How to Play Reggae Drums | The One Drop | Reggae Drums | Stephen Taylor Drum Lesson 

Yo this is my favorite and one of the best drum lessons on the One Drop on RU-vid.

Thank you for the great lesson Stephen! And please, don't stop saying what comes to mind. It gave me a few good belly laughs! I rather enjoy your humor.

My advice is to count off while playing examples. Especially when talking about cut time which is 2-2 as opposed to 4-4. Always good to know where 1 is even though it’s ignored.

You are my favorite drum teacher, because you dont only teach the beat, you also tell us something about what you teach. and i have already use that info tons of times in music class and the teacher liked it :D

I remember calling this guy gay on another account 5 years (or something) ago. I wish i could punch my past self in the face sometimes. You're a wonderful teacher bro.

Nuff respect 👊🏿😎🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Thanks I learnt how to ply reggae now xxxxxxx

Holding my blanky.. movin on to steppers thanks!

The first instructor that clearly explained why it's called "One Drop". Drop the one... Of course. I'm just a guitar player that's looking to expand his understanding of all the roles in a band context. So many reggae-related books talk about one-drop and focus on the highlight of the 3-beat, but they never state the obvious - No One Beat! My rant probably doesn't make sense to all you drummer dudes, but there it is. Thanks Stephen!

Drumming starts about 4:42 (Am I the only person who can never learn music from verbal explanation? It never makes sense until I hear it played).

Thanks Stephen!

Great lesson!!! Love the sound of that crash!

WOW! Great lesson...i had search the entire youtube, nobody explained it like you did..was it that simple? no 1 beat?..i guess i was afraid to lose the one..thanks man

this guy is hysterical

Outstanding

U are doing a nice JOb sir.

Sweet, this was great. I'm glad you mentioned the 4 count cause I can play rim click on 2 and 4 and kick on 3 easier that way. I liked counting in bluesy swing count in my head to keep up. Like this: 1 & a 2(s) & a 3(k) & a 4(s) & a :D

Yo you are a dope teacher and drummer.....just saying. This video is ill, learned so much about reggae I never knew before, thanks bro.

Excellent Video - I struggled a bit with the One, Didn't take much practice to get past it - Thanks for the vid!

That crash looks like a crazy big hi-hat in the beginning. But once you hit it I could see the hidden hi-hat😝😝😝

Hey man, Just wanted to let you know that I subscribed to you awhile ago and you are by far the best drum help on youtube. keep it up!

That Def Leppard line cracks me up. But some real drummer humor 😆😆

Thanks Stephen! That was a real help for me in getting a basic working understanding of the reggae groove.Loved It! Thanks again!

this guys is the real deal great teacher!

This is so useful for me cause I'm such a 1 addict. Thank you once again on another great lesson :D

I found him useful.

great lesson man i love the way you teach even for an old dog like me i'm learning new tricks thanks stephen from Dan in the UK

You need a daily podcast lol

thanks - simple and effective :))

Awesome...Funny lessons dude hahaja (Y)

Thanks

I'ma guitarist, played this on some ghetto diy drums. Thanks man, respect.

Hey, Stephen, I really like how your drums sound. Can you do a lesson on a brief explanation on how you tune, or even just some tips for tuning drums? Thanks!

Great video man! Thanks for creating and uploading!

you're right about that though.. without a direction you can't really go anywhere.. if you know what I mean haha!

Lovely video. Both useful knowledge and tasteful cover :)

You're hilarious man. Like a true drummer. Very helpful. Thanks! :) Have a great day

this was a good tutorial. i think the next lesson would be the triplet on the hi hat on beat one.

Thanks for the video, very nice. You are excelent teacher. Greeting for Argentina

I want your shirt. Great vid! Helped me a lot!!

Awesome lesson. Thank you.

you are hilarious, and you explain things well, thank you, very fun and informative video

GREAT.... THANKS MAN.. 😃 😃 😃

Dude, you are so cool. Love your groove.

Hey man, we gotta stop learning drums and you should start telling us more about what's going through your mind! :P Thanks for these videos man, really helped me a lot!

It was sooo funny when you said that you shouldn’t say what comes to your mind hahaha

great tutorial bro...enjoyed watchin the technics. BLess UP!!

Man is that a nice crash!!!! Beautiful tone and sustain! The Sabian factory is in the province next to mine up here in Canada ( New Brunswick-Nova Scotia)...used to be the old Zilco plant back in the 1970's.

Great lesson!!! Thank you!!

Stewart copeland was the reason I started playing drums.What a man.

your that dude bro!

Great lesson

Darn you Reggae!! I was going good until the second fill haha :D I shall accomplish this tonight!!!

Nice work. Thanks

"Oh - oh! Where'd it go? Where'd it go?" lol! :)

great lesson thamk,s

hi! un gros merci, vraiment un bon teach!

Hey, I really like your videos. I also like Jared Falk, and I do think you guys should do a video together! Like, I do think you're a good teacher and I'm amazed that you can teach so much through simply doing videos like these, and you and Jared are like the two guys I look up when I need some repetitions or something like that. I'd be cool :)

Lov it mon!

dude i dont even drum fully but your an awesome teacher. wish i could jam with you through the computer screen haha

interesting and entertaining. cheers.

Hey man , interesting story ! Playing well . Bout from 4:08 to 4:16 - u just have to smoke less before u stand in front of the cam :) greetings and love to one and all

your drumm lessons are verry good!!! short, good explained and good drumming! But sorry you talk like Mike Johnston!

Thanks for this video man! :) \m/

@HarryetN he kinda did, he made a video on his silverfox sticks

much better tutorial than the expertvillage one lol

Ty. Great lesson. I am going to learn this groove.

its ok to lose the one!!! help....wheres my stick bag blankie lol.great topic!!wondered if you might break down i shot the sheriff groove @ the end of the song by bob marley?.ive always wanted to play that but just can figure it out.sounds so trick tho.thanxs

Thank you

good teacher ;)

awesome!

🔥

I think the high expense of ziljdan cymbals probably explains why a lot of underground early reggae and ska tracks had few crashes. Also tapes were used as backing for different acts so the groove was the main thing not accented phrases.... just a thought....

how great are soultone cymbals?!?!?! i love them!

Didn't expect to see this one today, thank you😊

Oh woah, Bob Marley's Reggae beats😄

Nonetheless, a very sweet vid and nice grooves. It would be extra helpful if you supplied charts and/or sticking. You're kind of funny too.

Great lesson man. I learned something new! But I have a question. Are you playing the snare rim and the bass drum at the same time? On beat three?

Great video Stephen, Please, tell which snare drum and heads you're using in this video, it sounds amazing! And how you achieve this tune? Thanks a lot!

Amen mah man walking on the moon all it is is toms rim clicks hi hat and 6 stroke rolls

Nice!

Wow supporting wife much

Awesome

Very intresting

I was unaware. How do you count the beat for cut time? I would count 2/2 as 2 beats per measure and half note=1 beat. Guess I should have checked your website. ;-0 You have excellent lessons.

can you do a video on kompa i have trouble playing this style of music and i need someone talented to show me how to play it

I always say its on two. Since we count 1-and-2-and-3-and -4. Hence on two

Damn. I never realized one drop meant not playing the one. It makes so much sense now!

Dude this video is awesome! i love reggae and WORSHIP Stewart copeland! i was listening to his drums for 'walking on the moon" and it's brilliant, i'm trying to learn more stuff like this for my band so i really appreciate this video :) keep it up!

Lol this is good. Thanks for the upload! Hahaha I'm scared and insecure about the 1!

I know this is an older video but I'd really love to see a newer lesson on some more Carly Barrett stuff.....PLEEEASE!!

That intro riff made me think of a Pilfers song.

grab your best blankie... hahah.

Only rasta will play reggae drum with deep feeling

Hilarious. Ya the freaken one!

are using the swing ?

When Max Roach and Kenny Clarke shook up early jazz drumming by keeping time on the ride cymbal (rather than the traditional 4-on-the-floor kick pattern), they said that this allowed them to "drop bombs" on the kick drum, using it as another voice for comping. That's probably where these One Drop, Four Drop terms originate. See "Bebop" on Wikipedia for more.

Is this a game of 'spot the deliberate mistake' or something? To my mind the ‘secret’ to playing well with other musicians is communication, and in rhythmic terms that depends on the simply agreeing on where ONE is, and, while that’s generally arrived at by ‘feel’, the drummer usually ‘counts everyone in’ for the downbeat. Then we all start in the same place. So here you are chatting away about “the beat on three” and that “you don’t play one” and I find myself asking where are you, or more to the point where is ONE? You are certainly a good drummer and speaking as a bass player I know it would be easy to play some great music with you (reggae or otherwise), but for the mere mortals out here would you PLEASE at the very least count "TWO THREE FOUR" before you play the riff (we can perhaps live without you actually saying "ONE"). Simply going in without a count leaves the listener with no ‘fixed point’ and having to ‘feel’ for it and, while this may even be one of the beauties of good reggae, for a student looking at the technique it’s like finding the end of a circle. Without a ‘reference point’ it’s almost impossible. I love your playing and you have great ‘feel’, but as a teacher? Nah! The technical aspect of what you’re saying is lost on me if you don’t ‘count me in’. So until you can tell me EXACTLY where you are on your way around that circle it’s gonna have to be "you do the beats and I’ll just play the bass over here bro". All the same, that's some great playing.

That looks completely DIFFICULT. My inner drummer is going to kill me. the count has always been ONE, two, THREE, four. This is looking harder than the purdie-shuffle "ghost notes". Cancel XMAS, learn reggae patterns on the kit. It took me two years to learn how spell reggae correctly. ( two g's and swap the "a" and "e" )

good stuff as always stephen T. nevermind the you have to do it exact dorks ,steve gadd plays hi hats on all 4 beats in jazz guess hes playing it wrong, anyhow I typed songo on your video page and noticed the songo lesson you did isnt there, or maybe its named something else, I could have sworn you did a lesson on songo, it certainly was alot better than the lesson by mike guy (no disrespect).