3 SUPER IMPORTANT Patterns for Building Chops - Drum Lesson

LOTS of my chops are built on these 3 basic patterns. This video shows you how to maximize their potential and gives you the tools to make other drummers be like "hey, nice chops."
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[@andrewgarrettdrums]

Love how you get straight to the point and provide so much valuable information in each video. Seriously underrated on the Tube

[@eltonester6531]

This may be the most effective drum lesson I've ever used, my playing before and after having found it is night and day

[@dylanfrench4344]

That snare sound is perfect

[@DSLRMAN01]

Josh your chops are just amazing. Even though they’re just simple patterns and combinations of RLK with ghost notes, the way you execute them is mind blowing. Hats Off to you brother!

[@soldierlen]

My brother this is smoking thank you for sharing this

[@JoshMerhar]

Glad you dig it. Thanks for watching!

[@kronfels]

You one of the best teacher. Thank you from Russia.

[@DudeImCement]

Some great ideas here, love your style of explaining. Super happy I came across this channel

[@danlocovers8645]

Nice job! This lesson is very helpful, I came looking for new ideas and i found, thank you!

[@bababeats1572]

Great stuff brother! Thanks! Super helpful, clear, and informative. Please do more.

[@phillippeharris5557]

Man so many combos from this thank you man you are amazing!!!

[@shayan9999]

Your video was so amazing I rarely comment on drumming videos but I really liked how you demonstrated using the fills together. Kudos!!

[@idahoplantguy9027]

Love the airtight no BS presentation in this video. Clear and concise and very intuitive. Many thanks!

[@DZNTZ]

Thanks, this is very helpful... I need to practice some powerful fills like this, and these patterns can be played in a million different variations. When improvising fills, I tend to go to the toms more and bass drum takes a backseat. So I’m weak in really beefy rock fills like this that are more kick heavy and also look flash! Bonhamesque!

[@simplicity5830]

For how practical your videos are, you are the most underrated drummer on the internet right now. You'll be 100k Subs by the end of next year I'm certain.

[@JoshMerhar]

Thanks for watching! I sure hope so. Lots of killing drummers and teachers out there!

[@markomarkovic5729]

@@JoshMerhar Most benefit have people (me included) that want to learn, because there's literally everything you want, so thank you for that. 😀 I'm sorry KZbin didn't exist at the time when I was starting to learn to play drums, because I didn't know what to practice and how to practice. But it's never too late😀

[@kuyabebsvlog785]

Agree

[@luisfernando-mm3jt]

Nice work

[@kimberlysmith9380]

You make this somewhat easier than other videos I've watched, thank you so much!

[@frankburdodrums8984]

I really like this video. I need to be reminded to use doubled stroke notes on the snare during fills. Sounds great.

[@bravepart]

Really concise and accurate info. Great job, thank you!

[@ginesimario]

Beautiful explanation !!! Thanks!!! you are great !!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@naspuloy]

The best chops lesson by far. Many thanks man!!

[@JoshMerhar]

I hope you find it useful. Thanks for watching!

[@DrGray_Drummer]

Great vid. I'm glad you put a 4 beat break, or beat between the subs

[@zaynanthony7681]

been using this vid and tips for the last 3 weeks and can tell a big diffrence thanks bro

[@NickinNashville]

man, i love how you broke down the different way to play them in time, that was soooo helpful and lacking from a lot of instruction... subscribed :-)

[@douglashalbert957]

This is so sick,thanks for the straight forward videos!

[@JoshMerhar]

Sure thing - thanks for watching!

[@luisespiritu3932]

Clear cut instructions! thanks!!

[@chelecarpio4528]

Now I'm suscribed, such a great teaching, a lot of combination can get with the lesson

[@Bardoshko]

Thanks a lot Josh, it's amazing.

[@trevormcmanis]

American One Productions Drum Studio gives two huge thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻 ! Thanks for sharing your lesson!

[@muuriciodegollada3870]

Thank you learned alot just subscribed . You teach excellent and well explained

[@TheMaburg]

I love these lessons!

[@FernandoCuadro]

AMAZING, like ground breaking idea. Thank you good sir.

[@JoshMerhar]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisfournier6144]

Great lesson! Thanks!

[@fadyrayes]

Great patterns to bring in the foot in your fills!

[@michaelkirchhofer3266]

Another great vid keep it up man. Great content, well organized easy to wrap my head around 👍👍👍

[@JoshMerhar]

Thank you for watching!

[@sharlatonheston3347]

super great job man thanks

[@zaynwong9594]

Spicy chops!I definitely need to practice the triplets in 16th notes

[@imperial1371]

Great explained ! Super !

[@esitoris]

Nice Josh, thanks!

[@camelcase9225]

Man those are _fuckin_ CHOPS! Holy shit.

[@AllCopsAreBigchungus]

Great vid! Thanks boss

[@chrisfisher1100]

Cool man... Definetly subscribing... Very well explained. Very well executed. Clean precise accurate ... Great content man. Thank you. For once the tube algo got it right... Lol

[@Themrfiddy]

Thank you sir

[@Paythepipertoplay]

Great video mate.

[@andrewshaba2544]

Awesome stuff! Thanks!

[@towncriersongs]

Great lesson, thanks man!

[@memeprofessor5383]

I very recently found this channel It's very very helpful 👍🏼

[@neilmoneymaker4875]

This is a great lesson. Articulated very well, for beginners thru to someone like me who has been playing for 3 decades. I love hand and foot combos they sound so awesome and they really improve ones overall playing period. Thanx man😀

[@Chris-Daniel]

I wish I could connect with you, please... You must be endowed with experience.

[@ingmusic1]

COMPLIMENTI BRAVISSIMO!!!!GENIALE!!!UTILISSIMO, SPERO NE METTA ALTRI DIQUESTI VIDEO CON ALTRE COMBINAZIONI!!!

[@DailyFrankPeter]

awesome. thanks for your time

[@musicbeats2792]

Beautiful technical sir

[@aivarasburneikis7826]

This shit kills! I'm glad I've found you!

[@DrumTeacherManila]

thank you for this,. this is so useful

[@gustavofalconi2263]

Increíble clase! bien resumido y fácil de entender

[@PezrulezHaakon]

Definately love your vids. Right on point. Short and extremely dense. Unique way of teaching. You make some tasty sause 🤗 After 30+ years of drumming, these (theoretical) simple concepts are still really hard (i.e impossible) for me to learn. One thing doing them on the snare, or same three sounds. But as soon at I hit something else, try to move it around, hearing another sound, it becomes blank. I've never seem to learn to do longer combinations as you showed, and never up to speed, or incorporated in music. 🙃

[@DZNTZ]

I can tell you what I find very useful when it comes to learning a new fill or any new pattern - just SLOW IT DOWN. No matter how seemingly complicated, any pattern can be learned in slow motion, suuuuper sloooooow. You will have a moment where it clicks with you, and you own it. From there getting up to speed is just a matter of practice and time. Get it sounding tight at 10bpm if you have to, seriously. Don’t even think about speed until youve really got it sounding good. Once it sinks in, you can increase tempo pretty steadily.

[@maindrummer]

Thanks I understand well building chops of principle because of your lesson video

[@TheMaburg]

Mr Merhar reminds me of the crazed undercover cop that occasionally pops up on Brooklyn 99!

[@sethbeasley3083]

The best chops lesson on KZbin!

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

Really cool lesson man!

[@michaelgalati5228]

Excellent!!

[@drumgear]

Great lesson .Thx ✌️🥁🙏

[@majkl9978]

awesome lesson, tnx man

[@PerEinarSkog]

man this is great👏

[@Paythepipertoplay]

So glad I found you.

[@marktalag4062]

Thank you, brother

[@kowboy83ra]

Subscribed. One of the best drum videos on youtube

[@JoshMerhar]

Thanks for watching and subscribing!

[@8020drummer]

Can we get a lesson on the groove in your background tune? 🤘🤘

[@JoshMerhar]

Hmmmm perhaps. Gotta love that 5-against-4 groove deliciousness!

[@xenothorpehuxtable9371]

Literally thinking about 80/20 every second of this vid.

[@markwilliam6745]

Dude just stop

[@eltonester6531]

My two most effective KZbin drum teachers in the same comment thread?? What is this a bojack horseman reference?

[@DhruvSharma-sn3jn]

It was incredible

[@ChBeats-uk9wq]

Thx man!

[@robowski9999]

Super cool 👍

[@keeganhammond1545]

great video, deserves lots of views

[@rumpalijyrki78]

This was a good instructional video🥁

[@JoshMerhar]

Thanks for watching!

[@christiandeleonborres6555]

Thanks man

[@rflinux]

Very good!!!

[@davemieze9021]

Production is what you should spend money on at this point. Ur lessons are good and ur a good player. Mics and lighting

[@JoshMerhar]

This video is over 2 years old. You should check out some of my more recent videos - the production quality has gotten marginally better since this one!

[@Mikhailness]

dang so helpful!

[@emilianoromero3452]

Simple y eficiente

[@Dias3357]

Superb sir

[@DPhikingadventures]

Awesome, new subscriber here!

[@drbobinski1]

Josh, great lesson. I love your "to the point style" without all the fluff. Now get your kit miked better and better looking studio and you will grow your channel even faster. Thanks for improving my playing. You are awesome. Just subscribed.

[@JoshMerhar]

Thanks for watching and subscribing! An audio upgrade is in the very near future - it's gonna make a huge difference.

[@WorshiptheKingMusic]

That’s was lit!

[@danykufner]

nice lesson man... finally someone who knows how to build that feeling for patterns over subdivison! ... which hihat combination are u using

[@johnoloyede4153]

Man this video IS soo true

[@mikesmith1290]

How weird, the second I started this video, my neighbor started jamming out on his sax, and it almost lined up perfectly!

[@jaibandroide]

Nice drum sound, even without close micing

[@juanpablopena7913]

awesome

[@CharlieZanna]

best video ever

[@olavic2]

top man

[@ashinarkan1330]

brain...brain...brain... thx for the vid !

[@falchettiantonio4631]

Claire; Propre; Rapide. Merci.

[@DimitriPerret]

Excellent, let's work now!

[@JrVinod]

U r so grate please add more boss

[@cocosystema8763]

Nice

[@thealchemist7819]

May I inquire into how you developed this idea yourself? How did it come to you and what compelled you to share it?

[@JoshMerhar]

One of my teachers at Berklee made me hip to the idea of permuting patterns to develop vocabulary on the drums, which is something covered in great detail in Gary Chaffee's books (highly recommended for super challenging material!). I started applying the same thinking to larger chunks and phrases, like the things demonstrated in this video. This process has helped me develop tons of chops and grooves over the years and I figured other drummers may find it as useful as I did!

[@thealchemist7819]

Wow. Incredible. Invaluable information and applied knowledge, brother. I appreciate it greatly. Thank you for your words.

[@arielmedina3902]

Excelent!! next the metronome up the volume

[@drumbyte]

Thank you for sharing. Executed as perfect as a machine! I would feel the groove more during the fills if the hi-hat was keeping quarter notes or eighth notes throughout. Just saying...

[@soldier16160]

Great

[@AlyssaMartiniMusic]

6:14 i thought my eye got knocked out x.o

[@rhythmista7707]

Great lesson 👍 What exactly was done on the hats, snare and kick at 7:18 ?

[@jordancarroll4684]

everything is the same just swapped his right foot with his left foot for that hi hat piece and then went back to the normal sticking sexiest lick ive heard in awhile

[@danusiabeatz]

do you have a lesson on this written out as a transcription or for sale? Im still trying to understand where the pulse is and could understand better if it was notated in 4/4 :)

[@JoshMerhar]

Yes, I do have transcriptions available on my Patreon page (at the $5/month tier). Your support also grants you access to transcriptions for all of my other lesson videos. The link is in the description. Thanks for watching!

[@will66kg91]

you look like Thomas Rhett. very informational video