Ken Shorley - Frame Drum Lesson (Basic Fives)

[@IzabellaEjzler]

I am thankful that you hold the space for many repetitions with you! It really helps to memorize the pulse with the body.

[@kenshorley]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@brigitteotto9546]

Thanks a lot for all the clear and instructive material. It is a lot of fun to practise with your videos. I am looking forward to more. Best from Germany

[@kenshorley]

So glad you're enjoying the videos! Cheers from Canada...

[@BRAVEONPRECIOUS]

Absolutely love your clear, calm and precise way of teaching. Wonderful! Thank you so much☺️🌑☺️

[@kenshorley]

So glad you are finding the videos useful. Thanks for watching!

[@BeldaBorgeld]

You took the words out of my mouth! He's wonderful!

[@joysanders9315]

This is a great video. I played my drums many years ago but since moving to a new area have not been able to find like minded folks. So, my many drums have adorned my walls and home for abut 10 years. Now I am retired and have time to 're-learn". My first challeng was what is the D-K-T-P and which hand do I use - lol. This video took me right to where I need to be. I will be following and practicing every day. THANK YOU for making this so simple to understand.

[@kenshorley]

I'm so glad you've found this video useful! Happy drumming!

[@sansal2068]

I cannot wait to receive my drum and start practising! Thank you for such a in depth videos Ken, this will make it pleasurable and exciting to learn drumming! Many thanks!

[@kenshorley]

I'm so glad you're enjoying the videos! Happy drumming!

[@zanroda7358]

Thanks

[@surgentsunnysongs6359]

Oh, thank you so much, Ken ! You are a fantastic teacher and i am so happy that i've found this special drumming with the fingers, because i love to play with my fingers. Warm Greetings from Germany from Susanne - i want to buy me a Remo 14" frame drum soon.

[@kenshorley]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Happy drumming!

[@surgentsunnysongs6359]

@@kenshorley Thanks a lot ! Warm Greetings to you and best wishes

[@karenmoyes3393]

Another brilliant video, thank you Ken. Excellent daily practice until the beginners course is ready 😊

[@kenshorley]

Thanks Karen!

[@lucamay2134]

Hi Ken, your tutorials really help me discovering a world beside the standard 4/4-timing and this is great! Thank you very much for introducing me to the wonderful world of the 5's and all the best for you!

[@kenshorley]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the kind words!

[@thecarolynpeh]

It's so meditative and inspiring, thank you.

[@kenshorley]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@venkateshcherukuri8625]

Excellent Master

[@kenshorley]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@kenmolaalomnek1499]

I love your lessons, thank you so much Ken! They are so clear, instructive and always motivating! Greetings and all the best from Italy!

[@kenshorley]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you're finding the videos useful!

[@minervaayurveda]

I am very thankful for your help with the very good videos you make. They are very useful and motivating. I am very happy to have many ideas to start playing my own frame drum following your lessons. So, many thanks for being as generous, kind and good teacher. 🙏😊

[@kenshorley]

I am so glad you're finding the videos useful! I appreciate your kind words. All the best!

[@minervaayurveda]

@@kenshorley Thanks a lot for you response, from Burgos (Spain)🙏😊

[@betweenearthandsky4091]

You are amazing! thank you so much, to make learning fun, easy and simple! You are a great teacher 🙏

[@kenshorley]

Thank you for your generous words! I'm so glad you're finding the videos useful and enjoyable. Happy drumming!

[@puingpong]

fine & very usefull lesson. you really got me in the shoes for exact drumming & daily work with your tutorials. thanks a lot, and best regards from berlin!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you're finding the videos useful!

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Happy New Year to you ♦️

[@kenshorley]

Happy new year!

[@Mardathana]

Thank you so much! I'm practicing Greek rhythms and this reminds me of baiduska (a 2-3 pattern), so these exercises are very helpful to me!

[@dakotalake9084]

I am a beginner, currently taking a class from Kristy Holland and found your lesson very helpful, thank you!

[@kenshorley]

So glad you enjoyed the video!

[@elyssir]

Thanks a lot! You are such a good teacher!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks Liz! I'm glad you're finding the videos useful!

[@HelmarWeiss]

great lesson!!!!

[@kenshorley]

Glad you liked it!

[@maribelminayadiaz9322]

Ken. You're wonderful and very generous!! Saludos desde España!!

[@kenshorley]

Thanks so much for your kind words! All the best from Canada! 🇨🇦

[@thesinead3924]

Another great lesson Ken,thank you 🙏

[@kenshorley]

Thanks for watching!

[@MultiMashita]

Beautiful, thank you!

[@kenshorley]

Thank you!

[@sweetpeagauthier8872]

I just purchased a Buffalo Drum will mine have the same sounds? You are a fantastic tutor - thanks from Canada (:

[@kenshorley]

One of my first frame drums was a Buffalo Drum actually! The tone will be a bit deeper, more earthy, but all the same strokes can be played!

[@alexanderscott6332]

Thanks ken this is awesome. Is this time signature still 4/4 or is it 5/4?

[@kenshorley]

Hi! You can actually apply different time signatures to these sequences of five. I hear these patterns in 5/8 actually, although 5/4 works as well.

[@alexanderscott6332]

@@kenshorley Thank you Ken!!

[@chiirö-musique]

Hi Ken and thanks a lot for this beautiful lesson. I was wondering how do you manage not to make your framedrum move at all while you are playing? Mine is really "dancing' a lot when I hit it, specially with the palm of my hand... and I'm quite sure this is not good at all :) (my framedrum is a Remo 22"x2,5" Rahmentrommel)

[@kenshorley]

Hello! Glad you enjoyed this lesson! Given the dimensions of your drum (22" wide x 2.5" deep) this 'knee dancing' problem will be more of a challenge for you. Frame drums with smaller diameters or deeper shell depths are, in general, easier to control. One suggestion that may help comes from a former student of mine. She encountered a similar problem when playing, and she found that putting a small piece of material known as 'rubber drawer liner' across her leg, under the drum, helped to keep the frame drum in place. Hope this helps!

[@chiirö-musique]

@@kenshorley thx a lot for your answer !!

[@Thechasepc]

Thanks for the video. So the time signature is 5/4 and divided into two pulses 2+3)?

[@kenshorley]

Yes if you're notating rhythms in five, you could use a 5/4 or 5/8 time signature. And most fives are divided into two groupings - either 2+3 or 3+2.

[@Thechasepc]

@@kenshorley Thank you!

[@TonyCuscina]

Would you please recommend a good quality frame drum for one just getting started with frame drums? Thanks…

[@kenshorley]

Have a look at the frame drum offerings from Remo and Meinl. They have a range of affordable options for folks who are new to the frame drum.

[@brucegrebeldinger3525]

Thanks, the elements on your wall are acoustic modifiers? Made or purchased?

[@kenshorley]

They are homemade acoustic panels using rigid insulation boards wrapped in fabric.

[@TonyCuscina]

Ken, what kind of Frame Drum are you using in this video?

[@kenshorley]

Hi Tony. I'm playing an 18" classic Tar with a Remo Renaissance head from Cooperman drums in Vermont USA. @CoopermanVT

[@f.heydarpourklidsar2037]

I currently bought a shaman dram with a stick from Amazon.The frame of it is not like your drum. Is it also possible to play it with my hands like you are doing? I don’t know if it sound not like yours because of the fact that I’m beginner or because my drum is not made for that. I appreciate your reply.

[@kenshorley]

Hello! A 'shaman' drum is typically tuned much lower, and often has a thicker drum skin, which sounds less responsive than these Cooperman tars, where the skin is artificial and can be tuned up fairly high. It's certainly possible to use your drum to learn these rhythms, but as you mentioned, the sound will be different.

[@phoebejohnson1168]

Thank yiu

[@kenshorley]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@venkateshcherukuri8625]

Your teaching ad your style

[@albertbissada6284]

where can i buy a frame drum just like that one?

[@kenshorley]

From the fine people at Cooperman Drums in Vermont, USA! cooperman.com

[@ponsiswett6161]

🙏🏽🎶

[@lisandromayb]

🙂💫👏👏