Creative Pad Patterns | Guided Hand Workout for Drummers

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Relaxation is the key. Tension is the enemy of all musicians. Thanks for sharing. Keep on drumming.

[@boomerguy9935]

That's what Joe Morello always said.

[@juancarlosathome101]

This is a mandatory DAILY workout for anyone who considers themselves a drummer... It's 40 mins, SO doable daily--bring your practice pad to work, get 15-20 mins of it done after eating your food on a typical 30 min lunch break, and finish the rest at home. Commit to this for a month, and there will be a night a day difference!! Now... Lemme just follow my own advice...........

[@RomanXoroshilov]

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[@hiro-mk4jn]

I don’t think it is that mandatory let alone daily. If you do it often you will still progress so much.

[@wisheye1]

Don’t forget to practice these with different dynamics, soft, med, hard strokes.

[@jimbeaux89]

@@hiro-mk4jn maybe not mandatory, but you should always push yourself as much as you possibly can. At least that’s what I try to do

[@mikestarr9585]

How do I download the PDF charts?

[@drlovejuice9388]

I have a feeling I'll be replaying this video alot

[@sokel1759]

I’ve watched it probably a hundred times now!

[@dylanhope7812]

Always see this comment I think I’m defo past 30

[@luizorta]

Me Too!

[@tobyjohnson2771]

Almost as many times as I've re read that comment

[@isitokthatihavenoname]

Wonder where they are at now lol

[@JBBOULAYDRUMS]

To everyone struggling with this, STICK TO IT! 3-5 times a week. Did it for a couple months straight, couldn’t do it at the start, now it’s very easy and boring to me 😂 dont stop practicing until it gets boring

[@drummerjosh901]

Don't practice till you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong!

[@Kitty_Cosmic]

@@drummerjosh901 GREAT mentality

[@thealchemist7819]

I’m going through this like a perfectionist run on a game. Have to get hit for hit, no rush and drag and only unlock the next exercise/speed if I do all 3 tempos flawlessly. Can’t wait to get through the whole vid so I can have this as a daily dust buster. I’m grateful there’s people like you in the world, AB. You’re really doing this for the love of it and it’s an honour to share your work and fruit of your labours. Well wishes from Australia.

[@SEJay-gj2cv]

My teacher often used to tell me "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good." when my inner perfectionist would start acting up like this, haha! I totally get you, but he was right in the end because by choosing to only practice and master one thing at a time, I wouldn't be reaping any of the benefits from the rest of the exercises and thus my plan only served to SLOW DOWN my progress :p But hey dude we're all different and if that works for you, then rock on! :)

[@drumwhiz1909]

Does I count if I just spend 40 minutes watching it? Lol

[@badsenseiwuu]

@@drumwhiz1909yes

[@bigfan3788]

I've been working this for about three weeks now. Couldn't sustain the max tempos except for only one or two exercises at first, but I'm officially playing all the way through now!! So thankful for this workout, it's helped me feel more comfortable and confident in my playing! Marching snare/drumset player

[@judstokes1723]

This is the best drum pad practice video on KZbin. Austin, please make another with different patterns and rudiments. Playing along with you doing multiple reps at different speeds is my favorite way to practice.

[@PeterKeyJeffery]

This is a fantastic daily workout, now part of my daily ritual. Tip: I found that setting the video play back to .75 speed allowed me to run through the entire routine (ie all speeds) without stopping. Obviously I will be working towards achieving it all at normal speed once the flow for each section is smooth as butter. I can not thank ABB more for this and she’s subsequent videos. Cheers, Peter in the U.K.

[@GeraldMyles]

AUSTIN BURCHAM IS A BEAST! I’ve taken all of Austin’s advice and used his tutorials and product reviews as inspiration to get better as a drummer and a teacher. He’s even motivated me to uplift my lesson/drum cover channel. I feel like my covers and tutorials have gotten better just by subscribing to Austin’s channel. I'd love any feedback/subscriber support from my fellow drummers. Keep rockin’!

[@abbdrums]

Thanks for the kind words Gerald 🙏🏼 Keep up the great work on your channel man!

[@7strokeguru713]

It was an honor working with you sir. Those last two got me. Will do some work on those.

[@castlehilldude]

"Hopefully it gave you a good challenge..." It did...and it does!👍

[@derek.morrison]

You forgot the future tense.

[@NOORPHANSTUBE]

It’s taken me several years, periods of doing this every day, then time spent on other materials, periods of doing it on .75x speed, even .50x speed, endless examining of my technique and making adjustments but I’m finally at a point where I can play through this whole thing with close to perfect accuracy and staying relaxed. Some ex’s still give me a bit of trouble (funky flow for sure, nailing that 5 stroke roll at top speed is a bitchhh) but man I’ve come a long way since I left my first comment on this years ago. Thanks Austin, this video has helped me immensely. I can’t even fathom how many times I’ve played it haha

[@mattallin3553]

Been learning all these for the last couple months....my hand speed, accuracy and controlhas increased DRAMATICALLY I will literally be playing these at 180 bpm and look down and laugh because I cant believe my hands are doing that lol...

[@judsonl8990]

That's awesome! Keep it up man!

[@monstersaint]

Good for you! That's where I'm headed.

[@ozyhasari369]

That’s insane man

[@openstudio7405]

cool!

[@justaguyandhissilver4893]

Great video. I love that the exercises aren't broken up with conversation. I don't have to skip around to play along. On a side note, I think the most beneficial implementation of an exercise has been making sure to focus on the skills I'm "not" comfortable with, rather than focusing on what I'm already good at. Another practice method I include is making sure to play the exercises (or song) leading with my weak hand and foot (left). For example, I have a double bass peddle. I'll play thru the exercises (or song) playing the base line with my right foot, then repeat the exercise (or song) playing the base line with my left foot. Hand patterns are the same. If I'm keeping rythum on the high hat with my right hand, the next go I'll keep rythum with my left hand. Same with the snare. Another thing I do is, for every exercise I practice with my dominant hand/foot, I practice the same exercise twice as long with my weak hand/foot. Everyone is different and what I do may be nonsense to others, but those are a few of my methods. Thanks again for the exercises.

[@yoeldorot]

I definitely feel that “uufff” on 28:16. Much respect from Israel ❤️

[@BedoyaMJuanP]

Same here

[@markyanish1188]

This is the best hand workout I’ve found in a long while. Love it!

[@castlehilldude]

Question..."Can you keep up?" Answer..."No.....but I am working on it!" I downloaded the pdf when it first became available a few weeks back. Some of those patterns are really tricky. But they are attainable by anyone who puts in the effort. Take any unfamiliar pattern REALLY SLOWLY to build muscle memory. One you get that, it takes relatively little time to get it up to speed. There are no short cuts here, you have to put in the work. Thank you for a great work out Austin.

[@michawysocki5566]

ve been doin this shit almost everyday since like 3 mnths and my playin has sky-rocketed since then

[@youtuveunvideo]

When I started this half a year ago I had trouble with the highest speed for many of the exercises, especially Paradiddle Diddle, Funky Flam and Swiss Triplet. Half a year later I'm casually (but not yet as cleanly) tagging along with Austin. Thanks for this great exercise!

[@castlehilldude]

I finally got through all 15 exercises at the recommended bpms. That was after working with just tbe pdf for about 2 months and after playing along with the video multiple times. My performance is still pretty rough and it is a struggle in spots. But I can get through this. Anyone can do this, but you will have to work for it and you may have to brush up on some of you rudiments to do it. I can feel the difference in my hands. Also in light of everything that is going on, stay safe everyone and wash your hands often.

[@imacashew.]

I can almost play through the whole thing 🙌🏻 Then I’m doing feet underneath and play the whole thing I’ve tried it with a few and it’s so fun to use them with a foot ostinato to make sweet music on the drums 👍🏻

[@thomasfucik7527]

I watched during my lunch break at work and followed along, tapping without sticks on my legs. What a great challenge without the rebound of a stick. Great exercises. Thanks, Austin!

[@1jpdrums]

This video gets me in shape when I don't have time to get behind the drums to practice before a gig. Love it!

[@jaydinpieguy]

Your guided hand work outs have helped me play chopstakovich 👍🏾 thank you

[@stephenrobbins2954]

Love this guide! Downloaded it yesterday and thought, " I got this, shouldn't be hard". But, I took every exercise very slowly and noticed tons of timing issues. So, I took some time on each one very slowly and then started to get close to the target tempos as my timing issues started to feel and sound better. Once I was up to tempo everything sounded so much cleaner. Really recommend spending some time on this SLOWLY.

[@castlehilldude]

I second these thoughts. This workout is attainable by anyone who puts in the effort. Once you become familiar with all 15 patterns. You can try it in real time with the video. Even then, it will take several attempts to keep up. That was my experience.

[@matticus24yum]

Drumming education just levelled up.

[@bighouse5804]

without a doubt the best hand practice i've found on youtube. this covers everything

[@ipvb]

Hey, Austin! This set of exercises is the most useful thing I have ever played in my whole life. Just after a couple of months I can see a great progress. This shift from triplets to doubles and back is a killer! Thanks, from Russia with love.

[@imacashew.]

Did you play the whole thing? 👍🏻 Have been keeping up on it? 👍🏻 Alright Now do them all with a left or right foot on 1/4 notes Now do them all with foot ostinato underneath Now displace the sticking of each one Then play displacement sticking with feet underneath I’m finding so many cool things here 🤘🏻 And realizing what these things are what some of my drum idols are playing

[@pelpetia]

thank you so much for these ideas, i will give them a try

[@pelpetia]

Hello again, can you explain further or give some examples to no 3 and 4?

[@imacashew.]

Doğancan Dündar Yes I can I’ll make a video for you If it’s not done in a timely manner I’ll come back here and give an explanation But I should be able to make a quick video about it 👍🏻

[@pelpetia]

@@imacashew. wow I did not expect that! huge thanks, waiting..

[@mayankshawarma]

@@imacashew. Did you make it? If you did, please guide me to the awesomenessssssss.\m/

[@РексГенератор]

DAAAAAAAAAAMN, I finally finished this video!🎉🎉🎉

[@TheFlungpoo23]

I play this workout 5-6 times a day, anytime I get a break and I start and end my day with it!!! Great workout and fun!!!

[@amullan88]

"Download the Free PDF Guide" Austin's coming for Grohl's 'Nicest Dude in Rock' title...

[@Sterlings_End]

Did it twice with trad grip and then match grip. Thank you so much for this Austin!!

[@ccaines]

I can play them all except for lvl 3 triplet accent shuffler, lvl 3 paradiddle diddle turnaround, lvl 3 fast five turn around, lvl 3 funky flam flow, lvl 3 flam tap turnaround, levels 2 and 3 of swiss triplet turnaround, and lvl 3 of paradiddle accent displacement. I'll get em though! Thanks for the exercise! Love it!

[@ivanlujo5433]

Great workout, thank you!

[@battaclave]

Good job Austin, and a very very thanks from France and french drummers !

[@danieldagenais3317]

I do practice with your tutorial every day and my speed as improved. You have wicked hands! Thanks for all your dedication teaching and getting there!

[@robertbelanger6733]

Thanks!

[@nickdayton237]

There were a few towards the end that are difficult. I'll keep working at it. Thanks again for all you do.

[@unknownentrappment_ed3522]

Thanks

[@PrinserneFraFyn]

Wow, thank you so much for this. When I saw your posts about a new series of guided hand workouts, I immediately went to your website to purchase it, because I enjoyed the first series so much. And then I discover that you put it on KZbin for free, what a treat! This is literally the ideal workout to maintain my hand technique.

[@abbdrums]

Glad you dig it!

[@qwertflop1]

Once you nail this, try adding in the feet to different sections - Starting with 8th then 16th notes, then progress to playing the exercises (just the accents for the tricky one) Then invert the accents (e.g RF accents over LH accents) Orchestrate the accents round the kit & so on!

[@lizbluesky8671]

That sounds complicated but excellent.

[@JayMumfordMusic]

Been doing this daily since early April last year as a pandemic commitment and got so used to it it's just a part of morning coffee now. What a difference. Ironically one of the last ones to click for me was the #1 at the highest tempo and that was just last week! Realized (as someone else aptly put) it was the tension in my trad. grip hand that kept me from getting all 8 strokes out at that BPM.#13 at highest BPM still clamming up mid-way but again, tension. Thanks a mill for this, it's a goldmine.

[@kamranahmad5536]

Loving this routine! Been doing it almost everyday for the last 4 months. When I started I couldn’t do 3 or 4 of them at the fastest speed. Now I only have one left I still gotta nail at the fastest speed. It’s definitely carried over to my hand strength and finesse on the kit… thank you so much for this 🙏🏼

[@ynb_08]

These are the best practice pad exercises I ever seen! THey sound really musical and aren't boring at all!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@danielperez-fn2er]

When i see this video, i can start where i feel like its easy and end where i can no longer keep up.. this video is my goal to be able to play the whole thing along your side someday Austin! Thank you

[@fakeasaur]

i love that i can come back to this for years its an incredible resource for daily practice and maintenance thank you

[@antonribkin5319]

Had to pause it at the paradiddle diddle turn around when played this video for the first time to get it down - following patterns are more complex and kicked my butt tbh and showed what I need to work on. Great content, will spend LOTS of time playing along

[@derekboyd746]

I play through this 5 days a week. Perfect for my hour lunchtime. Thanks for the excellent content!

[@revitalm8195]

This was a ton of fun, Austin. I can already see myself coming back to it over and over again. It's definitely up there in my favourites alongside Tommy Igoe's Lifetime Warmup. I appreciated the different tempos and the fact that you didn't overdo them. You kept them nice and comfortable for all levels of drummers. Some parts are tricky, but not intimidating in a way that makes you wanna give up, so that's awesome :) Great job finding the right balance, much respect! Can't wait for more!

[@joldent5333]

Austin - you've been helping me for many years on my drumming journey. Thanks mate.

[@victoraschantsoulis5575]

Literally best hand workout I have ever seen

[@michaelflanagan5461]

Thank you so much for creating and sharing this video. What an awesome workout for serious drummers!!

[@lancehollum857]

I found my new drum mentor. I love your style.

[@gerryondrums6180]

Thanks Austin - This is some of the best content on KZbin!

[@SevanStick]

Amazing. I‘m a beginner at 47. I‘m playing bass usually. So I made it almost through except for the one flammed exercice and except for a few other at the fastest tempo. This 40 minutes are pure gold for me. Thanks alot. 🙏 (subscribed)

[@vincentbuonora8477]

...hand motion is beautiful, symmetrical. Like the « rotation of the left hand. Metronome of course! Get my pad out.....Thanks

[@fulvioborrelli1848]

For more than a year periodically I use your workout and find it a great element of study. a hug dear Austin! 👍🏽

[@dwexoticmaple]

cheers Austin i live in new zealand where i live not many drum teachers ,this challenged me heaps, thankyou so much for putting in your time ..Blows me away cheers

[@giuseppebuscemi179]

This set of exercises is really effective. I have been using it as a daily routine and my control has benefited tangibly.

[@jhueb2581]

Just want to join in and want to thank you for this immensly helpful video. Very good for coordination, weak hand and speed. And most importantly its really fun. Thx

[@drummerjosh901]

Goal for the day...get my strokes as clean as yours. Seriously awesome dude.

[@ukaszpietraszewski7675]

Austin, thank you for this video. Throughout the years I’ve been playing different warm up routines but I really like how yours keeps me engaged until the end. Nice to practice with a buddy! Cheers!

[@heymheym108]

Some were fine for me....other ones more dificult but fun to practice...i will carry on until i can follow you ! Thank you Austin

[@dekalboy8816]

Finally no : triplet’acctent displacemetnt’at 180 bpm ok after several minutes . Really cool vibe this pattern . Gonna try on my drums tomorrow ( was practicing on a simple pad for now ) . Nice !!

[@jesrhylmarcelino3470]

Best Valentine's gift! Forget dating let's dig this🤘

[@drumsrlife71418]

Awesome control!!! I will use this video and exercises every single day from here on out and pray my control and speed increase if ever so slightly. Thanks for the video.

[@craigthatcher]

Austin!!!! Great Job, I use this with my students all the time. I have to adjust the speed for the beginner students. 80% and the advanced ones play it at 125%

[@castlehilldude]

I just made it through my first attempt on this playthrough. I have been practicing the pdf by itself. I did better than I hoped but there are still a few patterns that I struggle with. I will practice those as a warm up before going into the workout again. Many of these patterns could be easily adaptable to real world playing. The funky flam flow has to be the coolest sounding rhythm on the workout. Thank you for a great workout Austin.

[@nickdayton237]

It's a fun little pad w/o. Thanks Austin.

[@kevinmoabpachecosegura2298]

duuuuuuuuude! that was freaking awesome maaaan! greetings from MÉXICO!!!

[@tejasbawa]

Thank you for making this perfectly designed guide, I'm gonna practice the crap out of it.

[@lucianodagnolovallan7214]

Great patterns! I like the 3 tempo’s because it really helps me to develop speed. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@koffee3336]

Gaaaaaangsta! i am learning a lot and enjoying it... Just got a new practice pad and now realizing my prev one was making me use force vs rebounding. was like swimming in tar. really grateful to have found this vid!!!

[@joecoleman288]

Did it on the fly, first time, great workout!

[@tylerasweet]

Fantastic video

[@1988Wildchild1988]

Play this regularly. Much love, thanks for sharing ❤

[@oswaldrum]

Good exercises... I have been practicing some of this routine for many years, and I have identified myself. Now I use this video to exercise 20min. It has no waste.

[@notfreddie-ps5oi]

really good tip for those who feel they're "bored" with these patterns: tap your feet and count aloud as you play; if that isn't enough, tap and count to the upbeat rather than the downbeat. it's amazing how much more difficulty such a simple change can add.

[@JaviRuibalPercu]

I´m working on this warm up every day and I want to say Thanks !! great job Austin !!

[@dannyamit6000]

New scientific brake through! Practicing makes you better!

[@paulrhall]

I’ve watched a lot of your videos Austin and this is one of my favorites because it’s a work out I have trouble mostly with the diddle accent and even the second accent on the double strokes because I’m used to tapping hard with the first strike on the double stroke and it takes some getting used to and that’s the main thing I need to work on everything else is really fun to play the flams are cool so keep up the good work.

[@remol-controto]

I've been practicing with this video since it came out and just realized I never gave it a more than hiper mega ultra deserved LIKE. Thank you for this 🎉

[@TheAlchemicalVibes]

Thank you so much for uploading this, ABB!

[@melbournedrummingschool339]

Still my favourite work outs online... Wish I had you as my drum teacher

[@marchingmatters4370]

I just started playing through this the other day. I plan on playing through 2-3 times per week.

[@Oceansofwork]

This is an excellent warm up exercise, I love it! I really enjoy combining these sticking exercises in different orders to really mix it up! Thank you Austin! Pls keep them coming to help us through this social distancing and isolation!

[@TheFlungpoo23]

Been doing this exercise 5-6 times a day for 2 months now and my stick control has grown leaps and bounds!!!! Wish there was another exercise in the same style that’s just as long for a new drill!!! Awesome stuff!!! Thanks

[@roachcuca3190]

If you really learned this you have plenty of material to create your own exercices

[@JoKKats]

Hey Austin,,just saw this video and immediately grab my sticks and tried to follow you..i think I delivered about 35-40 % to all the exercises but this is a hell of a practice and challenge..thanks for the great upload..definetelly it would be in my daily hands practice routine..

[@SKULL1960]

Great workout...totally Dig it!

[@RyanTurgoose]

Really enjoyed going through all those, thanks so much for putting them together. So well shot, edited and clear to follow, I'll definitely be coming back again. Most exercises were ok, but those Swiss triplets killed me, couldn't even get the slowest one!

[@abbdrums]

That's a tough one for sure!

[@RyanTurgoose]

@@abbdrums Swiss triplets are now a lot more manageable. Still not there yet but making progress. This video rocks!

[@m_any_28]

Thank you so much! And thank you so much for The Free PDF Guide!!!!!

[@stevenparnell5896]

This is good. I’m glad you included some from the previous episode, 1-5 are some of my favourite exercises. The rest I found quite challenging, will definitely be doing this every day. Thanks Austin!

[@JJ-vg9du]

I stopped this video at 015 seconds cause i know this video will be good so gonna comment first and than practise allong with it. Thanks Austin!!!!!

[@reiyu4786]

Love this, thank you for putting in the time to make this.

[@itayblum3405]

This is pure GOLD thank you !

[@AndreaAlvarez]

Great. I just did it!!!

[@sergiozdrums]

Great video Austin!!! This afternoon ill start my practice with this🥁

[@adamsylvan]

These pad exercises are so good man, I might even have to upload a video of myself playing these!

[@secretdaisy6484]

This is really great. It’s a wonderful mix of drills. It’s very helpful having the time spaces at the bottom so that you can find a particular drill to work on. For a beginner some of the timing is too fast but I can stop the video and play at my own pace because you left the patterns on the screen. You thought of everything. Thank you 🙏. 👍☮️🌞🥁❤️

[@funkslave9425]

This is fantastic, thank you Austin! Im a drummer from Zimbabwe! This pretty much covers all the sticking techniques we need to become great players.

[@nelsondrums5135]

Please make more of these! Very helpful