Gavin Harrison's Favourite Sticking (Drum Lesson)

[@yrussq]

The most underrated drummer ever. So much feel and understanding of what he's doing, the same time the most plain and simple explanations. Gavin is just gorgeous.

[@natangloeh5806]

Haha Underrated xD? Good joke. With the rest i can fully agree

[@0thcentury]

Not really underrated

[@boomer3150]

@@0thcentury Maybe unheard of by some, but never underrated by anyone who's heard him.

[@Yaboroqe]

If a top drummer like Gavin shares this with the drumming community he also is a generous person.

[@johnburkey9729]

After playing this the first time I started to practice this sticking. For the last year I keep going back and play this over and over. I finally reach the point where I can finally play and understand how to do what he’s doing. It sounds so dam cool. So addictive to prefect it but doubt I will ever play it as good as Gavin. My favorite drummer. Wish he was my next door neighbor, LOL

[@adamjacksonmedia]

I LOVE how articulate English prog musicians are. Bill Bruford, Harrison, Robert Fripp... all have a musical way of explaining things.

[@averyb9082]

Your toms are tuned amazingly

[@rootsm8437]

yeah love this kit too :o

[@robbledot7290]

Hearthstone rep

[@markusthedrummer8143]

Sonors can even make zildjian sound decent.

[@andym28]

S hoops make a big difference

[@Swisstriplet]

Mark S ouch

[@DailyDrumLesson]

I heard him refer to this sticking as his favorite one years ago. My favorite sticking changes like twice a week.

[@jensharald9091]

Haha But you can hear him use it a damn lot, in earlier work as well

[@Adiaf8oros]

2:29 is the legendary fill in "fear of the blank planet", released more than 10 years ago. I believe it would be one of his favourites back then too

[@Adiaf8oros]

Also this sticking is the cool fill in Sound of Muzak, at guitar center sessions, at 3:49... Ok time to stop.

[@LOLE1991KOVIN]

Bruce Lee once told:"I fear not the man who had practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who practiced one kick 10000 times." That's how Gavin mastered this pattern. And this is just one of many "kicks" that he played more than 10000 times.

[@ehoc42]

He qualified it as “one of his favorite stickings”

[@shantanunathan]

Aaah! I can't stop watching him play, he makes it looks so effortless.

[@dylanmarsh3511]

His kit always sounds incredible!

[@kamalhazim3890]

you know Mr Gavin Harrison takes it to another level when he played the polyrhythm and both of it are on odd meters, independently.

[@andrestricker4118]

Gavin is one of the most amazing personalities in music - not even talking about his even more amazing drumming skills

[@ernokorhonen1732]

Style,class,groove,tune. One of the finest drummers out there.

[@JoeNocella]

Love this guy! He's not about twirling, juggling, silly faces, etc..He just plays his butt off...

[@felipeabreu2769]

03:36 Man, that's sublime. I'm affected. Amazing!

[@jtx9795]

A variation of this that he's also said he likes to play is RLRLL. A favorite of mine is RLLRL, which is just the first five notes of an inverted paradiddle repeating. To expand on adding the bass drum, a seven stroke fill/groove idea I like to move around the set is RLLKKRL as 16th notes, just throw in another two more notes to make it fit into 4/4.

[@omairsh8]

So articulate, precise, and effortless. And I haven't even mentioned his drumming yet

[@cave1958]

From a simple sticking to complex rhythms with no pattern change! Brilliant!

[@NikhilMaira]

This is such a surprise! I thought I'd already watched all the videos! Very very helpful🔥 Thanks Drumeo!

[@simoncooper6501]

and that's why he is one of the best drummers in the world....amazingly effortless

[@recksroller2220]

I've been doing this exact same sticking ever since I started getting into odd times. Nice to know a professional and I share a highly specific attribute in our playing.

[@G.u74]

Pffffff

[@prithvirajagrawal6169]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH DRUMEO FOR BRINGING GAVIN...PLEASE UPLOAD MORE CLIPS LIKE THESE THEYRE EXTREMELY INSPIRING AND HELPFUL...

[@halowaffles]

I've been abusing this sticking ever since I incorrectly self-taught myself paradiddles

[@roloduarte3100]

lol

[@johnburkey9729]

Bet I’ve played this video over and over 30 times over the last year. Love it.

[@gaspar-animal-ribeiro5414]

His drums always sound on point! Unreal really!!

[@starbeardiesyoung]

Baffled anybody? 4:01 "Nhnh" 4:06 "Nhnh" 4:08 "Nh"

[@Brokenface]

I lol'd at that

[@Peip692]

wow you nailed it, usually people write "Hm." but he actually says "nh"

[@trevormcmanis]

Two huge thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻 from American One Productions Drum & Rehearsal Studio in NJ! Gavin is amazing! What a great lesson! 🥁 Drumeo Rocks!

[@derek5168]

If Gavin was part of the outstanding British drumming community in the late 60s and early 70s he would have been mentioned amongst peers like ginger baker John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell he's that good

[@HadEnough745]

Gavin is tremendous. No tricks just straight ahead great drumming.

[@mgbwitt]

Recently discovered this guy. Amazing , amazing drummer!!!!!!

[@jasoncavitt2043]

It's one thing to play well, but another to teach well. This man's got it all.

[@noesalas5804]

2021 and he's still the best in my opinion!!

[@moritzp.2920]

The kit sounds incredible!!!!

[@harryxiro]

He blows my mind every time

[@eriklarson9137]

That face at @3:58... "I think I am going to take up guitar". Lol!

[@nealsausen4651]

This lesson is incredible! One of the best meat & potatoes drum set videos I’ve seen on KZbin!

[@drlodge]

Best drummer ever 👌

[@jordiruiz4323]

You just have to see and hear the qualitative leap that Porcupine Tree made from the entry of Gavin into the band to realize the excellent drummer that is Gavin Harrison, and I say it without detracting at all from the work that Chris Maitland did but is that Gavin is on another level.

[@triptychlux]

PINK LLOYD you guys are here just to disagree with others. gavin harrison is both creative, fluent, has groove and catches up with the rythm. if you want to call drummers who cant catch up with rythm, doesn’t sound catchy and is boring the best you can. you may also call their music “progressive” but in fact there is no depth and they’re just boring

[@bosstrading928]

@Sargoy Of Mossad listen I'm not the biggest Virgil fan ever, but to say he's overrated is a joke, he's literally a genius!

[@richcampus]

One of definitely in the context of objectivity.

[@austin5732]

Galvin is easily the most groovyest

[@dcairol]

This video contains so much knowledge

[@dannygoodchild7568]

Gavin, I had a lot of fun with your favorite sticking. If you accent the left hand notes on the snare drum, they become quarter note triplets with the right hand playing a cymbal ride. Also, if you play the left hand on a closed hi-hat, you can make them on the '' ands '' and let the right hand do whatever it wants. I hope that I'm right and thanks for the sticking.

[@berkekayhan4000]

I felt blown away when I watched this. I figured this pattern and to use it in groupings of 5 beforehand and when I watched this I was like yeah I can think like him but he is a god 😂

[@300kike]

My favorite sticking just because it always comes out naturally and I love the way it feels is a para diddle diddle. Which is this sticking plus another beat lol

[@SylarTheBest]

Absolute gold

[@iloveNgany]

I'm sort of getting the hang of this concept...but WOW is Gavins playing so clean. So natural sounding

[@robertociai6205]

Grande batterista. Grande classe. Very Smooth

[@richcampus]

~●~ALL DRUMMERS ARE KEEPERS OF THE ANCIENT WISDOM~●~

[@VladProkhorovDrums]

how is he so bloody perfect, it blows my godam mind!!!!!!!!!!

[@mattmarkus4868]

This 6 note grouping, with the last note being a double kk (ie, RL RR L kk), is the basis for the epic fill in the song Fear of a Blank Planet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2nXmH-EnL12gqM The basic sticking is the same for the first bar in the fill (counted in 4/4)... then it goes into a crazy low-to-high tom figure to complete a 2-bar-long drum break. So great. It always sounded like things falling down onto the drums but in perfect time to me ;).

[@fuzzylogiceire]

Is that sticking 16th note triplets with the kicks at the end being 32nd notes?

[@mattmarkus4868]

Yes. The first two bars are 16th note triplets. Since note 6 of the triplet contains a double kick, yes 32nds.

[@fuzzylogiceire]

Thanks.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@fuzzylogiceire ; it WouldSeem to be so! The double kicks at the end would be two 32nd. Notes Played in the allotted time for one 16th.note. The challenge is to get those double bass drum notes in time: in meter and keeping the notes clean and sharp like he does! That’s the way I look at it anyway! Maybe sliding the foot Forwards (heal up Slightly) towards the drum head for the two 32nd. Notes!

[@halimdrummer777]

#sonordrums#sonor#gavinharrison great drum sound! Great drummer!!! Thanks #drumeo

[@threeoverfour]

Fantastic drummer!

[@asheshinfinite3766]

Damn! This guy makes everything look so easy! Awesome talent! Legend!😲😁😍

[@GSA_Drums]

I wish Gavin would do a detailed Tuning Tutorial. His Kit always Sounds amazing and if anyone Knows his drumhead Setup, let me know please :D

[@GermanPianoMan]

Batter side on the kick drum is a Powerstroke 3 :)

[@callumstephens2857]

Think I managed to work out the pitches for the toms, definitely wanna try this out! High to low: A#3 D#3 A#2 F#2 C#2

[@fuzzylogiceire]

There's some factors not to take for granted though, a German made Sonor, high quality microphones, great audio engineer etc.

[@moritzvogel6450]

He said in some video that he uses de remo vintage emperor coated heads for the toms😅 dont remember which one

[@zim1966]

Sonor kit sounds and looks beautiful.

[@manuelgilioli]

So beautiful he is one of the best ever a real musician

[@storminsea]

Yes! Brilliant 👏

[@parkertrent6941]

such a good sound!

[@buebecutlen8963]

Gavin is a monster! What is the song in the end starting at 5:07. Sounds cool..

[@jespersommer6369]

He's a drum god. 👍

[@marcushaines6640]

Fantastic

[@TheMerryPup]

I've never heard of him before but that's fantastic info. I'll watch the whole other vid you have of him and seek out his work. Thanks!

[@tonytay9528]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHfEkJJ-jt2Brrc kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKTYp2ajp8Z8ntk

[@mattmarkus4868]

Omg.... you are in for a treat if you seek out his work. I'd suggest the albums In Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet and The Incident. I'm jealous... I wish I could go on that journey for the first time again! This guy's work is a great study in being very clever but tasteful, with insanely good chops and groove. No one plays fills like this guy.

[@TheMerryPup]

Thanks for the info Matt!

[@TheMerryPup]

Thanks for those, Tony! Amazing player! Was this at a clinic? (I'm wondering because he's by himself onstage playing to tracks)

[@robertdore9592]

Never heard of Gavin Harrison; where have you been living, in a cave? LOL

[@nealsausen4651]

Definitely every serious Drummers should get Gavin Harrison’s books he’s got like about five or six of them out and they are all extremely important to have them to study out of!…. “rhythmic illusions” is one of the Titles and there’s several others I myself I’m going to invest in the entire library of Gavin Harrison books!

[@BaronVonTomas]

Still my favorite drummer!!!!!

[@goldbot11]

Versatile pattern!

[@chultuber]

Que gran baterista por favor !

[@piyushondrums5795]

just amazing😘😘😘😘

[@liviofoini4955]

What a maestro!

[@Bhatakti_Hawas]

I'm like the guy on the chair, nodding my head pretending to understand what Gavin's saying

[@jamesvioleen]

greatness

[@nealsausen4651]

Is there anyway we could get Gavin to write this lesson out these patterns out you know transcribe them so that they can be downloaded and studied?! Is there any way of doing this or is this in one of his books perhaps I would surely like to know! And so would a lot of other people I reckon!

[@TaylorDouglasMusic]

The "fear of a blank planet" fill!

[@Morganstudios]

Very cool, but I gotta say that 7/8 beat ( 3:30 )feels like 7/16 to me! It's a 7 sixteenth note pattern playing 2x in 7 eighth notes, so the upbeat of the 4th eighth note sounds like a new downbeat (being a strong kick). Of course he probably hears it as syncopation, but my less trained ears heard it more simply. After working it out I can hear it as syncopated 7/8 like he does, but I think most people won't unless they are musicians who are pretty comfortable with that sort of thing. I was exhausted just figuring that much out lol. I haven't even started to think about permeating 5 16ths over 7 16ths, much less with the second set of 7 16ths felt as a syncopation in a group of 7 8ths! Nooooooo!!! (Head explodes)

[@closeencounter1954]

Once again, the gods have given knowledge to us mere mortals.....

[@PerEinarSkog]

the master👏👏👏🥁

[@mattonaiastro]

Monster 😍🔥

[@tdrum21]

Very nice! A lot with a little. Pdf of the 5 or 7 pattern?

[@AHGV19987]

Whoever tuned that kit deserves a Grammy..... 🎵🙏

[@omairsh8]

So Gavin deserves the grammy then 😉

[@user_friendly_555]

just genious

[@felipesouzabatera]

Gênio!

[@lew97]

Which snare batter head is that? Thanks in advance!

[@nevermind3253]

Genius

[@whatarewedoing0]

this is great

[@jabold]

mind blown...

[@Adiaf8oros]

Please bring back your iconic, old faithful ride...

[@friedemannknopp1306]

Is there someone who is able to explain how Gavin tunes his Drums? How to create his Drum Sound?

[@Sam_Gowman]

There's a recent video by Art Of Drumming KZbin channel. In which Pascal has replicated the tuning and gave us a glimpse of how Gavin tunes his kit

[@mathcoreable]

Gavin is King

[@masakreinflames3690]

King...crimson?

[@omairsh8]

@@masakreinflames3690 King Gavinson

[@abelotugeme4362]

Better sounding toms than most "modern" drummers.

[@augustoalves1028]

I'm your fan

[@GregCeline79]

Could you get Gavin to breakdown his drum fill on The Creator Has a Masterpiece? The 3:28 mark? It has my vote for the most awesome fill ever!

[@ProblemProductionsLD]

I'm pretty sure it's a tape. ;)

[@ilhadi]

Drumming God

[@azquidif6319]

That's quite a kit right there.

[@jullebarge]

Very nice, but I didn't understand how he pass from the sticking (RLRRL) to the fills on drums. It's too fast and I can't get the sticking, anyone to explain ?

[@theemmanueledwin]

What is recordeo in your website???

[@alexanderalbergottie6999]

get ray luzier in here!

[@jordantalks77]

Great drummer did a drum analysis of him on my channel!!

[@the6ig6adwolf]

What sorcery is this?

[@mattmarkus4868]

no kidding. he's got some mojo for sure.

[@hendrikos96]

Warning! 3:39 might melt your brain!

[@matthewpaluch777]

GO GAVIN GO!

[@marble3785]

Hey 👋 I’m a really young drummer (12) and I really want to get better I have a drum kit, any advice to get better and faster?

[@jimmy_keegan_drums]

Start by removing the faster idea. A drummer's primary task is to play something musical that makes a song feel good. Work on keeping good time. When you hear a drummer such as Gavin play, remember that he has been playing a long time and in that time he has built, not only his groove and time keeping, but like any language, his chops. Another word for chops is vocabulary. As a baby, we learned "ma", "da", "ba" and other basic sounds. Soon full words, then short phrases, sentences and eventually complex thoughts. By the time you are 25, your vocabulary is huge. By the time you are 40 it's not only bigger but your understanding of deeper thought allows a much more comfortable use of the language. Playing is the same. I don't mean you have to wait until 40 to play well but patience is your friend. Keep practicing, keep learning your rudiments and get comfortable with them. Speed will come on its own. Don't forget that the task is to play better time and make the song feel good. Build that vocabulary.

[@classixdrummer]

James Keegan - That has to be one of the most thoughtful and beneficial replies I have read on any video, ever. Bravo. Marble, apply this advice and you will save yourself a lot of aggravation.

[@tristanhelms1132]

Nice

[@vintagemxer9165]

Please note : the 7/8 beat - the right hand maintains the pattern of 5 (1,3 + 4) as demonstrated HOWEVER the left hand does not. Play the foot and LH as shown (typical 7/8 beat) The trick is maintaining the RH pattern. The LH will land WITH the RH at times. He should have made that clear. Good luck! And AS ALWAYS - patterns,licks, grooves in videos will typically sound better than YOUR versions because of the drum recording and EQing. Don't necessarily trust your ears.

[@tvg8666]

3:41

[@one-o-four889]

“And I can put those over a group of four or eight…”. Sure, because you are Gavin freakin’ Garrison!

[@jamespacia8610]

Dang mr harrison!!!