John Bonham Drum Warm Up | John Bonham Drum Lesson

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Ok, so this is the last installment (for now) in the John Bonham drum lesson series. It's been so much fun to go through and break out Bonham's drumming.
In this lesson, I give you a drum warm up that I have written based around many of the "Bonhamisms" that I've found through listening and studying Bonham's playing. The whole thing takes either 5 or 10 minutes (depending on how long you play each section) and will give you a way to review the Bonham feel while also warming up for your practice session or gig.
Here's the other lessons in this series:
Top 3 John Bonham Drum Beats: www.youtube.co...
Top 3 John Bonham Drum Fills: www.youtube.co...
Top 3 John Bonham Intros: www.youtube.co...
John Bonham Kick Triplets: www.youtube.co...
Leave a comment below and let me know what you think of the warm up!
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[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

Stephen, after being with Led Zeppelin for almost 50 years now and having the unbelievable opportunity to have seen them in 71,72,73, and final time 3/5/75 in Dallas this is what I can tell you about John Bonham. John Bonham defied the limitations of what the human body can do and that’s probably why we will never see anyone of his capability ever again, this is why it is imperative that drummers with your talent skill and more importantly your teaching abilities keep these great fills and grooves at the forefront of drumming. Thank you my friend.

[@emm352]

I am so jealous that you saw Zeppelin in concert.

[@josephhavalotti997]

Never get sick of Bonham’s greatness,that what makes him great!!!

[@markricher7362]

Man I love playing ghost notes, even when a song doesn't have any I'll still throw some in there!

[@lawrencebittke8478]

I was privileged to see LED ZEPPELIN in concert twice. I never played any instruments myself but I really appreciate how musicians learned, practiced and played. Thanks for sharing this John Bonham warmup video; it really brought back some warm memories.

[@johniacadoro7668]

This is great! Anytime drummers can get a beat by beat breakdown of any of those icons really helps us become better at our craft. Keep these type of lessons coming, please!

[@manateeak]

I love the Bonham lessons , keep making them . Thanks !

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

I'll come back to him at some point...the next series starts soon and it's gonna be on Neil Peart. So much great stuff to teach on!

[@susanbabudro3825]

Great Bonham warm up. I love that you included Fool In The Rain. I play that every day. I still have trouble with it even though sometimes I can do it all day with no problem. It kicks my butt sometimes for some reason. That's why I have to play it every day. LOL. But I love it!

[@BludgeonRiffola87]

Thank you so much for showing Bonham triplets as LRK! I’ve always wondered why people do RLK. You’re the man, Stephen.

[@healthsignalllc3456]

Stephen, this is my first lesson from you and it is AWESOME! Thank you. More of them would be awesome too. I have just purchased a Roland electronic set so I can practice "quietly".

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Health Signal, LLC Glad this one hit home with you! And stoked to have you hanging on the channel. Tons for you to check out

[@drumsrlife71418]

How can I pick one favorite fill from all his repertoire, Bonhom is absolutely amazing!!! Thanks for breaking down his fills so us normal drummers can try to replicate lol.

[@JonZiegler6]

These Bonzo lessons have almost instantly improved my playing, thanks so much!!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Jon Ziegler Lol, glad to hear it

[@nexusxsnow8263]

12:00 best for rock in my opinion with a open hi hat

[@misfit2022]

There can never be enough Bonham vids. Simple warm up cue paradiddles and paradiddle diddles 😁

[@michaelcougar6589]

Great teacher.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Thanks Michael!

[@drmrzrul12]

Nice lesson. Man my kick pedal off beat timing is weak.... Now I have something productive to work on. Thanks!

[@jenskue]

Thank you so much, Stephen! You are the reason I‘ve been making excellent progress and love to play drums every day. Greetings from Germany!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

You’re more than welcome Jens

[@DamianS1893]

Excellente 👍 God bless

[@TRGP331]

This is exactly the warmup I need! I am a rusty drummer coming back to the fold and want to have more Bonhamisms in my playing!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Greg Page glad it helped Greg

[@stephensciucco3074]

Great Stuff Stephen/ I too huge JB fan saw Zeppelin 6x

[@gmoney1592]

This is a great lesson. Awesome warmup. . Your Bonham lesson series is excellent. There is not a better Rock Drummer we can learn from. He is the hammer of the gods . These lessons help more than u know thx so much!!!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Gary C. Thanks Gary...next stop, Neil Peart!

[@Brosenbrose]

Great Video. All (most) of Bonhams tricks in one warmup!

[@manymoonslater4905]

thanks Stephen! I like the idea of practicing this as a warm up and tackling a group of concepts in an organized block. Much more efficient!

[@high0nfire]

This lesson is fantastic! I love how it mixes useful practice with pulling from our favorite drummers. Could do a whole series of these. Or maybe practice routines based on specific songs, so you aren't exactly learning a cover song, but the techniques needed to play that song... The glaring one from this video to me would be Good Times Bad Times... Can't play that song until you master those Bonham kick triplets! You got me jazzed to practice this, Stephen!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

high0nfire More to come!

[@andreadidomenico2572]

Great great great. The best explication about bonham style. Greetings from italy

[@cpv6967]

Thank you! Very well broken down and explained. 👌👍

[@steveames5797]

I have been playing the Bonham shuffle beat incorrectly! I naturally put TWO ghost notes in the fourth triplet (2nd and 3rd notes of the triplet) which I guess he didn't do. Mine is kind of a hybrid between the Bonham and Rosanna beats. Now I will make the adjustment and have two shuffle beats to mess around with! Thanks for the videos.

[@vkiperman]

Great video. I love your laid back feel in the triplets.

[@mlowder06]

Great work! 11:12 separates the boys form the men!!! More of these warm-up videos please!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

mlowder06 oh...there’s a Neil Peart Warm Up coming soon...

[@remygaron8311]

Youre explaination are easy to do and understand and very well played keep up the good work thanks to you from🇨🇦🇨🇦🥁🥁we love your work and the very kind person you are

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Remy Garon Thanks Remy!

[@makovoorj]

Stephen great video, thanks for sharing

[@francklambret7103]

john B is my favorite drummer and probably the one who influenced the most my personal drumming (at another very low level :o) ) - Thanks for these ideas to warming up !!! Great stuff.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Franck LAMBRET you bet!

[@user-ft3lw8nk3h]

Agreed, can't get enough of these Bonham lessons! Been working on those bass drum triplets for the Good Times, Bad Times groove, my project this summer, very challenging. Sure would be good to have you break down the best way to get those 3 doubles in a row in on the bass drum at speed! Thanks, Stephen!! Great and fun lesson as always :D

[@lanceh4653]

Just practice them in a little grove that you make up where it is required to do them. I used to do 16th rather than triplets On a song called "Flight of the Vulture" that my metal band did back in the 80s. Original song and unfortunately no surviving recordings. There where Hi- hat flashes in the beat too, so I couldn't use double base for it. It was on 2, so 2 was on the snare and hat, and e&a3& was on the bass drum so its 4 sixteenths starting on the e of 2 carried to 3. It could just as easily be started on the e of four. There's actually a trickier bit on 4 in the second measure. I still do that rhythm now, because it is a great exercise and I still think it sounds cool. With the Bohnam triplets you have more time so you just have to break that mental paradigm that keeps you from carrying that triplet across to 1

[@user-ft3lw8nk3h]

Lance H Thanks, Lance H! Sounds interesting, I will try that out. Shame your song 'Flight of the Vulture' isn't available, I would have liked to hear that. I've been practicing along to 'All My Love' (another Led Zeppelin song) and playing the BD triplets in Bonham's groove there, somehow it's easier, but still a challenge. Cheers for the tip, can't wait to try it out! :D

[@lanceh4653]

I was messing around with the triplets last night and actually found it easier to play a full triplet on one. I think the real challenge is getting the accent on one. Without it, it just kind of feels like you stumbled into it. Yeah it's pretty unfortunate, but I had all the recordings of my early bands stored in a box out in the garage. My wife decided to tidy up and It just looked like a box of old crappy cassettes so she tossed them! For some reason, none of the members had any copies either. I still remember Most of those songs, but probably not every single lick.

[@pdrumm3790]

Thanks I'm gonna use this warmup .always love your videos

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

p drumm thanks!

[@tatedavis2016]

Great lesson, Bonham is my second favorite drummer of all time next to Keith Moon. Can you do a lesson on how to ask to sit in for a gig later down the line? I think it would be beneficial to us drummers in big cities looking for gigs. All the best!!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Tate Davis I’ll see what I can do

[@kartirnium]

Can we have a lesson on drummers shoes? I see Converse everywhere.

[@amadeobuccinioni]

Dude, you’re amazing! Excellent lessons!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Amadeo Buccinioni Thanks!

[@mikelovesdeb]

Dude you are awesomeingleesmart with this JB drum stuff I love it. Thnx for posting. Mike D.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Michael Drexler You bet Mike

[@marklarock26]

exactly what i needed right now. digging in on Chad Smith and wanted to inject something Bonham related because of the obvious influences. chad uses the "bucket of fish" thing alot

[@dylanbaldwin7934]

Oh yah the chili peppers were born from zeppelins more funky tunes. The wanton song the crunge custard pie. Imo that reminds me so much of the chili peppers

[@TheDeuceofSpades]

Much needed. I'm recommending this to my friend.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

David Marley thanks David!

[@izzy574]

Love Bonham (favorite, and BEST drummer EVER!)! Love your videos Stephan, keep them coming!! PS, thanks for the sheet music!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Budo Master you bet!

[@cwTheDrummist]

Love this. Thank you! I think my favorite is the hihat/kick on e & a/snare groove.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Chris Wicklas such a small change but it makes everything feel so much different

[@cactus9362]

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[@rich7662]

Stephen Awesome Taylor does it again!

[@nautilius]

Great class and awesome Drums... Thank's Stephen ...\m/

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

nautilius thanks and you bet!

[@soccerringettedad]

Awesome lesson. I say lesson as opposed to warm up because for me that's where I'm at. Exercise #3 highlights limb dependence. Exercise #4 timing and stamina and FITR grove getting the ghosting right. Will my bass drum triplets ever sound decent?! 🤔

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Dan Lesage all in due time. Just keep pushing them. You’ll get there

[@nordicrainbow]

I almost got a drum set a few years ago. I then realised that even if I did I wouldnt have anywhere to put it. Thank u for the tutorial. Ill stay hopeful that I can eventually someday apply the skills ur teaching lol!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Dana girl Go get that set! And you’re more than welcome

[@nordicrainbow]

@@StephenTaylorDrums ha ha ok. Ill drum up a dew bucks then lol.?

[@joefisk4448]

Really liked these wish you would have added that beat from GTBT where he hits three base notes in a row. I think it starts with the 'a' of 2 and then the 'e' the '&' and the 'a' of 3. Thanks for all your vids!

[@music9556]

nice lessons

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Thanks!

[@music9556]

yes the cam angles realy add to the understanding of beats even if you just want to learn a specific thing like for me its bonham triplets .

[@ridevirginia862]

Aw man... i just subscribed. I've known about you. I've seen you on Drumeo and just absolutely loved your lesson on how to practice. I just ran into this now while looking at something else and you just handed me an early christmas present with all of these bonham lessons. Fantastic! thank you.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Ride Virginia Glad to have ya hanging with us on here!

[@joshnelsonnj]

great snare warmup, kind of sounds like page 37, lesson 1.

[@patrickcrean5551]

Efffing amazing , thanks sweet hoodie

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Patrick Crean Thanks...that’s all my wife lol

[@JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums]

an essential warm-up, Stephen..a new follower here

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

John D Robinson glad to have you hanging with us John!

[@JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums]

you're welcome! much success to you!

[@Jellybeantiger]

Bonham and Barlow,the drummer from Tull.

[@ronniefuhr7085]

Thanks man. .I love this stuff

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Ronnie Fuhr You bet Ronnie

[@enoclafyeoj10]

Best video to date.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Joey Falcone Thank you Joey

[@GOULIELRMOS]

Thanks

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

GOULIELRMOS 👊🏻👍🏻

[@nottudyug]

Great warm up thanks Stephen. To be honest i've just about nailed " the " BBC sessions SIBLY fill that ive been practising for a while now. SUCH a great feeling playing that and i've not seen it notated (the BBC sessions version) until your produced it on here BRILLIANT STUFF THANK YOU Yes am i anal ? Yes guess so but its GOT to be right before i move on. Lots for me to practice in the warm up lesson...... Bucket of fish is next on my list to get right!!

[@Braglemaster123]

“ Bang Em Like Bonham “

[@davemoore3394]

Awesome as ever mate. If you don't mind I'll treat this as a lesson first, then maybe treat it as a warmup once I've got it ;)

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Dave Moore You bet Dave!

[@RodolfoPadilhaDrums]

Yeahh man thanks for this fantastic lesson! That's why I'm subscriped in this channel (and the gig vlogs too)! Really fun and usefull!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Rodolfo Padilha thanks Rodolfo

[@jedidrummerjake]

Love it!!!!

[@DRCRANKNSTEIN]

really cool- thanks!!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

DR. CRANKNSTEIN You bet!

[@mikeharwood1349]

Great lesson \m/

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Mike Harwood Thanks Mike

[@aayushtiwari6034]

Its cool you can please make a video on how to get different sound from hihat and which part of stick to use to get such sound!!hope you get it my english sucks 😂😂

[@mikeisaac6562]

Awesome Lesson! Can you get a lesson on Bonham's hand techniques on the Video - Led Zeppelin Live in Denmark. His hand technique on How many more times is incredible. It sounds like some cool marching fill. Thanks.

[@leaveyofairarmy185]

Mike Isaac page "borrowed" that marching section from his dear friend Jeff Beck (hear to Beck's Bolero)

[@leaveyofairarmy185]

*check out / listen to

[@lanceh4653]

On the "bucket of fish" lick, it occurred to me that it 's just a Herta orchestrated around the kit. Might make it easier for some who have already been working on Hertas.

[@josephmonaco4503]

That riff that you are showing is the ending part of Rock-N-Roll, correct? All of it is correct, except the bass drum plays 2- 32nd beats at the end. Goes like this... snare and floor tom, mounted tom, then 2 bass drum hits, not one. If you listen to him playing very carefully, you will here it. That's what makes his playing so difficult. Once you can do all of the 2-32nd notes on the bass drum with a 16th note on the hi-hat, then you can do his off=beat 16th note triplets with one hand and 2- bass drum notes, as in the first song, " Good times bad times." He plays his off beat 16th note triplets with his hi=hat and bass drum fills. 2- triplets with the hi-hat and the 2 bass drum notes then the one hit on the snare to complete the triplet riff. If you don't understand what I'm trying to say, I'll play it for you on a video. I know every riff that Bonham plays. Over the years many people have made Bonhams beats, " Only in a cheating fashion" just to make it sound like him, but in fact, they are leaving out many double beats on his bass drum... That's what made him so special...

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Joseph Monaco No, watch it again...I tell you where that one comes from in the video. Not the ending of rock and roll

[@evananderson9489]

Can you do a dave grohl warm up video?

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

2spooky4me I’ll get a Grohl series up here at some point for srue

[@HammerGruvin1]

You should kind of slow down when you explain if you wanted to be the unarguably best on YT 🥁

[@johnsutton3140]

May I dare say, the iconic Steve Gadd signature fills apparently had a fundamental influence from Bonham. Please correct me if my interpretation is incorrect.

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

John Sutton that’s hard to say...they began their careers at very similar times and Gadd seemed to come from more of a jazz background (Elvin, Tony, etc.). But, he’s the only one that could answer that I guess

[@nonameyet7163]

idk if you've done any videos on jaki liebezeit, but if not i'd love to see some!

[@remygaron8311]

Awesome🥁🥁🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Glad ya dig!

[@drumyogi9281]

Man I wish I wasn't stuck playing my electronic drum set all year. It is fun but god damn I miss my acoustic.

[@brian96597]

Most excellent. Especially the fast doubles on bass and fool in the rain exercises. My question is, do you have any pointers/exercises to use to get the left hand/right foot and right hand/left foot in sync with each other?

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

brian96597 what do you mean by in sync? Playing in unison?

[@brian96597]

Yes. In unison between right hand/left foot and left hand/right foot. I keep trying to practice this and end up in a triplet. Hopefully that makes some sort of sense.

[@soccerringettedad]

I know what you mean. Exercise #3 is a b*tch. Took a while to get the right hand/high hat. Still struggling with left snare + base drum. And this is at 50 bpm! My brain wants to drift the right hand to sync with the bass drum and drift the base drum to be on the quarter notes. Getting there by breaking it into pieces - take out the left hand. Also alternating between just feet and all 4 limbs on successive measures helps timing and alleviates the difficulty of "getting started". Still a long way to go...

[@DanstykMusic]

Good job Stephen. Nice to pull it all together.

[@ICHITHEBILLER2102]

Love ittt also I've got to mention,your beard can be mistaken for a Greek God's beard like damn..hi5

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Piece of cake I’m just happy to have it on my face.

[@gerardogonzalez6117]

Podemsky friend!

[@LaPinaille]

D’enfer 🤘🏻😎

[@atiasniv]

Hi, i didnt get th sheet music.. can you send me?

[@atiasniv]

ok i get it from other email thanks

[@Trays7940]

Where did you get your wall???

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Trays7940 From trees! Lol, seriously though...Home Depot. Two different sized wood planks. 2 different stains within the same color family. Varying degrees of stain on every board. Nail gun got them hung in under an hour once they were stained and cut. Whole project was under $200

[@fall9stand10]

Great lessons! Thank you! PS: you may want to review the links of "Top 3 Bonzo...." as they point to "studio.youtube.com ...." instead of the desired clips ... \m/

[@costanicholas]

🤘🤘👍👍

[@johnnythejonathan1091]

Hey man what crash cymbal are you using on your left?

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Johnny TheJonathan that’s a 19” Kerope

[@johnnythejonathan1091]

Thanks dude and keep up the killer videos!!@@StephenTaylorDrums

[@tdrum21]

👌🏽🥁🎶

[@mymusic-gq9fn]

👍👽🥁

[@peppertennis]

Has sheet music been deleted/expired Won’t let me fill in form....

[@casterman2]

I don’t have a lot of time to practice which is a bummer. But seeing it broken down an the approach, is huge. You can’t just jump in and start playing like Bonzo. Unless ur a 12 year old virtuoso lol

[@codybennett4321]

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[@paulkuzub6405]

Ain’t receiving the sheet music!

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Hey Paul...so sorry, email [e-mail] and we’ll get you sorted.

[@aeriegrove]

kinda OT but we have exactly the same beard growth - down to the frillyiness and waves - only mine is a dark ginger. My man, very handsome, what else can say.

[@jaype331]

Check out bonzology channel and bonzoleum channel

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Jaedon Parker great Channels

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

*Get the FREE sheet music here: **bit.ly/2plcg10* *Ok, so this is the last installment (for now) in the John Bonham drum lesson series. It's been so much fun to go through and break out Bonham's drumming.* *In this lesson, I give you a drum warm up that I have written based around many of the "Bonhamisms" that I've found through listening and studying Bonham's playing. The whole thing takes either 5 or 10 minutes (depending on how long you play each section) and will give you a way to review the Bonham feel while also warming up for your practice session or gig.* *Here's the other lessons in this series:* *Top 3 John Bonham Drum Beats: **kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=i4wThWyBHG0* *Top 3 John Bonham Drum Fills: **kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=fuV9VUpulA0* *Top 3 John Bonham Intros: **kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=ohZpiwKzFn8* *John Bonham Kick Triplets: **kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=AiriN8WOgiI* *Leave a comment below and let me know what you think of the warm up!*

[@bryanbaker5942]

You lost me at “Alright!”

[@StephenTaylorDrums]

Sorry about that Brian...ill work on not using that word

[@MichelPeindaries]

Pas génial le son de la grosse caisse, trop feutrée

[@wernerspitzenberger6916]

why always this shit sounding bassdrum? its BASS, but i hear NO BASS

[@xXEvangelXx]

Bonham looks like he smelt really bad.

[@captnzursee]

You're mistaking bad with manly

[@wooderk6202]

go check out Bonzoleum.