One handed roll explanation using the traditional grip. I think this is very close to how Buddy Rich plays his one handed roll. This is my official one handed roll tutorial using the traditional grip (left hand) Buddy Rich Style.
@@marceibel1131 Yes he calls it the Moeller Method but it’s the same technique. Dave Weckl also does a fine video. All, including this one, are proper explanations. Good luck with your one handers!
Thank you for showing me this!!!!! I started this morning and the stick kept falling out my hand and I was getting really anoyed, but after practicing this for the whole day I am starting to get a steady rhythm going. I learnt the other type of drum roll where you double stroke against the rim of the snare, but this one is simply cooler i think! thanks again
God, that is just so foreign to me. Ive been playing matched grip and want to go traditional. But man, this looks like it going to take a lot of patience and discipline. I'm going to try. Ill start with the open hand tech as you stated.
I suggest getting use to just standard traditional grip and just using wrist turns so you can get used to this angle. This is a sub technique essentially and would only be used for certain things and not outright. You can't really accent with the technique as you can see
He is one of those special teachers. He made that perfectly clear with the best approach from moment to moment throughout the video. I'm reading the other comments and it seems like there is a consensus on this. Thank you.
Thank you for this really good, detailed explanation of how to play one handed roll traditional grip. I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Terry. UK
This was the cleanest lesson on this I have ever seen. The slow motion and camera angle was perfect and provided a solid look at what is actually involved in executing this technique. First of your vids I have seen but I am planning to watch whatever else you have.
My god I have been looking for this. As a beginner drummer trying to make sense of a few of the different Traditional approaches, this solves a huge mystery of what the hell seems to be going on when you watch players do that “crab scratch”-looking thing while they are twisting the wrist. I can’t thank you enough. 🙏🏼
Thx so much! I love how you break this down.... being totally a matched grip drummer, I have no idea how to approach traditional grip. This breakdown gives me a really good view of how to even start and what it looks like! So thx!
Great tutorial, man. like most drummers, with no lessons, I play with a match grip. I've been watching Buddy Rich videos all morning,and your tutorial was the cherry on top. I think I'll finish my coffee and go practice now.
thank you so much for showing this. I had a chance to take lessons with Alex Acuna, Steve Houghton and Dave Weckl. Since then I've had 2 strokes so now it's all about my rehab.
I started a long time ago on traditional grip, but gave up eventually and switched to matched-grip. I watched so many videos of Steve Gadd's hands and I could never figure what he was doing with his two fingers. If I had watched your video at that time I may never have abandoned the traditional grip (I probably would still have used matched-grip but I would have kept the option to use traditional as well). Well explained.
A very clear and expertise lesson on this. I believe I am on my way to learning this now. Buddy would be proud of you! I met Buddy Rich in 1974 and shook his hand and got his autograph. I had hoped that some of his "magic" would have rubbed off - lol!
thanks man (y) I like to say a couple things here. First, Iam a drummer of 45yrs, I'm not that good lol However, Ive got the love for percussion & drums in my heart just as much as anyone reading this? I sustain injuries to my left arm in an auto accident. Lost 45% of my elbow, have a metal plate in my forearm and two pins in my wrist. "Ive always said, it should have been me losing my arm instead of Rick Allen of Deff Leopard. All or most drummers wants to play traditional grip and Buddy Rich is the if not one of the most gifted? However, I taken lesson from my community college and my instructor told me something that made sense. AGAIN let me say = I believe different styles of drumming and music being played directly impacts on what grip and the best way to hold your 'Styx' with that being said. Matched Grip, is the natural movement of all the arms, elbows, wrist, finger joints and any thing else a person uses to play drums sitting behind them. NOW! When Standing up playing, In a Marching Band Position Traditional Grip seems to be the natural position, movement. mannn in retro of what I just wrote, commented = "Looks aren't everything! Especially when it comes to playing music" Play that, those notes in the best possible natural way. In Essence 'Looks Aren't Everything' ;)
Nice video. I played traditional grip for about 35 years. I was getting a bad case of arthritis so I used mostly matched grip afterwards. I still use it for traditional jazz but those gigs are few and far between anymore. Buddy was the best I've ever seen doing this. Virgil Donati's not to shabby either.
This is a helpful video. I've always wanted to learn one handed rolls and these seem the most practical of the other ways you can do them - like bouncing off the rim and etc. It's still pretty hard, but thanks for the tutorial. I want to make a cool drum solo that incorporates this.
You did a very thorough job of demonstrating/explaining how to perform this technique. I'm having difficulty getting past the shuffle feel, obviously I'm not doing something right and it's getting a little frustrating. Thank you kindly!.
Good teaching man. I love playing a shuffle. Do turnaround lick with the left hand and keep that shuffle with the rest of it all. People think I'm killing it.
I've only been playing drums for about 4 months and am determined to get close to pulling this off sometime in my life. So far it seems a bit easier with my right hand even though I will need to do it with my left.
Keep it up, you will eventually get there. However, i will say that at 4 months, this is a very advanced drum technique to try to get down. Ive been drumming for years and still I'm watching this over and over. There are thousands of videos out there to learn the basics. Good luck with your drumming, its a lot of fun and is a never ending process of learning.
You do an excellent job of explaining Much better than Mayer_ he seems more about showing off. The master of this imo is Jeff Hamilton as he uses the technique in an ensemble setting in musical ways.
Hey man, your third way, I use that quite back on the stick, maybe with a 2cm, 1" distance from the end of the stick. Works great for rimshots and then small notes after near the rim. I like that you tell it like is too get work or play for fun. I think technique is 90% for not hurting yourself. If it sounds good, do it, but don't hurt yourself.
well,you've really done your home work,now let's see if your followers can do there home work..thats one thing I was never good at..I've never seen this 1 hand roll,''But i like it,look's like it would be hard to grasp,but not impossible,nice..thank you for share'ing..''Your the Kind Of Person That Will Invent your Own Method That Other People will follow.Good Luck''...
Every technique has its place, and using the rim to achieve a fast one-handed roll is certainly one of them. Like anything else, it can be used tastefully or can be overdone. But it should be studied, practiced, and perfected.
I played traditional grip for the first 15 years of my playing. I still use it to play brushes. However the last 35 I have pretty use matched grip 95% of the time. I found it made more sense for me when playing the kit and I always questioned why you wouldn't use it for mallet instruments. I found it much faster to develop speed and touch using both hands the same and ease of getting around the kit. I cant find a sensible argument to play traditional except that it was the "norm" back in the day. I play in straight ahead jazz, latin music, blues, rock all with the matched grip and feel no need to use traditional grip. I use traditional with brushes because it feels more comfortable but that is really it. Anyway that's my 2 cents for what its worth.
Whatever works for you is the way to go. I just have found no valid reason for myself to use it anymore. I play jazz, afro-Cuban, play in rock bands, big bands etc. and have had no problem getting the sound or touch that I am looking for. To each his own. BTW I don't dismiss any of the players that use traditional grip. I have been influenced by them all. For me though I have found matched grip to be the way to go. I also want to mention that I have spent many years practicing matched grip. It took me quite a while to get my press rolls and doubles smoothed out like it had with traditional. And playing jazz , getting used to the left hand positin took some time. I think if you work at anything you can make it happen. I just wanted to focus on matched because it made more sense to me. I appreciate the argument though.
331paradiddle Because using traditional snare grip is really hard with mallet instruments and its much easier to move around and play faster with matched. The sticks are just too thin to do that and it would just make the instrument more difficult.
Jesus Christ the reason you play mallet instruments with what seems like "match grip" is because the end and start position of a proper mallet stroke is at the top. in other words your mallet head should start and end several inches above the instrument because of how it (the instrument) resonates. If you were to try to do this with traditional grip that top position would be pretty difficult to hold and keep coming to. the mallet instrument is played very differently then a tightly strung head like a snare! :D
