Jazz Drummer Q-tip Lick of the Week: Jeff "Tain" Watts

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[@thibodaux3424]

Here's how I recommend practicing any odd phrase that will go over bar lines. This has been hugely successful for me: Step 1: Get the hands and feet to internalize the pattern first by developing a bit of muscle memory. Don't worry about bars yet. Step 2: put a click on and count quarter notes out loud as you play it over 2 bars. Make sure you're playing it correctly and not dropping beats. Step 3: do the same over 4 bars. Step 4: Do over 8 bars... Keep doing the extensions until you can do it over a 32 bar form. Writing it out over 32 bars allows you to check that you are playing the correct thing at that part of the form. Then try playing the phrase continuously while singing a melody like Autumn Leaves. Once you can do that you've internalized it to a point where you can feel it anywhere in a bar which is the goal. You definitely don't want to be counting this stuff. You want to feel it. You'll be able to start and end the phrase wherever you choose on any beat in any bar. This all comes from Ari Hoenig.

[@drumqtips]

Great! Thanks for sharing Neal. Ari is a metric guru!!

[@eliweidman4312]

I love that lick...Ralph Peterson plays with it all the time as well

[@bedlam6666]

Yeah man, JTW plays this riff all night. Must have seen him play 20 times. Now I know what he's doing. He's a maniac. Thanks!

[@douchebagme]

dude u change my life i have been hearing it that lick evey where n u just showed me how thank u boss

[@PeppeMerolla]

Yes! Keep this going Quincy

[@stevekimball7697]

Yes!

[@mimimi230]

I wish i could see you once live on a stage. would you like to come to germany once? we need some jazz here! you are so passionate with drums.

[@GabrielLoto]

Excellent all your videos! great stuff

[@shraunbone]

Very inspiring. I'm definitely going to work on that.

[@JimBrooksDrums]

Nice job of show the progression from slow to bad ass. Great lesson. Thanks

[@tdrum21]

Very nice one. Thanks for this!

[@BpatzOfficial]

hey thanks for all your videos interesting stuff

[@willcaviness]

Thanks for the tip, Quincy, I really love your playing, I'm not a drummer but this really helps me decipher the "Tain" school of drumming...keep em coming!

[@drumqtips]

+Will Caviness Thanks Will. Glad I could help!

[@drumqtips]

Hey Aaron. Sorry for the late reply but thanks for the comment. Yes I do give Skype lessons. Shoot me an email at [e-mail].

[@Steeltowner]

Love this! love your channel!

[@drumqtips]

Thanks Steel!

[@CAMA69120]

fantastic drumming

[@clementeaccornero8900]

Grande Quincy !! Great phrasing again 👏👏👏👏🙏🥁

[@drumqtips]

Many thanks!!

[@suntsu152]

Very Nice Man! Professor Key from CSU

[@d4dou67]

Great! Merci beaucoup

[@AaronJansz]

Man! I love the stuff you've put up! Keep it coming. Do you do skype lessons by any chance?

[@manuelgchapajr2000]

Nice Lesson

[@yarpyarp85]

oh hell ya

[@thenel2162]

dope!

[@TheSldsnake]

First time in ur channel great lesson bro !!

[@drumqtips]

+TheSldsnake Thank you bro!

[@user-ct4sp4kq7m]

Huuuge thanks homie from Russia!

[@Marroine]

big ups Quincy! new follower here lovin' your stuff!

[@drumqtips]

+Andrew Rosales Thanks Andrew!

[@thomasnichol4138]

Bruv, that was straight up fire, bruv.

[@thomasnichol4138]

Thank you.

[@SteveBolognese]

Also start with the bass drum for a nice resolution to beat one

[@stevenelson3540]

Nice one to share

[@drumqtips]

+Steve Nelson Thanks Steve. Great name!!!

[@user-fm9kv5ce4u]

最高にクールなドラマーだ！

[@drumqtips]

見てくれてありがとう！

[@theillestdrummer7822]

Boom

[@JUJJAMAN]

Badman

[@thibodaux3424]

Awesome stuff! You mentioned two Swiss army triplets at the beginning but played two flam accents... Not that it matters but it makes the whole thing sound different! You could do it both ways!

[@drumqtips]

Woops! Thanks for catching that. Yes, that makes a difference it the way it sounds. Thanks Neal!

[@johnmoran1130]

Great lick. Working on it now. However, I do not see how this is a swiss army triplet. I've transcribed what you are doing on the slow demonstration and it looks like the second have of the flam accent repeated. I want to make sure I am doing it right. Please let me know.

[@drumqtips]

Hi John. Take a look at it again. Should be: ||: (L)R R L (L)R R L B :||

[@johnmoran1130]

Check out the slow one. Your right hand is definitely hitting first. (R)LRL(R)LRL.

[@drumqtips]

Oh Crap! You're totally right dude. Ha! It's a non-alternating Flam-Accent. I stand corrected! You're the only one who's caught that. Ha!

[@johnmoran1130]

Oh thank God!! I thought I was losing my mind. Thanks so much for your posts man. I love your playing and instruction!!

[@valerielacombe1353]

@@johnmoran1130 Same! thanks for this!

[@robvriens8812]

Such a tasty challenging lick! DO you know a specific record he plays it? Thx Q

[@drumqtips]

Check out branford Marsellus‘s album called Bloomington. I’m sure he plays it somewhere on that album.

[@robvriens8812]

@@drumqtips Thank you Quincy! Didn’t find the lick yet but the comping on ‘friday 13th’ is so tasteful.

[@awaken8888]

when applied to 4-4 time, was it grouping of 7-7-7-7-4 ?

[@geta65]

awaken8888 exactly. That way it ends on the 1 of the next measure

[@jeffsavaryego2366]

Experiment with placing the 4 in different places. 4-7-7-7-7, 7-7-4-7-7, etc.

[@cyberceil]

Life is to short for ME to perfect that and why? No Jazz gigs left.

[@pdub414]

Q Love me some Tain but Tony Williams did it first!

[@drumqtips]

Hey Perry. Sorry for the late reply! Thnx for the comment. He definitely played it first but haven't heard him play it like this in a repetitive grouping of 5. I'm actually going to do a vid with some TW phrases. Very similar to this. Respect!

[@nadir6661]

it kind of "flams on beat 1

[@rodrigoguzmanleroy4915]

😳