How to Fast Swing like Tony Williams: Drum Lesson

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3 ай бұрын

These are a few exercises that helped me develop my fast swing. In this jazz drum lesson I talk about:
- How to get the right hand ride pattern faster
- How to practice comping patterns with the fast ride pattern
Another video on my channel is a cover of a transcription of "Four" from a Miles Davis live album, with the great Tony Williams on drums. The exercises I go over in this video were indispensable for getting to cover that tune. Here's a link to that cover of "Four" from Four and More, Miles Davis (Tony Williams on drums):
• "Four" by Miles Davis ...
Interested in playing faster in general? Check out my video on the traditional grip push-pull technique here, as well as its application to single stroke rolls:
• Traditional Grip Push/...
Tommy Igoe Lifetime Warmup cover here:
• Fastest Tommy Igoe Lif...
Vic Firth sticks, Gretsch drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads
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@chrismason3283 11 күн бұрын

Thanks for putting the effort in! I’m struggling with getting my strokes clean and have gone back to basics, this vid has given me some great stuff to practice.

@elitedrumlessons6174 2 ай бұрын

Finally somebody broke this down and teaches it! Thank you!

@editbyStar 2 ай бұрын

I think this is a really useful video for those who are looking to get better at hand speed and clean rudiments overall. I really dig into the idea of overcompensating and repetition excersises. I have searched for a lot of different techniques to develop faster hands but building your whole hand technique around one method is counter intuitive. Also many drummers claim to practice without focusing that much on a specific technique. Great video, and amazing playing!

@spydaaa14 Ай бұрын

Brilliant lesson

@Progdrummer 27 күн бұрын

Great lesson thanks

@user-ir3rm3go9r 2 ай бұрын

Nick, awesome lesson. I am learning up tempo jazz. I am spending a lot of time on the first bar of your page. This is a great way to improve comping. You are a great drummer. Thanksfor the lesson lesson

@BillRayDrums 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff man!

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Bill!

@nram3930 2 ай бұрын

Great playing, great excercises. Ive been a bit stuck lately in regards to speed and control, lets see if this cescendo spiel get me through - if someone would remind in this thread me in a month I'll report the result.

@bearclawshooster2173 2 ай бұрын

This was great. Had a little breakthrough with this explanation. thanks man

@Rolback1247 3 ай бұрын

Muy bueno gracias Muy linda batería y tocas de 10

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome.

@walt3851 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Super helpful! Thanks so much for posting.

@berkkucukpehlivan 2 ай бұрын

I was waiting for this kind of tutorial for a long time. Thank you for this.

@isaacleedrums 3 ай бұрын

Great playing and great teaching. Thank you.

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jarrahdrum 2 ай бұрын

Excellent thank you , subscribed

@kb1drums 2 ай бұрын

Earned a sub! This is awesome that you have us some exercises to work on. thanks!

@alphonsostudebeker 2 ай бұрын

Спасибо товарищ for that lesson, great job

@jerrylehti7230 2 ай бұрын

Well done

@szederjessidavid1830 2 ай бұрын

Thank you bro 🙏

@thewelshwizard5869 2 ай бұрын

That playing is particularly impressive 👌

@mr.freedom396 Ай бұрын

I lm getting a ton of mileage out of this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!

@adityatyagi4009 2 ай бұрын

Very cool lesson and demonstration. I have a LOT to work on! :P

@luisfernando-mm3jt 2 ай бұрын

Nice work

@pal4597 2 ай бұрын

This is killer...thanks!

@BrunoTagliasacchiMasia 2 ай бұрын

great man

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@rollsaround2096 2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I didn't know what kind of drumming I was about to watch. But I struggle with jazz stuff in general, so this was nice to catch and have more exercises to do. Thanks a bunch :)

@kaelmoffat2198 2 ай бұрын

New to the channel...really like how you break this down. One question: page 38 of what? Are you working from Reed book?

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

Yes, Reed's Syncopation. I just realized I never named the book in the video!

@maddropproductions4967 2 ай бұрын

thankuuuuyy

@PeterKudelin 2 ай бұрын

this is really cool with the overcompensating concept. you are also REALLY good!!

@AlexMartin011 2 ай бұрын

These are great examples and analogies for putting the weights on the bat and removing them. Do you have drumline experience? Or marching? It seems evident in your traditional grip and doubles.

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

I was on drumline/marching band in high school. Doing practice pad exercises with marching-snare sticks is like putting weight on the bat too.

@AlexMartin011 2 ай бұрын

@@nickmonticelloYeah, it’s funny. I’ll practice with Ralph Hardimons and go back to buddy rich or Weckyl sticks and it almost feels like I’m playing with chop sticks. But it’s effective.

@michaelkirchhofer3266 2 ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

@oh4497 14 күн бұрын

excellent video, i've never seen those comping techniques before. incredibly grateful that you've immortalized your knowledge here. to clarify- are you using entirely wrist technique all the way throughout the tempo ranges? is there any conservative finger use, or are they simply for control?

@nickmonticello 13 күн бұрын

The fingers are mostly for control. I find that I'm able to play the fast threes even if I take my middle, index, and pinky off the stick (although it becomes slightly less controlled). It doesn't matter so much the specifics of how much wrist vs. fingers to use -- what's most important is that you try to make the third stroke the loudest, or slightly crescendo through each stroke. Really fast tempos (300bpm) do require some finger, but no matter what specific finger or wrist technique you use, the main idea for practice is the crescendo/overcompensation idea.

@oh4497 13 күн бұрын

thanks so much

@KikoDorea 2 ай бұрын

Nice job! Thanks! That accent on the last note of the groupings is the idea behind Joe Morello's "Stone Killer", right?

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I had to look up Stone Killer and I saw a video of Thomas Lang explaining it, and it's the same principle. It's the best way to make each stroke as similar in volume/quality as possible.

@damianquadro 2 ай бұрын

Very nice lesson! You know, there´s still a speed I can´t accomplish which is the one needed to play the tune "Katahdin"by Steve Smith. I even tried reversing the accent in the group of three strokes on the hi hat, I mean, accenting the first one instead of the third one to see if I can get more speed. Have you tried that tune? If so, could you give some piece of advice for it, or even better, make a video? Thanks!

@nickmonticello 2 ай бұрын

I hadn't heard it before but I looked it up. That's fast! I think the best exercise to do is the crescendo 3's that I mentioned in the video. Instead of accenting the first note, try to accent the third note. In my experience this is the only way to make all three strokes sound consistent. The accented third note is harder and takes more practice than relying on bounce alone, but it's worth it.