6 Stroke Roll Drum Instructional

Las Vegas drummer (currently living in Nashville) Brian Czach gives a demonstration of the 6 stroke roll and breaks it down into parts, creating new vocabulary on the drum set. Created for www.thedrumdungeon.com and www.brianczach.com
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[@aliceborealis]

I've been playing for about nine months. This video was my starting point. I keep coming back to this video, and each time it makes more sense. Great drum lesson.

[@brianczach]

Thanks for the wonderful comment! I'm glad you are making progress from it. Keep at it and it will only get better.

[@TD12KX]

Dude! This lesson is KILLER!!! I have been studying six and three stroke fills and groove patterns for six months now. This just added a whole new dynamic. What a great lesson! Thank you!👍

[@brianczach]

wonderful, thanks

[@kennethkunie4978]

I am the proud owner of two Ludwig acrolite snare drums. one is a 1965 the other is a 1968. I just customized the 68 with a new paint job and 8 tube lugs. I also put two 2 inch vent holes in the shell to dry it out. I had it painted at an autobody shop, so it has an automotive finish that is very durable. it has a black base coat with a silver sparkle clear coat. this drum is now my 3rd favorite of my 20 snare drum collection. my first being a 1982 Ludwig slotted coliseum and the 2nd fav is a stainless steel adjustable snare made by Charlie Cordes in 1972. thanks Brian and I did Sub. sorry if I wrote to much. but that's all I do all day everyday is talk about Drums. Drums are my religion.

[@jgfanmatt]

outstanding, you make it make sense to someone who has no idea of how to play. I am excited to go in and practice this.... It now makes sense.. Thank you

[@nareshgb1]

I totally agree - this is the best video I have seen on the subject.

[@gsxerwhite]

Awesome break down of the 6 stroke roll thank you!👍🏻

[@markravitz1684]

Thank you Brian...you have added a whole new dimension to my playing, and have showed me practical applications to rudiments that I was taught to play only on a pad when I took drum lessons as a kid.

[@brianczach]

Mark, it really makes me feel great to read comments like yours! I'm glad the lesson has made a difference in your playing. Please subscribe if you haven't already and stay up to date with where I'll be and who I'm performing with at my site www.brianczach.com. I'll be giving away some free bonus material in the coming weeks for subscribers. Thanks again!

[@DrGray_Drummer]

Thanks for making these vids. I'll forget how great these rudiments can sound on the kit. Vids like yours keeps me grounded

[@DaveWilliamslife]

Thanks Brian, I have been struggling getting this roll in my muscle memory, but they way you have broken this up into different parts has really helped. In just 20 minutes braking down the parts its helped me put it together, and know the muscle memory is starting to kick in. Cheers

[@mrjeffweiss]

awesome. thanks. breaking it down to components is really helpful.

[@Steve81650]

Really really awesome.I'm almost 63 and I love drumming.Can't practice like I would like but I still play out once a week.Gotta try this.........

[@brianbaker5640]

Wow...amazing control and excellent teaching.

[@chuckfyock424]

Awesome video. I've been playing these combos for years but I've never thought of them as A-B patterns. That alone simplifies the learning curve when trying to explain 6 stroke variations to students. Thanks for the insight!!!

[@packstevewood]

I learned the basic six stroke roll about 2 years ago and found it to be very useful and effective. Thanks for expanding an already cool rudiment and taking it to another level. I will be checking out your .com site. Thanks Brian.

[@carlhaddad423]

Amazing lesson! Can't wait to try the different applications to it :)

[@lrjohnnie2364]

Thanks Man!I love your style of teaching, and attitude

[@brianczach]

+LR Johnnie Thank you very much. Please subscribe if you haven't already. Much appreciated!

[@bongo042]

My first time hearing of Brian Czach. Fantastic explanation! A fresh and new approach to the 6 stroke roll. I am looking forward to your other videos. Thank you!

[@DrummaMan75]

Great video! GREAT too see a traditional grip player! I too switched from match to traditional and it really helped take my playing to the next level.

[@KevinBerowski]

This is very helpful , I've been watching videos on 6 stroke rolls and this is my favorite one - great job . I've finally got it !!!Thanks man.

[@drbobinski1]

Brian, Killer lesson and your chops are spot on bud. Thanks for opening my mind to the 6 stroke variations. Heading to the trap kit right now.

[@brianczach]

Thank you!

[@pierpaul6162]

Perfect explaination, strait to the point, no stupid bla bla, tanks 4 that one i will practice it, if i could choose the best teacher, it will be you man, rock on !

[@JASONWILKO]

Awesome tutorial Brian, thanks for posting, the best explanation I've found yet. I love the way you split the two section, that's just fabulous. Right, off to practice again!

[@brianczach]

JASONWILKO wicked! Glad to hear it. Practice hard!

[@hmsdauntless]

brilliant. very helpful. something clicked when I watched this. thanks Brian

[@Diatonic5th]

Awesome lesson! ...thanks for sharing.

[@JUANREVI]

This was a very usefull and versatil lesson, thanks a lot man.

[@SightNSoundBand]

Great video...nice playing...clear explanations...

[@danmoraniec9946]

Great video. I love your suggestion to think about the two sets of triplets as A and B. So simple, yet it blew my mind. Just breaks blows up the number of possibilities. Thank you. Keep up the great work.

[@tdrum21]

Good way of thinking of it and breaking it down

[@HereIsmarcus]

You are a good teacher. MAny thanks !!

[@brianczach]

Thanks for watching, Marcus!

[@kyleadamsdrums]

what an awesome explanation of the 6 stroke. I struggle with this roll and nailing the accents for some reason, but it has limitless possibilities.

[@brianczach]

Thanks for the great comment, Kyle. Just take it slow at first until it almost starts to "play itself". Think of only the accents, and the notes (the doubles) as just filler. Good luck!

[@kyleadamsdrums]

Absolutely! I can do it just fine at about 100-120 bpm, for anything higher than that my doubles start to get muddy. Love your videos though, and great teaching.

[@Slinky108]

Wow! I've been experimenting around with this great rudiment. It is becoming my favorite! Possibilities seem endless. Thanks for the lesson and great job also!

[@DeanWuksta]

excellent lesson, great explanation and examples, I'm def subbing.

[@ivopais]

This was AMAZING!!!

[@MidasEnglish]

Oh, it's really great! Thank you so much for your wonderful teaching~!

[@brianczach]

+장석희 Thanks for watching! Please subscribe if you haven't already.

[@MidasEnglish]

I've alreay subscribed. I've been practing AB. That's really cool~!!!!!!! Tonight, I'm going to practice your lesson, ABB. But nothing is easy to master~! Anyway, Thank you so much again!

[@carlsabian]

very cool. thanks for the video

[@philatkinson3955]

Great lesson on 6's...thx bro

[@brianczach]

8 weeks, wow! It's difficult to know if anything is wrong w/out seeing you play, but the best piece of advice I can give is just let the sticks do the work. In other words, use the rebound from the drum. The sticks WANT to bounce so all you have to do is just get out of the way to let that happen. Then the roll should be really easy to play, both fast and at slower tempos.

[@JWCFB]

Awesome drummer! Awesome drummer. Im not near that good im at the beginner/intermediate stage but im gonna try this it sounds cool. What types of music is that aluminum drum best for?

[@mirconiero9751]

thanks! Very good job!

[@zislec]

Wow, dude this a very helpful video. Thank you for sharing 😎👍

[@vergon6662]

Cool lesson, bro - helpful information indeed...

[@marcofrassini9172]

Awesome man! This helped a lot

[@nightfallfade]

Brian, I've been trying to learn this thinking it's a paradiddle-diddle, until I watched this and your other videos. All is now clear - great job, thanks! Is it worth pointing out the connection to help others or am I alone in my confusion?

[@coolguy701]

i subscibed the most helpful video ive seen yet! no joke! keep it up please!

[@TheSnarestrainer]

Great Explanation! I like to practice the 6-Stroke Roll by using the "stick control" book and making every R = RLL and every L= RRL which is very similar to your A, B system that way you can use Stick Control to come up with many more cool variations...

[@najretuek]

You are really helpfull..good teacher!!

[@El_Bicho_Feo]

excellent lesson!! thanks so much!

[@stuartmaxwell6013]

Superb - that was really useful

[@brianczach]

Glad to help!

[@hanbo123]

Thanks for the vids!!!

[@eduardobueno5698]

Hello...I AM from brazil and I want to know what did you do at 0:22 with both hands in the tons 1 and 2 ? Can you explain to me ??? Thank you from poor ones.

[@brianczach]

+Eduardo Bueno Hi Eduardo, thanks for writing your comment. It's moving very fast but I think it's just a double on the bass drum, then a RLR with the first two hits being on the toms (low, hi) and the last hit on the snare. Hope that helps.

[@tntoo11]

Brian, I'm been going at the six stroke on a drum pad for the past eight weeks (starting slowly and building up to speed) and not able to get it like a roll with accents smoothly. Will this come in time with continued practice or I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong? I appreciate you taking the time to share the info. Thanks!

[@aliceborealis]

When I practice the 6-stroke roll, I get stuck on doing b-a-b-a-b-a-b-a-b-a, etc. When you play it like this is it still the 6-stroke roll? Also- It would be great if you could do an instructional video on tuning drums. Thanks!

[@brianczach]

+aliceborealis I like the idea of starting on the back end of it like you suggested. So the whole thing would start on the B section of the roll. It's still a 6 stroke, you're just putting the accents in a different place. Thanks for the suggestion on making a video for tuning drums. I will work on that for the future! Please subscribe if you haven't already so you don't miss it!

[@Jcrcreative]

Very instructional, regards from México :-)

[@brianczach]

@KevinBerowski That is awesome news! Thanks for your comment. Let me know if there's any other subjects you want me to talk about and I'll post another video on that. Keep drumming!!

[@brianczach]

I'm definitely using the rebound to create bounces on the drum, Think about making the stick work for YOU. Not the other way around. The stick wants to bounce when you drop it on the drum. Let gravity do it's job! All you have to do is get out of the way. Then work on controlling the bounce. That is, how tight (close together) the bounces are and how many bounces you get with each stroke. Good luck and keep practicing!!

[@Gwyhir]

Great lesson, thanks Brian. (Pete UK)

[@jashley4]

Nice lesson!

[@najretuek]

hi Brian, are the doubles in the six stroke roll rebound strokes or tabs ?

[@brianczach]

Hi there, the doubles are open rebound strokes at slower tempos. As the tempo increases, they gradually tend to become more closed like buzz strokes, hence the "roll" sound. So it kind of becomes a roll with accents. You want to gain control of the sticking and rebounds at any and all tempos to truly master it. That way you'll have no trouble playing the roll on any surface... like a snare or a loosely tuned floor tom, etc. Thanks for checking out the video!!

[@Psigroove3.2021]

Great job. I just heard something when you was doing AA BB AA or something like that. A famous gospel singer drummer does that fills. Man you are very helpful, I'm starting up a youth drum line and I heard a cadence using this. Man this is going to be awesome. I'm definitely following you.

[@CalTalbot]

Wow, you say Steve Gadd is something, take a look at yourself dude. I am glad I just stumbled upon this site because I like the way you present and teach things. You make it interesting and optimistic. I'm gonna keep watching you my friend. Soak it up like a sponge.

[@brianczach]

That's great to hear, David! Thank you for watching!

[@justinbirmann1223]

What top/ bottom head and snare wires are you using?

[@brianczach]

Justin Birmann at the time this video was made, it was the stock snare head on the bottom, probably a Remo coated w/ a dot, and the stock snare wires. These days I have an Aquarian snare head on the bottom with Canopus Vintage plated snare wires. Top head is Aquarian texture coated

[@toranuguitars]

great video

[@tonyclement221]

Good stuff, thanks.

[@DrummaMan75]

I like the AAA/BBB it has a "7"/Vinnie type of vibe to it.

[@annporcelly4609]

where did u get ur drum set and all those cymbols???????????????

[@charliedrummer7]

F**king brill man! Subbed

[@lloydreavis9429]

HEY BRIAN,IV BEEN PLAYING FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW,IM ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE SO IV BEEN TAKING A RUDIMENT A MONTH AND WORKING ON IT UNTIL ITS POLISHED.IV SEEN LOTS OF VID ON KZbin WITH PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS AND THE TEACHER NEVER RESPONDS.I SEE WERE YOU ACTUALLY RESPOND,JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS! AND ASK YOU WHAT IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT 4 RUDIMENTS THAT YOU WOULD PERFECT?? THANKS

[@chsemaphor]

He didnt repl. Lol.

[@drums1119]

Amazing thank u so much

[@coolguy701]

@craigwg aww whats wrong with traditional grip? i do it sometimes.

[@nobelwest544]

The Brian Dude does cool drumrolls!Very well done demo,sir!NSWM&M

[@brianczach]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm working on some new ideas to present. Stay tuned!

[@rong8324]

Great.

[@WisperMetal]

All these sound so much like Mitch Mitchell kinda stuff, in all those crazy fills....Sounds amaizing

[@brianczach]

Yes! Mitch had a very strong rudimental background and it came out in his playing like rolls and diddles of all kind. Great comparison!

[@WisperMetal]

Brian Czach Iv subscribed, great thing to practice, i love it, you can make great fills and soloing whi this really helpful

[@eduardobueno5698]

What did you do at 0:21/0:22 ??

[@NOREASTER1]

very helpful thx!!!!!!!!!!

[@nareshgb1]

I have not seen all the videos you have - but anything on jazz woul be great (e.g. the kind of stuff Dave Weckl plays on "got a macth" from the Chick Corea album "Electric Band").

[@gregorlanger1515]

Great!! Greetings from Frankfurt/M.-Germany

[@brianczach]

Thanks! I have toured extensively through Germany and I LOVE it there!

[@gregorlanger1515]

Hi Brian, I like your drumlessons, especially the thinking and playing in groups! Amazing, you write on your homepage that you are touring with the Australian Bee Gees show! …what a coincidence! I'm touring as drumtech with the "German" “Bee Gees” !! :-) I wish you all the best from Germany, maybe we meet some time on any stage! Take care, greetings Greg

[@MKONOPKA]

cool brian

[@laca01e]

Muy bien explicado!

[@brianczach]

Thanks for the comment and for watching my vids! I'm not sure about how you got confused between those 2 rudiments other than maybe that they both contain 6 notes.

[@purklang]

Thanks!

[@elielsonsousa6907]

cara voçe me ajudou muito obrigado otima aula parabéns!( BRASIL)

[@Tasaconga]

Excelents convinations (Muy Bueno..!!!)

[@badmotorscooter1000]

man u make that look to easy. If you would slow that down and create practice loops were drummers could play along say about 60 sec. long it would be huge benefit and I bet you could make a fortune. I would gladly be your first customer.

[@bball98038]

@ReppinPITTSBERGH He's only using his wrists for the accents. Master a technique called the Push Pull method and that will make everything easier when you doing double strokes.

[@brianczach]

Thanks, I'm working on it. Let me know if there's anything you think I could do better. Or any subjects worth exploring? Thanks again.

[@davidpiana3407]

excelente !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheSoundsreal]

great

[@annporcelly4609]

Also thanks

[@중공이싫어]

okay aabb aaba 감사합니다

[@Fruggawugga]

cool

[@nightfallfade]

Just found another 6-stroke roll instructional on KZbin where it was confused with a paradiddle-diddle. Perhaps not a common problem, but I'm not alone...

[@Musicnfood1]

ghosting please

[@brianczach]

I got a FEVER!

[@drbobinski1]

you need more cowbell

[@shuculele]

no mames cuando lo vi de espaldas pense que era un chavo, y noooo es un rucoooo

[@brianczach]

I guess you just end up collecting stuff over many years. I've been playing drums my whole life!

[@fx.hebron]

okay..okay.ok.ok AABAABABAABA

[@KGdrums27]

...ok

[@MrMossie100]

great vid heres my take on it check out my take on it