Drum solos and Interview of Virgil Donati, DW drums artist. French Revolution Tour 2018. Pictures : www.flickr.com/gp/dajaloo/dV9086 Report : blog.gewamusic.com/fr/news
so inspiring! I can't believe that he's 60 and plays with the same or more power than when he was 30. True example that age is just a number if you now how to do things the right way and that drums keep you healthy in every sense.
Wow, that’s as good as it gets. Virgil’s ability to wrap a crisp solid back beat snare hit in a ridiculously crazy complex supercharged polyrhythm is off the radar.
Quero ver alguém me mostrar um melhor que esse...sem contar que ele toca com a alma e de uma forma surpreendente...mano sem palavras...pra mim um gênio
From what I can tell, his right hand is playing the main pulse - 2 x bars of 5/4, 2 x bars of 5/3 then repeat (the pulse doesn't seem to change, but he does finish early in the last bar). The left hand is then accenting/marking the 1st 16th note (in groupings of 5) in the first two bars . . . then accenting the 1st triplet note (in groupings of 5) in the second two bars. . . . (insert singer: "can you just play four on the floor") . . . :-D
I think the easiest way to think about it is this: He's firstly playing a 5 v 4 polyrhythm. One way to think about this is that his right hand is playing 5 beats, subdividing them into 16th notes so that each beat has 4 subdivisions which he's "counting" in his head (like a bar of 5/4), while his left hand is accenting every 5 16th notes (playing a total of four accents). What he then does, after playing two bars in this way, is change the subdivision he's counting in his head from 4 16th notes to 3 16th notes for every beat he's playing in his right hand. His right hand still plays the same thing but instead of subdividing each beat in his head into 4 16th notes he's subdividing it into a 16th note triplet. He then accents with his left hand every 5 16th-triplet notes, playing a total of 3 accents over the 5 beats of the right hand. The hard thing is to change the subdivision in your head from 4 to 3 instantly when you're changing from the first polyrhythm to the second and be able to link it all together. Hope that helps. It's a bit hard to explain without actually demonstrating it and counting out loud.
@@c.l.368 I'm trying hard to figure that out, there's still something I can't understand fully. Thanks a lot for your comment, we should keep talking about this! ☺️ Catch me up on ig or fb!! Fb: Nicolò ironman Buganza Ig: nikdrumms
@@peterguidera7845 almost there mate but from my POV you're complicating it a bit. The pulse/beat/tempo will keep the same but, with one hand he counts Fifhtuplets and with the other he plays 4 or 3 (16th or 3plets) against each other. Basically the independence between his limbs and his inner tempo makes him able to do anything.
@@kerripace have to agree. Mangini is awesome but I legitimately feel that Virgil is the best drummer alive today. Period. I’m blown away by so many drummers but Virgil blows me away in a different way.
