Double Stroke Comping Exercise | Drum Lesson With John Riley

[@themole2024]

I sent John Riley a random question a couple of years back (via email). He emailed me back within a day with an answer. We do not know each other but he took the time. Thank you for all you give the drumming world Mr. Riley.

[@aristotle5698]

Thank god John Riley exists!

[@juwweeee]

Imagine how meaningful this guys life experiences are. How many people in the world know how to play jazz cause of this guys teachings. Its like every video off youtube relating to basic jazz drumming ties back into a john riley work.Must be a great feeling to sit back and tell youself that you helped shape the next genration. We are all applying something from this guy.

[@ArtOfDrumming]

What a great and true feedback! Totally agree. By the way: if you want to see some in-depth courses with John Riley just visit www.artofdrumming.com all the content there is completely free.

[@jaakkot9661]

Óne of the best teachers around.

[@FawleyJude]

I did something kind of like this, I took the Stick Control book and played the left hand part on the snare and the right hand part on the bass drum. After working that for a while I added the jazz ride cymbal part. It was a challenge but very rewarding.

[@Zemial]

John Riley is one of those incredible educators, who can communicate a musical idea and instruction in such a clear and methodical way.

[@mrski4945]

I think John Riley and Steve Smith are the two biggest pillars of Drumming alive today. They have devoted just as much time into preserving and passing on the knowledge of our art as much as they have devoted time into developing themselves. Lots of great drummers out there, but these two are the most passionate and greatest in learning, teaching and preserving the art of drumming

[@kevinturner5857]

Adam Nausbam is pretty good too

[@frankburdodrums8984]

I will openly admit I'm originally not a jazz drummer but as I got older and better I realized how great jazz was and I wanted to be able to play it like anything else. This is exactly what I did but it is explained much clearer here than I ever could. Anybody reading this you should do learn to do exactly what he says here.

[@tdrum21]

John Riley always has great content, musical ideas & is a great teacher. Takes it deep

[@nirakarbrahm8107]

I love John Riley. God bless!

[@petersonalkintor4266]

Excellent educator, phenomenal drummer, stupendous musicians......

[@HorrorKidd88]

I found this clip very useful. Going thru the 4 permutations methodically, then the demonstration 'up to speed' at the end was very enlightening.

[@timwingham8952]

Hell I've just been trying to get ta ta ta on the ride over double stroke snare and bass drum. It looks so simple. It IS so simple! But my ride always wants to unison with the drums. Amazing how muscle memory even at the slowest of tempos takes patience to generate. Thank you John Riley - your tuition is so good because you talk it so clearly and with a non patronizing manner.

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Nothing to add to that. Thanks for your detailed feedback!

[@rgbg2008]

What a great personality and drum teacher - Thank you very much

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Thanks so much for your feedback! If you enjoyed this lesson please also make sure to visit artofdrumming.com. This is a brand new website that we launched recently. It’s completely for free and you can find many courses of John Riley free of charge there.

[@windowlizard]

Thanks John 🙏

[@mikehenrydrums1591]

Great, John. Always right on and always swinging my friend!

[@ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER]

I could listen to john all day

[@AkouriAmmar]

This deserves a like and a subscribe.

[@olivermaas1]

Thank you 🙏

[@orchiprut5259]

John Riley Is Funtastic Teacher And Player!

[@raymondkarlsson9794]

Good exercise and very clear presentation. Takes its space in a band situation, though, so maybe more useful in a solo. Came to think of Tony Williams and also Al Foster when I listened to John playing the faster, compelled and more dynamic version.

[@OddDrummerGaming]

I just bought his book. I’m excited to dig in.

[@MarioCalzadaMusic]

Thank you for sharing this

[@aaronreeves8376]

Excellent as always John!

[@DadBodDrumming]

This was a big help to me. I finally grasp the idea of comping and how the beats relate and how to move between them.

[@iakusz]

stellar stuff

[@nogoogleplus]

Amazing teacher⭐️

[@JohnGatesIII]

Great drummer and Great Man

[@RafikMankariosDrumStudio]

Monster drummer, inspiring educator!

[@markielinhart]

This is a brilliant lesson‼Work to do ✌🌻

[@jazzhole8208]

Awesome 🙌 this and Florians brush course are my favorites so far 🤗

[@ImGoneForever1]

This is just what I was looking for. Thanks :)

[@ArtOfDrumming]

👍🏻

[@tmaddrummer]

Thanks and Blessings!

[@hueman8993]

Man, you make it look easy

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

fabulous

[@bobweber4140]

Thank you great excerise

[@christophmeirich5928]

Superb!!!! Greetings from germany Christoph 👋👋👋👋👋

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Hello Christoph! Grüße zurück aus Neustadt an der Weinstraße!

[@effersidd1412]

Thanks for the education and inspiration!

[@rhythmetist]

Hey video editor: it's John Riley man, we don't need any music in the background of his lecture to keep it interesting. Let the man speak

[@DavesTrumpet]

Amen to that, and the blasted music continues through the entire video while he’s talking. It’s annoying because once he’s played an example, my brain and ear is clued into the groove, then all of a sudden this crappy music shows up. I hope they consider re-editing this.

[@DrSamE]

Yes, really distracting, I really couldn't focus on anything because the music in the background, attention drawn into it. Really stupid stuff. Some bad joke ?

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Seriously.

[@itsallinthewrists4251]

It was so quiet in the mix though..

[@Tookastudios]

How loud were you watching the video? 1st world problems.... haha

[@CharlesTPrimm]

this is excellent

[@ArtOfDrumming]

True

[@farshimelt]

His control of the instrument is beautiful to watch. What is that ride cymbal?

[@kaelmoffat2198]

It seems that with the permutations in which the ride, snare, and hihat fall together, you could stretch the be a little bit by delaying the snare slightly to give it a slushy New Orleans feel.

[@Fabelnegros]

Excellent Thank you SIR !!!!

[@orchiprut5259]

So Great!

[@campbellread1918]

great tut, just what i was looking for. Many thanks

[@pjdahmen]

Great helpful tutorial

[@wilberforce95]

this seems like a great exercise! and difficult lol

[@jimoguerrero]

Great!!!!

[@gersonreyes270]

I saw John perform live at the Coca Cola Jazz Club back in 2013. Amazing Drummer

[@ArtOfDrumming]

💯

[@MELONenSURPRISE]

Cool

[@ivanpetrov4206]

I do it's exerсise moving a hi-hat and a ride cymbal, also. I start play on a cymbal on 1 and a hi-hat opposite on 2, and on the contrary

[@kirjian]

5:42 John Riley Gospel Chops

[@Li_Zihao]

Wow

[@carlosgustavoriganti9051]

I had the pleasure of taking one lesson with John Riley and have the tools to practice the rest of my life

[@timsabepieczynski7051]

Hello John. Im not a jazz drummer but, I'm slowly learning jazz exercises. I will be using this lesson. The thing that confused me was your last example going fast, I noticed that your ride cymbal pattern changed. Almost sounded like triplets. Can you please explian. Thank you and have a great week.

[@bhutia10]

As the tempo gets faster , the "swung" feel goes away and the ride cymbal plays a "flattened out" triplet.

[@Drummerjl1]

Don't confuse 3 notes in a row with triplets.

[@shreyasiyengar8408]

The swing is gone and it's just straight 16th notes, with the ride patter being 1 (e) & a 2 (e) & a 3 (e) & a 4 ( e) & a. The es are NOT played

[@timsabepieczynski7051]

Thank you

[@billyrhythm]

I think I just found my next shed session.

[@pumpkin1982]

If you mastered just this one lesson that’s half of jazz drumming.

[@ArtOfDrumming]

;-) it’s a good foundation…

[@christophermcmullen235]

Need to shed this for about a month...

[@dmcubing6342]

What a great teacher!!! The irrelevant and annoying background music is a bit off putting, however.

[@callummoodley6311]

Those cymbal stands look like they're incredibly heavy

[@frankburdodrums8984]

Interesting

[@danielneill2369]

Is there supposed to be music behind his explanations? Listening on fairly decent headphones and I thought maybe I had another browser window open, but it seems intentional. Brutally chaotic and distracting IMO. I love John Riley but I literally can't listen to him give instruction with background music.

[@shreyasiyengar8408]

Why is all the explanation done in a triplet feel but then the actual sped up playing is all straight 16th notes.

[@neftysturd]

Background music... WTF?

[@vintagemxer9165]

Mixing up this concept between toms can equal a nice solo I would think and breaks of course.

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Totally right! This is something john also shows in many different lessons which you can find for free on our website ArtOfDrumming.com

[@kevinturner5857]

Fabulous stuff John , many thanks , which Yamaha kit r you using here please !?

[@ChopsMarkets]

This is the easiest way to make a drummer lose their ego

[@TweedSuit]

...and maybe just a little faster. Buckle up kids.

[@constantkiffer7924]

What’t that disturbing « shopping-music » in the background ?!!!!🤨🤨🤨😩😩😩

[@drumtwo4seven]

💤 BORING