Double Strokes Explained - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Drumming Technique

[@td-12kx53]

One of the most important fine techniques to learn in drumming, and yet it is the one with the fewest videos on KZbin. There are only a handful of good videos which teach this technique well. This is definitely one of them.

[@chezchezchezchez]

Care list those few? Yer killing us!

[@enriquevillafane6258]

@@chezchezchezchez Gordy Knudson`s push/pull videos work a similar approach.

[@ADAMKTN]

Yes sir. Drum Dog, Ralph Rolle. Awesome guy and walkthrough

[@ritabrooks9059]

This is what 95% of Double Stroke videos do not discuss. He did a great job in demonstrating it. Thanks!!

[@Coastfog]

I've been practicing non-stop for the past six weeks and I'm *so* happy with the progress I've made. Haven't had this much fun making music in all of my 37 years and almost 20 of drumming. I can play things cleanly and consistently I couldn't imagine even trying half a year ago. That being said - your approach flipped a switch in my head. There's a time before and after, because after trying this for just a couple minutes, it felt like I never did anything else. This might be one of the single most important lessons I've learned while grinding *everything* , so thank you very much indeed!

[@ARandomGuy]

that little exercise is extremely useful I struggled with understanding the actual motion of double stroke but I finally got it after doing it a few times thanks a lot

[@charcola66]

Damn! Something I haven't learned in the past 2 years in drum lessons taught in 12 minutes. Been practicing this technique for 30 minutes and have learned more than I have most of my drum career. Thanks man!

[@drozdekPty]

The best video describing the grip. Straight to the point.

[@dansbird]

Oh, this is awesome. Thank you for that basic mechanical explanation on how this is to be accomplished. Other videos are borderline humble-bragging by "displaying" how simple double strokes are to do, but yours actually shows how to train for doing proper double strokes. I appreciate you making this video.

[@LaVerdad65]

My chickety

[@mshambaPGrated]

Been playing drums since I was 6, but only for fun. Could hold a steady 4/4 with the basic fills moving down the kit and ending with a crash. Started a 3 man band 4 years ago as a hobby and to jam with my friends in my free time (I'm now 30), and only last year because of Covid, I really had a lot of time to learn more about drumming. I literally found myself going through all the basics; like how to hold the stick correctly, working on basic rudiments like double stroke rolls, paradiddles and 6 stroke rolls, tuning the drums, reading basic sheet music, etc. I still have a long way to go, but it fascinates me how much these basic tools help in playing. 1 year made a hell of a lot of difference! All this knowledge is out here on youtube, and people like you spend a lot of time doing the dirty work so that the content is available for the rest of us. I have this bank of information, and all I have to do is keep working on these fundamental concepts and rudiments to allow me to physically orchestrate them on the drum set and have them sound good. I've been watching your videos often, and I just want to thank you (and others like you) from the bottom of my heart for taking the time and effort to get these highly informative videos out. You have definitely earned a subscriber and hopefully one day I can get good enough to teach you something!!

[@seanallen4484]

Josh, I've been a guitarist for decades, but recently set a goal to learn drums so I could record my song ideas without programming drums. I knew that somehow the double strokes were based on some kind of controlled bounce, but your video made it instantly clear how it works and how to practice it. Many thanks to you my friend!

[@deant8562]

Josh, for all the "lessons" and videos I have watched on finger technique and practicing doubles, your video is one of the best I've seen at explaining, demonstrating, and showing different angles of your grip and use of the fingers. Absolutely awesome! Thanks! (and I had NO idea your video wasn't "scripted"!)

[@BenjiGrut]

Ive been playing drums 11 years and had some teachers who never explained how to get those even doubles but you sir have explained this amazingly with out all the confusing BS 🙏

[@jaydiemusik]

It‘s incredible that this feels like the only Video that actually explains how to do a double strokes for beginners. I‘ve been playing for a couple years now but never learnt how to properly use your finger (hehe). This helps me a lot!

[@ojay2001]

What an eyeopener! Thank you very much!!!! HIGHLY appreciated!

[@justinblaise4176]

You know it's a great video when it makes you realize even simple is complicated. I liked the unscripted feel. Felt like a fireside chat. Very present.

[@craicattic]

I am grateful for your style of teaching, it is very direct, and very succinct! Thank You for your time!

[@SteveAppel-r2o]

Josh- SIMPLY one of the VERY BEST autopsies of a rudiment I’ve ever watched. Perfectly explained step by step. I’ve learned more from you in this one video than watching a dozen other attempts to explain and train the double stroke roll. Kudos VERY well done. I just subscribed. BTW I was a session drummer in LA / Hollywood but I g the 80’s and 90’s --many sessions with Jimmy Keltner.

[@fspar]

Respects. I always played double strokes without the help of my fingers, even though i knew it was preferable, I couldn't do it. Great job, hands down the best video for this technique.

[@jenso413]

thanks for this. coming from guitar, it’s shocking how little technical info there is out there for even the most basic drum rudiments. literally half the videos i’ve watched are like “you’re gonna do 2 strokes with your left hand and 2 strokes with your right.. just practice that and get faster!” like thanks, very helpful..

[@lifesoldier]

1:23 i love your editing style. amazing info man, thank you so much

[@christophertiredofbs8514]

Wow, what a really really really good explanation, my friend graduated from Berkeley, he’s been trying to teach me this and I have been slacking. This video really seemed to hit home. It’s up to me now. Thank you so much! Great teacher

[@krzysztoff386]

Josh, Thank you! Perfect explanation. Especially the exercise from 4:33. Very helpful for my left (weaker) hand.

[@anatolijd]

This is the most accurate explanation of the natural mechanics for push-pull strokes! it just awesome. Thanks a lot!

[@jeremyevans1532]

Dude I have for months been working on my double strokes , it all ways been there but weak untill i stumbled a cross your technique with just droping the stick a bringing back up, i now !! get full use of my little finger this way, i am amazied of how little effort have to put in and get more out thanks dude.

[@DJMJRyder]

First double stroke video to explain in a way that's easy to understand, excellent job!

[@relativ6192]

Oh my god, I've been playing drums for more than 10 years and it's only now that I've understood how to do this. Getting my first electronic drums next month. Damn, I'm excited to learn this. Thanks!

[@Spladoinkal]

Same man. Over 20 years of drumming and I NEVER new we were supposed to push/pull. I just got really good at pinching the stick

[@dadstermac]

I've been gigging for over 50 years. This is the first clear explanation of to make double strokes work. It's always been a weakness I've worked around. You nailed it. I'll be looking for your stuff elsewhere like Patron. Thanks.

[@MadMatty72]

Never seen it explained like this before - love it, I already know it'll help me 😊

[@billymoretti8437]

The BEST explanation I've ever seen on how to do double strokes! Great Teacher!

[@MarkLeinhos]

WOW. I've been chasing the double stroke as a beginner for a while now but THIS video is the one that brought it all together for me. Those exercises are brilliant! Thank you so much.

[@mjelinekperth]

Thanks a lot for this video! There’s a whole bunch of double stroke vids on KZbin proclaiming ‘inverted doubles’ as the new great way of improving double strokes, but they seem to generally go ‘do inverted doubles -> ? -> play these really fast consistent perfect double strokes!!’ This one actually breaks down the mechanics and explains the role of the fingers, wrist, fulcrum and gravity.

[@mdmorris6193]

Well done Josh. You've just given me the missing piece of the puzzle in learning push/pull. That exercise of catch/release with the back fingers is the business. Many thanks.

[@hidalgo.808]

Excelent explanation man, i'm a drum teacher and sometimes it is really hard to explain this technique to my students and you do it very well, thank you!

[@olddrummerwannabe1819]

Man, thank you so much. Your channel inspires me to make my own educational videos and helps me with my playing in general.

[@RoxxxyRoxanne]

out of a lot of videos ive watched i think youre the only person so far whos actually described/shown how to grip and use the back 3 fingers to move the stick. everytime i watch videos on how to double stroke they just mention using your back 3 fingers but never go into detail how

[@nickturnbull4105]

Excellent ,so clearly explained and and demonstrated . As so many others have already said ,this is by far one of the best videos that clearly shows the technique and mechanics of playing clean even double strokes . Thankyou so much Josh ,fantastic job and I admire your playing .😂😂

[@JPlock13]

This is the best explanation I've seen for the double stroke! And the initial exercise really helps to get the feeling. Thanks!

[@bmw_m4255]

This is the best explanation of this I've ever seen. I've been playing a long time without knowing this technique.

[@udaman100]

Dude this is the greatest double stoke lesson on the internet. Thank you for posting this. I've been playing for 17 years (only really playing metal music) but I never learned how to do double stokes and I built a lot of bad habits with my hand techique. I couldn't seem to learn how to do them because I couldn't figure the form out. Nobody really could explain the mechanics of how to do it properly lol

[@BenjiGrut]

This Video is so good like the amount of drummers who don’t what the f*ck they are on about with doubles

[@dominicreynolds6856]

Really helpful, I've been struggling with my double strokes for a long time, I could never get my double stroke roll consistent and close in speed to my single stroke roll. Now that I've seen your video, I'll work on this and I'm sure that with some time and a metronome, I'll improve my double strokes dramatically. Thanks!!

[@joetroutt7425]

I can play doubles really evenly and and soft and loud without my back fingers on the sticks but definitely feels like I don't have complete control when I comes to going from singles to doubles and accents. You explain it very well on what's necessary to achieve control so I will practice you instructions to get it right.

[@robusher3428]

Best instructional video on this topic out there. Period.

[@thesoggybicky]

Best video on the net for explaining this. Can't thank you enough!

[@TheCactusRoomMusic]

I’ve been playing just under a year and I really struggle with doubles. This is a great tutorial, thanks mate 👍🏻

[@Strykjarn1]

BIG THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!! So well explained 🎼🥁🎼🥁

[@sherryfan161]

the best video ever! had trouble understanding what my instructor was showing with the double stroke but 5 minutes into this video i got it :)

[@davidzamora9973]

OMG! Thank you! This is the best exercise I've found in the last few weeks of searching for a way to get these doubles going and getting no where. Thank you. I'll consider this day one and update with my progress. Btw I'm a beginner with just a practice pad at this point. No drums set up yet.

[@davidzamora9973]

Ok. After four days of practicing the stick drop exercise I finally got the double stroke going in both hands and was able to play my first decent paradiddle. Before this I had no idea how to get an even and evenly timed double stroke and my left hand just felt completely useless. Thank you so much!

[@andrewworrall4302]

best demonstration and explanation ever

[@drummer825]

Man; thank you for this lesson. I’ve been playing forever but I’ve ALWAYS felt like my doubles are so sloppy and inconsistent. This is so awesome.

[@DennisCadigan]

Bravely done 🫡. The little finger loomed large in Sanford E. Moeller’s description of the proper grip ..”..the (r) stick is held almost entirely with the little finger.. Plate No. 7.” Thank you for highlighting it’s utility in such a succinct description.

[@Docom13]

Best explanation of double hits I've seen on the net. Thanks a lot.

[@nguyensontung9037]

Easy understanding. Thanks a lot !

[@lewph]

Such a great video, Josh. I go through this video with a lot of my students to help them get started with this technique. Such clear and concise explanations and demonstrations! Thank you so much.

[@SatinCamaro]

Thank you for the clear instructions. Just started drumming and now starting to practice doubles and you made it easy to understand the finger technique...

[@Be_Good_Do_Good]

Thank you a lot. You’re very kind to share such great knowledge.

[@bridielewis3026]

Probably the most amazing video I've ever seen. Thankyou.

[@azguitar]

Very well-thought out and useful lesson. Thank you!

[@soldierlen]

This is excellent nuggets of informationMy brother

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

So essentially it's a push-pull or a Moeller stroke. This is something I've been working on lately, as a drummer who's played off and on for years, I wish someone would have taught me how important technique actually is! Great, fun explanation; thank you!

[@krusher74]

This is open/close which is differant. You can do a hybrid of the two

[@AngelAsylum78]

It’s not so much push pull but something called the gladstone technique.

[@spivvo]

It's basically all physics, great lesson. Subscribed.

[@prestonscott9676]

This is the best explanation and example of the double stroke. This video made it all click for me. Thank you

[@flappytaco]

Loved watching your hands! Excited to get those doubles congruent!

[@bluephoenix1911]

At last a push-pull breakdown that actually works! Thank you!

[@boldizzle]

Finally a video that really breaks down the double stroke!! Thank you for this!

[@garye4678]

Hi Josh, thanks for the excellent video. I learnt doubles many years ago by accenting the second double and slowly speeding them up until the accent naturally fades away. I guess it would’ve been a Moeller technique using mainly wrist with a little bit of fingers. I just tried to do the 3 finger dropping exercise that you demonstrated and I was surprised that I was able to do it, probably because it reminds me of a push/pull or open/close technique which I have practiced before. I’ll be practicing the double 3 finger drop exercise a lot from now on. Thanks from Tasmania, Australia 🎼🥁🙂

[@caferrara]

One of the most knowledgeable and reliable instructors on KZbin.

[@Shurmstick]

1 of the best in structural videos I've seen good job great way to break down that technique thank you

[@phonybuddha5999]

Super helpful and just the instruction I was looking for. Thank you!

[@SatinCamaro]

Thank you for a great lesson. My singles are good but just starting to understand doubles and the importance of finger placement/movement..... thanks again!

[@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13]

That’s the best explanation of technique for double strokes if ever seen

[@dylanchristensen6637]

This video has been very valuable to me. Thank you.

[@yannmondon4095]

excellent first time at last someone really shows how it works. Thaaaaaaaaank you !!!!👋

[@AntonioGerina]

That fireside comment is so on point.... this dude is a natural instructor

[@563drummer]

Great teaching

[@tsuyukurage3772]

This help explain a lot! Time to practice!

[@emptyvberlin1431]

This changed EVERYTHING OMG Thank you!!!

[@BigStoneLfc]

Finally, I find the right teaching for this technique Thank you🎉

[@abbasidanny]

Thanks for this video man, will be recommending it to my students

[@wayneclark3020]

This lesson will improve your double stroke roll even if you already have a pretty good double stroke roll. That 3 finger- no fulcrum exercise is awesome. Thanks!

[@samkennedy01]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you!

[@DritzWolfIcecream]

Best lesson and teacher ever, Thank u!

[@christiancorsi5132]

Thanks a lot for this video. I liked and subbed in appreciation. I like how straightforward you are in your explanations

[@bytestormbr]

Really thanks!

[@andrewcutter1785]

I’m very late to drumming 60 but at least I’ve begun! Your tutorial is invaluable and so easy to follow. Thank you so very much, I am more grateful than you will ever know.

[@Coastfog]

That's awesome, hope you're still at it and have a great time behind your kit!

[@phillipclarke8871]

Thanks very much, great explanation

[@Nesaualcoyotl]

Thanks this was really helpful!

[@suiradrad7517]

Thanks this was very helpful in getting my weak hand better at double strokes. I’ve noticed I can’t surpass my usual speed because my left hand couldn’t keep up. Just doing this exercise for 10 minute straight I’ve notice a jump is the consistency of my doubles. My hand isn’t quite as strong as my right hand but in a week I think I can get their. Thank you!!

[@robertocoria5575]

Thank you!

[@jamesritz7254]

Great instruction. Thank you

[@pieropiergentili]

Finally! Explained correctly thank you!

[@midnighthymn]

One of the best videos I've seen on this.

[@emilde12]

This is a great exercise. I wished you included more about how the forearm and upper arm comes into play when you play the doubles at top speed. At some point it is no longer just the fingers and wrist producing those doubles. I can see the movement move all the way up to your shoulders as you get faster next faster.

[@khleong9632]

Thanks Josh! clear and useful compare to most of other tutorial videos that showing off their speeds!

[@Comrade.Question]

So is the Moeller technique the same thing as this? I'm confused about the difference between that and a simple double stroke.

[@Jessticks2319]

I have been playing drums 10 years + I can say for years I played double with the no finger technique and then thought I just need to someone how play it fast with my wrist ( thank drumeo for that improper thinking) … this is a great lesson in the correct method… don’t learn it wrong as it is extremely hard to break that habit .

[@peteharman1061]

This is so worth a look, excellent work

[@groovebag61]

Great instruction!

[@gokepsgo]

Wow, what an amazing lesson. Thank you so much.

[@2allanator]

Thank you for this wonderful lesson. You have explained it the best I've seen.

[@TonyMontana-yj6rx]

Open/close technique is a good exercise for finger drumming

[@davidkral7317]

Great info. Thanks.

[@TalAlon]

A great video. Thank you. Also loved the hidden (unintentional? ) Southpark joke.