Joe Morello: Drum Method 1 -The Natural Approach to Technique

Joe Morello is one of the most important drummers in jazz-and here's your chance to learn directly from him! Joe demonstrates roll techniques, matched grip and traditional stick positions, sounds on the drumhead, cross sticking, tuning, and much more, all using natural body movement. Plus great vintage footage of Joe in action with the Dave Brubeck Quintet!

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[MrDrummerboy79]

Every drummer should watch and study this video over and over. No matter what style you play, this is the technique to play it all. Period.

[d36williams]

41:20 he plays Jingle Bells on his snare

[4against1]

if you want to master dobelbass techique lars ulrich is your fucking man dude

[BigWalffle14]

Haha, I love his jokes.

[MrDrummerboy79]

@queenmcsleaze Well if you are looking for double bass drum technique instruction, Joe isn't the guy to be studying. I studied with Joe for years and he advocated a heel down approach to play the bass drum with a solid footboard pedal. Playing heel down with a solid footboard pedal does not lock your technique up, it does just the opposite and lets your heel come up naturally with the footboard while you play a bass note. But study the modern double bass guys for bass drum.

[queenmcsleaze]

if there IS an equivalent video that talks about double bass does ANYONE know what it is?

[queenmcsleaze]

@MrDrummerboy79 absolutely. this is a hand video. in my honest opinion however, his second video does NOT feature bass drum instruction. sure he mentions a couple pointers and refers to people using double bass setups and indeed the 'solid heel' pedal but you notice he ISNT advocating heel firmly down because (like Weckl) he believes it's like locking your wrist on the snare and not using arms and fingers...in fact, he seems to think you should use a heel up motion but lowdown...flatfoot?

[MrDrummerboy79]

@queenmcsleaze Well this is a hand technique video. In Joe's second video "Around the Kit" he discusses bass drum and hi-hat foot technique, however it's certainly not a modern day discussion on double bass drumming,heels up vs heels down, etc. Joe used and advocated using to his students a solid footboard bass pedal that's essentially always played heels down using that natural approach, and not many drummers today are going to play using that technique, but it can be very effective.

[queenmcsleaze]

was his foot playing all heel-down singles eg 24:45 or is he using some kind of toe-heel?

[queenmcsleaze]

@MrDrummerboy79 sure, i agree - but where's the foot technique video?

[CygnusTheIronDream]

R.I.P Joe!

[i1forGodisvisible]

Nice and great, to see you in good health. But all these "pots" are too loud for me, too loud for the people around. I want to make rhthms without so much loudness... so l seized the roland octapads, the yamaha multipads, drum-pads, things like that, to play in standing position. Always sitting, thats too late in life for me... Wan´t be fixed on the chair. But I appreciate much the information and lesson, thank you, keep on swinging -