How To Play "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Free Drum Lessons

[@roncarnell5924]

Steve Gadd is a master of creating unique, hooky parts - but he plays in a way that I can grasp when things are broken down properly by my betters. And one of those would be the gentleman in this production. it's easy to tell this dude here is approachable, not a snob, and gets joy from sharing. Thank you sir, for enabling me to finally play this thing correctly.

[@olivejunkie]

I can now pratice this Steve Gadd groove, having really struggled to hear what was going on with his hi-hat before now. Thanks for breaking the intro down, nice job!

[@stevenraparelli3396]

Jarrod, this video really helped me learn this song. I was struggling and still am to get it really smooth. Steve Gadd is a legend for good reason. Thanks for the help.

[@bcdigiart141]

thanks.. I have worked on this BEAT w a session drummer while taking lessons.... it definitely helps seeing the written music w the time counter.. this is a subtle... rhythm... and GADD is truly a great drummer.. THANKS for sharing ...

[@metallicarocks911]

Steve Gadd is a BEAST of a drummer... He even played 'Aja' by Steely Dan, and sight read the sheet music for the difficult jazz song!

[@wc1994]

I love the "stick click" he does in the middle of Aja. To think he came in cold, off the street, read the charts and played it perfectly. That's amazing!

[@gsmith207]

don't sell yourself short at the end of vid! you got amazing feel! SG would be proud! To break that down slowly like that is a talent in itself! Your an awesome drummer and teacher. thank you. At 54 I just learned how to play a groove the way the Master did. And I thank you for that. Cheers! And yes I can play traditional grip. I'm an old fart! My Gramp loved Buddy and Gene K. He Taught me how.

[@jonnohoare]

In isolation, finally I can play this. Never knew what he did with the bloody hi hat, always did something different each time, now its licked, thanks so much.

[@thebluestplanet6768]

One of my favorite song intros ever!

[@StephenTScheg]

Jared, I needed to learn this groove for my Irish band, as a lead-in for an instrumental. You completely demystified Steve Gadd (a fellow Rochesterian!)'s playing for me! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@AngelA-xc7ne]

this drum intro lives in my head rent-free.

[@richardferguson9743]

Learned this incorrectly. We played this tonight and I knew it wasn't right. This was broken down very well. Doesn't really help because it's Steve Gadd but still. Thank you Drumeo!!

[@bassplayinben]

I don't hear a hi hat but I hear a tambourine mounted on the hi hat rod.

[@Spoonbill_88]

It’s really not that hard to play, the genius is creating it in the first place. Good tutorial 👍🏼

[@TCWill76]

Thanks for the video. I've never been able to hear this right. Now I can practice. I wonder how good I would be if I had had KZbin in the 90s.

[@stevenpope1462]

Thanks you sooo much for introducing such as amazing song to me, Jared! This is the kind of groovy stuff that makes me wanna hit the kit everyday! You did a great job breaking it down!

[@kungfuninja55]

I love Gadd grooves. When I want to just show off or warm up in a more fun way I'll play this or his cowbell mozambique thing.

[@loganwilbur5131]

Hands down, the best vid to help you learn this tricky beat.

[@patcronin283]

Great job explaining this. Excellent playing as well

[@deepseadrumz1]

Jared, I thought you played it well! When you played the intro at 102 bpm, it sounded very good. Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelfaeth]

Thank you Jared for shedding light on this beat that has always been a mystery to me. Really good job on this!!

[@MrSmogifyer]

great groove! Learned it about 3 years ago when i was 14 or 15 and still LOVE to play it!

[@Marleys_Ghost]

Great, thanks

[@rickspyder6159]

Can't hear the Hi Hat loud enough to get the 16th note sound and feel but accurate none the less. I play this groove with only my left hand dropping from HH to the snare. (rolls excluded) Makes for a fun groove and leaves your right arm free to move to ride or improvise around the kit.... Cheers

[@zander_senpai]

" (...) i at least tried and i gave it my best, and that's the most important!" Simple words, but wise at the same time :)

[@leftbar1]

All your lessons are helpful and understandable. Thanks a lot for your efforts to enlarge the drum family...

[@ApesGarage]

Great break down, great info and loads of hints. Best, 'simple' drumming vid I've seen in a while.

[@anav587]

When I heard the song for the first time I wondered who the drummer was, seems appropriate that it's Steve gadd now, the drumming is probably the reason I love it

[@imfeelinggoodnl]

I so love this groove! ❤

[@Avico78]

best drum teacher!

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Was listening to the famous 70s recording a few days ago. Those 32nd notes, that fast bit, seemed to vary where it was from measure to measure. Tricky to count along. But now, with your explanation in this video, I see what is going on. Now I can also hear what is going on. Still a point-an-grunt illiterate at drumming, but this is getting interesting!

[@simishaqlil23]

Thanks DRUMEO !!! I can play the song finally !!! Thanks 🙏 thanks thanks!!

[@ChrisGardnerMusic]

This is a great breakdown jared! Really breaks it up into manageable chunks!

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Fascinating. I know nothing about drumming, but fascinating anyway. Maybe someday I'll take percussion lessons to become literate at this stuff, not to be good at it, but just to know something about this.

[@vilasmora]

Excelente, Congratulations. Thanks from Madrid.

[@shaizam92]

I like how jared explained u helped me in process of learning

[@ConxurOz27]

Thank you so much Jared... You do it again! I need to play this song for my drum recital in my college!

[@skatewithme59]

very good lesson.I thought i was easy but when i started practising it......daamn ;D.lot harder than it looks :)

[@cristina2514]

Your videos are amazing! I've learning a lot with you! Thanks

[@DonGeorge47]

Nicely broken down, Jared

[@joshdobedoe6334]

Thanks for making such a great lesson, I've always wanted to play this song, and now it feels so natural. Just curious about something, in the second bar of the loop on beat four, a kick drum is notated with the tom hits, but you don't play it, and neither does Grandmaster Gadd, but not to worry because the lesson is still great, thanks. :)

[@garryguenette5191]

Hi Jared, Thank you for your free videos. Very helpful hint and nice technique shows.

[@padadiddle]

Great job man. Your feel is fine. Thanks.

[@richardtabbi240]

Super, thank you very much !!!

[@DonGeorge47]

Well done, Jared.

[@semajttam]

Nice one Jared! You're a great drummer and excellent teacher.

[@richbuck100]

Nice job! Thank youuuuuu

[@102722550]

On 2nd measure, beat 4 you only play mid tom and floor tom but on sheet music says to play bass as well.

[@johnmcascone]

On the album track there is an added tambourine type sound on the and of every beat which is much more prominent than his high hat work. I play this song live and I include this with my hi-hat foot. Because of this, I ignore his high hat sticking.

[@NotAFanAnymore]

Outstanding

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

very nice demo. I like your comment that he wrote it and he can play it any way he wants. Exactly correct! Nice job and nice comments at the end.

[@knickerbocker191]

This was very helpful, thanks! Any chance we could see a video of Gadd's fills on Aja?

[@MrRICHARDGOMEZ]

thanks jared

[@lousama]

Gotta say, this is such a great drum groove, however it displays how much better music can sound without a click track. You played it well, Jared, but for some reason this song sounds totally stale with robotic-like timing, y'know? Great lesson!

[@adrianmyst]

Thank you, Jared, for this lesson, and Steve Gadd, for this groove)) at first it seems so easy, but it"s much complicated indeed, nice groove, it's interesting to learn it and fun to play!

[@FreiTrottelProduktio]

i am lefthandet too. but i can recommand to play open handed wthe the hihat on the left. you will have a better control around the kit (i have the basic setup of a drumkit)

[@Trav84]

good job jared

[@roberto3582]

great work man!! congratulation!

[@michaeljones1521]

Thanx for this.

[@kaim.8462]

great job

[@drumsbykeithb.6081]

Thanks for this. I just posted a cover of "50 Ways", and viewing your instructions and cover both helped. My version is not nearly as good as yours - I mainly play hard rock and metal, and this style of playing is just foreign to me. But it is such a cool drum part, it just seemed like something to try. Great job!

[@steffenelting7390]

That was so awesome! Thank you, i will definitely give it a try!

[@paulh3479]

Another informative video, thank you!

[@benkitay9015]

This is really hard...great video but I'm struggling to make my feet do this. :). Will keep at it

[@drfiberglass]

cool drum lesson.. Good job..

[@HadEnough745]

Steve Gadd used floor toms only. On the studio version, it is definitely only a floor tom on that final hit on "4". not a rack tom and floor tom..

[@mappychamp1]

wrong

[@chentiangemalc]

he used two floor toms

[@jeremyoram8729]

There is a flam starting off that first little rudiment. Its not just R R L R

[@davepiper1000]

At last someone who plays the groove as Mr Gadd plays it many thanks Drumeo. David

[@stevesmith2373]

This is based around (what I learned as) a rumba beat or the first bar of a bosa nova. And then a roll and then back into it. It sounds really cool but it's not that difficult to play.

[@gohuskies583]

Jared - Very nice Demonstration. I've seen this explained before but this was the best demo of it I've seen. Great job! Have you tried the beginning of Zepplin's Rock'n Roll? That's another tough one that drummers like me that have tried to emulate but failed miserably. :)

[@RobCartwright]

There's a giant difference between simply being able to play it and being able to feel it like Gadd did.

[@zvasiaify]

Sheet music is not available

[@donkey7879]

Should I do doubles or singles with the snares

[@jensbladt5498]

Wouldn't you like to show us the version from the Central Park concert? :-)

[@PyroSparton117]

Hello, I know this is an older video but I cannot access the sheet music. It keeps sending me back to the video. I was wondering if the sheet music is still available. Much love from Texas! Keep on drumming guys!

[@liampchilton]

amazing thanks

[@paigedrummer2413]

i have subscribed you cas your ace and really helpful

[@zetetic23]

Ahhh thanks!

[@brandoncaudill6864]

Does it make a difference which hand you lead with?

[@N3V2-Nevto]

Hi ^_^ Can I answer you question? Its a no problem, as long as you are comfortable on how you play it :) It doesn't matter at all if your a Lefthand or right hand :)

[@zynix976]

Yes, there's a link in the description :)

[@davidarmstrong1624]

Awesome.

[@kernelxsanders]

What do you mean by "smart beat technology"?

[@antlou123]

Thanks.

[@prec77ous]

The on-screen sheet music with that ball bouncing.

[@gilmaroko6119]

Thank you!!!

[@ivankulikovsky]

Good video :)

[@Gimlirful]

in the original version I believe there is a flame before rrlrl

[@holysnackpack]

Awesome

[@theivory1]

I've yet to see anyone use the left foot to open and close the hh on 2 and 4. You can hear all through the track.

[@IansDrumsandBass]

I think he's using the hi hat pedal and not playing it with the stick, which makes it even more difficult because the Hihat is all off beats. The 1st roll is a closed 5 stroke , the 2nd one is an open 5 stroke. I actually did a cover of this recently, but REALLY need to do it again as I am not AT ALL happy with it. Also, I think he only plays the floor tom and not both toms.

[@richmatula931]

I don't think the first roll is a 5 stroke. If it was the fifth stroke would be on 1 of the next bar with the right hand. One is again kick and left foot. JS

[@IansDrumsandBass]

@@richmatula931 Sounds to me like a closed 5 stroke - if it isn't then what is it?

[@richmatula931]

@@IansDrumsandBass it's actually a flam starting with the left hand then right is doubled then l r l so flama dot dot dot. Counted: 1da e a u.

[@NAPSTERUK00]

is the sheet music available online?

[@akhokha]

What size are your toms, kit, and snare on this video?

[@96EisbrecherFan]

Thanks

[@96EisbrecherFan]

I have the Hi-Hat on the right 'cause I'm a lefthand player. Would anybody advise it or not?

[@sutherlandtownley4553]

why is the bass note written in bar 2 on the 4 not played with the toms?

[@ClaveJimenez]

thanks :)

[@ilganzo7534]

There's a kick beat in the sheet music that you don't play. Is it on purpose?

[@oriza2]

il ganzo I think he playes it in the end, but not explains in the details at the beginning.

[@ThalisUmobi]

Dat bass drum!

[@tiedupsmurf]

Nice

[@mattlikesdrumming]

hahahaha so funny i learned this groove yesterday then this vid comes out today