Advanced Triplet Ostinato Groove | Quick Concepts

In this first episode of Quick Concepts, I share a fairly advanced groove I'm working on which features a triplet ostinato with the left hand on the hi hat, while the right hand shifts between quarter notes and quarter note triplets on the stack. It's tough to play but pretty cool when you get it down!
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[@mattyn94]

I'm sure I won't be the only person who INSISTS you make this a series. This whole video was inspiring man.

[@abbdrums]

Thanks, good to know!

[@ivangrammer2328]

I second that notion. Great job Austin. The triplet ostinato pattern reminds me of a Danny Carey syncopated groove but a can’t recall the name of the song.

[@jedidrummerjake]

Matt Napier completely agree!!!

[@JpDubbed]

You would not be! That'd be awesome!

[@gregwilliams2764]

That stack made the groove awesome to my ears. I just bought an 18” the extra dry China but I need to know what you paired it with. Anybody

[@raydrysdale2726]

This shall hence forth be known as the Austinato! Really like the idea of this series. If I may suggest, I think it would be more accessible if the Quick Concept had more of an evolution to it from super beginner mode to beast mode. No practice pads or anything, keep it quick, I just mean starting a little more basic and build it (I know the title is advanced of course)

[@johnbreedlove3245]

That snare makes me happy. Austin, i like your articulate, easy going way and coolness. No ego, no frills. Real pro. Thanks n keep us learning!

[@testabeatdrums]

I loved this Austin, when I get my set up I'm definitely putting this in my must learn grooves

[@costa3084]

Love this format

[@leptyga]

Drums sound amazing man. Thanks for your generosity Austin!

[@Infrarojoo]

This is sick! Looking forward to the upcoming episodes brother

[@magicben99]

This is so original i love it man ! Please keep going with this series

[@salchaos]

Thanks for this great lesson. I appreciate it and your dedication.

[@Pose005]

Pumped for the series!

[@eddieavakian]

I’m really loving the concept video format and find it the most helpful for improving my own playing. I also really appreciate your teaching style. Make more!

[@FamilyGuy12693]

I enjoyed this as well! Good format, and it makes me think of other fun ways to explore the kit.

[@djdrizzz]

I’m already liking this series keeps me learning new things👌🏽👍🏼id really love more👌🏽!!

[@tjthorn9703]

Really enjoyed this video and the Quick Concepts idea. I like it.

[@jamesbryce9605]

Finally, you're back. And with some fresh ideas and cymbals.

[@bretdorton]

Nice teaching method! I like this a lot. This is why I subscribe to you.

[@antonbagger7887]

this quick concepts thing is cooooool! keep it going dude!

[@Geronimo122]

Excellent! To my ears the version with the ride cymbal works the best. Great video!

[@enciodejesuslobomercadal7084]

I like the hihat sound...Is pretty cool!!!

[@Cojones1972]

This is awesome man. Please keep doing these.

[@Rolback1247]

Keep it up! Love the idea

[@tdrum21]

Very nice. Dig it!

[@I_Beer]

great concept, great drummer and great video keep it up !!!

[@christianfraude4517]

Love this Swing/Shuffle groove & thanx Austin I've been getting stuck into your Hand workouts online too !! Great lesson !

[@abbdrums]

Thanks! That’s great to hear 👍🏼

[@theriphraff]

Yes. DO THIS! Always looking for new things to try on the drums and things to practice. Do this segment!

[@guilherminoneto4265]

Great, Austin! Gotta give it a try.

[@adrok1830]

Just love your content Austin! When you mentioned it took a few days to execute and understand I would truly appreciate a few quick comments on your videos of the steps you took to achieve that.. Keep up the great work..

[@believeinittobe]

YES, please keep this going...

[@mariohbbrd9384]

good lesson, keep them coming!

[@lucianosj69]

Just wicked!

[@dmitriyblagobaraban583]

Super Video , thank you Austin

[@jdsgotninelives]

I vote for the series too please! Also I found the ride cymbal version of this beat really inspiring. It's a groove you could loop over someone's soloing, or as a subtle driving beat back drop to the whole track. Thanks :-)

[@ARDrummer]

Awesome groove! Nice and creative :)

[@jedidrummerjake]

Love it! LOVE IT!!!

[@jjdrumworks]

Glad you're back! that "smug" look at 3:27 says it all! hahaha, that's a great groove man! In a few days, it's gonna be MY great groove!

[@kynancecove]

FABULOUS AUSTIN!

[@macfinster3]

Beautiful!! Terry Bozzio has some nice ostinatos on his drum video.

[@HelmarWeiss]

nice groove!

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Cool groove

[@jasonc5239]

This is a cool idea for the Rosanna shuffle as well, it would produce a really similar sound, but would probably be easier to execute at a quick tempo.

[@dialmo2rock]

Tom’s tuned to D major. I like it. Clean groove austin!

[@StartdrummingDe]

Hey, that´s a very cool an sophisticated Groove!

[@KyleSherman]

I like the format. Hope you don’t stop with study the greats altogether though. The enthusiasm you’d have for the licks from study the greats was nice. For this one, I wasn’t so much a fan of the groove at first but the quarter note triplets brought a very interesting aspect to it. Interested to try it for myself. Thanks! Keep up the great work!

[@christiancanalita6487]

So cool! Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Probably because they can't do it or want to work at it.

[@tryharder249]

Wow, Fool in the Rain e Shinbone Alley - Hard To Exist grooves usaram isso, muito bom!!!

[@DaveS432]

Cool idea. I do like how in Study the Greats you had the transcriptions to visually follow along. Having the basic pattern or groove in a transcription to print up would be helpful.

[@rlrrlrll181]

3:29 mmmmm moment

[@Dre-vd3pv]

Great series! Keep this going, could definitely use some more beats!

[@ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER]

the burch is back!!

[@blackl1steddrums]

You just studied your own greatness Austin

[@jolyoncox]

Yep, do it Austin!

[@pierresmith]

This is the kind of grooves Virgil Donati always do ! Expert level !

[@aaronandleeazza01]

The only other thing I can suggest is to maybe add the tab for the concept or idea. Great video and as always Austin, great playing. Thank you.

[@radiosant]

Hey Austin, I’ve been watching and immensely enjoying your videos for quite a while (the Keith Carlock paraddidle concept initially pulled me in) but I’ve not commented before. One slight variation with this new pattern that I would like to see you try is playing the right hand on the ride as you did, but moving to the bell of the cymbal for the quarter note triplets. When I heard you play this pattern, it struck me that with some very slight adjustments this could easily become a Latin feel, and shifting that part of the pattern to the bell is a step in that direction. Thanks again.

[@abbdrums]

Hey Anthony, I had actually tried that when I was practicing it but I was having trouble traversing the distance from the bell back to the snare in time for it to sound clean so I just didn’t attempt it in the video. The bell does sound cool in this groove though if you can pull it off.👌🏼

[@radiosant]

Hey Austin, thanks for the reply. I've not yet even had the guts to attempt this groove, and your comments on the difficulty of moving the ride cymbal pattern to the bell makes a lot of sense. Also, please don't think my comment was intended in any way as a criticism or a pissing content - if anything, your response is that much more dispiriting to me; when I read it, I thought, "damn, if he chose to omit the bell, there's no way in hell I'm ever playing it!" Thank you so much for all of your hard work. The transcriptions and conceptual ideas you've provided in STG have improved me as a drummer immensely.

[@davidbrown9395]

as cool as the groove is, the orchestrations are even more inspiring

[@programpotion1039]

Good video

[@lokwer]

Please continue the series !! Haha

[@dvdgnzlz25]

Much more interesting on the ride.

[@coiLz0r911]

Holy shorts this one is gonna be a real devil to learn. More please.

[@masakreinflames3690]

Very good lesson. I think that would be easy for people who usually do Tool stuff...

[@Don_LM]

Sweetnessss....

[@cptboomshard9418]

That's a bad ass groove concept! Have you tried playing it as a straight time groove instead of half time? I would love to see that, especially with the quarter note triplets! That would be one busy right hand and would have a neat polyrhythmic/meter feel!

[@renancosta2775]

Sou seu fã Brasil aqui 🇧🇷🤗

[@lanceh4653]

Cool idea, be interesting to here it incorporated with some music. Quick concepts seems like a great idea. Give use some quick takeaways without being to involved.

[@Devourer_of_Pie]

Austinato Groove!

[@bidemand]

Hey Austin, love your vids! How do you get that left bass pedal to stop moving? Mine keeps drifting everytime i play it. Might be the carpet i use, i dont know. Would love any eventual info, in case you did something :)

[@jaydenlee8452]

I subscribed.

[@nestorandreoli7596]

Sound much better with ride on right hand.thank you.

[@FabianoOliveiraDrummer]

4:40 excelente ☺️☕️

[@peterlibby466]

Good stuff. Melody and independence. Great vocabulary builder. Lessons with the greats are fun and all but this feels like it builds more individuality in a drummers voice and identity. I suppose they both do but this turns away from hero worship and aping a well known cats style.

[@abbdrums]

Yea I think this is my way of venturing into exploring and sharing my own ideas instead of just doing STG’s. I’ve been feeling a push inside to do more of my own stuff lately so this is probably just part of my evolution as a player/teacher. We’ll see how it goes over time!

[@peterlibby466]

Austin Burcham good stuff Austin. I’ll work on this when I get home. It’ll be fun.

[@jrellsz]

WOW finally a lesson I think i might give a try lol. Everything else I watch just for entertainment but would never attempt :D

[@gregwilliams2764]

Did you put the 16” Classics brilliant trash crash under the 16” extra dry byzance China? If you did, it’s perfect! It’s awesome I have the China in transit now but 18”. Answer please

[@abbdrums]

Hi Greg, yes the China is on top of the Trash Crash 👍🏼

[@JimBailey22]

FUN

[@jonmccallum4477]

Did you try swapping the right foot pattern as well? I would of liked to have heard the original foot pattern with the 8th note triplets as well as the 8th note Triplett right foot pattern while playing against the shuffle.

[@abbdrums]

I didn’t try that but that’s a good idea!

[@dominicneeson1613]

Why are you using the cans instead of the in-ears? (if you don't mind me asking) also class lesson really digging this concept now!

[@abbdrums]

Man, there's just something about these headphones I still love. I can still hear the acoustic low end from the drums but it filters out all of the harsh high end and it just sounds more natural than the in-ears. The in-ears are definitely more accurate and clear, though, so for certain applications I will go with those. But for practicing/informal stuff, I still dig the headphones 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gregwilliams2764]

That’s the best stack I ever heard. What is it ?

[@gregwilliams2764]

Looks like the extra dry 18 China but with what else?

[@drumken]

So you didn't send the Earthwork mics back!

[@drazumi7391]

This reminds of rosanna 😍

[@pellolopez3764]

Please make a study the greats episode of Virgil Donati!

[@StachelyPigglyBottom]

Want some serious coordination inspiration? Check out Yoni Maddar. Now THAT stuff is advanced.

[@effersidd1412]

Madar came to mind as well....incredible coordination!!!

[@Don_LM]

Did you rise the kit man ? Toms and Cymbals seem taller.

[@abbdrums]

Yup... I’ve gone back to my old school fusion setup with everything higher and more angled. I like it more than the low/flat thing.

[@Don_LM]

Austin Burcham , right on. Great videos man.

[@Thomlistentoslayer]

You look like Benny Greb Dude! Could cross for His Brother😎

[@420protoman]

isn't that just a purdie shuffle lol well it was at first then you changed it to Meshuggah lol.. play that pattern on floor toms with snare

[@anderszettergren4302]

Sounds like a SP-land.

[@johnnysoft7594]

NEEED NOTATION!!!

[@eliminshrintar]

I noticed you were filming just your feet as well. Why don't you add that footage as well to your videos? Would be even more awesome over the awesomeness at display here.

[@abbdrums]

For some reason I just never ended up liking it in the final video. I feel like it's pretty easy to see what my kick is doing from the overhead shot so I just let that take care of all that. If I'm demonstrating foot technique though, I definitely use the foot cam for that.

[@bretdorton]

Do you have click going on?

[@abbdrums]

nah I was thinking of using the click but I just played free time on this.

[@introxgrunt]

WHAT ATACK IS HE USING????

[@abbdrums]

Did you mean stack? If so, it's a Meinl Byzance 16" Extra Dry China on top of a 16" Classic Custom Trash Crash.

[@introxgrunt]

Austin Burcham ok thank you!

[@jaydenlee8452]

I learn drums from you remember?

[@mrbinky21]

like

[@ericgutierrez1434]

Replace hi hat with aux snare BOOM! Instant Virgil Donati clone

[@Leddrums]

Pretty interesting right

[@cnk2323]

Wooooh, that looked painful.

[@ifoldaa0078]

Austin, please stop with the Tool teasing, can you please give some more Tool lessons and possibly even a cover or two???