How To Get Lightning Fast Single Strokes in 2025

[@graybronze]

What a great lesson, thanks! Will be trying this

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thanks so much and really appreciate your comment - good luck!

[@RJWPG]

Excellent tutorial! Subscribed! Grrrrrrrr....

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thanks so much, man. Welcome to the community!

[@bobweber4140]

Great lesson bro thankyou very well done

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thanks so much, man. I'm glad you enjoyed 🙏

[@Saul-s2p]

Love the 6-6-4 grouping.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Glad to hear it, man. And yeah, it’s a good one to get your hands motoring. Enjoy! 👊

[@YouTubedrumvids]

This is great! I’ve been doing this four days already seeing results!

[@ferggriffindrums]

Absolutely delighted to hear this, man 💪 Keep it up and great work 👊

[@YouTubedrumvids]

@ will do, I’ll keep you posted on progress. I’m starting with pretty decent hand speed to begin with so this is killer. Great lesson for all levels of drummers…..maybe even the death metal cyborg drumming machines that came from the future to find John and Sarah Conner

[@ferggriffindrums]

@@KZbindrumvids haha, dude, this comment really made me laugh 😆 Maybe even for the cyborgs, lol. Well, super glad to hear you're seeing value from it. All the best and thank you again!

[@ConnieDrums]

You put out such quality content, thank you. Only a year into my drum journey and its a blast to find new practice content!

[@ferggriffindrums]

Ahh thanks so much, Connie. This means more than you know! Super stoked to hear you’re enjoying the journey. Drums have always been the rock in my life - maybe they will be for you too! All the best 👊

[@miker5233]

A better year ago I was doing that same type of thing whip in the right hand but you broke this down really well and I like your enthusiasm and I will practice to this video thank you

[@ferggriffindrums]

Very happy to hear this, man, and thank you. If you were doing it before, you can definitely do it again. LET'S DO THIS! 👊

[@bmac.03]

Great lesson!

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thank you! 🙏

[@JimmyBComputerGuy]

Great video. Lots of wisdom here.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thanks so much, man. Really glad you digged this 🙏

[@igorstankovic3275]

nice, very nice. tnx.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thank you, man, and glad you enjoyed it 🫡

[@rayboreham2648]

Excellent lesson, Ferg. I'll check back in this time next year. Time to crack on!

[@ferggriffindrums]

Haha nice one, Ray, you legend. And thanks, man, appreciate it and good to hear from you again. Stoked for your progress!

[@porfess5063]

Thanks, Interesting approach to the time honoured fast singles conundrum. I note you don’t suggest doing the exercises leading with both hands. From my personal experience I have found that working more with ‘weaker’ hand lead gets better progress when then playing with the ‘lead’ hand.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Hey man, simple answer to this really. So, these are just the 3 best exercises to build up speed ‘prior to ironing out the creases’. The right hand (if you’re right handed), is obviously easier to get going first. Then, upon having a great whip, great bursts, and being able to extend the roll and still get a whip out, it would be a good idea to practice things left hand lead. I do lots of left hand lead stuff and agree with you on the benefit. This is not an ‘everything you can possibly do to improve single strokes’ video, as it would be about 4 hours long or more, but instead, a great way to get killer singles with the easiest, and fastest approach possible. Hope that makes sense 👊

[@heathchilders4709]

Good stuff

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thank you 💙

[@Martin_Bernard]

Since last time I always practice my push-pull, continuously with the right hand, speeding up beyond 200 bpm

[@ferggriffindrums]

That’s awesome, man, congratulations. Once you’ve got doubles past 200, there is a huge world of soloing, rolling, and playing rudiments as fills that opens up to you. Enjoy my friend, and well done again! 🫡

[@Martin_Bernard]

@@ferggriffindrums Thanks, I want more than doubles, I want to be able to play very fast continuous singles for long periods of time, some metal guys like Wanja can easily reach 280 bpm that's crazy, I don't even want to play metal, my goal is not speed I just want to improve my technique, push-pull is so tricky it takes years to improve

[@ferggriffindrums]

@@Martin_Bernard That's a great goal to have, man. All I'd say is, when you get to around 280 BPM or other super fast tempos of singles, they are very quiet. The movement has to be so small in order to execute it at tempo that it's hard to hear in an actual musical setting. Drummers in big bands who play like that will often use triggers or have specific micing/mixing setups in order to get those things heard. If you want to play metal, and speed metal, then yes, go for it. Otherwise, don't worry about those kinds of tempos. Some of the best players in the world cannot play singles at 280 BPM, and don't need to. 220 is a good top level. I can do some videos on singles into doubles, and vice versa - there's some good ideas that help with this. But, it does also sound like you could start work on some other rudiments and try to apply them in a fill environment. Happy to help. All the best 👊

[@Martin_Bernard]

@ Wanja doesn't even use triggers ! I can reach 220 bpm but not clean, at 200 bpm it's nice and clean now, and not too bad at 210 bpm, as long as I can feel I can improve I'll go for it, it's a nice feeling, at the moment I only improve my right hand, later I'll have to teach my left hand to catch up my right hand !

[@ferggriffindrums]

@@Martin_Bernard Understood. The volume is still a factor at faster tempos tho. Maybe I should do a lesson on building one's weaker hand.. Thanks again for your comments :)

[@terdburglar]

Brilliant mate. You have a knack for this! Call me a new sub. Teach me more.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thanks so much, dude, and excellent username 😆Welcome to the community, man, and delighted to have you here.

[@bobbarszcz5356]

Great lesson! Can you show us traditional grip with the same lesson ?Much appreciated !

[@ferggriffindrums]

I'm sorry to say I don't play Traditional Grip. I'm sure there will be plenty of videos on KZbin about building singles with Traditional Grip, and these same exercises will still help, regardless of which grip you play. Hope that helps 👊

[@MarinedrummerSGT]

Got it.....😮

[@ferggriffindrums]

Good man and great to hear! 👊

[@rayboreham2648]

Great lesson, Ferg. Thanks a lot. I'm just curious as to how many minutes you'd recommend putting into each exercise per day? Cheers.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Hey Ray, thank you. It’s a tough question to answer. Really, this should coincide with your goals, how much time you have, what responsibilities you have that may get in the way etc. The best answer I can give, is for as long as possible. I know that’s vague. I think, with a long enough time horizon, ie keep coming back to it and trying over and over, the results will (eventually) keep you motivated - focus on the small improvements: one bpm is a worthy celebration/something to notice and be happy about. I did used to do these for hours, but I was just so determined to have super fast hands. Let the goals and the results guide you; I think that’s the best approach. If you keep the end result in your head, putting in the time will serve you as getting you closer to the goals. I hope that helps and sorry I can’t be more specific! My practice has to slot into my routine too. And, it does for everyone really unless your life means you can play for 8 hours a day, lol. Best of luck, my friend 👊

[@rayboreham2648]

@ferggriffindrums That all makes perfect sense, Ferg. Thanks a lot for the detailed response. On we go...

[@jorisweisfelt5945]

Hi! Why not focus on your weak (the slowest) hand? In this lesson both hands grow simultaneous so again the slowest hand stays the slowest and is the one keeping your speed down

[@ferggriffindrums]

Hey man, I answered this in a comment a little further down. Basically, it's a great idea to work on your weak hand, but, if you're strong hand isn't there yet, I'd focus on that first. Once you're feeling good with the right, def focus on the left. At that point, you can just play everything left hand lead because why not! Hope this helps 👊

[@VincentVegardSvart]

Do you do the exercises 2 and 3 also for the left hand?

[@ferggriffindrums]

This would be a great idea, and yes. Let's go! 💪🥁👊

[@Hazeblade-pp9lz]

You say bull s%it like Ozzy. 😂

[@ferggriffindrums]

😂🤘👊

[@BuckrBill]

To this day no one has a hand speed of Keith Moon..

[@ferggriffindrums]

Whilst I love Keith Moon and he was a massive influence on me, I don't agree with your statement and that's okay! Thank you for your comment 🙏

[@mark-remanHamilton]

If parents lie to police to get you dosed with Thorazine, it is because your talent scares them. Losing your hands to drugs is war. You must've had something important to say, knowing too much.

[@ferggriffindrums]

Sorry to hear this, man, and hope you're okay.

[@mark-remanHamilton]

@@ferggriffindrums Not at all. Hopefully my parents are in hell.

[@freshfalcon3996]

Um...170 is WAYYYYYYY too fast for a beginner. So is +5 per DAY. It takes WEEKS to get that kind of muscle memory dude.

[@ferggriffindrums]

I know, man 💙 I didn’t suggest starting at 170 🫡 +5 per day is when you’re practicing it really slow.. As I said, when it gets into fast territory, you’ll need to go up in smaller increments at that time. This lesson is beginner focussed, but, it’s also up to you to work out where you are on the timeline/speed-marker. I’d also say it takes longer than weeks for the muscle memory! Hope this helps 👊

[@BuckrBill]

Ronaldo was nowhere near as good as Lionel Messi and both of them take a major backseat to Mbappé

[@ferggriffindrums]

All are top level and paid accordingly, tho.. It's the same in drums; getting to the top 1% is one thing - personal preference or subjective taste can then kick in for who you prefer, but the point remains: we still want to make the top 1%!

[@nathanowens3]

Great lesson!

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thank you very much, and glad you enjoyed it!