Thank you Rob. I'm a recovering drug addict that wasted a gift from God as a young man. These tutorial gems are giving me my gift back one stroke at a time. A work in progress I am. Bless you.
your programming is really first rate: the instruction; the "arc" of the lessons (beginning, middle, end); the playing; the POV ... all truly world-class. THANKS for all you do!
Omg your slow is at 120 and my fastest is at 68 bpm, guess I got a long way to go :(. Btw I'm just starting these kind of exercises as a beginner, just bought a pad 3 days ago... I hope it is still possible to get good as I am 44 years old. Played drums as a teenager then switched to guitar for 20 years and now I'm having so much fun trying to drum again.
A cool rearrangement of this exercise is by putting the accent in the middle. So it would look like: *Rlr Lrl Rlr Lrl rrLrr llRll rrLrr llRll* Give it a try, it's a good one!
You aint kiddin with the diddling, Hard at first but eventually getting alittle faster ,it will definately take a bit but getting myself back into these rudimental moves again ,40 yrs away from it but i guess like riding a bike ,slow but sure.
Still getting the hang of doing #loosehands, I always focused on using only my wrist while playing. Also trying to use more my middle finger rather than my index as your other video suggested.
Hi Rob, I'm a 64 YO bloke that's been playing since I was 16. I realised I'd got into a lot of 'Bad Habits' whilst playing over the years. Thanks to your lessons, I'm slowly re-visiting stuff I learnt years ago, especially the rudiments and getting them back on track to how they should be played...many thanks. :-)
Great video Rob! This is also one of my favorite rudiments because of it's usefulness on drum set and also for accent/double stroke/diddle practice on a pad. I often comes to this rudiment when my students want to develop their vocabulary on the drum set, because of the possibilities when moving the accent around. Once again, great video and thanks for sharing your experience on the 5-stroke roll!
I'm absolute begginer. This excercise help me to understand what it all it is about. It's much easier to perform any excercise when I sing it. Yesterday I was desperately trying slam it, but couldn't make it. And again, and again, and again. Finally, I just left it, sleep it over and next morning - miracle. Almost like a pro :) Thanks Rob, again ! My apologies for not so good English, greetings from Serbia, keep groovin'.
all your videos are excellent I have taken a 30 year hiatus from playing watching these videos have brought me up to speed alot faster than I was going at great job rob keep it coming Jamie
Accent on right hand goes above your shoulder and left hand goes about to the clavicle . Mia Culpa of doing this also.... it is not a judgment. Love your videos.
Great lesson as always Rob, do you mind writing the sticking down for me? I would like to do this exercise to improve my hands but I am visually impaired and I am having a hard time learning it. If Someone would be kind to help me with this I would surely appreciate it. Thanks, Cheers!
Hands, hands, hands! Rob you are so on point with your pad exercises. I like to do 6 and 9 stroke roll patterns as well. Regardless of the number, double stroke rolling is a great technique to develop and use around the kit (watch Dave Weckl roll around his kit to see just how good it can be!). Thanks Rob, inspirational as always.
My problem is that I always diddle the accents. I can do it slower but as soon as I get to where the diddles are being bounced instead of in the wrist I lose it
The accent diddle diddle pattern feels like it might be what the Allman Brother drummers were doing on ‘Whippjng Post’. Then during the verses there may have been more comping happening. With rest notes breaking up the pattern and providing tension and counterpoint.
Rob Thanks for this awesome series! I've been trying to get back into my drumming after having surgery to my knees three times in two months And would like to know if you have any drills to help me get over the stigmatized ego and get back to the groove and get back the drummer I was. Yes it was the right knee had to learn to walk again took 6 months !
After getting a chance to practice this, I had to come back and elaborate. This is *explicitive* top notch. The content...the presentation...your cool demeanor... I'm so impressed with your abilities to play and teach. If there were any justice in the world, you would be the highest paid instructor in history and beyond. I'll keep watching...thanks again
Man, I really really want to be able to do this but I’m having a real hard time staying on the beat and wrapping my head around the transition. Even at 75 bpm. Muh brain ain’t doin it! lol
Love the videos, the only thing is you do a slow example of everything but the hardest one lol. Trying to catch the transitions between the first roll and the inverted one is really tough at the faster tempo.
This is an awesome workout for the hands. Especially traditional grip. I was wondering how long would you practice before distributing the accents around the toms? Also how's the ole vic firth's holding up? Haven't seen em in a while😊 thanks for keepin the cool videos coming.
Yeah Rob I'm just starting out can do exercises but what bpm should I start with, by the way you've been helping me tremendously, you really explain things simple so I can understand and I thank you.
Excellent 5 stroke roll exercise. I be using this for warm up and develop it around my kit. Thanks for posting. I will check some more of your stuff and be subbing.
I've been shoving 5 or single strokes in each quarter note pulse for years thinking it was a 5 stroke roll ... R l r l r L r l r l . Now I know why my 5 and 7 stroke rolls sounded so odd lol. Thank you for the information you are a the best teacher on the webs.
I've seen lots of great tutorials but of them all, you are truly the best. You take time to explain and make it all seem so simple. Plz keep posting these videos and I will be a professional sooner than I thought
Hi Rob thanks for your videos! One question about five stroke rolls. Why there is a half rest after the accent? Could be possible make these rudiments playing the notes all with the same value? I can see that the single stroke (the last if we start with diddles) it last double value than each one of the diddles.
I'll reply myself... maybe what I suggested (after searching on web) I realized that possible answer is quintuplets. If sombodie wants to confirm please let me know. Thanks!
