Introduction to Drums: The Shuffle

[@jeshdcruz]

Boom boom.. boom BOOM..

[@CycleMan1952]

I played the drums literally decades ago and am about to start playing again at age 65. I am very excited about it. I love this video. Thank you Ms LaFrae Sci for your excellent teaching and inspiration.

[@Submarine_2010]

Great! How are you doing? Have you stuck at it?

[@l3ertuz362]

i learned boom boom today - i will add that to my repertoire

[@buckstarchaser2376]

The advanced class is Boom bang a bang, by Lulu, now with 30,000% more demonstration and minimal yackety yack.

[@gringochucha]

Excellent lesson. Especially how she started by teaching the pulse of the groove, which is way more important than how you count it and is a sadly overlooked aspect of a lot of music teaching.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

A silly method? IT IS THE WAY MUSIC SHOULD BE TAUGHT!!! In a physical/ philosophical, inspiring way, beyond theory and technique, music derives from and is a form of LIFE. Thank you so much! Excellent on all!! May God bless you! Many cheers from Greece!!!

[@Kry127]

It is very good point of view, that the shuffle is the heartbeat of the blues. This video revealed so much for me :) thanks!

[@castlehilldude]

Clear, concise explanation, interesting and unique perspective on how to get the feeling behind the shuffle

[@frigthefish]

What a lovely soul, informative and passionate.

[@DZNTZ]

Right? Always a pleasure to listen to a beautiful human being. That’s what took me to Jazz at Lincoln Center to begin with - listening to Wynton Marsalis, a man I can unreservedly call one of the most beautiful people in the world. Watch his Q&A vids if you get a chance.

[@lavdurisymons5833]

Drums are really fun. :)

[@WH-pr6si]

This series is dope, picking up tons of good instruction. Thank you Lincoln Center.

[@pedromunoz5527]

Brilliant explanation for a non drummer like me, I want to know how my partners in music do their thing. I like the way she says boom boom, too.

[@paulkiddconsultingptyltd7356]

Best explanation I’ve ever heard

[@LaszloHarsanyi_SoundTube]

Female drummers are super cool! Nice vid and good explanation ;)

[@drumstudiomonchengladbach8131]

Madam, I am very sorry! In the beginning of this video I really underestimated your lesson. Now I have to deeply apologize for my attitude. Your explanation is simply great and fantastic for s.o. who didn't GROW-UP with this 'feel'. Although I thought I'd mastered the technical side of this rhythm your video taught me to work on the 'FEEL' of this rhythm. Thank you!!! BTW how do you pronounce your name?

[@anchinkan]

Well explained and easy to understand. Thanks a bunch LaFrae! Do play Art Blakey´s Moaning but rather Swingish. Will try your version next time. Cheers!👍

[@AJK.630]

Wait…. Why isn’t she playing the jazz ride pattern over the LH shuffle pattern? This is a double shuffle, not a jazz shuffle… But then again, jazz is what you intend it to be. Truth be told this ain’t the jazz shuffle art played on moanin though

[@oh_rhythm]

Thanks mom

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

i am going into cardiac arrest, i am willing my jazz kit to GOOD WILL, bye. ........ just kidding

[@RobertSmith-sq1wg]

3 mins in and no lesson...just words. u lost me. next

[@muhammadjuhlan]

Good riddance moron, she does it perfectly 😂

[@muhammadjuhlan]

Your lost she actually gets to it around 3:30 😂

[@scinatit]

Is this beat used in Jazz as well? I haven't heard it in say Big Band music.

[@scampana777]

Wow... Are you the voice from the Rayzoon Jamstix videos?

[@larryshelast8979]

If Bin playing drums for over 40 years and you just taught me a few things .... thank you I can always learn something 👌

[@BtMeszinet]

It is weird, when in a 7:51 long video about drumming at 4:02 is the first moment when you hear a drum sound....

[@shealinbanta4169]

I am learning to play the shuffle on drums because I want to learn how to play jazz

[@matthewwilliams3643]

Didn’t listen to all of this but I didn’t hear anything about the train beat that’s where the shuffle group came from

[@kinderone1]

This helped me so much! Thank you. Embody the beat!

[@Bizzy368]

So basic and clear. Thanks!

[@onebadhombre7158]

Amazing teacher! Who says you can’t teach soul

[@TheGoldenDragon_]

That was pretty cool and informative and I can't play a damn thing.

[@danielpincus221]

Excellent. Awesome snare drum. What make?

[@SightNSoundBand]

Great info here...well organized and clearly presented...many younger players today just don't know how to play a shuffle...this video really is spot on...

[@armandochuh]

If shuffle is boon boon, boon boon ... what would be left for samba?

[@damamae950]

This is a great tutorial for rock drummers too - they often don’t get the subtlety and hence can never do the boogie

[@anidamanns7968]

you teach very well, i just got my first set i'm 61

[@laromande]

I like this channel bit im always a bit disappointed we can't see the snare from upside and see the stick actually hitting it

[@yaoguangtang1759]

Excellent ! The best explanation.I got it.

[@drumguy1955]

Great Lesson. It's becoming a lost art in Rock n Roll. My two Favorite rock shufflers are Chris Layton and Frank Beard.

[@MultiScoffer]

thank you so much for that! I really appreciate how you broke it down. Now to those who think about criticizing his video I would remind them just remember where you came from and look back and recall how difficult it was to play drums in the beginning. People such as myself and that have disabilities with both hands appreciate these type of videos. But I agree with the other commentator. seem like female instructors have a way explaining things that you can understand and see. you don't sense that tension coming from a man with all the testosterone and the ego and all that BS in between. Sometime intimidating when a man is trying to instruct you. I guess that's why Adam in the Bible said that they are the mother of all living😉

[@genesisPiano]

If I could play and explain like her, I would not be ashamed. Wait, was that too on the nose? I was going for subtle Bible reference. Oh! I did it again"

[@joshuajuaire8757]

What drumsticks are you using

[@charlessmith263]

I grew up with the blues, so the count I am thinking of in a blues shuffle is - 1 ...a 2 .... a 3....a 4.....a etc. My favorite shuffle variant is a bit of a fill, and I call it the "Muddy Waters Shuffle", named for this famous singing blues artist from Chicago...going like this - 1....a 2.....a 3....A 4 AND A ONE....a 2....a 3.....A 4 AND A One....a 2....a 3 (etc.)

[@waynepollard6879]

What size high hats are you using ? There huge !

[@bondo1955]

Boom boom I just broke my sternum 😜😂

[@SAHBfan]

Now I understand that enormous metal thing around her neck. If you are going to use a chest thumping technique like that, then I suppose good solid chainmail is a necessity for protection....

[@michaelbeale33]

I've had a love of Blakey since the 60s, he was my intro to better drumming. He is the ultimate beat maker and timekeeper. Thank you for this intro to a well-executed rhythm that is sometimes butchered.

[@josephrunningcrane]

One after my own heart. I played punk and metal for years and Blakey revealed a whole new world to me. Man was a goddamn clock.

[@nlbjones7730]

My cardiologist advised me not to be pounding my solar plexus like that, it can cause or even dislodge dangerous blood clots.

[@joseph2219801]

This might be a CPR lesson too

[@tiedupsmurf]

Wow really?

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

Switch to the flute...:)

[@BrunoNeureiter]

@@engleharddinglefester4285 I love the flute!

[@therandomchicken6517]

nlb jones you could tap it with one finger instead

[@dusanristic3241]

boom, boom, boom,boom,yeaaaaaah

[@AfiScruggsplaysbass]

Thanks so much from the CLE! I"m using this on Monday to help my fourth graders learn another shuffle pattern.

[@ronnysudiono315]

I like the idea and advise to embody the groove we learn to play. In Japanese drumming (taiko) one starts with "singing" or "talking" the groove even before touching the drums. They call it Kuchi Shoga. Every drum has his own sound: DON for the big ones, KA for the smaller one, etcetera. I realize now, thank you for that, that I can use this method for Western drumming too.....boom boom..boom boom...

[@markielinhart]

So glad I found you Lafrae! You are the Queen of the rimshot. I recently bought Boogaloo to Beck albeit for me at a sad moment. What an album and your drum work was fantabulous! The Doctor will live on…👏🌹🇦🇺✌️

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Hello from kurikokaleidoscope. Great video. Have a happy day.

[@uk7769]

Thank you for breaking it down this way. Very helpful.

[@theTrend7]

Why am I JUST finding these videos. The teachers are amazing. First Sherri now Ms. Sci,both are fabulous

[@DonaldJrRitz]

I like your video but I would have liked it more if I could see your left hand hitting the snare drum

[@gayleneaitken9648]

Great lesson. You explained the ride beautifully.

[@mikehyrczyk2432]

perfect shuffle

[@refractorhead]

Other than the solar plexus being a little lower than she pointed to, I loved this video. As drummers, we do need to feel more when playing and not just be a machine.

[@thetornado]

Midwest?

[@phillipmcguire3335]

I wish you all the best. You explain things clearly and concisely with out any ego trip like others who are only to promote themselves. All power to you.....

[@timchurchill6975]

please can you tell me what kit that is, and what sizes are they, and do you use a bass drum riser for the pedal , and what skins are you using thankyou

[@charlessmith263]

5:13 - the shuffle on the snare and the cymbal is a sort of a blast-beat type of shuffle, since the cymbal hits are the same number as the snare hits.

[@nicoleschmalkoke1311]

Great!

[@dyermker250]

Wonderful communicator, gorgeous as well. Thank you angel.

[@robwestndrumr7648]

Great video and explanation. Love playing shuffles!

[@yzdrummer]

best explanation of the shuffle, by far on the interweb... no offense Purdie

[@kievrobles5817]

"boom boom" !!forever in my drumming practice.!!

[@od_muziki]

Great lesson, but I really like that jacket. Where can I get one for my wife?

[@genesisPiano]

Yeah, love a female drummer. So was that CLV, Detroit or Pittsburg at the end there?

[@Drumistry]

this explanation is very clear! the groove at the end is very strong. excellent video!

[@id1477]

I'm Russian, I hardly speak English, and I don't play drums. I just wanted to understand the rhythm of the shuffle better and accidentally came across this video. And I understood everything, not knowing the language! This is how any teacher should teach. Perfect!

[@favourerrick8536]

Thanks

[@danielpincus221]

Молодец!

[@dfpguitar]

What a wonderful teacher LaFrae is. She finds a way to teach soul!

[@SJF98]

Very good lesson and explanation! Thank you.

[@joeystultz]

Where did these bright red stage customs come from. I've only seen the cranberry red, that does not look as good as what she's playing. Yamaha What's Up?

[@hughfitz2425]

Joseph Stultz maybe a custom spray they did themselves? It’s dope tho

[@squeedum4893]

Can't believe I've only just now found this series. So cool!

[@donkotouc8377]

Very nice explanation-very helpful...

[@jamesarnold5554]

Its so nice to hear someone teach shuffles instead of chops all the time!!!

[@22Royston]

Well described - pleased to say I learnt from this - Thank you

[@matthewwilliams3643]

Shuffle groove was created by jazz musicians not blues the blues took it over and made it there own

[@francescofilippotandoi9407]

I was totally hanging on every word. Fantastic lesson.

[@riotangel4701]

I permanently altered my heartbeat rhythm.

[@sethginsburg6698]

Brilliant teacher! Wonderfully clear!

[@stevetempo]

Great presentation...benefited by your perspective....

[@Cata2690]

You are a great teacher. Praise God

[@4jesseboy]

thank you for this. Just learning drums and what an awesome teacher you are!!!!

[@nathanferreira4767]

this is great, thanks for sharing

[@ValerianKapeller]

Thanks a lot! Good job :)

[@ServantofJesus247]

Love this explanation

[@artistc]

Very thanks, teacher! It was clear like water.

[@carlop3019]

The most powerful and "heart-touching" lesson on the blues I´ve ever seen heard!

[@snarecat3441]

Why not foot playing both for “ boom boom “ ?

[@carlop3019]

@@snarecat3441??

[@roandtheundefinedworld]

this is so inspiring, thank you

[@josestalinalmonte5531]

muchas gracias por esta clase tan bien explicada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CelsoEduardo]

nice!!!

[@KenMickey]

Thanks for sharing, very nice.

[@tomaya2]

thanks !!

[@railcar123]

Good...really good.

[@josealbertocontejr1664]

thanks!

[@thisdudeactuallysaid9711]

i always felt shuffle was more of a swing

[@prod.sardoniiq6942]

This Dude Actually Said shuffle is just swing but every quarter note had an “a” pickup in front 1+a2+a3+a4+a -subdivisions 1 a2 a3 a4 a -shuffle groove 1 2 a3 4 a -swing pattern

[@Ramshackled17]

Fantastic lesson. Thank you.

[@bruford911]

Swing!

[@TheSinisterMinister666]

EXCELLENT! Loved it!

[@Cpt_Guirk]

Boom Boom Sauce