. Id watch this even if i wasnt a drummer.. prime time tv haha

[osfa73]

@themapproject he splained it heheh not explained :P he is pretty entertaining :)

[deucehig]

it's also HAAAALF notes haha... My idol

[snowcapn]

HAAAAALLLLLFFFFFF notes!

[askii]

If anyone asks you "who da man?" simply direct them to this video.

[trecoolmania]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WOOOOOOOOOO love this guyyyy..haha..oi drummers out there...notice..he actually makes nosies with his mouth when he plays..hes counting..it doesnt even have to be words..i can just be noises..another really great drummer that does this is billy ward...watch his mouth closely wen he plays...its all counting...and it helps.("

[takincare]

Anyone know the name of the video this is from?

Thanks!

[halifaxskater]

read description...

[mcmillanmusicschool]

Bernard Purdie "Groove Master" is the name of the video

[Fulltondano]

Steely Dan sessions

[groovedoc]

0:56 he laughs in the 16th-note-raster ;-)

[kalimoncho51]

@groovedoc lol true

[alextwdrums]

that is so sick!

[firstmusic00]

Parcaro and Bonham have this man to thank for the 1/2 time shuffle...even if they tweeked it a bit to make it their own...it's still based on this very groove.

Thank you Mr. Purdie.

[rumbaparumbero]

YOURE ALL MORONS!, in order to play this correctly you have to feel it in 48/16 time and subdivide the octuplets on the back beat. Check out Ted Reed's Syncopation if this is over your head

[8iamretarded8]

yes a moron who can actually play this beat.

[bbBassYo]

This has got to be the dirtiest most funky backbeat EVER:D now THIS man is tha masta:D

[guimetal]

I love this. HAAALF NOTE!

[2]

ASHUASHUashuhasu

[lunchmeat317]

I love this. HAAALF NOTE!

I have to ask though - does anybody know what time signature this is in? I realized tonight that I've been playing this incorrectly - I've been playing a 12/8 shuffle, and this definitely isn't 12/8. (I think the 12/8 I'm playing is from Fool in the Rain.) I think this is actually a 6/8 shuffle in half-time or something? Correct me if I'm wrong.

I might get flamed for this, but I really want to know just for my own knowledge. It'll help me to play this correctly.

[8iamretarded8]

123 123 123 123 123 123. ghost notes on 2&3. hi hats on 3&1 accented on the 1.

kinda really 3/3 kick/snare beat with double-time playing on 1&3 of the hihats.

[lunchmeat317]

Perhaps you meant 3/4? The more I think about this, the more I lean toward 6/8. The counting just makes sense. I guess it could also be 18/16 (following the time signature convention of 12/8 shuffle time) but the more I think about it, the less practical it is.

Counting it in six has made sense to me and I'm able to play it, so I guess I'll do that and hopefully there won't be any confusion when I say "6/8 double-time shuffle"...

[8iamretarded8]

yeah could be 3/4 im no expert when it comes to terminology & notation/theory or counting measures/signatures (even so i can play to any signature).think i was trying to emphasise the triplet 'feel'. i however feel (&play) this GROOVE to be as such:

kick23 123 123 snare23 123 123.

18 notes played with 16th triplets. hopefully an 'expert' may now give the low-down on how this is normally notated.

[mikosoft]

@8iamretarded8 it is commonly notated in 4/4 but as triplets, that is three notes in one quarter note time (where you normally fit two eights or four sixteenths, I think those triplets are sixteenth triplets but not sure)

[oublica]

Osti qu'il est hot!

[sabueso32]

best 26th note feel shuffle in history. no wonder why steely dan had him on so many recording sessions

[bbBassYo]

26th note feel? seriously.. i mean i can feel it.. but counting it:| Thats going way to far for me:P as long as i feel it i'm fine:P

[sabueso32]

hahahaha. sorry, dude. 16th note feel.

well, i guess terry bozzio with frank zappa was used to this crazy measures. :-)

[ThatHyperKyd]

I can barely see his hands moving on the ghost notes. this guy is a beast.

[2andFoh]

HAAAALLLFF notes!....that scared me lol

[ultrakink31]

@2andFoh yeah he was gon splain to yah!!!

[marky141]

Not Explain! Splain! he's class.

[trumtrum66]

this guy is AMAZINGLY funny

[Codym444]

lol this guy is a buddah! I love how his playing makes him giggle. He has probably played it a billion times but every time is like the first for him! Love it!

[landart67]

SPLAIN

[tocomuyrapido]

Nobody can have that much fun.

Mr berdie, you´re pure groove

[ParnvoL]

Some sick groovin there. His ghostnotes are perfect

[funkydafunker]

Bonham got it from this man, one of his heroes.

Utterly awesome.Both of em.This is pure inspirational.

[aquaralis]

Sounds like a 6/8 version of Fool in the Rain. Did John Bonham inspire this groove or vice versa?

[downjones72]

"It's also HAAAAALF notes" what a drummer!

[Mamasan41]

@downjones72 Drummer World has a great page on him! Bio, videos etc.

[PoeticJustice05]

This man has soul leakin out his ears! I love it!

[DrummerSama]

is it just me or does it sound like the groove from rosanna?

[LSweener012]

that's because its a half time shuffle, which is what is used in that song. there are variations, but yeah. this man had so much stick control its almost not healthy.

[jacopman]

@DrummerSama The drummer in Rosanna (Jeff P) took inspiration in part from the Purdy shuffle to create that beat for Toto in that song...........so you are corect....

[firstmusic00]

@jacopman Indeed he did...and he also tooks elements forn the Bonham suffle and combined it Purdie's shuffle and came up with his famous Rosanna shuffle.

[tutuyin]

not sure if Porcaro INTENTIONALLY combined them. i guess that as a musician, you integrate the music you've heard into what you play...wheter you want it or not... its kinda subconscious.

[firstmusic00]

@tutuyin Yeah...I watched the video where Jeff says he took elements from both to create his own shuffle.

Just type Jeff Parcaro into the search bar and it will pop up.

[diamonddave777]

What a great guy!

[i0nskye]

this guys laugh is like the coolest thing ever

[drummersabu]

the snare i think its an 14 x 8. if not then get an 14 x 8. fucking sick shit.

anyways i wanted to say that i love this guy's groove. the way he puts it all together and the feel its fucking awesome. i just came in my pants. lmfao jk

[manka6]

Dang what a huge snare!

[StevieDebe]

I Love it.

[TommyGadd]

what's so funny bernie

[KhanShin]

sick

[MasterJruss]

1:24 is the beat for Grapvine Fires by Deathcab

The Purdie Shuffle is a famous beat. Jason McGerr would be the first to tell you he stole the beat from Babylon Sisters (among many others)