Buddy Rich One Handed Roll | Study The Greats 

We really should praise the camera person/TV crew for filming a close-up of Buddy's hands at just the right time!

The "Mm" part is my favorite hahaha Nice channel btw

"If it doesn't sound like Buddy, just go easy on me" LOL

This just makes me realize how good Buddy is. I mean, you're a fantastic musician dude, but it just shows how batshit crazy Buddy was..

Even slowed down he is metronome perfect. Buddy rich is incredible.

Love your lessons man, you're the best on RU-vid right now in terms of clarity and production value. Keep doing what you're doing.

That one handed roll that you're doing with the left is SWEET.

Jesus... He was truly the greatest. Good lord of the dance! Not only is his application of this difficult technique incredibly musical and tasty, but the two handed pattern at the end is just impossibly fast. I really do think he had more hand speed than anyone. It's just total madness. I think this is the clip that Weckl refers to when he talks about the one-handed roll technique. He says something like "except Buddy does is twice as fast, for twice as long, and his hand really doesn't move...." Great breakdown as usual Austin.

Subscribed a while back but never commented. These videos are incredible. They are also completely unique. I know a lot of time and effort must be poured into each one. Don't stop. Anything of true quality will ultimately do very well and this series is no exception. Although I do quite like the fact that I have discovered a gem hidden from most.

Buddy invented the modern "blast beat".

Simply awesome. Austin, your series is the best! Thanks for saving me a ton of time and thanks for your great efforts on all these vids...Will share with my students....

buddy rich was truly a master whats more masterful about his playing is that all of his solos were improvised. im sure like all he time rythmns and ideas are swirling round in his head. but the musicality... if thats a word, of his solos on a improvising level are just un matched, the man was scary good

He was amazing.

I think a major reason youre videos are so popular (other than them being fkin awesome) is that theyre relatively quick! keep em coming man

Here for the 100’s time. Just love it

Austin. Your instructional videos of the great drummers of our time are amazing. Buddy's, Joe Morello's drum solos and John Bonham's Moby Dick ( Live ) are really impressive. Your break down of complex concepts ,in a manner which are easy to understand and duplicate is hands down the best I have seen and heard on YOU TUBE. I also love the fact that you transcribe everything you break down which is a huge plus for me. I don't have a great ear for figuring musical pieces out, but if shown to me, written down ,is much easier for me to duplicate . Thanks for all you all your hard work. I love to see a video on Austin Burcham own drum solo ! Victor Toro

Huge appreciation for putting these vids out Austin. Very inspiring!

wow, very nice. you def have the best drum instruction channel i've seen by far. thanks for all the work man!!

Austin, man, you are too much, awesome! I have learned so much from you and I appreciate you greatly. Thanks!

Great video. Thank you.

Doesn't need to sound like Buddy.It sounds like you. Keep up the great videos!

just discovered u. I have to say, your approach is the fastest way to put new fills and tricks into a groove. Drumeo who?? ha ha😁😁😁

Very inspiring, just found your channel from Vic Firth video. Excellent dude, very high production value, extremely well planned & executed lessons. Look forward to more videos from you!

Notable señor! Muy buena transcripción, se agradece por compartir su trabajo.

Very nice Austin! I also appreciated your ironic absence of cursing, being a buddy rich lesson👍🏼

Can you study John bonham?

excellent and sensitive,really well explained and demonstrated thank you

Hey, dude! Amazing. Congrats!

Very clear, well executed.

Buddy was a master at playing and incorporating the horn lines into his solos. Always very musical.

Your drums sound amazing !!

do you have to do the 'mm!' thing EVERY FUCKING TIME? i mean. every time? holy shit, it's gross. great channel, btw

Wow!! Nice one handed roll! In unison, too 😵

Best demonstration I've seen of this technique. Glad I found this channel today. You're a great drummer, too. Thanks,

Good Morning and Happy New Year. I've also slowed Buddy down to see that technique and noticed a couple neat things. One, is that Buddy seems to have been a lefty, playing a right handed kit.Also, physiologically, his thumb in very long and able to be pressed out flat against the stick. (left) also, take a look at the length of his sticks. I haven't quite found any that long in any store yet, so I think they were custom.I don't think he was open closing, but double fingering with the thumb then index...using his thumb for the 1st press, then index for the 2nd. It is easier to see in his other videos, such as WSS (Buddy Only), in which, by the way, he does a left handed press roll at the end of his solo.Man O' Day, I miss that guy. The Old School Drummer 101 (RU-vid) is very close to Buddy's technique. and you're very good at these videos. Thanks,PCFXR4U

Great job imitating this part of his solo. I’ve tried the same not with much luck of making sound as smooth as Buddy though!

You always go for the "HMMMMMMMMMMM" on your videos. hahahahaha Great job.

Amazing work, man! Thanks for sharing!!!!

personally I like when you say" Hmmm" It describes what we are listening to. The greatest drummer of all time. Great job, remember you will always have haters on the internet. Theses people will NEVER be able to play what you are playing. They will be playing "Jeramiah was a Bullfrog " the rest of their life instead of trying to improve their techniques.

Whilst watching this I realised I am technically playing a zero handed roll and have been every moment of my life. Making me perhaps the most naturally gifted drummer of all time. Inadvertent virtuosity without effort. Anyway, mission accomplished once again.

He was the OG blast beat master

This is what doctors and scientists refer to as fuggin hard.

The patience you have learning a lot of these parts/grooves ETC is astounding

I think Dick Cully once noted that Buddy's placement of the Bass drum was so precise (but not impossible) to cover little "rests" that he takes on the left hand bounce roll. Your slow-mo shows this too. New drummers find this kind of stuff very inimidating...your videos really help in showing the learner how to progress. And to all learners out there...Don't let Buddy get on your nerves!!! Great channel Austin.!!!!

Nice Job , Thanks !

Nice work man. Love the videos and you play great

Nice job dude! 🥁

holy shit, dude. phenomenal work. absolutely LOVE this series!

So anything about Billy Cobham or Bill Bruford?

Great job man - thanks!

Great lesson. Love your videos. Your kit's tuning sounds perfect. Could you do a vid on how you tune it so well?

Can you do a video on how you transcribe these solos?

Man... all I can say is, THANKS !!! Great work, great clarity, great sonically and visually and you are an AWESOME drummer. Thanks again, I know this takes an incredible amount of time... Los \0/4

Thumbs down by the B Rich family ? Love it Austin

Good work!

You da man! Great lesson...

Dude you make that open / close thing look easy. I’ve been trying for 20 years to pull it off. Not gonna happen here LOL. Awesome lesson.

Hi,Austin.Thanks for everything.Can you please make a transcription for Billy Cobham's super lick? I think this chop/lick will be very interesting for all drummers.

just heard your take on buddy one handed rolled. Actually he is playing a 2 beat triplet and it just sounds like a roll because it is such clean time. As for your study of open close hand movement this is wrong. He is actually is playing the stick w/o moving the wrist and plays with just his fingers. Try playing with just your fingers and not moving your wrists at all. Just a few of us drummers can to this and I am one of them Jack Henry

Your explanation and demonstration of what Buddy was playing demonstrates just how amazing he was. While it does look like he's just playing a random solo, nothing planned, everything just coming as he feels it, your break down shows he planned every note he played. Besides the complication of his drumming, his speed makes it beyond comprehension.

really nice job!!..., Joe Morello and Dick Cully do a good job on their instructional videos with this topic. Seth Davis as well.

I really love your descriptions, transcriptions, the pedagogical method of how to progress in a practice-situation. How to practice the small bits and pieces of music you have chosen! Great job Austin and great taste and choices in material! 5/5 stars and a like from me. Thanks

cool....been trying this but using jojo mayer lessons much more expanded but your lesson is still very useful...tnx!

This reminds me of that one part from John Bonham RAH solo

I just cut my left hand off. It hurts :(

Great job I'm impressed

Well done !

I only came here for the "mmmmmm!" Lol

I'm not going to lie been playing the drums match grip for about 30 years now and you simply cannot do this without playing traditional grip so don't bother trying. If you want to learn and do this YOU MUST switch your left hand to traditional grip.

It really helped, Austin! :)

Still amazes me that Buddy Rich couldn't read music. He just did it.

Great stuff Austin. Can you please explain, are you lifting your left hand on the downbeat of the 16ths (1 & 2 &) or on the upbeat (ee, a, ee, a). It's difficult to see on the video. Also, are you 'snapping' your hand at all, or just 'tickling' the stick with the underneath fingers? Hope this makes sense! Thanks Austin.

You compare the left hand to a triplet feel but to me Buddy plays it like a fast dotted eight note. What say you?

I just came across this and Frank, you are right in that you can't do that as shown without using traditional grip. HOWEVER, it can be done if you use the technique known as push/pull. It's a diferent pathway where you can get the same results...except with matched grip in the left hand.

when you prefer the vape naysh song over the rest of the video

Buddy rich, best drummer ever !!😎

I would love to see your analysis of some of Jon Bonham's solo's

John Blackwell took a lot of notes from Buddy cuz he did a lot of AMAZING, linear solos when he was drumming for PRINCE.

Skins talking to each other, 'Holy Sh@&, Buddy's coming!'

As of today 47 people disliked this. How? The video was well explained, broken down, and this guy plays very well. Fucking arrogant haters.

impressive!

Nice demonstration, but you are totally incorrect regarding the "open and close technique." Watch closely and you'll see his finger that's next to the ring finger jostle from left to right in perfect rhythm. The only other drummer to date that can do the one-handed roll is Dick Cully. To see him in action, google his name Dick Cully.

Thank you for this it's great. I've subscribed :-)

I’d like to the see the people that voted this down both play and present this better.

That was good, his most intense song is "ruth". Its on utube.....buddy plays ruth on ed sullivan show. WOW!

For a week, you dont sound that bad. Do you sound like the greatest drummer of all time, no, but youre awfully close for practicing for only a week. You did a great job playing this. 👌

Man good stuff. Thanks. Thanks for breaking in down & links to the notation. You just come up so great .

Actually Austin he is using that middle finger as well and almost bouncing it along with yiour vision of open and close which is working ,but will take alot of time doing it, i got lots of time to work on it though, love your version ,Enjoyed the video

you did a fantastic job on this" and you would sound even better if you played it on a set of Slingerland Drums,

Breaking out the Rich sticks. holla.

Hello master drummer! what snare drum you use on this video?

It doesn't sound like Buddy but you are in good company. Who can? Sounds great but not the greatest. 👍

his, playing was not just fast it had swing and feel... he will never be matched

Makes me wonder if this can be achieved with a matched grip?

Pretty damn close Austin give yourself some credit.I tried many times as well , Its not easy.

Not bad...it sounded really bad slowly, but at normal speed ...Not bad!

that "MHM" tho

Found your channel last night, brilliant stuff! Great lessons and Great playing.

Lol this is great. Love it Bro!

Dude you're amazing!! Thanks for the super informative lessons I'm digging them all!