Using Ted Reed's "Syncopation" for Drumming Independence 

Nice overview.....I use this book in my teaching.Had this book since 1967and it indeed has multiple uses to improve your drumming.I actually have a few more ways to play the notation....Very nice. Ralph Onofrio

Excellent site. Impressive. Thank you

That pg 38 piece at the beginning always reminded me of Miles Davis or Wes Montgomery's version of "Surrey with The Fringe On Top"

Outstanding

Great exercises! Thanks for sharing

This is so impressive, great inspiration! I’m just starting to work through these, so having this as a reference is really handy!

A million ways to use this book. Thanks!

Great way to use this amazing book!

This is great, thanks for offering the fantastic sounds of what tedious exercises will lead to. Thanks!

Impressive. Well done.

Woooooow!

Amazing as always

Nice playing.

This is really cool! It deserves going viral. Plus, you’re getting a real good sound from the V-drum. That’s amazing. I’m sure you’re a good player on the acoustic. You’re Implementing acoustic touch and technique on V-drums, while many just hit the hell out of the Poor v-drum and sound awful on the acoustic Syncopation is such a Great book! Thank you for your awesome video. I’ll be looking forward to seeing more Ted Reed Syncopation videos from you. Cheers!

Very, very nice, Joe. I especially liked when you used it as accents on triplets, which became, in a way "sixteenth note triplets." It's like what you did at the finale of "Sing, Sing, Sing." BTW, I knew the author Ted Reed. Visited him in Sarasota, Florida with my drumming partner Russ Moy. Ted was a disciple of Billy Gladstone, the great Radio City drummer and drum inventor. Blessings tovyou on your Billy Joel Tribute Band gig. Sounds fantastic. Anyway, Joe... you executed this cleanly and crisply. Beautiful playing.

guud stuff joe ☝🏼

You are a complete nutter but I like it coz I know how hard it is to achieve that. Years of practice! Well done.

I feel you bro! It’s hard to find a decent spot for drums but in the closet, without to get anybody angry at you 😅.

Clean playing. Clear and uncluttered video presentation. Great job. I'm just a hobbyist and have found that a good way to initially start out this kind of thing is by isolating a single bar and repeating it. Using the rhythms on just the cover alone works nicely for that purpose. My example is doing a straight 8th note cymbal ride with chick-boom-boom on the bottom and using the rhythms to cross stick on the snare to develop a fair to middlin' ability to riff and noodle a bosa nova feel. P.S. I love my Roland TD17 e-kit too. I hadn't considered using my laundry for acoustical purposes but I might check it out. ;)

Minchia!!! Eccellente

Fundamental part of jazz training from Joe Morello to whover....John Riley now I sippose

Thanks !!!

Hi Joe, awesome video! I was wondering if you had any copyright issues with using the Syncopation book in your video? I'd like to reference exercises throughout a video series that I'll be doing and am worried about running into problems.

Great playing, what are you doing with the bass drum at 1:19-1:21? Sounds great and trying to replicate? Is it notated somewhere? Sounds like a drag/ruff..... super video

hello, do you have the pdfs to send please?

The cat used to be on stage...

Love your stuff but man, can't you play a real kit? Please? I'm willing to suffer sound quality for real drum sounds. You?