How To Finger Drum REALISTIC drums on the keyboard- The METHOD  

Not that it really matters, but the original “GM drum mapping” came from a little known system created by Roland called the GSS or General Synthesizer System. I was lucky enough to be there during its creation and I vividly remember how difficult it was to convince the musical instrument manufacturers of its benefits. So I thank Mr Kakehashi and Mr Yamabata for their forethought.

Hope I won’t lose my drummer friends after learning this skill 😂

Dom, I am sure you have achieved a lot in your life, but one of your greatest achievements is inspiring other musicians to dig deeper within our treasure and fall in love with music all over again. Thank you, brother. We appreciate you. ❤️

About the hi hats and how they're mapped, it's worth noting that the f# is usually a closed hi hat hit with a stick, whereas the g# is a hi hat being closed with the foot pedal. A subtle difference, maybe, but a useful distinction.

Quick tip for the drummers transitioning to finger drumming: use the midi transformer plugin to change your sustain pedal to be your kick! When you want to edit you just apply the transformer template to your midi part in the logical editor to convert sustain to midi notes ;)

This is excellent! I knew the GM mappings, but your hand placement advice is genius!

I’m one of the people that requested this, I thought it was going to be maschine or mpc styled finger drumming, but this is a whole new approach that I hadn’t even considered, thanks for sharing, you crushed it!

Oh! That’s awesome! And you’re really enjoying playing drums. Respect.

A great demonstration of how to finger drum to the highest level cheers Dom, thanks for all your Vids.

Thank you Dom! Very clear and so helpful. And thanks for asking for feedback and responding with great content like this.

Absolutely fantastic. Very inspiring, looking forward to practising this! Thanks so much Dom, love your content!

Great video, Dom. Thanks for your superb high-level skills, clear explanations and enthusiasm!

Dom, I have played keys and guitar for over 50 years, and programmed drums since the late 70's, but I never saw what fun it was to hand play all those drum notes even though I almost completely memorized GM. Until today. Thank-you so much! What a riot!

Wooww, this one just cracked my mind right open. I was hoping you could create a series that goes along the concepts step by step the same way you learned this skill. Your drumming is downright awesome man👌👌👌🙌

Love the way you add ghost notes to the groove. It sounds great 👍

Thank you for helping us with your priceless content, Sir.

Thank you Dom. Thank you for showing us ways to better create, practice, use the devices, software, & everything else I didn't mention . Following you inspires me. Thanks for all your suggestions, advice & sharing your knowledge. You are an awesome person.

Far and away the best, most informative lesson on how to do this I've ever seen. Thank you.

Three cheers for musicians that are really good, and share their expertise! Thanks for this.

i had asked for this in one of your previous videos, now its here. thank you so much..👌🏼

Brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing this technique. Not overstating it to say that this is a life changer. Have programmed some basic stuff from the keyboard but never even thought about upping my game and using the natural tapping rhythms in my fingers. This rhythm guitarist might just turn out to be a half-decent drummer!

Awesome! Couldn't believe it when you started playing those double kicks on the synth keyboard! You say that anyone can do this, but you are massively talented!

I love finger drumming! Dom you are the best finger drummer I've ever seen! Impressive skills! GJ

Stumbled on to this and was gonna check a little out - I am amazed at your skills and your excellent teaching strategies! Enjoyed that you looked like you were having fun through it all. Amazing, thank you.

Wonderful! You're simply wonderful. Nothing else to say. Thank you!!!

Thanks Dom., looking forward for another interesting video!

We asked, you delivered! Yet another great video full of excellent tips... Thanks for sharing all of this with us, Dom! :D

Always when I come to Dom channel there is something essential for progress, thanks a lot Dom👍🙂

Just the exact video I was looking out for... This is so helpful right now...

This is great. I've wondered quite a bit how to even get started with this. Now I know! Thank you Dom. I love your videos.

Brilliant. Talent, pedagogy and very practical 👍🏻👍🏻

Great tutorial!! That inspired me to practice your technique. A huge upgrade to my playing thanks alot.

This video has opened my eyes to improve more and more.thanks so much Don Sigalas

Wow Dom ma man!!! You Rock just like how you play the guitars as well... Love your stuff and wish you the best in this year ahead.... 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎇🎆

Thank you so much Dom ! I never thought I could become a drummer, but now thanks to you the dream comes true ! So useful, and the GM map is an incredible tip !

I was looking for such useful stuff 🎹 like this video for a long time. 🙏🙏Be blessed Dom, thank you for the secrets, I'm so happy😅😅😅

Yes !!! Superb! More than I expected! Fingering the drums ... is the way to go. Great video with some method to the madness of getting hihats and cymbals right and toms on top of that and useful to watch an actual pianist do this! :D

Thank you Dom. Super video! Not being a keyboard player, this was extremely helpful.

Wow. Very intuitive. Loved the video as I'm new to this and this makes it easier to understand finger drumming. Thanks soo much

This is easily in my top 10 favorite finger drumming videos this week

Thanks. I’m totally blind and i am a keyboard player. Just started learning how to play drums and then I found this tutorial. Awesome

Totally awesome !.. Been struggling with drum programming ... and .. der ! never thought of learning finger drumming as a "craft" . And where the keyboard skills fall short ... I can fix it up in the DAW .. many thanks Dom

This is exactly what I want to learn. Thank you for being awesome!

😊 😊 🙏 clicked so fast. thanks for sharing and happy new year Dom!

Very informative and definately a good skill to master. Thanks so much!!

I was in a rut using ProTools and you convinced me to buy an upgrade for an old copy of Cubase. I remembered how creative I could get with it. It was my first DAW software. When I switched to ProTools to do recording for other artists, it sat unused for almost a decade. Going to have so much fun watching your videos and learning new tricks. It's like being young again. Cheers.

Fantastic Dom. This tutorial will be my intro to playing drums on the keyboard (I am a guitar player). Continue to make more video's. I learn a lot from you.

Hi Dom, I always watch your videos, especially the mindblowing stuff like this one. You are a big inspiration for all of us. Keep it up man ! Ciao from Italy :)

Hi Dom, i ever see a video that you made on this and it was very very Very Interesting, i can't wait to see this one. A big Big thank for all your amazing videos

Dude.... Thank you so much for showing me everything about Cubase and everything.... I started 3 montths ago as a noob with it.. was totally overwelmed with the interface and here we are now.... Me having fun working with it.. You are a great inspiring teacher !

OMG!! Really waited for this one!!!! Thaaaank you!!!

You smoked those keys/drums! Great fun to watch too!🔥🙌🏾🎹🥁

Nice tutorial, like every other one I've watched from you! Thanks a million!

Great share ! Just the thing I was looking for ! Thanks much !

Thanks a lot for sharing this awesome video!

Dom, I love you man, your enthusiasm is so infe3ctious, and its because of you i decided to get cubase in the first place, having been a Nuendo user back in Version 2 and 3 And then meandering since then on Live and then Logic briefly and then Presonus Studio One, and then predominantly on Reaper, before coming full circle and committing to Cubase 12 Pro I’m so happy i did, and your influence was so much of a contributing factor , and now Finger Drumming which is a dreaded territory for me, now seems like it is possible. God Bless You Dom, your a saint man

Brilliant tutorial, thank you! 😎👍🎹

Great video Dom! Really useful. I'm looking forward to practicing this new skill and freeing myself from rubbish basic programming / relying on loops! 👍🏻 🎶

Show off😎 Great video sir🔥🔥🔥🔥

Another hit by you Dom!

Been doing this for years and years... Nice to see someone else doing it, although our playing styles are a little different, I think your left hand proficiency is higher than mine, but I can do some crazy things well beyond the scope of this video with two hands together. Its a GREAT skill!!

enjoyable video as always Dom.

💥This is GM drum map is actually a game-changner for me! Thank you! 😃

Awesome video! Really motivated me to learn Keyboard drums :)

Wow that's a great lesson. Thanks a lot

crazy good...learnt so much

Great tutorial your drumming rocks!

Thanks so much Dom! Great vid.

you are really good at teaching, thnx ive been struggling playing drums n this helped me alotttt

Thank you Dom for you very valuable tutorial 🙏.

Thanks Dom! Great video!

AWESOME video and super useful, Bro! You Rock!

Great video, thanks!

utterly brilliant.thanks mate.

You got yourself a new subscriber. You know why? Because you are amazing! You explain everything step by step... smoothly and nice! Thank You, man. Greetings from Lisboa, Portugal

Great video! I learned some very useful techniques.

Amazing, Thank you !

Thats awesome Brother 🙏

Wow man, this tutorial its invaluable, great video lml

Thanks Dom! (been using Roland Handsonic for years, but this video makes me want to play GM keyboard drums again :)

Man... This is very good. Thanks for sharing your time and talent. Greetings from Chile.

Great video! thanks!

Awesome. Thanks for this!

The Best Video for me of 2023 !!!!

Og my gosh man. I know Ive said this before but I'll say it again. Your videos bring me joy Every Time. . So glad I get to do some binge watching to catch up🤙🏼👍🏼 keep it up

Amazing!

My reminders set💯💥

Yeah man. That's fantastic. Thank you!!

So gooooood!

Been waiting for this video. Since back when you asked who wants a finger drum video. I'm using the Mx 49. I usually do simple grooves and layer things like symbols and fills because I can't play it like a real drum kit. With your tips and hand positions for hi hat and ride. Things should be easier. Awesome video.

An extensive groove agent tutorial would be great! Thanks Dom!

Excellent! Thanks for posting.

That is what I was looking all my life! Thanks, bro!

Oh man I know what I'll be practicing tomorrow. Awesome video.

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

A dream come true, this is incredibly valuable knowledge!!!!

Thank you for this video!

Awesome! 🎹 🥁

Man you are amazing! great content !

Great video, as always.