Learn How To Play an Exciting Open Drum Solo

In this drum lesson, Learn How To Play an Exciting Open Drum Solo, I discuss and demonstrate 10 keys to great open drum solos. You Learn How To Play an Exciting Open Drum Solo using 10 keys to great open drum solos and you will hear me meply all of the techniques in an open drum solo from a recent live gig of mine. This live footage happens at the end of the lesson. So enjoy this drum lesson where you will Learn How To Play an Exciting Open Drum Solo.
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[@charleskowalski3815]

Hey Quincy!! I’m a 16 year-old, self taught drummer in Japan. I just wanted to tell you that I look forward to your lessons every week!! The amount of information you’re putting out there for free is INSANE!! I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that! Keep up the good work, and I hope I’ll get to meet you one day🙏🙏🖤

[@drumqtips]

Awesome to hear from you, my man, and I’m so glad my lessons have helped so much. Stay on the lookout for more to come! Ganbatte ne💪🏾

[@mrmisfit635]

More top notch content, Quincy! Open drum solos are so much fun to see and hear. And yes, its all about connecting, how one voice calls out to the next. Wonderful stuff! 👍🏼

[@borndrumming1972]

The Leader of the band that I currently play around the state of texas in calls out all of the musicians at some point in the show every night. After watching several of your build a solo lessons I have been able to formulate on the spot much better. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Professor Davis!

[@drumqtips]

I love hearing that. Glad my lessons have helped you!

[@carrerlluna66]

Ned here for the major lesson Mr Quincy. The solo was out of this world in so many ways. How you worked your way into it, bit by bit adding the textures and also the touch, using the rims and edges or bending the skins, like WOW Quincy ! The advice and info was, as usual, essential and enlightening to say the least but with a light touch and good humor. All the best and keep healthy. Thank you as well for the shout out, it was a lovely surprise. Adios maestro !

[@drumqtips]

Glad you liked the solo and I’m glad you liked your surprise shout out brother Ned!

[@RiO-Cosmic12]

KING QUINCY DAVIS MASTER DRUMMER 🥁

[@drumqtips]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@tommybemusic]

You're feel on the kit is quite delightful and you are a superb teacher!

[@drumqtips]

Wow, thank you Tommy!

[@ibleebinU]

Tip #9 is often overlooked. I've heard too many drummers whack away at rim shots on a snare and it's ear piercing in the wrong room. The other tip is #1 Dynamics. Sometimes overlooked for the moment to be sensational.

[@drumqtips]

Right on! Easy to forget these two for sure.

[@Joethedrummer]

That's absolutely brilliant. Covers everything. Thanks.

[@drumqtips]

Right on Joe!

[@MichaKorsak]

Great lesson! I would love to see lesson about even eights drumming, I mean something close to Jon Christensen, ECM style :) Peace

[@drumqtips]

Good idea Micha👍🏾

[@MikeGomeztheDMG]

I can’t believe I missed this show!! I was literally at the club that morning 😭. Next time QD 🙌

[@drumqtips]

Oh no! I guess that means I’ll have to go back there soon:)

[@felixspector4909]

Hi Quincy, Here Felix from Argentina again, thanks fot this lesson, really interesting for me, I Play in a jazz quartet called JAZZTEROIDE and I have a solo in a song: God Bless The Child, in a Keith Jarrett Trio version and its really dificult for me because is not a swing and is not easy to play a diferent solo in each show, I will try to use your coments in this video, when I improve my english, you will be my teacher (If you want obviously), I consider your way to teach EXCELENT!!!! thanks

[@drumqtips]

You're probably thinking too much! JUST PLAY and allow yourself to get lost in the moment. Let me know how it goes Felix.

[@wannabeadrummer]

Great crescendo Quincy

[@drumqtips]

I appreciate that!

[@kiddstudios]

Great solo that Q. 👏Especially all the pitchbend/tabla-esque stuff - very Benny Grebb, love it!

[@drumqtips]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you🙏🏾

[@jazzhole8208]

Oh i luv it ❤🥁 just beautiful 🙌

[@drumqtips]

Thanks my man!

[@tomcarr4630]

WOW! Many Thanks for the shout out 😀 Another phenomenal lesson! Number 9 excited me as I have had to adopt to many kinds of rooms. Strange as it might sound, the other idea I have used as “playing the room”, is looking at people or characteristics of the room itself for solo pattern ideas.

[@drumqtips]

Glad you liked your shout out my man. And you’re exactly right playing the room entails more than just ‘playing the room’. Swing on Mr. 🚗.

[@tiagogaspar4074]

Hello Quincy, I really love your videos, they are valuable lessons and I learn a lot, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I really wanted you to do a class on how to interact more with the soloist and/or the accompanying instrument, because I would really like to know your opinion on this subject and how you will approach it, thank you!

[@drumqtips]

Glad you enjoyed this lesson and all my other lessons. I like your idea about doing a video on group interaction. I’ll figure out how to do that in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@JoelCarbonellGonell]

Key 7, 9 and 10! WoW! 7 (Interaction with the audience) -> I have to work on this one, a lot of the times I tend to be too "introverted", I think that 9 (play the room) is corelated, I think about Max Roach concept "Big Room" as explained by Joe Farnsworth! And 10! I love it, don't plan... When I did my last recital on the conservatoire of Perpignan some years ago, I had my open solo planned with some "guidelines", from now on, I will listen to you, and just improvise thinking to all the keys! Tip 2 tension and release is a game changer too! BTW Youre a beast ! Have a nice week!

[@drumqtips]

The Big Room!! That's it Joel! The master drummers really knew how to engage the audience while keeping the integrity of what they were playing. Cheers my man!

[@arnonbentman7317]

Wow every time you surprise me You are the best man!🙌

[@drumqtips]

Happy to surprise you with my lessons Arnon!

[@pickinstone]

Everything you said applies to all musicians, regardless of instrument. We need to challenge the jazz pedagogical paradigm and finally put drummers in their rightful spot--as the leaders teaching the artform. QD, if you ever start your own jazz program--I'm in like Fin. I said it before, but everyone should take lessons from Quincy Davis--no matter your instrument. I still have my notes from our lesson and I don't "technically" play drums (guitarist, guilty as charged). You wanna play swing, bebop, hardbop, or free--you got balance your diet with the language of the drum! Don't worry, that mountain of theory books on harmony won't up and leave ya ;)

[@drumqtips]

I appreciate those glowing words. Starting a jazz school is definitely something. I’ve always wanted to do as I feel I would be able to run it anyway best would help students which is not the case for a lot of programs unfortunately. Cheers my man!

[@pickinstone]

@@drumqtips are you in touch with Patrick Bartley? He is one of the few jazz cats these days who is obsessed with drums, even though he plays a horn. We need the tides to change--there's so much about rhythm and pulse that teaches us how to apply all that harmonic theory. Charlie Parker was such a rhythmic cat himself, yet we barely scratch the surface with his genius.

[@TimIsmagOfficial]

Thank you!

[@drumqtips]

You're welcome!

[@BrassAttack1]

YEAH!

[@carrerlluna66]

BTW Maybe I missed it but what group were you playing with and do you either have recordings or other videos with them ? Asking coz I wanna hear and see more !

[@drumqtips]

It was the Brad Leali X-Tet. I’ll post more clips👍🏾

[@drumqtips]

DO YOU PREFER OPEN DRUM SOLOS OR SOLOING OVER A FORM?

[@mrmisfit635]

Soloing over a form provides a bit of reference or structure, but open drum solos are fun and creatively interesting.

[@dylamswanson4578]

Personally tradings are my favourite because I can use what other instruments play to help my clogged ideas

[@user-ch8ku6qe3x]

Hey cool vid, you may be able to help here quincy... When playing the solo do you count in your head? I always get stuck counting everything even basic fills and rhythm🤔 and another thing how do you make sure what you are playing comes out correctly? Like is it your head that thinks of it and if so how do you get out of your head and just play? Thanks.

[@drumqtips]

I think if you compare drumming with speaking a language, I think you’ll be able to answer your own question. Do you think before you speak or can you just speak and it makes sense? I’m sure you do not have to think about what you want to say as you’re saying it because it happened so quick and you’ve spoken the language that you speak for so long that it comes out very naturally without having to prepare mentally or even think about it mentally unless it’s a really deep thought that you’re trying to put together. Same thing with playing the drums and playing music in general. Hope that makes sense!

[@user-ch8ku6qe3x]

@@drumqtips amazing now I get it , thanks it’s just about practice so you can have the skill to pull out what you want at any time without thinking.

[@janineoctober4413]

What is the name of the tune?

[@drumqtips]

I can’t remember😭

[@xcy0n]

First! ❤

[@drumqtips]

🏆🏆

[@JunkerOnDrums]

Nice open solo man :D

[@drumqtips]

Thanks my man🙏🏾