Filmed on my iPhone at the 2012 Mel Brown Jazz Workshop, this impromptu jazz drumming lesson features Mel showing how one can take a simple 4 measure beat and turn it into a full week of challenging practice exercises.
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@scottd5547 Жыл бұрын
This is an awesome video. There is a lifetime of lessons in here. Get yourself Reed's Syncopation and do what Mel does.
@jhardycarroll6 жыл бұрын
I like that you demonstrate this at a manageable tempo. You're such a great player, Mel.
@williamfotiou75777 ай бұрын
This is the essence of what it means , “to play the drums”. Fantastic lesson.
@johnprogdrummer904310 жыл бұрын
I have to say it again .....GREAT LESSON Mel
@rhythmfield3 жыл бұрын
So many terrific concepts and exercises drawn from a single, basic, fundamental one-bar rhythm extracted from the classic Ted Reed book. I am an advanced player, at it for a long time, and I’m deeply inspired by this. I have gotten so many great ideas from this 13 minute video. None of it is new for me but it’s presented in such a relaxed, inviting way that the information feels new for me. Thank you Mr Mel Brown. Isn’t Mr Brown a Portland, OR cat?
@michaelgaines20693 жыл бұрын
Hey man, thank you very much... keep grooving. You’re using your gifts...I appreciate it..and I’m sure many others do to...
@a.j.wilkes63525 жыл бұрын
Great video! Branching off a single accent pattern is so simple and so genius.
@jarrahdrum5 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting for me. Easy to follow. Fantastic teacher
@jarrahdrum4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic player, Fantastic teacher. Thank you again
@drich880710 жыл бұрын
That was on point! Very helpful! I've been trying to learn how to play a syncopated beat and this is definitely helps! Thanks!!
@tdrum2110 жыл бұрын
Great exercises with filling in the notes. Love the funk fills. Your feel and approach reminds me of Bernard Purdie:)!
@edwardjwarnock66578 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson Mel - thank you very much!!!
@JohnKeyser7 жыл бұрын
I'm feeling the groove getting better. Thanks Mel.
@richdefazio24975 жыл бұрын
Such an elegant concept! YOU REALLY INSPIRED ME with some great lessons 30 years ago in Las Vegas, when you were with Diana Ross. Over the years i've tried to look you up, but I think you must have been busy inspiring others. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!
@brendanallen10447 жыл бұрын
So many great tools here, thank you Mr. Brown!
@Themartinvaquero Жыл бұрын
His time is awesome, the coordination is fine, the time is incredible!
@timcline1617 жыл бұрын
Excellent musician, excellent instructor
@christopherfreeman33576 жыл бұрын
He's a great professional drummer.
@tdrum219 жыл бұрын
great lesson!
@johnprogdrummer904310 жыл бұрын
great lesson
@trevormcmanis5 жыл бұрын
Incredible exercise … 👍🏻
@chriscurtis83444 жыл бұрын
When he was younger ,Mel Brown used to play with the Temptations .
@biju20910 жыл бұрын
awesome! so many clocks in parallel processing!!
@Blastfence12 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@davidwilcox99443 жыл бұрын
Great exercise!
@jamesconnors5653 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, from Detroit.
@ocotto5 жыл бұрын
Very Inspiring Maestro!
@alb4u3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done
@buckyfields925410 жыл бұрын
This is great. I just started fooling around with the syncopation book--all this from one little exercise--just one measure.. Fantastic! Thanks.
@jmezr17 жыл бұрын
bucky fields did you ever dig into that book. I'm working my way through it now trying to make heads and tails of it
@citydrums75257 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@wonder67892 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@batouttahell4543 жыл бұрын
Great to see people I only read or heard about. 😀
@TheFeghoot10 жыл бұрын
Mel Brown, 40 something years later - Love you madly. Blast from the past - Geno from the MiniMax.
@einarescaf10 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT ,THANKS VERY MUCH MR BROWN,I SAY HELLO FROM BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA
@tmaddrummer4 жыл бұрын
Thanks and Blessings!!!
@michaeldollinter84134 жыл бұрын
Thank You Mel
@ChristopherSong7779 жыл бұрын
very funky beat
@Drumaier11 жыл бұрын
Great!!! thaks a lot for this.
@uiltonpinheiroofficial35985 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@marcbudicin2 жыл бұрын
Gold Bless You
@nogoogleplus3 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@kyloken6 жыл бұрын
So good
@hirokawiti49323 жыл бұрын
Like how he enjoys warm ups. Looks happy
@christiancastro86358 жыл бұрын
Cool teacher!
@chsemaphor6 жыл бұрын
This guy is so cool!
@A.ChristopherJohnson2 жыл бұрын
Right On !!!
@TheGurner18 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@nielsmyrner8 жыл бұрын
Solid
@eddiebuttsband22202 жыл бұрын
Very very helpful How do I get in touch do you give lessons
@lymz36378 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Pity it was so difficult to hear you. You should get an extra mike on your next videos!
@ThomasistheTwin5 жыл бұрын
That was some legit funk.
@ronparagile1567 жыл бұрын
kudos
@revoxed937 жыл бұрын
TIME, 2, 3, 4 :)
@wenopalron3 жыл бұрын
Entendí más que las clases en español y eso q no entiendo mucho el inglés 👍
@ddawg4702 жыл бұрын
MASTER🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
@drewdemien4812 жыл бұрын
i miss music class
@glanac13 жыл бұрын
Mel здравствуйте, я, русский барабанщик, спасибо Вам за разъеснение сенкоп ритма (5\4\(3\12). Очень интересно, очень. Ешё раз спасибо..., очень умно.
@luispedromartins49579 жыл бұрын
Question please? how did the first quarter note gets to be played like a second eight note in the first beat?
@spercoco8 жыл бұрын
+Luis Pedro Martins Don't know if your question got answered but I think what you are asking is what is the count for the second note in the phrase which is a quarter note? Going left to right there is an eighth note on beat (count) 1 and the quarter note comes in on the & after one and because it is a quarter notes and gets the value of two eighth notes then you hold it through count two then you have another eighth note on the & of two then quarter notes that are back on the down beats of 3 and 4. Let me know if that answers your question
@UFO_computers6 жыл бұрын
Steve, perfectly stated.
@rhythmfield3 жыл бұрын
Steve Percoco the questioner vanished after asking the question - I hope he read, and understood, this excellent, thoughtful and un-condescending answer!
@hunterthompson52206 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't the accents on 3 and 4 be on the second partial? With the entire groove shifting over one triplet partial every repetition? Or is he just giving the superimposed eigthnotes arbitrary values in order to demonstrate a groove?
@vaibhavnigam46046 жыл бұрын
yes.. same thoughts..
@rhythmfield3 жыл бұрын
Ummmm ... could you repeat the question please? In earthlingspeak please?
@hunterthompson52203 жыл бұрын
Greg Burrows I was getting needlessly wrapped up in note values. Mel is simply demonstrating one way to interpret a swung rhythm 😅
@rhythmfield3 жыл бұрын
Hunter Thompson yeah he’s taking a very fundamental, almost primal 1-bar swing phrase and showing 20 ways to feel it, interpret and apply it-microcosm and macrocosm in a single 1-bar exercise - but overthinking it and picking it apart will lead to a lot of complicated thoughts, farther and farther away from the original message.
@hermanmelville38713 жыл бұрын
@@rhythmfield I had the privilege of studying with Fred Dinkins who has a very similar approach to Mel's. He'd have us do a number of exercises that were designed to get us seeing how notes aligned in down and up beats in service of solidifying our sense of the subdivision as well as improving our coordination. Did absolute wonders in improving time keeping and groove. The first thing he would tell me once I had it somewhat down was to immediately forget we were working on it and go play music. Seems he understood that these exercises were meant to improve the ability to play music that actually sounds good, rather than solve some sort of sonic calculus equation.
@dineshchdiwal2879 Жыл бұрын
Very nice 👍 ji I love you liked so sweet 💕
@roman140327 жыл бұрын
yea ok, i cant play drums, WAAAAY TO MUCH WORK
@HazeAnderson6 жыл бұрын
more like waaay to much PLAY ;)
@bigneutron55103 жыл бұрын
terrible sound HMMMMMne HHHHHHHHHHHwoHHHHHHHHHee
@chrisscott64174 жыл бұрын
1 and a 2 and a 3 and 4 and.. Triplety, triplety triplets just isn't going to cut it. Wrong phrasing. It don't mean a thing if it don't have that jazz phrasing. This is just wrong.
@OttoGomora3 жыл бұрын
Not wrong for diana Ross or his teacher philly joe jones I suppose though. I bet with a band he phrases however he needs to. The excercises hes showing us just happen to be triplets
@christopherbrown93624 ай бұрын
@@OttoGomora 100%
@christopherbrown93624 ай бұрын
Keep in mind that this is a teaching scenario. So something quantifiable has to be given to align everyone's understanding. After all, would you actually want to see someone like Elvin Jones' ride pattern written out "perfectly?" So triplets are the closest thing we've got to getting a point across in the absence of hearing a recording.
@Egbertwo6 жыл бұрын
Have u even listened to yourself bro? GET THE MIC OFF THE RIDE PLEASE! No need to Mic it. And put an e ring or a muffler on that snare! I can't stand that horrible ride sound!
@UFO_computers6 жыл бұрын
Bert Hamer ---- Bro?
@rhythmfield3 жыл бұрын
Man In A Pit I think Bro was absolutely missing the huge wisdom given here by Mel Brown in such clear, relaxed fashion
@dustjacket10002 жыл бұрын
Go home Bert. You’re drunk.
@christopherbrown93624 ай бұрын
He didn't record this. If you read the caption you'll see someone else recorded this on what's now a primitive iPhone from 2012. Furthermore, there are no microphones present outside of the phone that captured this.
@wenopalron3 жыл бұрын
Entendí más que las clases en español y eso q no entiendo mucho el inglés 👍