Drumming Explained
Learn to program drums like a real drummer! Eli Krantzberg, musician and DAW extraordinaire, shows you all of a drummer's "secret weapons" that make real drumming sound, well... real! Your beats and fills will be so much better and authentic sounding after watching this series... Eli guarantees it!
Videos
• Intro to the Single Stroke Roll (03:55) - Rudiments are technical sticking exercises that can be creatively applied to the full drum kit. In this series we will look at these basic sticking patterns and see some of the ways drummers approach voicing them around the kit, and how this can be applied to drum programming. The single stroke roll is the most basic, utilizing straight hand to hand sticking (right - left - right - left).
• Single Stroke Sticking Patterns (08:31) - See how the single stroke roll is used as the basis for basic grooves and beats, as well as several variations.
• Single Stroke Roll Fills (08:27) - Learn some different ways of applying right - left sticking around the kit for fills and variations, and how left or right feet (hi-hat or kick) can substitute for one of the hands in the pattern.
• Double Stroke Roll (07:26) - Also referred to as a 'drum roll', the double stroke roll is achieved by tapping twice with each hand in rapid succession. At faster tempos, the stick is bounced off of the drum head, and controlled with the fingers.
• Triplet Singles & Doubles (08:20) - Interesting three against four patterns are created by using either single or double stroke patterns in triplet based values. Watch as complex triplet based figures built around single and double stroke rolls are programmed up in half-time, and then doubled within the DAW.
• The Single Paradiddle (06:20) - Learn how single and double strokes are combined to form the single paradiddle, and how the sticking leads to naturally alternating hands every four beats.
• Single Paradiddle Grooves (05:52) - Watch as paradiddle sticking is used on different surfaces within a phrase to add drive and complexity to otherwise straight ahead grooves.
• Single Paradiddle & Shifting Accents (08:24) - See how adding some accents on top of different kick drum patterns can generate a wealth of ideas and variations to add color and drive to a groove.
• Single Paradiddle Voicings (06:51) - Learn some of the ways paradiddles are voiced on the drum kit for soloing and longer fills.
• Paradiddle Inversions (07:40) - Discover how to create further variations of the single paradiddle by displacing the start of the pattern within each four note grouping.
• Paradiddle Fills (06:09) - See a double time triplet fill idea programmed up between the kick, snare, and floor tom, using each of the four paradiddle inversions.
• Inverted Paradiddle Grooves (07:02) - Learn how to use the inverted paradiddle sticking within grooves in order to form longer patterns with irregular accents.
• Paradiddle Style Linear Grooves (08:11) - Watch as various single paradiddle sticking permutations are applied to kick, snare, and hi-hat in 'linear drumming' style - meaning no two sound surfaces play together at the same time.
• The Double Paradiddle (09:33) - See how double paradiddle sticking is used in both triple based meter ( ex: 12/8) and duple based meter.
• Afro Cuban Double Paradiddles (07:34) - Watch as some afro cuban style beats are developed from the double paradiddle sticking pattern voiced on various elements around the drum kit.
• My Favorite Double Paradiddle Fill (04:24) - Watch as a straight double paradiddle is converted into an exciting, blistering fast drum kit fill.
• The Triple Paradiddle (07:17) - See how this eight note sticking pattern is used both in grooves and in fills.
• The Paradiddle-Diddle (06:10) - This six note grouping adds an extra pair of double strokes onto the end of a regular paradiddle. See some of the ways drummers use this chop busting rudiment for some flashy movement around the kit.
• Paradiddle-Diddle Continued (09:56) - Watch as this six note sticking pattern is used in mid and uptime swing, as a busy 32nd note based fill, and as the basis of a half-time shuffle.
• The Single Drag (08:33) - Learn how the closed drag is used to add two quick ghost notes before a main tap or accented note.
• The Open Drag (08:09) - Explore the drag sticking pattern as it is played in rhythmically even divisions, and applied to grooves and fills around the kit.
• The Five Stroke Roll (06:13) - Learn how this simple rudiment is used to add ornamentation to hi-hat parts and funky grooves, and how it can be used to create some double time fills.
• Five Stroke Roll In Action! (10:36) - Watch as an interesting, continually evolving drum kit part is created based on the five stroke roll sticking pattern.
• The Six Stroke Roll (10:47) - Learn how to apply the six stroke roll creatively in fills and grooves in both triplet and duplet based meter.
• Useful Grooves (13:55) - Learn how to program some interesting versions of standard beats, complete with the use of realistic accents and ghost notes.