LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE HI HATS CORRECTLY | Jazz Drummer Q-Tip of the Week 

Love this lesson, Quincy! I really appreciate how many fundamentals this addresses - touching a lot of bases here. & that lesson yesterday blew my mind. Thank you so much.

I’m a 58 year old beginner, just found your channel, love it , very informative,

Hah! You got me at the "Chotto rocking ha OK desu 👍"! Subscribed , my man.

Another way to learn how your hi hats can sound so many different ways, is to practice songs in 3/4 time. You could do several videos on this. An example of some of the songs are from Vince Guaraldi's sound track from Charlie Brown Christmas with Gerry Granelli playing with sticks and brushes. Jerry even made some RU-vid videos with his trio shortly before he died recently. Your video on playing the bass drum definitely applies here with how delicate it can sound, open and closed. I'm 74 years old and I am loving hi hats and brushes more every day. The delicate skill required is amazing. I would love to know 10% of what Papa Jo Jones and Ed Thigpen knew.

Nice lesson Quincy! Hi-hat playing does get neglected sometimes in today's complex drumming world, lol. But, yes, Papa Jo had an orchestra within those hi-hats of his! It's incredible the amount of dynamics and subtle textures he could get from just the hi-hats! Thanks for bringing attention to this topic!

Excellent demonstration! It takes great practice and control to play the hi hat at your level.

A natural-born teacher! I found you today and will be soaking up all your stuff. I've had a drum set in my garage for years but haven't found the inspiration needed to begin. Until now. Thanks, Q! 😎

Another excellent lesson. Thanks so much!

That's wow😍👏👏👏tnx mr Davis

Dang, what a great explanation for showing the different tones on the hi-hat. Thank you for the Thoroughbreak down. This is clear a bell an fun.......

There are SOOOOO many ways to play the hi hats and get many different sounds from them. They should be played musically and not beaten to death like rock drummers so commonly do. I started out in rock in the 60's as a know--it-all teenage drummer in a garage band. Then I discovered jazz. A few years later, I was fortunate enough to find a fantastic jazz drummer (not instructor because he refused to teach - I think I was the only student he ever had because I wore him down, begging.) to teach me and I'm still learning. The first thing he did was make me start all over, learn and practice rudiments, keep good time and most importantly, not to play too loud. He introduced me to brushes and I was blown away by how much he sounded like Ed Thigpen. Because of him, I made a lot of money while wearing a tux and playing alongside a piano and stand-up bass. Never, ever underestimate hi hats, even with brushes and a soft bass pedal.

sooo helpful im just starting drumset and this beginner level stuff is super helpful

Excellent dude.... I needed this sooo bad!

Great stuff! Thank You Quincy!

Thank you! Great video.

Quicy.Im beginner.Older adult.I just caught your video.I watch alot of Drum videos.Played Guitar most of my life.I always wanted to give the Drums a try i do ok takes time.I realy enjoyed your video.Thank you..😁🎸👍✌️🌈

Papa Joe Jones posture was definitely sitting straight up. Thanks for sharing another great lesson Quincy 🥁👍🏾

Awesome, this is exactly the info i was looking for, great lesson, cheers QD!

Thanks for steering us to Papa Jo with the Count and Jo’s brilliant hi-hat playing. You’re right Papa Jo could swing that band! Cheers🎉

Fantastic lesson, thank you sir. The best advice I've ever gotten on developing this.

Appreciate the slipper cam 🙏

Love the lessons, going through many of yours with a playlist. God bless

Great lesson! Super helpful, thanks!

In-depth lesson on the hats swinging Quincy thanks for sharing 😊

Thanks for the music tip to listen to, and the very clear no BS lesson. Grateful.

Thank you, Mr. Davis, for your kind and clear lesson . Best wishes from Germany.

Another great lesson Quincy, Thanks a lot!!!

great video, thanks!! So helpuful for me. !!!

Funny, it’s never something I thought about before having to teach it to someone. And I was never really taught it. I just went to so many shows and listened to so many records that it just came together. Valuable info that’s really going to help me identify some of my students issues and better be able to articulate how to help them.

Yeah! I like that,I can clear know that real jazz 🙏

Thank you Quincy !🥁✌🏽😎

Super lesson, thank you so much!! This one is really going to help me!!

i remember greg hutchinson saying on a clinic that kenny washington showed him that you close the hi hat not on the downbeat but before the downbeat

love you sir

Very informative 🙌

Excellent lesson. I learnt alot.

Great vid Q! The slipper cam is epic.

love your videos!

Great lesson; thanks...

Great tips!!!.

When the student is ready, DrQ will appear. Thank you. 🙏😊

Nice clip, I used the information to diagnose my own playing. Thank you 🙏

great lesson! i was making the mistake of opening de hats all the way!!! im gonna get practicing to correct that!

Thanks again bro

Your class always inspire me to teach my students

Thanks, good lesson

Nice work MR. Davis🥰

“I’m just kind of hacking at it…” LOL, as Quincy plays better than I probably ever have or will without even looking while narrating for the camera. Great instructional!

Great lesson on a skill many us take for granted. We think we know, but aren’t executing like we should.

Great perspective

Great lesson profeesor 😁👍👍 Thank you so much 😁👍

So good

I learned quite a bit with this! Thanks. I never really knew how much to open the hats. Or where to hit them. I use the shoulder of the stick and hit the edges all the time. 🙄

And have fun. Yes swing that.

Great Up..best regards from italy

I’m diggin the slipper cam

Wonderful lesson. Your slipper movements are so subtle to produce such a nice sound. Sometimes less is more I guess. My inability to do that must be due to not having slippers.

Why does he have only 36k subs? This guy has literally taught me how to play jazz with these videos.

I'm mostly a rock drummer ... But thanks to you, I'm starting to go a little deeper into the world of jazz. 🥃 .. Cheers man

hi Quincy love it can u also do a topic about hi hat splash dynamic control?

Cool

Amazing and informative video, I love how he touched on a lot of points many people neglect. My question is if you recommend people only use the top of the stick while playing the hi-hat, or alternate between the side of the stick to the tip. Thanks

slipper cam. so dope.

Swingin the hats like Papa jo Jones! Wish I could. Gonna try it though

I have been doing the first two examples and wondering why it don't sound right.,lol this correction is so insightful and sounds so much better. Its the incrementing sizzle that counter acts the fizzle. Thank you. 🙏

Thanks for this cool lesson, Quincy! Your playing always swings and your explanations are always crystal clear. I have been thinking of getting some 15 inch hi hat cymbals. I play 14 inch hats just about all of the time. How big are your hats in this video and what model? You listed your other cymbals and drums, but not the hats. Thanks, man!!

Hey Mr. Davis, I saw your video about the Kenny Clarke ride cymbal beat/feel and it was so mind opening! And I was wondering if you could make a video about how different drummers approached the ride cymbal beat (elvin, tony, philly, jack dejohnette or whoever you think is important to mention...). Anyways your lessons are great, I´m sending love from Slovakia (Europe), Thank you, you are amazing!

Dear Quincy, I would like you to talk about the displacement of the hit-hat through the different parts of the measure and its use in the modern interpretation of Jazz. Thanks.

Great! it would be useful if you did an episode on how to play pianissimo on ride cymbal but with swing (piano trio situations whithout microphones)

surprised and laughed that Japanese subtitles popped up suddenly. Is that automatically translated depends on where we watch your video or you put it on purpose because you have many Japanese students or some reason? Thank you for nice Tips anyway!

Ever since i watched a Greg Hutchinson/ Reuben rogers masterclass online awhile ago...i became aware of my untight hihat foot. I've always neglected my hi hat foot thinking it would simply follow my ridehand...untill i paid specific attention on a recording and i heared my hi hat drag and even flame and not do a "tsjik" but rather a "SChtljik" Bleeeeh...after years of playing...it takes a lot of work to get that out of my system. Did you ever do a lesson on a tight hi hat during swing? and position of the hihatcymbals (horizontal or slightly tilted?) Thanx again sir! So inspiring and helpful these!

Hey Quincy! How about doing a lesson about comping two beat feel on the ride cymbal?

Listen to "Mexican hip dance" by Horace Silver. Listen to the drums during Horace's sole for a master class in hi hat comping by Roger Humphries

Crazy question. What kind of shoes are those? They look super comfortable to play in.

Awesome! Just curious what those shoes are? they look great for pedal work.

Awesome! Do you you ever use the technique using the left hand to control the the open and close?

Thanks so much for this video 🙏 In this "closed-open-open" pattern, does the emphasis go on the 2nd open (ie counts 1 and 3? In other words, it seems like the accents are OPPOSITE to the usual 2 and 4 in uptempo ride cymbal playing - yes?

Hi Quincy, thanks for encouraging us to listen to other brush players. I've heard many in my time. Can't remember the actual track titles. Could you give me a handful, please? Thanks!

Great stuff. Just one idea : it could be beneficial to suggest to stay at a slow tempo long enough (days, weeks) before going up in order to build a solid move. Thank you so much.

Hey Quincy, nice video. Is that a Bozzio ride you have??

Yeah :-D

The tip on the top always sounds like it's clipping my mics, that's why I searched this subject. Lol I use 14" mastersounds. Are those larger than 16"??

How do I get my drummer to stop using his high hats like a metronome? Thanks for the vid!

No mention of Hit Hat setup - You appear to have your parallel. Many advise tilting bottom hat ?

Where to find that hip shoes?

Could you also solve the mystery of the so called dubbel fulcrum? please?

Okay, I basically play rock, I get accents using the shoulder of the stick on the edge of the hi-hat.

He says play with the tip but he's definitely using some of the neck/shoulder of the stick

I watched up to 2:33 and you did not give the time signature; don't you think that would be a significantly fundamental aspect of understanding of how this hi-hat pattern should be notated?

Need help learning how to play

I enjoyed your instructional video but can you please fix your microphone because your voice is very low and the drums are very loud if you could make it so we can hear your voice so it is equal to the sound of the drums thanks so much!

I'm pretty sure I've never heard anyone play hi-hats like those first two examples. Well, until now anyway.

ちょっと、ロッキングは、OKです！

do you speak Japanese? chotto?

Its a real shame that pro guitarists wont correct Jimmy Page's guitar playing and set society straight on the misconception that he is some kind guitar god

This is typical jazz mentality. Hitting the bell is wrong, hitting the side is wrong lol. In rock and other types of music you use all of them because you want the full spectrum of sounds you can get. But in jazz it's wrong. That is why jazz is one of the most monotonous types of music. They tend to compensate by using complex harmonies which sound unpleasant, rather than experimenting with new sounds and techniques. A bit like Muslims, everything else is haram. Lol. Worst lesson ever!