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Practice along with me as I guide you through a focused drum pad workout designed to push your limits and help you develop more hand speed, control, and endurance.
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[@TheSchnipp]

Took my five months, doing it just once a day.Just now i got through without hickups :D

[@hesuhhkillaa8137]

“trust the process“

[@LimpBizkit999]

That’s great! There is another great channel almost as good as Austin’s it’s called Drum Lifestyle.

[@monicabrown7640]

Schnipp thank you!

[@drakausdromgatti58]

Where is the bpm?

[@bonzoleum]

You're a great teacher Austin! Thank you!

[@abbdrums]

Thanks :)

[@markstephenson5247]

Great video Great Workout. !!

[@shaan6210]

This is my 2nd week watching this video seeing so much progress thank you so much for this video finally feel like I am a drummer

[@Tony2times714]

I'm 2 weeks in and I cant go past the singles into doubles,jeeez. This is tough but I'm addicted now ,I'll write back when I get through at least half the vid without stopping ✌😎

[@Jess-ht2or]

How are you doing now?

[@Tony2times714]

@@Jess-ht2or doing good my friend My rudiments are faster than ever ✌😎

[@kiiiedxplorer]

this helped me a lot with my single strokes. a beginner drummer here. Thank you sir.

[@CatNibbles]

Been doing this twice a day for a week and already see myself reaching the highest tempo on several of the exercises. It feels great to see progress being made, thanks for the workout guides.

[@giulianosfichi1507]

Simple but excellent workout. Thank you.

[@RazeTheWeak]

So funny story... Was playing along with the Tommy Igoe intermediate warmup video. Skipped to this tutorial and was blown away by your speed and precision. Had a hard time keeping up. At the end I decided to go back and do it at .75x speed only to find out I had it at 1.25x speed. Was wondering what the hell was going on. Still, excellent video friend. Lol

[@GianMayI]

Thanks for reminding me how terrible my flams are im coming back to this every day

[@oscarem496]

Rt

[@aheinz308]

I made it to 1:43 first time trough and 1:34 before tensing up. I gonna come back here in a couple weeks of doing this an see what I get.

[@Joesfosterdogs]

Austin...your non silly BS approach is MUCH appreciated by us older cats...exciting to see where you will be in 15 years...comment about using heavier sticks for this type of workout? drum corp marching type? also in the market for a pad.,..why the V3?

[@jakecole3072]

Thanks!

[@kenrubio1200]

Could you ever do a video for your finger technique for traditional grip? I saw you doing a “squeeze” with your thumb I’d like to practice it

[@sempertympanis4285]

Looking good Austin! Can't wait for the next study the greats!!!

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

I’m new to drumming and I was always fascinated by a song by the offspring; the opening snare intro to their song nitro. I thought “man that’s a different type of drum roll. That’s pretty cool.” Then I heard a paradiddle diddle for the first time and was like “oh. That explains it.” Haha. But also thank you for this video. It’s very inspiring.

[@TheMarenohodro]

This is fiya

[@claus.f4856]

Excelente👍👍

[@robertjohn5030]

I you look up the man how used to hold the stoke in that way had broken hand 🤚 with no use of thumb

[@LBird44]

daaaaaaaaang!

[@betoea6934]

Greate

[@georgemickeldotcom]

Awesome! Shared on fb Peace, G

[@curtandresepocketkings5222]

Will this help with your chops on a drum kit ???

[@akiya9216]

absolutely, they will improve speed and consist ency

[@sauerbone5208]

Respect!

[@pietetim6357]

Beginning: yeah this is easy! 10 seconds later: TOO FAST!

[@chickenbeforeegg]

Dude your left thumb is a piston holy hell

[@Roganberg]

Props on putting this video out. It takes a lot of guts to put release a close-up video of your technique and metronome practice!

[@abbdrums]

Seriously... when I was filming this I was like, ugh... now everyone's gonna see how much I suck haha

[@castlehilldude]

I hope to "suck" as much as you do. Seriously, this is an excellent warm up/ workout. I was able to keep up except for the Swiss triplet turnaround. Thank you again for an outstanding learning tool!

[@brunete2505]

I've been doing this workout almost every day for the last two weeks and I really can't believe how much I’ve improved. So thank you for posting this, are you planning to make a series? What about a guided workout for the feet ?

[@abbdrums]

+brunete2505 That's great to hear! I did make a full series on my website that goes more in depth which you can access from the links above in the description. As for feet workouts, that could definitely be a possibility in the future. I've got lots of things I'm wanting to do eventually, it's just a matter of getting around to it all!

[@jrellsz]

Great practice session, I'll pass on the traditional grip though, I wouldn't be able to keep up LOL

[@aryankapoor4418]

fr fr

[@abbdrums]

Hey guys! Hope you like this practice session. If you want to go more in depth, the full series is available here: www.abbdrums.com/guided-hand-workouts

[@adrianacevedo8594]

These tutorials you do are awesome..Please!!! Keep it up!

[@Strellock]

Austin, what an amazing idea this guided workout is! Actually not just the idea, but the execution itself, your production and everything else. I'm always looking for guided workouts, but there's not a lot out there, especially not so well executed. And it got me thinking: what if you'd do a guided series on that George L. Stone stick control book? I'd definitely pay a premium to see it done properly, by someone who understand notation, understands video production, plus, with this idea of increasing tempos, it would be so useful. I think that it would become the standard go-to video series for all drummers looking for serious stick/hands control material; Right now I find myself picking the darn book up, doing a few exercises, being unsure if I interpreted some of the notation right, and, basically, just bouncing between a ton of frustrations and uncertainties. And of course just giving up on it. But if there was a comprehensive video series out there, I think I'd practice a lot more and actually get some enjoyment out of the entire process. Anyways, this idea (and execution, especially the execution!) of pad and stick videos is really good, really useful. So please do more!

[@ZachBratland]

Love this bro. Been doing it for 2 months. Really helped 🙏🏻

[@gabrielferntoft5136]

I like to to the 2nd, 3d and 4th exercises twice, leading first with my dominant hand and then with my non-dominant hand. If you want to practice this way too use this timestamp 2:04 for a good place to restart and lead with the other hand.

[@gazbuck73]

I so love this and noticed a HUGE improvement in both grips, I'm also a traditional grip player, thanks dude :D

[@gregtenney7279]

This video is gonna change my life! Its the type of instruction I have always wanted to have. Broken down and demonstrated right in front of my face so I can see it and hear it and keep doing it untill I can do it as good as you can play. Over and over and over! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@drummercouk]

Thanks for this. Very good & very challenging. What tempo marks are each of the exercises played at?

[@donalderdbrink647]

That's for the lesson, I've been a drummer over 30 years,learning these exercises,it has no douht "unlocked"a whole new world!! I use these everyday now..🤘Rock on brutha, Ty

[@abbdrums]

That's great to hear :)

[@bobbyboygaming2157]

dude, its just rudiments, if you like did 30 years of drumming without ever hearing about rudiments that is crazy, must be way off the grid man. Anyway, good for you bro!

[@Bobbroberg]

Same here ! I mean did all the basics just didn’t have a routine which is what made me find this . Ironically I’m better at all the technical stuff than the basics. 🤷‍♂️

[@SKULL1960]

WOW...WHAT A WORKOUT...THAT WAS BITCHIN !!! WHAT A RUSH !!!

[@mellindrums]

Would be nice to see the actual BPMs throughout the session. Cool video anyway!

[@arj446_]

You're gonna have to pay for that ! www.abbdrums.com/practice

[@abbdrums]

I thought about doing that but the tempo changes so frequently it would have been a nightmare to edit and keep track of. I suppose I could have just put the max tempo of each exercise though. I'll keep that in mind for next time...Thanks for the feedback!

[@mellindrums]

Austin Burcham No worries! Maybe just explain the starting and max tempos and how much the tempo goes up after each 8 bars.

[@RSCRPunx]

@@mellindrums It start at 95bpm and goes up 20 more after each 8 bars. I'm pretty sure.

[@rexbutnermusic]

While doing the Alternating Flams I use more of a Moeller technique to obtain the speed on the video. Thoughts? Any comments are appreciated. Thanks

[@matthewkeesler1871]

I'm using this to develop traditional grip. Always been a matched grip drummer. I'm changing

[@eastbaymauiboy]

Man!. I'm a pretty good kit drummer, but I've never practice these rudiments really. I made it about halfway and then they got pretty tough for me. I want to improve my hand technique, so I'm going to keep it up though!. 😦😨😭 Great video!, 15 minutes feels perfect, but I think I need to find a nice thorough intermediate exercise

[@bubinga_basher]

What’s amazes me, he’s only using full strokes, and he goes though these seemingly effortlessly

[@fredfontane4191]

I believe he's not using only full strokes. He's using a combination of full, tap, up and/or down strokes depending on the pattern. Without forgetting the bounces and fingers. Otherwise it would be impossible to play at the highest speeds and stay relax the way he is without all those techniques.

[@bubinga_basher]

@@fredfontane4191 That's what I'd figure too. I'll have to watch again. At the time I wrote it, I don't recall any kind of down, tap, up (Moller as you obviously know). I also don't think his fingers left the stick at all? He just seems to have had incredibly fast full strokes. I'll have to watch again. It's been a while

[@stephendufort4154]

Hi Austin, I am considering playing drums again. Never learned to bounce sticks , but had to speed demon around my 4 piece Pearl kit . I was very fast , but also very limited. My problem is noise ! I guess if I am serious I would have to rent a studio.....so that is not something I relish. But here in my little home there are 3 other attached little homes wall to wall. Even a drum pad will like yours ,which I really like will drive my neighbors nutty! Is there a drum pad that is extremely quiet??????? I thought to start here with u, and others on UTUBE to see if I can get going before I invest in a drum kit again etc, I am 74 this month, my family who never heard me play thinks I am nuts....I just need to do something besides sitting around waiting to kick the bucket ! I was training and managing baseball 3 years ago, but that is over....WE did not agree! Stephen

[@MrMtolazzo]

Great work. Maybe one day I'll make a study the greats lesson about you. Keep it up!

[@ZachBratland]

Dario Tibaldi super corny man..but he is very talented

[@Mquinn211Drums]

I used this before every show these days. I love it! Thanks Austin :)

[@abbdrums]

Nice, glad you’ve been putting it to good use!

[@Michael-xw4er]

These are good exercises. I drop out when the tension sets in on the muscles. Slowly advancing every day but trying to remain relaxed. Hope to reach your speed one day! Thanks for posting.

[@cobwaldosblepot4247]

I just realized I can turn down the velocity of the track, so I got double the workout time with patterns I can actually follow :>

[@ayagjian]

been looking for a good warmup thanks

[@castlehilldude]

I have been using your full workout for a little over a month now. I tried the KZbin workout for the first time in a few weeks and this time I was able to keep up until the end. It was rough and ready, to say the least, but your workouts have improved my hands considerably. I still have a long way to go but with your workouts I am getting there. Thanks again.

[@Savantjazzcollective]

Try it at 25% extra speed, you'll have real fun!😁

[@marywillis1630]

Jaysuz, I put it down to .75, lol.

[@asafsmirnov]

Wow, the second speed is already challenging enough for me to fail it.. Any advice on how to approach this? or is it simply try and smash that pad as fast as I can until I get it under control?

[@Bobbroberg]

Thank you again for this ! Such a life saver! Btw does anyone know the tempos used here ?

[@sadsongco]

Thanks Austin! This is good stuff, it's really helping me.

[@rubenssz]

Where can I find a metronome with those last four different beats to warn that the phrase is ending? Thanks, awesome video btw

[@barbaricyawp3339]

I bought the practice sessions from Austin's website. It's less than $10 bucks! My fingers are literally bloody (although I do live in a really dry climate). Really good stuff to build speed, technique, finger control, and endurance. Thanks, Austin!

[@abbdrums]

Glad you dig it :) Sounds like you're putting it to good use if you're getting bloody fingers haha... #dedication

[@daverothfarb2739]

Thanks so much Austin, such a great pad workout! I follow the routine every time I practice.

[@IIIAFireInsideIII]

I love this practice. My hands grow up every day! Thanks for Your work!

[@Cennor11]

What is your drumming background? Been doing this workout everyday

[@RobbieFrazer]

this is a great idea for a video. thanks for posting it, definitely going to follow along when I get home from work!

[@danieldagenais3317]

Only been a week every day, but can't yet get up to your speed, I get tensed. Great workout!

[@Imban3z]

The goal tempos on most exercises are OK, but the swiss triplets one is inhumane! Serious effort needed for that one... Cheers Austin and thanks!

[@natedobas6437]

Found this today and LOVE it!! I have been using Great Hands for a Lifetime, but needed something else. THIS is that something else! From fellow trad grip player to another, thank you!! Curious as to what program you used to make this? Thanks again!!

[@WildySouza]

Awesome Workout Brother. Thank You! \,,/

[@LittleDrummerChannel]

Awesome video Austin! Great tips bro!

[@blyeguffey7387]

I know this geared towards kit drummers but this is basically how I warm up for marching snare. Really good stuff dude!

[@tomsavelberg8052]

Your control is amazing! On my double stroke roll falls apart when I speed up, problem.

[@hannahkear5630]

are my arms not supposed to take up? because only a minute in and my arm starts to burn.

[@NeilHollomanDrums]

Good consistency from hand to hand on the grace notes man. Most people fudge it and end up playing flat flams. Dig it bro. Where you from?

[@abbdrums]

+Neil Holloman Drums Thanks man... originally Ohio, then LA, now San Jose haha

[@NeilHollomanDrums]

Austin Burcham nice man. Do your thing. Great work.

[@Cennor11]

The second part of the swiss triplets is a significant increase in tempo lol

[@FlowinZen]

What metronome are you using that changes tempo for you?

[@abbdrums]

I built the click tracks myself in Logic and bounced them out as audio files

[@deborahlittle3189]

“Drumate” is an excellent app for tempo and rudiments

[@minisurfbanana]

M watching this instead of practicing lol

[@tdrum21]

The one I have trouble with here is the alternating flams at the higher tempo? Always gets me

[@samslaby4882]

Push-pull method is super helpful with that. With the push-pull the fastest tempo doesn't feel fast. Gordy Knutson has incredible videos on the technique

[@5PercentTint]

So you just rewind to where you could no longer keep up?

[@hannerglossop]

Okay and then do it again with your weaker hand leading...

[@masterblaster795]

Diggin’ the traditional grip….it’s all I use

[@XaviBreath]

Hello Austin! what practice pad is that?

[@Innisfailman]

Great stuff!

[@stevejohn2211]

how to bump make avideo im your small fan

[@tusharshah3679]

I just watched video today I think it's awesome exercise for good hand work. I will start practice today only. Pls put sone videos for foot work also thanks a lot💕😊

[@BobCropsey]

Man I am going to wear out this video practicing along with it.

[@muuriciodegollada3870]

The few that put thumbs down you can't do it .

[@tobyjohnson2771]

So good to find a workout that pushes your boundaries just enough and its reachable, been doing this everyday. Will definitely look into purchasing from your website.... whats $30 when we pay so much for crappy streaming sites every month

[@pdxdrumtech]

Austin! I love this! I’ve been trying to come up with something like this for my students and you really hit the nail on the head. I’m going to share this with my students and have them provide you feedback as well. Again, this is outstanding! Well done.

[@abbdrums]

Thanks! I'll be interested to hear how they get along with it.

[@thomasvilder3010]

ANY1 WANNA TELL ME WHAT METRONOME APP I SHOULD DOWNLOAD THAT CAN AUTOMATIC INCREASE SPEED ??Sorry for the caps :)

[@Sebastian-lr4bp]

Man, tanks you so much for your videos I am amateur drummer in my hause and your practis pad videos are so good for me, I do your videos every days, so thanks, is the ves that I found on KZbin, from Chile!! Thanks

[@vincentbuonora8477]

Thank you… all wrist/hands movement Forearms perfectly still-beautiful technique.

[@samslaby4882]

Hardest part for me is getting the paradiddle up to speed. I think I have to learn to “do less”, like work smarter not harder. It’s like the last three notes need to just sort of happen as bounces without using much finger control cuz otherwise how the hell could anyone get up to Austin’s final tempo?? Thoughts? I’m curious which part of the exercise is hardest for other drummers

[@nickdayton237]

Still using this one. Years now. I bought the series. Awesome sauces! Highly recommend if you want to build a great foundation. Thanks again Austin. Tis Nick :) Big fan.

[@nickdayton237]

I purchased the extended version years ago and played it everyday for years. Love it. Anyway the reason I’m commenting is KZbin brought this up and I went over it again. Love it. So thank you Austin,,,,,for having the “vision”and then struggling though to make the videos. I don’t play because I want to,,I play because have too. It’s who I am. Right? Thanks again man. Hope you’re well. Nick. Big fan. :) sweet!!!

[@johnstotts2131]

I can't figure out how to get my paradiddles that fast. I can play fast with wrists and fast(er) with fingers separately, but since paradiddles require both movements to be coordinated at high tempos, it just falls apart and I can't seem to bridge that gap...

[@tashalynnbeke8310]

What are the tempos going on in video?

[@sergiosalis1916]

Great video Austin, very helpful! Re. The double stroke exercise between 3.38 and 5.04, do you use open close, wrist only exploiting rebound for the second stroke or what else.As you get faster you seem to use also your fingers..thanks

[@padistedor]

What pad are you playing on?

[@mattguzda1427]

Maxi

[@dmitriyblagobaraban583]

@@mattguzda1427 alwys maxi ?? jaaajaaa

[@tipofelice]

Great hands,love what you’re doing and showing, truly appreciate you and your willingness to share and give back to us in the drummer’s world. I should probably know this but please tell us, (me), what are you using to get the metronome to increase in speed.i’m unaware of how or what makes that happen. Thank you very much for sharing your expertise.

[@abbdrums]

Thanks for the kind words :) I created the click tracks myself in Logic and bounced them out as mp3’s. They’re all available to download inside the full course on ABBDRUMS.COM 👍🏼

[@tipofelice]

Thank you for answering my question about the metronome. It’s a brilliant idea.

[@TheSpaceknightrom]

When you say 8ths on each hand, does that mean 16ths? As you are playing 4 "notes" per beat, would that be 16ths on a 4/4?

[@raydrysdale2726]

Love your videos! Especially love the short B&W fail skits lol I'm focusing a lot on technique atm and noticed your right hand is very closed between thumb and forefinger - mine is open but my left hand is super closed like your right is - have you tried opening up that gap or prefer it closed? I can't decide if I wanna teach my left to be the same as right or just play with 2 "separate" grips in that respect

[@shooter5440]

Trying to work on my wrist strokes with no use of fingers. Would you recommend this exercise for that??

[@emilioleroy]

Thanks Austin for this wonderful exercices, very nice to work & practice, I love rudiments ! As usual, it is always a pleasure to read & watch our videos, always instructives ! Best reguard, Emilio L. (France).

[@drumsinthehouse8116]

Thank you so much for this video But in what bpm should i use fingers? I hope may i get results. More power.

[@76valiantgrrr39]

Hey Austin. Great exercise,found this amazingly helpful. Just 1 question-what bpm are your sets at.??

[@francescoroccia967]

GOOD,VERY GOOD THANK YOU