The Only 3 Rudiments You Need To Do In 2020! 🔥Practice Aid Video 

I just ordered my first sticks and practice pad. 51 year old 🤣😂

8:00 - Exercise #1 10:00 - Exercise #2 12:10 - Exercise #3

After almost 40 years of not playing drums and trying again my wife bought me a beautiful gretsch set for my birthday it's like starting over again it's not like getting on a bike and riding after you than off a bike for some years. Rob has the discipline and determination to help everybody who wants to play this instrument I Am very grateful to him and thank him and will continue watching him for inspiration and help Because as you get older you're not as agile as you used to be. I'm in my sixties and I want to play drums again and I am not going to let anything get in my way Thanks Rob

"If you're having trouble doing this, maybe you should try guitar." You're killing me! lol.

And body else go "YES!!!" when they get one of these right, even slow it's not easy. I've been playing for years and these exercise really show up your weaknesses (my left hand is shocking). It will keep me busy for weeks these.

I'm attempting to learn drums as a 30 yr old so this video has been the most helpful in starting. Thanks

Beatdown Brown, Im a professional drummer and your lessons are top notch even for a guy like myself....it is always great to go back to the basics and rebuild. Love it dude!

I've drummed my entire life. Drum line, kit, band, jazz, all that. easily the most instructive video i've seen. Thank you my man. you, and i don't use this word lightly... are a GOAT.

Man, you are a natural born drum teacher! Your videos are excellent...

This relatively simple exercise literally just exposed all my weaknesses and inconsistencies 🤦🏻‍♂️ very very humbling! Thanks Rob, I get easily overwhelmed by having too much material to work on, this is has given the focus I need 💪🏼

At age 50 plus, with over 90days in. Your video's have become an essential part of my new drum life. Thanks for all of your dedication to us learning to play later in life. Your a wonderful teacher.

Exactly! Rhythms like this feel like music to me. Most rudiments don't have a groove to hang out for very long. This is tremendous. Thank you. Subbed.

My drum weakness: Drumming.

Hey Rob! I've been doing this exercise for years, and it really helped me a lot. That's why I was so excited when I saw you teaching it on this video. Now, what I did with the first half (single strokes) of the exercise is I broke it down to 4 parts: 1 measure of single strokes 1 measure of double strokes 1 measure of single strokes 1 measure of inverted double strokes... Then to the pattern. Again, props to you BeatDown Brown! From Palawan DrumLab, Philippines!

Most crucial part Rll-Rll-Rll-Rll-Paradiddle/Lrr-Lrr-Lrr-Lrr-Paradiddle Rlrr Lrll

Rob, I’ve been watching your videos for about a couple of years now, you personally taught me to tune my drums easily to even getting that maximum thumpification out of my bass. It’s ironic because I just received my practice pad early this week and been using it daily. I will commit to these 3 rudiments even after mastering them. While you were showing us these 3 important rudiments I was thinking how great it would be to incorporate them around the kit. I know you’ve done videos on rudiments before but this one rocks. Thank you.

been playing by ear and freestyling for 4 years now; I'm 52. Your videos are really starting to bring things together for me. thx Rob!

I’ve been a guitarist for 53 years, and decided I’m going to try something new. I subscribed, and I’m just going to work on the very first exercise only, and then try whatever you did next…. I’ll be happy to just play the first exercise smoothly!

I've been working on these for the last 2 weeks on my pad and I am really seeing a vast improvement in my left hand. I'm in my zone at 120bpm for the moment up from 90bpm in the first week. Thanx Rob. You are the best! These rudiments are killer! 👍

After playing congas and working as a percussionist for over 45 years, I took up kit at the age of 60. My weakness is developing a consistent practice schedule. I have a Roland KV kit in my apartment, and a DW setup at a friends (bassist) house. My timing is good, and I can "groove", but I'm struggling to get my rudiments and fundamentals down with as much intensity as I bring to my congas. My main struggle, beyond the fundamentals, is dealing with feeling "too old". Just turned 66 yesterday. I used to play all over the world (congas, African Dance), and I let myself slip into inactivity when I was working full time. No sob story here, just being honest. I love music, and I've found out that life isn't the same without it. Thank you Rob for sharing your knowledge and fire with us. And it's inspiring to see so many learning from what you bring. I'm determined to do the same.

Absolutely love this exercise , kills 3 birds one stone , rudiments,accents and ghost notes ,,love it !!!!!

it sounds easy but the more you play it you realise how difficult it is to be completely even

Thanks Rob. God bless you and your family.I've been playing 43 years and I can still learn!!!✌🏻👊🏻😎

This is a great exercise. I have a similar one that I play when warming up. 8 note pattern RllRllrrLrrLrrll Rob, one thing I'd like add as a suggestion to all who watched this video, these patterns you just showed us could also be played with feet. Maybe even at the same time as hands, in unison or with right hand lead and left foot lead for a challenge

Watching the close-up consistency of the height of the sticks is impressive. Such a consistent sound.

Hey Rob, I just starting taking drumming seriously, and your channel has been an amazing resource. I think you manage to boil things down to the essence, a great teacher even from a screen! Thanks!

People tell me I'm a terrible listener because I learn everything the hard way but I believe if you know what you're talkin about,,, and you are Dynamite amazing! The way you address things is killer I have learned a lot from you in a short. Of time thanks to your amazing teaching skills thanks Rob

."..maybe you should try guitar." Spoken like a true drummer. Great exercise Rob !

I've been playing drums for 18 years with zero lessons. I've learned at some point you need that technical training. I started with a beginner's practice book and basically started from the beginning. Its tightened up my timing big time.

I love your tutorials. Have been picking up your lessons. Thank you Rob. God bless you. I am 58 years old but enjoying my drumming which is my passion.

Covid-19 allowed me to get back to playing drums which I hadn't done since I was 13 years old. Now 48 years later I have a new set of drums and I am a faithful follower on your channel. Thank you sir.

Played for a year in my late 30's. Now I am 60, so sorry I didn't stay with it. Well I bought a kit and found Mr. Brown on you tube 😉. It's coming back to me. So with that said you are never to old to play drums. Charley Watts of the Stones played with them for 60 years.

Being a physical therapist and a drummer , I love that you are talking about posture. During your rudiments, try not to keep the forward head posture for too long looking down at the snare drum. This will strain the back of your neck and cause you to slump sit and strain your low back. Use your peripheral vision and tuck your chin to look at your hands. Thanks for all your hard work and education, keep it it up.

Excellent lesson and advice, Rob. Instead of doing lots of different things just a little better, most of need to focus on doing fewer things *much* better.

67 years old been trying to play the drums for a few months now, I don’t understand why there’s more drum beats then there are beats on the click. Thank you.

What you do, Rob, and maybe subconsciously, is play lightly, and close to the pad, which is very beneficial. For me, I think focusing on light touch with whatever sticking pattern, and staying just above the head, aids greatly in stick control. You're a good soul big guy, and a hell of a player. Thank you for taking the time that you do.

I had to learn paradiddles just to pick up the exercise. Mostly got it down but not at a blazing speed-enough for a white belt drummer. Going from straight alternating paradiddles to doubles with paradiddles is tough (at first, anyhow)! Great video!

I'm 63 and been playing all my life. I never had the patience to really prefect my rudiments with the speed needed to apply to the kit. I'm going to get a practice pad and devote time daily to finally getting this down. I know it will really take my playing to the next level. Thanks for the inspiration Rob.

As a newbie to drum playing. Only less than 3 months strong. Just like with Marcus Hawkins you to as well. Make learning how to play drums fun. I'm happy to have found you & thanks for everything im learning from you. I am so grateful. Be well & safe my friend. 👍☺

1:00 made me sit up straight and listen.

I don't even play percussion, but this is so interesting. Maybe I should start. Y'know, 2020. Let's see how the neighbours feel about it.

I find it not so easy do this rudiment while keeping the 1,2,3,4 beat count on the left foot hi hat and maintaining all the rudiment accents and dynamics. Anyway great exercise and even more challenging while keeping the beat on the hi hat. thanks Rob.

Hey man thank you I'm a bass player by default. When I was a kid I asked my Dad for a set of drums but he being a bass told me that I shouldn't play drums because I would way be the last cat to leave the gig. So before he passed on he told my mother to make sure I got his bass so I had to play it. Now moving ahead 32 years and now 61. My wife just got me some drums🤪 I'm out of my mind Its like I just come out of the drum closet Lol. I dig what you just hip me to Thank you Bruh and now I have some hip stuff to practice. Peace and love. Alfonzo.

You are one of the few teachers who, when he explains technical things even of a certain level of difficulty, always manages to make music, very good indeed.

I still do your exercise with the Swiss army triplets at 120 in a 4 over 3 feel for 5 minutes.

This is THE BEST exercise I have seen on RU-vid - I am loving it. Practiced these a few times today - already improving. I find going back to the doubles after the syncopated section the most challenging - hard to relax enough to get a nice even double bounce after playing the accents. Thank you!

I went from “how could this possibly help me” yesterday to getting 10 bpm faster today. I’m combining it with the towel-on-the-pad for the weaker hand there, lol. Amazing, very helpful channel, thank you

Thanks! I just bought the practise pad and gonna start training, this rudiment is actually a really great riff (and it is 1:1 used e.g. in Brave new world by Iron Maiden :D) Thanks dude for all Your videos, it is really pleausre to watch them :)

Getting me addicted to my practice pad, boss!!

Rob, you are an awesome instructor and drummer. You are a master communicator.

Bro. You are the best self taught drum teacher so far i discovered in YT. I had no time practicing the last years of my life. Been stagnant. Now is the start to develop my drumming

Thank You so much Rob!! I'm 70 yrs old and have been playing since I was 10, and never have learned so much since I found your lessons!!!! Wish this stuff was available when I was a kid. So much info on the internet.

I mainly agree with this but I also think the 6 stroke roll should be practiced separately with the inverted 6 stroke roll too just because those sound really cool

Thanks for these exercises Rob 👊 Practice pad is ordered and on the way...2020 is going to be the year my drumming improves 10 fold! 👍😃

I experienced a similar situation in my late 50s. Hadn't played drums for 30 years, picked up a friends copy of Modern Drummer and decided to try playing again. Went nuts and bought a high end Mapex kit and started practicing. Down to a small 5 piece Yamaha kit now and still struggling to improve. Found Rob's website a few years ago and have been a follower ever since. Really tough to learn new things as you age but at least Rob makes it easy to comprehend. Love his no bull approach, sense of humour and his obvious love for what he does.

Man, just running through these makes me realize how weak my left side is, just your last few lessons have helped me soooo much man.. thanks Rob, you da man, man

OMG, 4 days playing exercise #3, and I’ve already made more progress with my paradiddles than during 2 months just playing plain paradiddles

THE BOOK OF BEAT DOWN..LOVE IT!!! 😂💪👊

Rob, I have played drums all over the US and made a lot of money, but you my friend have changed my life. I took lessons in the 60s 70s for 8 years from a very good drummer, but as you know the state of the art has progressed, and I always wanted to find a top pro to go to the next level, but never did. Now with RU-vid and guys like you offering stuff I have finally been able to fullfill my lifelong dream of learning more. Thank You!

Since the 150 bpm was too fast for me to follow, as I am still learning, I have been decreasing the playback speed to 75% for the second repetition and do the 120 bpm at normal speed. It’s helping me focus on my sticking better.

Me at 4 am : Rob Brown : "Grab your sticks and do this." Me until 5 am : drrrrdrrdrrdrrrr FLOW, CREATIVITY AND SPEED ARE COMING THANK YOU as always 🙏🙏❤

Thanks my drum instructor wants me to spend more time on double stroke roll, especially left hand.

Cool stuff for daily practice... thx for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍

There's two things I would add to this: 1) if you're having trouble with the inverted double stroke roll (RLLR), I would do the second variation with a straightforward double stroke roll (RRLL). This will help build the fundamentals of doubles without getting tripped up on the weird off beat nature of the inverted roll. 2) play each exercise starting on the right hand AND on the left hand. This will help balance the hands, especially on the first two variations where you don't get any left hand leading in. You can probably skip this step on the third variation because paradiddles naturally switch hands, but there's no harm in doing it for consistency. Other than that, it's a really good fundamental exercise that you could play at any point in your career as a drummer and still get something out of it.

Love your stuff. Any chance you can do something on counting - not the same as timekeeping per se, but simply counting in your head while playing, as the 'noise' can get loud in my head. In particular, between 4-and & 1 I sometimes lose it, particularly with a fill. And yet this is where groove starts. My favourite drummer is Simon Phillips (Rob, you're no.1 educator by far) , who if you watch closely is always counting, and when it's 33/8 you know it's a skill that needs nailing.

Great lesson. I'll have some of that for my first approach to drums this year. I mainly play guitar but this is so helpful. Cheers Rob.

Been playing for 40+ years. I bought a practice pad because of you. Now I see the things that need work.

I played the drums for 8 years straight growing up did the whole jazz, marching band etc all thru school overall drum nerd after a 10 year break and not owning a single drum during that break now at 29 yrs old i just bought a new drumset binge watching drum videos on yt .. wish these vids existed in my early days there were very limited channels/tutorials/ content on drumming back then anyways this channel has become one if my fav alot of gems keep it up!

Man I'm digging this exercise!! Only a week in and I feel my coordination, speed, and dynamics improving. I'm incorporating this daily as part of my overall hand development working on doubles, singles, and diddles. Obsessed with my hands.

i love this exercise,is very good for my clumsy left hand,sorry my english.

For me, Rob, regarding the first exercise, is keeping the doubles low and even, especially where you alternate with the paradiddle to get to the other hand. Thanks, so much for putting the time in that you do for all of us.

Played guitar for 35 years, picking up drums at 51! Well, played concert snare in grade school but that was a long, long time ago. I honestly thought the rudiments would come back to me. Wrong. Thank you for this channel, it’s been a huge help!

Cool exercise man. Once you get it down with your hands, you can also apply them to your feet.

been watching you for 2,5 years, you rock

Love your videos...no fluff and wasted filler..just teaching to the point. Thank you.

This drummer is the best teacher.

3 Excellent exercises and dynamically put together!! Let's go Syncopation Congregation!! 👊 😎

Straight outta the Book of Beatdown!

Thanks Rob. I'm a 50 yr old drummer getting back into playing after 30+ yrs away from the drums. You have helped me work on those VERY rusty basics I'd forgotten about. Much respect. Keep up the good work Sir

66 year old drummer, played since I was a kid. I really enjoyed this video. Great instructor.

That is a fantastic rudiments practice exercise, I like it sound and beats, I don't owe any drum sets, but I love to learn how to play drum, I have to start practice on pad and build some coordinate and technique for start, this sound has a great vibe to it...I'm Dig it!

My weakness: committing to fixing a problem once I realize it’s there. And soloing

Continued This For about a Year Now. My Hand Speed and Control Have Changed. With a Little Bit Of Research I've Learned I PLAYED WRONG THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL! Coming Back To This Video With Good Technique Is Changing My Stroke COMPLETELY! My Sound Is Better, My b.p.m. is UP Significantly. My control on the kit along with fills across all genres have improved! Thank You Dr. Beatdown!

I love this combo. I have been doing Rob-a-diddles non stop for two weeks, on my practice pad, steering wheel, desk. It’s fun on the kit to, using the bass drum as the metronome, playing it around the toms and snare, or playing metronome on Hi-hat, and Robadiddle on snare and kick

Thank you so much for this Rob. I'm just learning and got myself sticks and practice pad to develop my hands and sticking, get my brain working right before I even sit at a kit. I can already feel how much this is going to help because I know what I need to do, but my brain isn't working right yet.

Like I need someone to tell me to "get a bag of Dorito's".

Hey man, just wanted to come back to this video and thank you for it. I’ve been putting off rudiments, and this really got me focused in- thanks for all of your great content 💪🏻

I am taking your advice and am already increasing speed and comfort with stick control. THANKS for such simple, but useful, advice.

Thanks for this, Rob. One of my goals for this year is to become a better drummer. Part of my plan to execute this goal is to commit to a daily rudiment routine, which I've never really done. I followed your advice from your previous video to focus solely on the single, double, and paradiddle. But I've struggled to put any real structure around it and I need something to keep it interesting. Hopefully, this does the trick. Just curious, what metronome app are you using?

This is sooo difficult! I can do this exercise when I'm just listening to the click... But as soon as I'm counting out loud or following the click with my feet its becomes impossible.

The best, most practical drum instructor on the web. The best!!!

I'm 62 coming back to drumming after a long lay off, gigged in London in the 70s! So this is much appreciated great stuff.👍🏼😁🇬🇧🇺🇸 subbed

trust me folks....if you cant do THAT, DONT try a guitar.

Bro we using the same sticks the fire grain promarks I love them

I dislocated my right shoulder so I'm getting over my injury and this will help me get back to playing the drums!!! Thanks Rob!!!💪🏾

I had to comment cuz this is the only video that actually worked... Cut down the distraction 1 kick 1000 times Better that 1000 kicks 1 time ❤

Thank you Rob! I admitted that I suck on my Drums and fail to do my rudiments

I actually grab a bag of Doritos 😆

Thanks, bro. I grew up on the drumline and I remember everyone wanted to be a drummer. They thought it was easy. And as we got older, I had all kinds of friends who grew up playing wind instruments who got themselves a kit and tried to become drummers. They thought their musical knowledge translated. It would be like me picking up a trumpet and knowing the fingerings of notes without developing the chops of your lips. You can't. All those hours and hours playing rudiments made you crazy as a youngster but you develop stick control and that is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT skill a drummer has to have. And as you said in the video, you literally can build any grove up from just those 3 rudiments (singles, doubles, paradiddles). If you want to become a better drummer you only need four things. Sticks, a practice pad, a metronome, and a copy of "Stick Control". Run the drills till you can't anymore. Then do them again. Keep up the great work. And thanks for being an educator first. The kids see a "cool guy" like you and they think "I wanna play like Rob". It's extremely helpful to young drummers to hear an awesome drummer with great skills tell young drummers "You have to spend hours and hours running fundamentals and rudiments if you want to get better".

Hi Rob, I love Paradiddle combinations. I have been working on PDD, PDD, DP, DP, P,P, for a few weeks and I will add your excercise to my daily routine, thank you.