How to apply Gary Chaffees sticking patterns lesson #1

[Fantasmo81]

Is Chaffee only learning many different stickings and patterns by heart or is this more musical? I mean not only playing patterns but being able to play like "melodies/rhythms" you have in mind? I hear everybody talking bout chaffee, but to me these books seem to be only a collection of patterns...I like Chester better. But maybe I just didn't understand Chaffee...have you written out Chaffee-lessons online maybe? ...to get a better understandig of his concept?

[Chrishcrawford]

I'd love those sticking patterns! Chrishcrawford@gmail.com

[herrkaliyuga]

Yeah .... I like this idea! Thanks for sharing it.

[Percussionfish]

those are variations, permutations and accent displacements from a paradiddle diddle and a 6 stroke roll?

[shanghaiKISS02]

love it! ala mitch mitchell fills... great lesson and technique... very usufull

[PositivelyBored]

paradiddles are huge, esp leading with lh. make up your own routines as well as the well documented ones. for ex, my own off top of my head: Lrllrr Lrllrr LrLr Rlrrll Rlrrll RlRl

[goyito123]

Excelente lección, gracias!!

[martincruzdrums]

Hi man great lesson !!, god les, MArtin From Uruguay

[groovefan101]

Great lesson and great technique! What Gary Chaffee book are your examples from? Do you know anything about his book "Linear Time Playing: Funk & Fusion Grooves for the Modern Styles"?

[COJeepin]

The concept is from the Sticking Patterns book. I just took one bar from a sample reading page out of another book and created a mini-lesson. If you want the written out lesson, shoot me an email.

The linear book by Chaffee is also very good. That, along with his Time Functioning Patterns book will take you though everything you need to know about Linear playing.

[joesfph]

in 'stickings' what are the d t u t t notations signifying?

[PositivelyBored]

@joesfph

downstroke tap upstroke tap tap

Always practice out of that book very slowly , 60bpm highest. When you play the accents with the downstroke or full stroke (D, F) exaggerated them. Play the taps with just a light "squeeze" of the fingers.

[PositivelyBored]

@groovefan101

just get the sticking book (green one) and go with that. All of the others in the series build from there. ALso most important are the 18 different sixteenth-note exercises in the technique patterns book.

[PaNdReX]

oh sry it must be the sticking on his 2nd lesson , but around 1 min is the thing im talking about.

Thanks again

[COJeepin]

Sticking is:

RLrr llRL rrll RLrr

LRll rrLR llrr LRll

I have it all written out if you want to send me your email address I can send you the pdf for this lesson.

[rootheart]

paradiddle-diddle, paradiddle-diddle, paradiddle

[superrueben]

i ahte paradiddles. I can only ever use them in a piece in fills, i can never put them in a beat, save for the few jazz/indie stuff. theyre just another practise excersise for me. Triples and ruffs sounds schveet.

[rootheart]

you should not hate paradiddles. Quote "They are the most usefull inventiion in drumming ever" This combination paradiddle-diddle, paradiddle-diddle, paradiddle creates one of the upmost ever important rhythm: The Clave. Try it. grin

[COJeepin]

To expand on rootheart, I wouldn't think of this as paradiddles, instead see it as just a way to orchestrate and play an accent pattern. Paradiddles are just one example of a single/double combination. The sticking pattern in this example just happens to be paradiddle stickings. In a later lesson (when new studio is built) will be obvious when the bass drum is added as a stroke in the pattern.

[rootheart]

yes, CO, this is the way things work, but, sory, the paradiddle sticking in this exmple die not just "happen"..it is beeing around ever since, grin

[Moog167]

Superruben-I suggest you check out Billy Ward....he's known for using paradiddles in his playing

[PaNdReX]

Can you tell me what the actual sticking is in lesson 1? I think you are doing it at 1.10 area.

Cheers

[rockskater102990]

im in love with your snare...what kind is it?

[COJeepin]

It is a DW 5x14 Maple snare. They have two different maple snares nowadays, but mine was bought about 10 years ago so have no idea which model it is. The shell seems really thick if that helps any.

[brantan84]

lovely drumset too!

[COJeepin]

Thanks everyone for the great comments. I need to get my butt into gear and expand on this for further little lessons.

[andigirlsc]

Excellent instruction! I appreciate your methods of starting off at a learning pace, then advancing to a performance speed including variations. Bravo!

[splashy44]

yep i got it now!!,,thats harder than it looks,to get it flowing right to left was hard.thanx look forward to more lessons,god bless ya.

[splashy44]

damn!!! i came that close to getting that nailed but me missus called time on me lol,so here i am again ,gonna nail it today (hope)thanx for your input mate ,,love it.

[splashy44]

yeh!! im in.

[RogerOnTheRight]

Excellent. Good technique, to show it slow, then fast. I think you are going to build a following here.

[markey01]

yea good stuff..

[rrs016]

i studied with gary years ago.

[jpkfox]

thanks, gonna practise this. Waiting for more lessons ...