The drum pattern that changed my life

[@DimitriFantini]

For anyone wondering yes the lesson pdf is totally free! grab it here and get practicing: www.dimitrifantinidrums.com/the-drum-pattern-that-changed-my-life?video=E0trobcCVs8

[@sheldonjoshua9014]

As a self taught drummer, I recently realized that limb independence wont come without subdivision fluidity, but subdivision fluidity requires loads of limb independence....😐🤔see, its the rock and a hard place😮‍💨. I started writing out a drill similar to this but didn't know what would be the best sequence for such a drill, that would achieve said goal. I searched and searched to only find that MOST of these youtube drum "teachers" really only care about there channel and dont really teach... u know, the vitals, what we're actually needing. Thank you so much for this ACTUAL lesson, and especially, the confirmation of what i knew i needed to work on but wasn't sure the best route. Thank you again for ACTUALLY caring about us blind drummers and TRULY teaching a REAL drum lesson! Without first asking me to hit subscribe at that, or even mentioning it all for that matter 😅 👍🏽

[@AndrewMiller-tc8xx]

I have been struggling with limb independence heavily after stopping drumming for a few years. Needed an exercise like this to relearn it the right way. I have a gig in a few weeks that I was stressing about, but after running through this a few times, I feel a lot better. Thank you for your generosity!

[@DimitriFantini]

that's amazing to hear! and not surprising... working on exercises like this make a HUGE difference in your overall playing :)

[@garrethtrompetter3941]

Funny enough, I was practicing ostinatos and got stuck in a rut and this video just popped up. Man you explained it so well! I’m practicing it slowly but getting there

[@sterlingpratt4901]

Good luck with your gig! You're gonna kill it! 🤩🙏🏻

[@aaronjennings8385]

Take your time, no rush... good luck.

[@WuzzleTime369]

Brand new self taught drummer here! This video is leaving me sitting in my computer chair with my mouth open. Definitely a challenge I'm looking forward to practicing! Thank you for putting yourself out there with these drumming videos.

[@DimitriFantini]

You are very welcome!! Take your time with this one and start with just the rhythms at the beginning!

[@bpospanov]

I feel the same way bro

[@mickeyricketts6987]

I’m a self taught drummer who’s played for years and this video made me want to throw up

[@bpospanov]

@@mickeyricketts6987 because...?

[@mickeyricketts6987]

@ Bcuz for as long as I’ve played drums Im still nowhere near this 😭

[@SteveDobney]

Great stuff. It reminds me of the practice I did 50 years ago using a book called "Stick Control". I've still got the book!

[@Caram3lB3ar]

My man! I've been searching youtube videos for quite some time and none of them tackled the explanations of counting like you have. Plus, not only did you not just explain your thought process, gave excellent tips, but you also showed us. Instant subscribe.

[@6061]

Thanks!

[@DimitriFantini]

thanks a lot!

[@stephanesavina9506]

@6061 Do you play drums with aluminum sticks ? On 6061 cymbals ! 👍to your channel

[@mikemccormick1676]

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this lesson together. You explained everything so clearly and enthusiastically! In this day and age of immense greed, you freely shared this wisdom, with your only compensation being the hope that it helps the drumming community to get past a difficult milestone. Thank you!

[@DimitriFantini]

Thanks a ton for the kind words! Keep at it, and enjoy the journey!

[@fileundergood2955]

Great explanation! If you can say it you can play it! Moving accents against ostenado foot patterns like New Orleans, Brazilian, Latin can really open up playing..

[@OliveAbyss75719]

I did a lesson with Tim Alexander from Primus and this was one of the things he recommended doing for practice too!

[@Uhtceare_tidee]

Met him a couple times at the wild Buffalo in Bellingham. He always seemed like a cool dude.

[@gregchick3311]

I knew Tim when he was with the band before Primus, "Major Lingo" I lived in Jerome Az. where they all played as the house band (The Spirit Room). Mid 80's. I also moved away about a couple years after he did , I miss those jams. Tim was a lively drummer for the band.

[@emontzka]

I was on a double bill with Danilo Perez’s trio in the 90’s with a then unknown Antonio Sanchez on drums. I asked him how he became so fluent playing left foot clave (which he is ridiculously good at). He started with a similar approach with bass drum on “a” of one and “and” of two, but then it moves to incorporating hand/bass drum combinations as well while keeping left foot clave going.

[@DimitriFantini]

Antonio Sanchez is truly amazing! Yes this system works for any ostinato you want to work on :)

[@scooter825]

What hi hats love the lesson

[@SEAJustinDrum]

Songo! My drum teacher had me do this rhythm then songo a few years later.

[@Thregh]

This is all you need to get better at drumming in the beginner/intermediate level. I'm self learned, and have had some drumming lessons. I got the exercise to do the 4 singles variation accents, I was told to start with them, and then that will improve my skills. Many times you want it to be much more cool and advanced, just do the basics.

[@DimitriFantini]

Absolutely! Mastering the basics is where all the magic happens.

[@elvislegg8634]

It is precisely this type of exercise that put me on a path the radically improving my drumming about 10 years ago. I can't recommend this enough. Still a work in progress, the combinations never end. See also: Alan Dawson's Rudimental Ritual.

[@Will-Iam-INFJ]

I purchased a Drumeo membership as I can't afford traditional private drum lessons. Drumeo is a rushed information overload. These are the exact type of lessons I was looking for. Thank you and I look forward to exploring your channel further!

[@enzof.3264]

Brazilians really loved that ❤ Thanks for the lesson

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

Bruh, yesterday I had a gig and it was next level. Applying Samba/12345 afforded confidence to stretch and take risks and ride the click. There are a lot of fantastic teachers on KZbin, but I say thank you to you and your teachers for sharing that. It’s so damn simple, yet so effective. Peace..

[@DimitriFantini]

amazing! this is exactly the confidence and solidity this type of practice gives you!

[@alexgaeckle1540]

Yeah this is very very similar to 16th note grid. Gridding in marching world is to break down and separate the hands from the feet and see how to find each partial in the note. At slower tempos is essential and very useful. If you can grid anything and learn and play it flawlessly, you'll be good.

[@trextify]

Yeah this is a great exercise. Anika Nilles pad book goes over this exercise in all subdivisions. 5s is really cool

[@A.Man..]

Woah! been watching all sorts of teachers, you are amazing, you break everything down and make it so manageable. ive been playing for years, paid gigs too, but only cos i could keep time and groove, i have no chops...but your channel is the best, you break it down so simply and youre a phenomenal player. you deserve 1m subs

[@DimitriFantini]

Really appreciate that, thank you!!!

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

You are a generous man, your dreams will come true.

[@Pelipcahh]

Challenge accepted! This looks VERY challenging, but as a self-taught drummer, limb independence has been VERY difficult.

[@DimitriFantini]

report back in one week!

[@filipebraganca2558]

Really really great exercices. I've being drumming for over 20 years and never practice this way, really good. Thanks for sharing.

[@DimitriFantini]

Really appreciate the kind words! 🙏

[@TheJennivision1]

Quite a talent to put together a great lesson but then present it so well too. Really well done

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you so much! I hope it’s as helpful for you as it was for me!

[@Leyzime]

Wow...I love this exercises...simply excellent. Thank you very much

[@scross2213]

This might well be the best drumming tutorial I’ve had the pleasure of watching. So neatly scaffolded and very well explained and illustrated. Thanks a million for opening up a whole new drumming practice approach to me 😊😊😊.

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m really glad the tutorial clicked with you.

[@mickw7152]

Super exercises. You are the Groove Master!

[@DimitriFantini]

Glad you like them!

[@ryanlynch290]

Cool. Brain had something similar on his VHS instructional in the 90s, Shredding Reppis on the Gnar Gnar Rad. The entire thing is available here on youtube. IIRC the kick was playing 1--U2--U3--U4--U Snare was on 2 & 4 Hi Hat was straight 8th notes Right hand played all the partials on the ride. It REALLY helped me a lot when I was getting started.

[@ConnorBailey-i5l]

This exercise has really forced me to imporve my counting and accuracy. This is great, thank you.

[@DimitriFantini]

Awesome! Glad it’s helping with your counting and accuracy

Fantastic great film editing! Thumbs up! 👍

[@peterjohnson4068]

Definitely the best in the world!! So comprehensive! Thanks a lot!

[@DimitriFantini]

Thanks a lot ✨

[@aurelio1204]

This is fantastic, congratulations and thank you!

[@DimitriFantini]

you are very welcome!

[@mikemolaro4198]

This is awesome. Thanks. Clear and well demonstrated. Super simple, but not easy! Time to work on it.

[@DimitriFantini]

Go for it!!

[@performershealth]

Love it. I do this exact same thing with my students. Great stuff. Following now.

[@lenneke_]

First drumming vid I ever saw that actually makes sense. Will definitely try this for sure! Thank you so much man 🙏

[@DimitriFantini]

That means a lot thank you! Have fun giving it a try!

[@Rijo31000]

Thanks for the great lesson and explanation! I have Benny Greb dvd’s and did a several of his camp masterclasses, but another view and twist to it is always welcome! Great inspiration! The big problem is you have to put in the hours, there are no short cuts 😉👊🏻

[@000dr0g]

Great lesson! Very inspiring.

[@DimitriFantini]

thanks a lot!

[@MrAngryTwinkie]

Fantastic lesson, and a great way to get a ton of miles out of a simple broad concept.

[@DimitriFantini]

it's the tip of the iceberg!

[@Dogmeat_donnie]

Great lesson. Thank you!

[@2and4the1]

We spent countless hours doing these hand exercises in Drum Corps (without the a on the foot LOL). Very useful when muscle memory takes over.

[@DimitriFantini]

Yep, it’s a necessity!!!!

[@jonpnorris]

I’ve been doing this stuff for years and it’s great

[@DarrenCoen]

Sometimes KZbin algo serves bullshit, sometimes it delivers gems like this. Very excited to work on this thank you!

[@sobrehombre9338]

I saw the video. Thanks ! One way I reach to practice with that was with independency, this mean: all three limbs keep one group and the free limb play though all the 16 variations. For example, right hand, right feet and left feet keep doing the variation 1, meanwhile the right hand play all the 16 variations. When you finish that only one limb change to the second variation (left hand for example), left feet and right feet keeps doing the 1 variation. Now, right hand play again the 16 variations. And so son. This is a nested loop. You can have more than 72000 combinations only with that. With that, you will have a very very very solid vocabulary (only for existence), you can multiply all those practices with accents, flam and doubles and you will get ~72.000 x 3 (at least). That's only if you count the binary subdivision. You can do the same with the triplets, quintuplets and 7-tuplets. Thanks for this!

[@DimitriFantini]

sounds like a solid plan to me!

[@sobrehombre9338]

@@DimitriFantini ♥

[@sobrehombre9338]

@@DimitriFantini I learned some 4/4 notes with "words" in spanish. For example, two of them can be called "Ga-Lo-Pa" and the other one is "Sam-Ba-Le". So, I realize that play those two at the same time make me soooooooooooooooo confuse about what am I earing. And at the end I get discover of so many combination that I will never play by my own iniciative.

[@BornShalom]

this is exactly what i’ve been looking for. thank you

[@DimitriFantini]

So glad you found it!

[@raf-zz]

this lesson is gold!! congratulations on the video, e parabéns pelo ostinato de samba!!

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you so much! Fico muito feliz que você gostou da liçã

[@pfkmsandiego]

nice lesson. thank you

[@albertsandozconteur]

really top ! Thank you !

[@oov55]

just brilliant

[@DimitriFantini]

thank you!

[@urban201]

Amazing, thank you for sharing 👑

[@JohnnieChiptowner]

Seems to share a common thread with Ben Johnston's Focused Coordination method books. You might be interested in checking those out as it builds some of these concepts into entry level groove patterns.

[@DimitriFantini]

Haven’t heard of that book, thanks for the rec!

[@armandochuh]

Samba changing lives. Great!

[@sobrehombre9338]

Thanks! I look that by the first time on the Benny Greb some DVD (the first ones). Very very very good exercise. Thanks for share it!

[@DimitriFantini]

Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it!

[@windowlizard]

Oh man 🙌 just subbed, what a legend you are brotha. Love your approach as much as i love that snare 🤤 big kisses from NC 👊

[@Soundpaintmusic]

Fantastic video!

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you very much!

[@delicrux]

as a guitarist who plays many instruments i find these patterns very useful for some of the complex rhythm sections found in djent songs from bands like tesseract animals as leaders and periphery or meshuggah

[@ThomasNappo]

Well done😊

[@brothermyke6523]

That was truly helpful.

[@DimitriFantini]

Appreciate that-thank you!

[@scottfeatherstone99]

Man this is good, I pray that God will bless you for helping others become better at the drums, I'm a drummer for my church and I'm grateful for your lessons, thanks bro.

[@MaltZarT]

Tysm bro love from uk u help amazingly ❤❤

[@DimitriFantini]

Happy to help!

[@fkraus6]

Killer dude!!!

[@DimitriFantini]

thank you, my padawan!

[@ronjon5386]

Nice 👍👍👍

[@DimitriFantini]

Thanks Ron!

[@Kostis_playsDrums]

Great stuff right there. Similar to Benny Greb’s approach.

[@DimitriFantini]

Yes, I saw Benny’s version 5-6 years ago and he teaches this “grid” concept (as it used to be called) very well! For me, my teacher shared it with me around 2001 or so, I don’t know where I’d be without that!

[@RaymondPeckIII]

Now you're ready to play Thrak, which has a section of the 5 against 7, except you play either the 1st and the 3rd or 1st and 4th notes of the 5 against the 1st and 4th and 6th notes of the 7. Then you can add the 3rd polyrhythm simultaneously over the top. It's in 13.

[@simonhoy7775]

Nice lesson. You could spend a lifetime practicing these kind of pattern.

[@DimitriFantini]

Thanks! Totally agree, these patterns can keep you growing for a lifetime!

[@donjuanperez-alvarado9181]

thanks!

[@DimitriFantini]

you're very welcome!

[@dumbguydepot304]

This is great stuff. I started with New Breed back in the 80's and Advanced Funk Studies. I remember seeing those > on the top of the beats and didn't bother with them. Until I got to final year highschool and realized how much those ghost notes make a difference in the feel and sound. I was starting on a book like in 1998 and it was very similar to this but I didn't have a computer or know how to do the notations with the accents. Dom Famularo RIP came out with a book in the early 2000's with Vic Firth. I was signed up to them to get free books etc. It was similar in a way to the Speed-Volume axis. Anyway, I see this as an excellent exercise that we should be doing it on a daily basis. I've been drumming since 86 and other than the few instances, I never played 5's except for perhaps a performance of Peaches En Regalia at my final college performance. I played in hard sort of proggy stuff but it was mostly fast unison stuff as a group but 5's are rare. The independence work is great though. Haha don't forget the voice. It helps when you get vocal parts. Dude, I'd recommend any new drummer to check this out! Good stuff.

[@DimitriFantini]

Love hearing stories like this, thanks for sharing!

[@GoranVedriskheops]

this is awesome, thank you very much :)

[@DimitriFantini]

You're very welcome!

[@ghostnote6580]

Needed an exercise like this

[@joda3615]

No way you played a bit of the drg soundtrack at the start of the vid. Great choice. Rock and stone

[@DimitriFantini]

for Karl! ⛏️

[@metinozanserbetci5146]

Is there going to be a version for double stroke rolls and rudiments?

[@persiaxfanbase6883]

And how Do the 5 over 4 work with that Checklist Rhythms together? Arent these two differnt exercises?

[@DimitriFantini]

if you accent every 5th note, it's on the checklist! You're just combining several rhythmic cells in a row :D

[@persiaxfanbase6883]

So the "Accent on 5" is meant to be like another pattern on the checklist?

[@DimitriFantini]

@@persiaxfanbase6883 it's a pattern ON the checklist! it's the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, then LAST patterns on the checklist

[@persiaxfanbase6883]

​@@DimitriFantini Ah okay, i got 🙂 thank You!

[@username40000]

My first ever drum lesson many years ago had me doing this with 5, 7 and 9 stroke rolls over the samba. Jazzers dont mess around! Not that i was able to do it...

[@DimitriFantini]

how about now?

[@username40000]

Yes! I actually got it after a few weeks. Then moved onto the rumba on the feet which was much harder.

[@pascaldelacaze]

Gold!

[@ollie-d]

Was expecting the exercise to increase the difficulty of the feet, such as accenting every 5th on the hand, keeping the high at constant, but playing the original exercise with the 16ths on the kick. Also one thing not mentioned on this is that exercises like these are best practiced with both right hand and left hand starts to get extra independence practice. Get good with one first and then try the other.

[@DimitriFantini]

You can make this as complicated as you want after this! I have my own diabolical variations haha

[@ritzcrackersgaming]

Liked, subscribed, saved.

[@PublisherBooth]

great video

[@DimitriFantini]

thanks a lot!

[@Fakob225]

Thanks

[@DimitriFantini]

you're welcome!

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

Dope ❤

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you!!

[@kriswright4814]

I like it lots

[@MichaelPorter-n5f]

Do any of your videos show the proper heel up foot technique?

[@DimitriFantini]

yes a recent video in fact!

[@MrIlikecarrots]

I KNEW the ostinato was coming! Lmao nooooooooo such a hard exercise to do in class with you but it's so helpful though! (I still dread it)

[@DimitriFantini]

next step, do it with baiao! and more!

[@stevenstipech4573]

Opera too nutty!

[@DimitriFantini]

what?

[@momcilodjujic1]

Is it for independence or accuracy? Is it good for begginer drummer to learn (1y of active playing)?

[@DimitriFantini]

absolutely! go for it, and keep it slow and clean!

[@lobbyrobby]

This is brilliant. I'm fairly new to the drums. Today I was working on 1/16th note drum kick placement and trying to switch back to playing 1/8 notes. I was counting in 1/16th notes the whole time but when I went back to 1/8th notes I would mess me up because I was counting 1/16th but not hitting every number. When I'm doing those 1/8th note parts should I just go back to counting them that way?? If that makes sense?

[@DimitriFantini]

you should be able to count just quarters, just 8ths, or all the 16ths while you change what you play! so first, pick one and do it really slowly until it starts to make sense to your brain :)

[@lobbyrobby]

@DimitriFantini thank you. That's what I've been doing but I decided to try it a different way.

[@bigmanpigman3436]

What other foot pattens do you suggest? The problem with the ostinato is that it traps my brain into thinking of samba like phrases when I really want to play rock fills

[@DimitriFantini]

the next one (my teacher gave the pattern to me in the same lesson) is the baiao foot pattern. then do all the simple ones and get them all comfortable: quarters 8ths one foot or the other both in unison alternating etc etc have fun!

[@tylerproffitt1369]

4:03 on this part you aren’t keeping your left foot going. Should I be? I am struggling to so I’d say yes. Any advice? I find my foot wants to go with the accent instead of on the 1.

[@DimitriFantini]

yes, you should be able to keep your left foot going on - quarters, off beat 8th notes (just the "ands"), all 8th notes, 2 and 4 only... as a start!

[@polydivision]

Great lesson! 🙏 New ride?

[@DimitriFantini]

yeah got the 22" Traditionals ride 2-3 months ago, love it!

[@bigword3744]

Thats pretty genius

[@DimitriFantini]

Appreciate it-thank you!

[@Tony_EZero_Proxy]

10:15 - Why did I immediately think of the band Tool?...

[@markbra]

You are not the first to do this,and that's all I will say. It's original how you present it.

[@gameplayti2909]

Nice.

[@DimitriFantini]

Thank you!

[@TheClimbingPope]

When I put my name and email address using your link to get the PDF, it takes my to your page after. But after 2 days of waiting I hasn't receive anything. Is this a common issue? By the way, great video; I love the channel as someone who recently just got back into the drums.

[@DimitriFantini]

not a common issue, what's your email address? I can help fix it and then can delete the comment so your email address isn't public

[@basamalelki]

Pdf for free? Please 🙏🏻

[@DimitriFantini]

yeps the link to grab it is in the description!

[@AdamRobertshaw]

As a heads up your notation requires a time signature before, otherwise 4x16th notes does not = whole bar. You "tabs" / notation are in 1/4.

[@DimitriFantini]

it’s inferred lol

[@rwldebruijn1979]

Let's all show this video to everyone who thinks drumming is just banging the kit and looking cool on stage.

[@Alaska_MD]

what hi-hat setup are your using there?

[@DimitriFantini]

haha these are the Paiste PSTX 16” Swiss Hi Hats. Happened to have them on the kit for another recording when I sat down to film, but I think they worked well to make the left foot chicks stick out 😂

[@wmoses4444]

That hi-hat 🤤🤤

[@hot_trash_beats]

Is this just the Patterns first book?

[@DimitriFantini]

don't know, haven't read it! Heard of it though... Gary Chaffee?

[@scottmoyer1357]

You are playing a 4 against 5 polyrhythm in the dislaced exercise.

[@DimitriFantini]

that's right!

[@dimanhansaka-n7d]

❤️

[@DimitriFantini]

♥️

[@andersonsouza9731]

Brazilian's Olodum