Drumming Explained®
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3:55 Intro to the Single Stroke Roll
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).
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8:31 Single Stroke Sticking Patterns
See how the single stroke roll is used as the basis for basic grooves and beats, as well as several variations.
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8:27 Single Stroke Roll Fills
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.
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7:26 Double Stroke Roll
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.
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8:20 Triplet Singles & Doubles
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.
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6:20 The Single Paradiddle
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.
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5:52 Single Paradiddle Grooves
Watch as paradiddle sticking is used on different surfaces within a phrase to add drive and complexity to otherwise straight ahead grooves.
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8:24 Single Paradiddle & Shifting Accents
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.
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6:51 Single Paradiddle Voicings
Learn some of the ways paradiddles are voiced on the drum kit for soloing and longer fills.
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7:40 Paradiddle Inversions
Discover how to create further variations of the single paradiddle by displacing the start of the pattern within each four note grouping.
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6:09 Paradiddle Fills
See a double time triplet fill idea programmed up between the kick, snare, and floor tom, using each of the four paradiddle inversions.
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7:02 Inverted Paradiddle Grooves
Learn how to use the inverted paradiddle sticking within grooves in order to form longer patterns with irregular accents.
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8:11 Paradiddle Style Linear Grooves
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.
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9:33 The Double Paradiddle
See how double paradiddle sticking is used in both triple based meter ( ex: 12/8) and duple based meter.
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7:34 Afro Cuban Double Paradiddles
Watch as some afro cuban style beats are developed from the double paradiddle sticking pattern voiced on various elements around the drum kit.
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4:24 My Favorite Double Paradiddle Fill
Watch as a straight double paradiddle is converted into an exciting, blistering fast drum kit fill.
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7:17 The Triple Paradiddle
See how this eight note sticking pattern is used both in grooves and in fills.
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6:10 The Paradiddle-Diddle
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.
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9:56 Paradiddle-Diddle Continued
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.
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8:33 The Single Drag
Learn how the closed drag is used to add two quick ghost notes before a main tap or accented note.
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8:09 The Open Drag
Explore the drag sticking pattern as it is played in rhythmically even divisions, and applied to grooves and fills around the kit.
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6:13 The Five Stroke Roll
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.
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10:36 Five Stroke Roll In Action!
Watch as an interesting, continually evolving drum kit part is created based on the five stroke roll sticking pattern.
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10:47 The Six Stroke Roll
Learn how to apply the six stroke roll creatively in fills and grooves in both triplet and duplet based meter.
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13:55 Useful Grooves
Learn how to program some interesting versions of standard beats, complete with the use of realistic accents and ghost notes.
Product Overview
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!
Eli starts off simple with single stroke sticking and fills, the backbone of all drumming and beats. He then gets into double stroke rolls, triplet singles and doubles, and paradiddles. He shows you how to creatively use these drumming basics when programming drums in your DAW, making your beats and fills groove and sound like a real drummer.
Next Eli gets into more complex rudiments such as inverted paradiddle grooves, afro-cuban double paradiddle grooves, his all-time favorite fill, tripple paradiddles, single drags, open drags, five stroke and six stroke rolls, useful grooves and much, much more.
If you want to program realistic sounding drums with all the nuance of a real drummer, look no further. Eli shows you all this and more in this power packed offering, "Drumming Explained". Get yours today.
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Reviews
Submitted 9 months ago
Excellent course for non-drummers
This was really useful for someone like me who's never played drums. Helped me understand how to create drum parts or fills that I could hear but couldn't figure out how to program. I sat and programmed in each part or variation as he described it and that's what made it all click for me.
Submitted 2 years ago
I was deaf but now I hear (and feel)!
This is GENIUS. I even feel like givin it a bad review to steer people away because it is so good I wish I was the only one who had access to this. It is pretty much the difference that makes a difference in programming drums... awesome.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Game Designer, Producer
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Submitted 2 years ago
Good stuff
I have no prior experience to drumming (apart from knowing what a paradiddle is), so this felt like a good choice to fill a gap in my knowledge, and I was right. Only gripe comes from the moderate amount of splelling erors in the instruction texts in the videos (but don't let this stop you from buying this!) But overall there's a good amount of quality material here.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Producer, Professional, Musician, Hobbyist
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 years ago
Great info for more realistic drum tracks
So many drum tracks (especially mine) sound sterile and machine-like. I believe the knowledge from this course will help vary and improve the feel of my music.
I am a: Hobbyist
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 9 months ago
Excellent course for non-drummers
This was really useful for someone like me who's never played drums. Helped me understand how to create drum parts or fills that I could hear but couldn't figure out how to program. I sat and programmed in each part or variation as he described it and that's what made it all click for me.
Submitted 2 years ago
I was deaf but now I hear (and feel)!
This is GENIUS. I even feel like givin it a bad review to steer people away because it is so good I wish I was the only one who had access to this. It is pretty much the difference that makes a difference in programming drums... awesome.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Game Designer, Producer
Submitted 2 years ago
Good stuff
I have no prior experience to drumming (apart from knowing what a paradiddle is), so this felt like a good choice to fill a gap in my knowledge, and I was right. Only gripe comes from the moderate amount of splelling erors in the instruction texts in the videos (but don't let this stop you from buying this!) But overall there's a good amount of quality material here.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Producer, Professional, Musician, Hobbyist
Submitted 3 years ago
Great info for more realistic drum tracks
So many drum tracks (especially mine) sound sterile and machine-like. I believe the knowledge from this course will help vary and improve the feel of my music.
I am a: Hobbyist
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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Logic Pro X 10.2 integrated Alchemy 2, one of the most powerful virtual instruments ever made. In this three-hour video training tutorial series, Eli Krantzberg teaches you how to become a Alchemy wizard and unleash all of its power on your music!
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Maestro 2 is Apogee's flexible and powerful OS X Mixer software solution that's included with all Apogee interfaces. Studio master Eli Krantzberg shows you everything you need to know about Maestro 2, as well as how to get the best performance out of your Apogee interface and improve your workflow.
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