16th note groove lesson

[@nixneato]

A 3-min video and this is worth years in terms of practice. Awesome.

[@Bonham1911]

Your playing blows me away. Ridiculous groove. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@HarryJoiner]

0:37 - 4 beats on the left hand 🤯

[@davealaya]

For the beginner: when Carter switched to fingers, he started to play the top of the hats rather than the edge. Important to note.

[@fredlittle8127]

Rebound is your friend!

[@klinsmann6706]

Tell me that... I play a rubber hi-hat

[@iddrumco]

Always pertinent, musical, and AMAZING from Carter McLean! OUTSTANDING MAESTRO!

[@rhythmista7707]

Came for the quick lesson, and paid total attention to that drum sound🤣👍

[@sinanajaflou2452]

Thanks for this great lesson. It is stunning how fast it yields results.

[@steverichdrummr]

Thank you Carter.

[@joepeall]

Holy smokes, an absolute masterclass once again. I've always convinced myself that working on push-pull in the left hand is a waste of time, but I now have a lot of catching up to do!!

[@danrudin6014]

1. your chops are killing 2. I love those Istanbul hats 3. Happy New Year, hope you're well!

[@johnkavaudio4695]

So clever. Awesome feel

[@rosslmccallum]

Awesome lesson, thank you!

[@Sundaydrumday]

Whenever I go to my kit and try a Carter groove, I actually quit my life lol. This will be one that takes me a while to get it right.

[@DP-wi6hm]

Wow, Great lesson Carter ! Thank you. I'll be working on it.

[@DrummerJawKneeD]

Super helpful! Thank you 🙏🏽 🥁

[@cristianjimenez7089]

Grande Carter! Thanks

[@keithmctaggart8181]

So useful. Thanks Carter.

[@gregjacksun]

This dude is a genius.

[@TheMrLeoniasty]

Great tutorial! You're a groooove machine

[@AndrewFolts]

How can someone have a cymbal that looks that wild and not even hit it ONCE in a three-minute video??

[@ricklerch5339]

Carter + blastbeat, who’d a thought!😂

[@randomreview240]

whoo bout to play more drums this year!

[@Ivorjonesdrums]

Great tip Carter, so smooth. Looks like 2025 is off to a great start!

[@scmcarthur]

fantastic lesson, I'll try it today. Also that snare sounds killer!

[@Hazeblade-pp9lz]

That was very good 👍 I like

[@donceldrums7917]

How clean does he sound!!!

[@kamilfornal2391]

More of lessons plsssssss

[@cartermclean]

10 hrs of lessons at cartermclean.com 👍🏻

[@crichardson536]

Great channel, lessons ect you share here! What a talent you are and your disciplined work ethic really shines!! Question about these Agop hats . What size and series? You've got an amazing cymbal collection for sure!

[@BrianSmith-hl5qh]

Thank you !

[@binkwood]

Very cool!

[@giadagiaguaro]

As usual, extremely inspirational!!! ubep

[@pircmodern]

Thanks, Man!

[@binioufr]

Awesome Many Thx Carter

[@loginnamejon]

Nice

[@jasonbone7033]

Thank You Sir!!!

[@maness2112]

Very useful .

[@brettclurdrums]

legend.

[@antbalci]

Like all good things your videos end so quick.

[@jeffreyalexander7504]

Nice lesson. Louis Cole also uses this sticking with quite a few phrasing variations. This comes from the stick control book. Carter spent a little time in that book!

[@cartermclean]

Fun fact never did stick control. New Breed was the only book I ever did

[@jeffreyalexander7504]

@@cartermclean sorry for jumping to that conclusion...with that said, most of the stuff in the stick control book is intuitive anyway. IMO, the book has pedestrian value because it provides a fast track to great stick control. I don't know much about New Breed. I'll look in to it. Thanks mate!

[@UvasonarDe]

​@@cartermcleanReally? I really dig New Breed and my students all have to gnaw at it sooner or later, but made Gary's left hand/right hand area concept sense to you?

[@WAROVART]

My style is nonsense 😂 thanks for letting me know

[@CharlesTPrimm]

Virtuoso

[@dominikn19]

🙌🙌🙌

[@Meme-zc4cw]

I am the biggest offender of that single nonsense. This will definitely help me from being nonsensical.

[@HowNotToBeADrummer]

My tired right arm says thank you

[@yarpyarp85]

thank u

[@pressm4n]

Were you in Mock Turtle Soup?

[@cartermclean]

I was!!! Ha ha 1995, 1996

[@pressm4n]

@cartermclean - oh man! I loved you guys back then (I live in Colorado). I went into the army and some jerk broke into my car and stole my Sticky as a Tree Frog CD (which was out of print by then). For decades I wanted to hear that album again. Then, a high school friend of mine and I started hanging out again and he still had it. I was listening to it last night and it brought back so many great memories! You guys were a huge influence on me as a young bassist. My friends and I started a funk band called Gun Slinging Parrots trying to sound like you guys (sans horns). I started looking into what happened to the band and found you on here :). Thanks for responding, you made my day!

[@paulrevelli]

Are your pinkie fingers in the mix when you switch to fingers?

[@llRoBoBinHoll]

I would love it if you could give a bit more insight into the physical aspect of the techniques you use during drumming. How you grip and manipulate the stick, how something should feel if you do it correctly, etc. Your mini lessons always remain a little vague on that front

[@cartermclean]

Cartermclean.com has over 10 hours of detailed lessons

[@megaforse]

Money

[@imslicc]

it seems you're still using your wrist in the faster tempo. what sticks are you using? thanks

[@mattnieri1202]

He has his own signature sticks. I forget what brand they are.

[@cpizz99]

I could be wrong, but he seems to be doing a push/pull, but with a very compact motion so that you almost don't see it. I think Nate Smith uses a similar motion when he plays fast 16ths.

[@augustbrandal4015]

What hi-hat is that?

[@sinanajaflou2452]

I hope I am not wrong but seems like Agop 15” Traditional Hats, he has a video where he plays all his hats, you may spot it there too.

[@cartermclean]

15” Agop jazz hats

[@5Antvin]

Is that yellow a lacquer?

[@cartermclean]

@@5Antvinyup…. It’s beautiful in person