Ed Soph Brush Lesson Part 2 of 7 - Left Hand Technique

[@altie29]

"when i first picked up the brushes, you wouldn't wanna know about it" haha. what a class act

[@edgarmyers3854]

I've been playing for a long time , and it's always nice to go back to school. Ed is a great teacher! Thanks

[@EvansDrumheadsOfficial]

+Edgar Myers Cheers, Edgar!

[@greggjarvis133]

possibly the world's greatest teacher....

[@castlehilldude]

I have seen great brush players on You Tube, but not a lot of great, or even good, explanations. You nail it on both counts! Thank you.

[@micchemic]

"If it sounds right, the motion is right" ...so true!!!

[@TheAuthenticDrummer]

Super super cool. I've only experimented with right hand sweeping to a degree. This is great advice.

[@daxhunterjordan]

This is the way to do it. Immensely helpful, well presented and clear. Thanks Ed and Evans!!!

[@Jameskeith1972]

Mr. Soph is probably one of the finest educators on this subject. Note: Ed mentioned going counter clockwise, when he’s actually going clockwise. Lol. His advice on ignoring the shape is perfect! If it sounds good, the shape is correct. I might add, another legendary educator is Steve Houghton. His mantra is “Can’t sing, can’t play!” Go chew on that for a while kids.

[@farshimelt]

Layne Redmond used to tell her students: "If you can say it, you can play it."

[@johngeorges1510]

Fantastic lesson!

[@TheAutomanDan]

These r great lessons

[@NicklasJazzström]

When he says he had Ari Hoenig as a student, you know with who you're messing with.

[@loucontino4804]

He had Dave Weckl too back in the late 70's.

[@charlesm6912]

Same here. Thanks for all the vital information. Love the videos. Thank you!!

[@bateristips]

thank´s youtube for the slow motion!! And thanks Ed and Evans... an excellent video :D

[@rhythmfield]

Thanks Ed & Evans for this great series - sync issue still weird for side cam section but regardless, this is great for intermediate or advanced players.

[@davidcurtis4478]

Ed, I think your videos are fantastic! Thank you for posting and giving great lessons! David Curtis Drumming

[@EvansDrumheadsOfficial]

+David Curtis We're glad that you found them to be helpful!

[@JohnMuskiet]

Awsome!!! thanks Ed you are in the top of my favorite vid lessons.....

[@webstercat]

Great lesson! Thank much Ed!

[@dividedwords]

@EvansPercussion: Thanks for these--they're great. Will you be making Part 1 available?

[@philipnestor5034]

Hi Ed, I just started lessons with John Ramsey a great teacher who recommended your videos which are great. I have a question, I play matched grip,can I apply your brush technique to matched grip?

[@edsoph7006]

Yes, you certainly can.

[@TimMillerdrums]

Yes, it took me a while to figure out this part. Around 1:30, I think the sound is a beat off the video. So the 1s and 3s are switched with 2s and 4s.

[@webstercat]

The right side camera angle at 1:38 & 2:38 show the accent happening on the right side of the drum when it is really happening of the left. The front camera angle shows where it is really happening.

[@madisonave37]

Still trying to figure this out with the camera being off a beat - is the left hand accent happening when he slides to the left, counter clockwise (like throwing a frisbee lefty)? Because it feels more natural to me to accent when I am sliding to the right, clockwise.

[@madisonave37]

Update - I emailed Ed and he confirmed the video is out of sync, and he is sliding to the left on 2 and 4.

[@jimmartinmusic]

Nice Stuff. One of my memories of Ed Soph is a recording of La Fiesta with Woody Herman. His brush work in 3/4 is wonderful and not easy to replicate faithfully. Note - @EvansPercussion: It sounds like the audio my not be totally in sync. Tough to correlate soundwise exactly where some of the brush accents are. Maybe review the editing and check it out? Otherwise thanks much for the wonderful instructional and thanks to Ed as well.

[@thebeatlabmusic749]

More gold!

[@drummersalliance]

Nice lesson

[@onalyd]

he kind of reminds me of Walter from Breaking Bad, like the way he would talk when he's teaching Pinkman how to 'cook' Great videos BTW

[@THEKECHEXPERIENCE]

It seems that, when the camera is on the right side of the snare, the sound is not synchronized with the movement of the brush. Hum ?

[@lucashibbs1199]

When playing the clockwise patternt with the left hand how would u play with the right

[@hihats]

slick n smooth

[@EvansDrumheadsOfficial]

@povonodo Yes - We had an issue with the video file. It will be up shortly.

[@hey0723]

Can anyone tell did he leave the head the he puts on the pressure on the accent

[@bacobill]

Apparently no the brush never leaves the head.. new to me and a challenge.. good luck

[@jerryt.6511]

@@bacobill yes, it's just a little whip like motion

[@batakamx]

@onalyd You wanna know who he looks like?... a mexican singer called "Jose Jose" in his later years, check that out! hehe