How To Practice Linear Drum fills

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Linear drumming has been really popular over the last few decades. If you're just beginning to work on them, they might seem extremely difficult, but linear drumming isn't as hard as you might think!
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[@maakeklein4073]

Im 69 been playing drums and percussion for over 50 years. Love this stuff. Keeps the old brain active too. Cheers.

[@NikaoWallace]

That’s awesome! I’m glad you found this video helpful. Drums are definitely loads of fun. I love it too. Here’s to 50 more years of banging on stuff!! Lol

[@mogglie]

This lesson is gold! Absolutely gold.

[@NikaoWallace]

I’m really happy to see that you’re digging it! Thanks for watching!

[@kashimiakimokato1017]

Very clear, i can understand what u say.Thank u bro. fans from China.

[@NikaoWallace]

I’m really glad it was helpful for you! Thanks for watching.

[@s1imple1cs2]

LOVE HOW YOU BROKE THIS DOWN GOOD SIR! Awesome! Will practice these!

[@NikaoWallace]

Awesome!! I’m really glad that this was useful for you!!

[@reneelunabebeau5449]

Thank you so much! This is incredibly helpful and so easy to follow!❤

[@NikaoWallace]

Awesome!! I really glad that it’s been helpful for you!

[@chris_d_r_u_m_s]

Brilliant approach!

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks Chris! I appreciate it.

[@BurtonsBeardReviews]

Great video man! It really helps with control and learning to not get ahead of yourself. Great video and will practice this in the days to come!

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks so much! I’m glad it’s helping. Your comment means a lot because my whole approach to this channel is to break things down to the smallest learnable chunk. We all have a tendency to want to jump in at step 3 or 4, a lot of the times we do this unknowingly. This causes so much frustration when trying to get better. Best of luck on your journey. Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions.

[@l1nk987]

Hey mate, love this approach, you broke this down so well! Subbed

[@NikaoWallace]

I’m really glad that this helped! Thanks for the sub and thanks for watching!!

[@lobbyrobby]

I'll definitely try this. Thank you

[@NikaoWallace]

Awesome! Let me know how it goes

[@AlVelasquezDrums]

Great lesson. I enjoyed the clarity of your slow examples. Teachers who always insist every lesson end with a “lightening fast example”, fail to understand, the secret to teaching new students to play faster is to get them to THINK Faster. Focused and relaxed repetition allows the mind to think faster while training the limbs to improvise inside various styles .. (especially when sight reading.) 😊👍🥁

[@NikaoWallace]

This is the truth! Speed is a byproduct of controlled motion and thought. Slow and steady is the quickest way to get fast. Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching! 👊🏾👊🏾

[@FadjarMoeljarto]

Awesome, teaching..thanks👍🥁

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks for watching! 👊🏾

[@thomasnappo6309]

Well done😊

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks Thomas! I appreciate it.

[@akongnwineba410]

Wow... Amazing content. Thanks a million.

[@NikaoWallace]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@billymakesmusic]

Nice Work and thanks for sharing!

[@NikaoWallace]

Thank you for watching!! I’m glad you dig it.

[@OlckersDrumming]

Nice and clear slow explanation! Thanks. I subbed! Blessings

[@NikaoWallace]

I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot!

[@photoshopWoW-lt2qy]

thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@NikaoWallace]

It’s a pleasure. Thank you for taking the time out to watch! 👊🏾

[@morganwolfe777]

Great video. Thank you.

[@NikaoWallace]

Thank you for watching!

[@Diatonic5th]

Great lesson!! Subbed.

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks for watching!!

[@drummershort]

I enjoyed that; really clear explanation. I'll be fooling around with that.

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks for watching!! I’m glad that it was clear. Let me know how it goes!!

[@drummershort]

@@NikaoWallace Turning 70 soon. Recently got over throat cancer, and had a hip, (so painful I couldn't work the hihat) replaced. Decided to start practicing about 1.5 hours per day. Recently joined an all original band. I guess it's true; it's never too late. Here's a short promo of the band. Really different than what I'm used to playing. Hope you don't mind my long ass story. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqTMpaiXndxkp5o

[@NikaoWallace]

@@drummershort Man, that’s rough! I’m glad you’re on the mend and are able to rock out again. You sound great, right in the pocket! The video production is great too. Thanks for sharing.

[@stuntdouble777]

Thanks. Subed

[@NikaoWallace]

Thank you!!

[@wilsentwins]

Nice sir

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks for watching!!

[@cyberphox1]

Nice 👍 thanks 😎

[@NikaoWallace]

No problem! 👊🏾

[@tubular167]

Great video explaining the concept.when this has been mastered then it's good to use same concept with triplets.😁

[@NikaoWallace]

Thank you for watching! You’re right, the same process can be applied to triplets as well.

[@olympiawashdrummer]

1994 Future Sounds DG This presentation is a very good perspective

[@NikaoWallace]

I appreciate it 🙏🏾

[@seannunan2777]

Thank You Nikao Greetings from Cape Town South Africa- This Made So Much sense to me - Cant Find the PDFs though

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks Sean! I’m glad it’s useful for you. That’s weird… I clicked the link in the description and the pdf downloaded fine. If you can’t get the pdf to load, shoot me an email at [e-mail] and I’ll send you a link.

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[@aburbemsenabraham7649]

How do I like this video a couple more times?

[@NikaoWallace]

Lol! I’m glad you’re digging it. Thanks for watching!

[@sashaman1234]

This was great but as a teacher myself I feel it was missing how to connect playing it at slow speed and playing at lightning speed. Any tricks tips exercises mindsets for that aside from play slow as a fill then speed it up 5 bpm each time?

[@NikaoWallace]

Thanks so much for watching! I wish I could give you the magic secret. The truth is that speed is a byproduct of controlled movement and controlled thought. Your limbs have to get comfortable with moving around the kit in different ways and your brain has to get used to thinking of ideas quickly. That only comes with time practicing slowly. You can also come up with some “stock” 1 or 2 measure patterns. Knowing exactly what you’re going to do will help you get faster quicker. I have a free guide out that I Just made with 15 of my favorite linear fills. I’ll link it in the description of this video, hopefully that will be helpful!

[@sashaman1234]

@@NikaoWallacei kinda get what u mean. i only recently started to explore 32nd note+ linear drum fills and I'm noticing it helps to play something predetermined at slow speed, but as you speed up you almost have to stop thinking and let muscle memory take over then slowly crank the speed higher and higher, even trying to play it 30% faster than you're comfortable with, so that even if you can't quite get it, you start to hear it's possible. Thats what I've noticed so far. Do you have anything you could add to that?

[@NikaoWallace]

@@sashaman1234 You’re right bro! The goal is to not think about the movement or patterns. You want to get to the place where you’re hearing rhythmic “Melodie’s “ in your head, but that only comes when you’ve gotten comfortable enough with the mechanics to not use up your bandwidth thinking about them. It WILL come if you’re patient enough to go through the process.

[@drewconlin9452]

This is the best explanation and I’ve been playing for several decades… As for speed….. practice

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Lmfaooo. I tried to flam tap the like and subscribe button and the phone interpreted it as the dislike button. R.I.P.

[@NikaoWallace]

😂🤣😂 You get points for the effort!! Lol

[@Culturelens]

Thank goodness. Got exposed to linear as a beginner