One Handed Drum Roll - Drumeo Lesson

[@christomsal]

At 74 years old and having been a drummer for over 65 of those years I must say to you younger drummers out there there is always something new to learn. This young man is a class act sharing what no doubt took him quite a while to perfect. I for one appreciate his nice demeanor and obvious love for drumming.

[@jerrygosselin3647]

I'm 78 and still playing drums even with arthritis kicking my ass. I learn a ton of drum stuff from Jared.

[@Pheminon1]

Hope y'all are still killing the set

[@RealJstJazz]

Are y’all actually that old? Because I how my dad KZbin and he don’t even know how to comment so for your age that’s quite impressive in my opinion.

[@nathueil1]

Hope you guys are still kicking!, and kicking!

[@juri_xiii9977]

@@RealJstJazz Ignorance is bliss..

[@SageDuvall]

Very well said, sir. I'm only 19, and I hate it when people my age and even older post comments about how they can do (fill in the blank) so much better than everyone else and try to discredit and debase people more professional than themselves just as a way of getting undeserved credit for things they can't even do. We should always do everything we possibly can in life with respect, maturity, and a humble demeanor. People should be thankful for the chance to learn, and not always need to brag.

[@garyclark608]

Just wanted to thank you Jared for this great lesson on the one handed roll. I have tried this many times in the past but was never able to quite get it, but the way you explained it and broke it down, I finally got it. Now to get it with my left hand! Thanks again, you rock!!

[@christomsal]

Thank you whatup.Discovered many years ago when I got started playing that if I wanted to be successful I needed to learn all styles and rhythms from latin to polka to jazz to big band etc.etc.I was a "weekend" drummer raising five children and holding down a day job and living in the New York area you had to be better than just good to get the bookings.This discipline has served me well to this day.

[@ronnieowens1037]

again I know I'm bout 5 yrs late but for real in practically a day ...I went from being able to do a fast double with each hand to being able to play as fast as I can with two hands with one hand unbelievable!!! what help the most is when you showed what just the rim was doing also the tip hitting first thanks again Hats off Drumeo!!!!!

[@artimmius]

That is something I really want to get. Im 66 years old, been playing for fifty years and still mad keen to learn new stuff. Trust me I will practice this till I get it. Cheers buddy

[@BobCropsey]

That is the coolest trick I have ever seen in my 45 years of drumming. I was watching your solo and spotted it. I'm 60 years old now, can't wait to start practicing that. It won't be as easy as you make it look. Thanks.

[@tommytumblin7940]

Fanatic! I saw Joe Morrelo fo this at a drum seminar in Columbia, sc when I was 14. He didn't explain how he did it , just answered a question from someone and as if pondering the question scratched his head while demonsrating a long role! Blew everyone's mind. Thanks for the demo.

[@isaacvandoren4733]

do you think you could mix both hands together to get a ridiculously fast single stroke roll?

[@nealsausen4651]

Isaac Van Doren : yeah of course you could combine The two hands or alternate the two hands for a crazy single stroke roll . I don’t see why not?

[@Kasey_PVKD]

It’s hard but awesome do it!!!

[@blankslate7315]

Yes, I’ve done it.

[@kpec3]

I can't wait to try this out! Excellent lesson. My attitude is that if you find any kind of technique and it works for you, do it. All roads lead to Rome.

[@snarecat3441]

Kids ( younger people) today are awesome! Great people, not selfish and they share knowledge Not about ego or money! We are blessed with this new generation, I am so damn proud of them! Parents did a good job and their families and piers too! It’s all good! Have fun playing , my brothers & sisters in the drum community 🥁😎

[@nathanc6516]

Wow, that's awesome. Been drumming for decades and this is the first time I've seen this technique. Can't wait to get home from work and practice it. Thank you.

[@paulrose343]

I bought your dvd (One handed roll) probably about 10 years ago and have really enjoyed having this in my arsenal, so thanks --and congratulations, I actually believe we spoke very briefly on the phone one time years back, it's cool to see how successful your lessons have become!

[@ronnieowens1037]

MAN!!!!! what a deal your instructions are spot on... seen you do this one handed roll and thought hell yeah I got this and we'll didn't work out too well thought to myself I don't need this anyway... actually watched the whole video and took in every little tip and exercise and like I said....MAN!!!! thanks so much Brother!!!!!

[@Taqsii]

Managed to grasp the concept in about 5 minutes. This is amazing!

[@mymuninow]

Thanks Jared! you are an example of dedication to the evolution of drumset playing, and in sharing, helping us all be better players. Keep up the great work!

[@colinferguson2134]

I thought you were a good fair drummer, but after watching this one hand roll I am lost for words,well done ,I have to up my game fantastic

[@DrumeoOfficial]

@Gigadrane I think a lot of drummers outside the metal community use it. Also, I agree, it can be called a gravity blast, gravity roll, single hand roll, one handed roll, freehand technique, etc etc etc... Call it whatever you want :)

[@juansoriaweb]

I´ve been trying to learn this technique for like a year now, I'm here in my practice room and thanks to this video i finally learned it ^^ (only right hand for now). i'm very thankfull Jared. I'd love to see more applications for this technique. (sorry if my english is bad, im from Argentina haha)

[@DrumeoOfficial]

@Killax671 I have never seen Buddy Rich do this roll. I'm not saying for sure that he didn't/couldn't, I just didn't see it. I always thought he used the sweeping method to perform the one handed roll.

[@willmcc5063]

Hi FYI this one handed Roll was invented & used in 1958/9 by a South African Drummer by the name of Willie Van Bloemenstien who played in my Family Night Club in Cape Town. Willie taught me & I showed it to drummers from an Aircraft Carriers Band who visited the club 1960 & a few others from USA who visited Cape Town SO BIG PROPS to Mr Willie Van Bloemenstien

[@snarecat3441]

Willie ! Go baby!

[@nixneato]

Hey Jared, thanks for this great video, which finally answered a crucial point not one ever mentions: how the first stroke shouldn't have the tip of the stick hitting the head at the exact same time the shaft is hitting the rim, otherwise you get a rimshot, which is going to make your whole roll sound inconsistent. Thanks for that.

[@tay0mason]

Seriously, the world needs to be filled with people who are passionate about sharing, rather than passionate about being a "full-of-yourself-douche" who wants attention. I never really appreciated these videos until I looked a little further at this guys attitude. This technique is magnifique.

[@JWCFB]

Tired or not, his playing is always amazingly good.

[@Leftyone78]

I would have to say I've seen a lot of drum videos on KZbin and you my friend are the best of teaching basic drum skills!!! keep up the great work!!

[@mauinix7113]

One of the best training videos on this motion, that I still struggle with. You have made the concept so much easier. Thx!!!

[@jonathandale7157]

Thank you so very much for sharing this video. You made this technique appear more accessible than the others who have uploaded or demonstrated this exercise.

[@soundcheck6885]

You're the first drummer I have seen to match Buddy Rich's one handed roll speed. Technique is very different but the result is excellent.

[@Aaron_Francis]

Now with both hands, 128th notes anyone?

[@666blastbeats]

It is a goal...

[@SnipeYouFromMars]

Piece of cake. I can even do 256th notes. Lol jk i wish..

[@miang58]

SnipeYouFromMars I can do 256th notes if the BPM is low enough :P

[@SnipeYouFromMars]

miang58 true lol

[@enderman6777]

I can even do 512th notes at 3 bpm easily.

[@Antchovi]

I tried this for a few minutes and started getting the hang of it, and it's pretty fun! I just need to learn to do it with my left hand so I can hit more stuff! :)

[@DrumeoOfficial]

@Ryxify It's very difficult to play this technique with traditional grip. Most drummers would use a 'sweeping' technique to do a one handed roll.

[@TheDetroitRiot]

Best drum teacher on youtube..hands down..

[@keiffermcmillan1]

Sean the man Lang teaches this technique on the bass drum secrets and this is a nice refresher course thanks....

[@DrumeoOfficial]

@TimWaterson @ShadowDatsas Yes, Tim is right. Check out the article we wrote to go with this lesson on our website. It gives more of the history on the technique. It also links to a very thorough biography of Johnny Rabb.

[@ricardodasilvaraposo7976]

i'm from Azores, Portugal and i liked this lesson very much, it's so cool to do the one handed drum roll. I'm still practicing and getting better, do you have more lesson videos? If so, please send me.

[@garyleegomez8670]

Best example and instructions on the technique next to Jo Jo Mayer. Good job, Jared!

[@nickatniteforanewgeneratio2039]

wow dude I need a drummer like you. ..your so comfortable behind your kit...I'm really impressed man..I'm subscribing

[@jrtrejo495]

You are a GREAT TEACHER!! I’m getting back to playing and following you and your techniques are so Awesome! There’s so much to learn and get back to the way I once used to play. This makes it fun and interesting. Thank You!

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

A little tip that Jared didn't mention: the happy medium. It is that zero weight feel where you apply the stick to the rim. It is really easy to find, just hit different spots till you don't feel any weight on either side of your stick. I know he says fulcrum and that is what I am talking about. But, you might just be going by the text book fulcrum when you can actually feel for where it is.

[@joshmstevens]

thank you very much for sharing you skills and talent its awesome for beginners like me who cant afford 1 on 1 lessons from a professional. you bring the professional to us! very cool! thanks again!

[@GorcStew]

Wow when my drum teacher used to show me stuff he would just play it at break neck speeds with his shoulder in my face. I wish I had online lessons when I was learning :/ You're really thorough when you explain things but you manage to keep your videos short too. Good job.

[@mmoreno4126]

Very informative. I use all your methods to play. Best instructional video I have ever used to learn.

[@Zanthxs]

As always Jared is the best teacher ... clear and concise. Thanks again.

[@djsroberts]

This is one of the greatest manauvres ever. Thanks.

[@steves.7528]

Love it. I am a 59 year old male have studied percussion when there was still 26 rudiments. Also a trained singer and have been doing that more than playing the drums. Now I want to go back to it. Love the one handed role. Is this the technique that Buddy Rich used?

[@ksper]

from everything I've seen and researched, this is not the technique buddy rich used at all. He used simple rebound and would shift his grip over and over again to keep the rebound going over and over again. Like doing a double stroke roll. You let the gravity do the work.

[@steves.7528]

You're right. My mistake. Sorry. Buddy Rich was amazing, he was self taught, no lessons from anyone.

[@tethien2007]

You are one heck of a drummer and teacher. :-)

[@mranonymous1966]

just broke my right hand and will be in a cast for 8 weeks....this is the perfect chop to work on... great explanation...thx man

[@milesleblanc164]

xD

[@foyasoul2]

Same for me only it’s my arm

[@jimredden5899]

yes, i enjoyed this very much. thanks for posting. what's to dislike about the video, it's a fun exercise.

[@koolBOY8323]

a suggestion, someplace other than the snare where ive used this, is on the ride cymbal, where the stick usually hits the rim, ill hit the bell of the cymbal and the tip still hits the bow. really anywhere you can have 2 surfaces, one being slightly higher than the other you can use this. toms, cymbals, even the top of the shell on your kick drum. its a fun toy..

[@DrumeoOfficial]

You can call this technique whatever you wish. You may hear people call it a one handed roll, the freehand technique (Johnny Rabb), gravity blast, gravity roll, single hand roll, etc. PLEASE stop arguing about what we should all collectively call it. Who cares what anyone calls it? You can call it "The Rumperschnitzel Schwanger Banger" if you want...it won't change how the roll is performed or applied. Spend the time that you would have spent arguing practicing drums instead :) - Jared Falk

[@blakecurtis7809]

Well done sir. I like that you are labeling it as the Gravity Blast, like us metal fiends call it. Also heard it called the Military Roll. I am stuck using right hand only for gravity blast/roll. And dead center of snare. Never tried any other way. Problem is if I am not careful the butt end of the stick will hit my man parts. A 5b shira kashi oak stick to the nuts does not feel good. A tip I show drummers learning this is to practice simple rudiments, similar to what you played in the song which was awesome. Love the channel, give me a job!

[@runtt01]

With I had a practice pad with a rim so I can properly do this. Guess I'll need to re-head my old snare drum and work on it. Great lesson!

[@jpjoshua19]

Jazz solos just got soo much easyer

[@_bh_]

Nice spelling, XD J/K

[@mastermindmusics6337]

yup, when accenting on the ride also

[@tukpunker]

GRAVITY BEATS, ateast if your a death metal drummer

[@gerisboyle]

Ive been looking for what this is for ages. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However when you said now you're going to do it in 8th note triplets I realised that I still have no clue what a triplet is. I thought it was just 3 notes. ARGGGGGHHH!!

[@LawlessRick]

You know, i really hope this guy is in a good band or something because he's so nice and tries so hard to help people. I'd feel so sorry for him if he was just this guy that plays by himself.

[@Kashban]

Yeah, please do a follow up. This is one cool technique to develop speed rolls while doing other stuff with the free hand. I'm gonna learn this right now :-)

[@MikPeterRasmussen]

Great video and please do follow up. A nice touch is the slowmotion playback combined with the camera angel. At 50 or even 25% it makes it way easier to pick up. Keep posting! Cheers!

[@themightymegatron]

Excellent video. Seeing the grip done properly is helping me refine my technique so I can make better progress with the sick rolls! Great job Jared!

[@larryboden6502]

Wonderful! Thanks for your efforts. God Bless You!

[@herky001]

Hey Jarred this is Awesome I'm a 1 handed drumer and it's AWESOME

[@rodrigobanoshernandez8430]

This lesson was great man! I think it would be even better if you could explain all the details I tried it but I couldn't do it really well.

[@theyshallfeast138]

good lesson, I've been trying to figure this out. it's funny you said "don't strain too much it's just a fun thing not to important" people in Grindcore/Death Metal use this often for faster blast beats. the problem is getting hard hits from it though.

[@johnz4412]

Excellent new "rudiment," technique, and lesson!

[@IndigosCinema]

Dude... you are really awesome, i've learned so much form you... and, I'M A KEYBOARDIST!! I love you man, Cheers!

[@miketwo345]

That new HD close-up camera is AWESOME!!!

[@MelodeaseMusic]

this is faster than I can roll with 2 hands lol

[@Rless45]

I've seen this type of one handed roll associated with the blast beat drum pattern in heavy metal 👍. Great lesson!!!

[@lloydbrandon-hn1jf]

😆 you opened up a whole new world for me brother totally I will definitely watch your videos from here on out 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@charlesanddenisemoscatello5802]

EXCELLENT explanation. Thanks for sharing man. Never really focused on this technique. It is an extra tool for the tool box.

[@fionakida]

Please make a follow up video on how you get your wrist to do the rolls! I got the beat down, then realized i'd accidentally been using arm this entire time! Also, could you please example some simple beats to use this technique in? Thankx!

[@J_Cadaverous]

The stick technique itself is referred to as a Freehand or Fulcrum roll. A Gravity Blast consists of using the one handed roll together with the usual blasting techniques of adding matching or half time bass drum notes and keeping your hit-hat/ride and cymbal accents going.

[@raspberrycrusader]

Brilliant technique - it’s almost like a hybrid of the Moeller method, but without the wrist action. 😀

[@naminnooman]

You are an amazing instructor. You make it seem so easy. Thanks for the clear explanation.

[@artimmius]

Great exercise for independence

[@agdt2004]

Hi Jared, thanks for the tip! I was wondering if you could show me how to use this technique on a digital drum kit.

[@garyclark608]

This is great, I always wanted to learn how to do that. Thanks for explaining and showing it nice and slow for old farts like me. All of your videos are very good and helpful. Keep up the great work!!!!

[@richml1992]

This is new to me, i would definitely be interested in seeing other applications of this technique.

[@jamz11how]

Awesome technique! Love all of these lessons! Your lessons are by far the best I have ever seen. Thank you

[@ryanlynch290]

You're a very good teacher! Sweet technique!

[@waynestepp6760]

Right on very cool this video did help me as do all your vid's you make it look easy but it's not that easy for me i have so many bad habits, im learning to play drums the right way now thanks man!!!!

[@indigophanta8288]

Wow! Thx this was very helpful, I struggled to get the hand technique in, but this has helped so much! Pls, make more like this!

[@danwhitaker6835]

I appreciate you taking the time to do this, very appreciative. I like your method of teaching as well

[@masanarikhotso2038]

I like jared falk your a good teacher .... may my God bless u with more an more

[@kickem08]

Awsome lesson ,, short and to the point ,,, great for beginers ,, thank you

[@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848]

Excellent lesson, excellent teacher. Thank you for teaching us.

[@bosephusjr]

Jared, EXCELLENT EXPLANATION!!!! Thank you very much for sharing with such a great description & great video/audio demonstration!! I'm a fan!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

[@lillievinn5026]

I have bean playing drums for a long time and glad I ran in to this cool

[@hmddrummer5726]

Thank you for this information brother , now to practice this everyday to get better

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Flawless logic right there my friend. Have fun with that.

[@semjj1]

Ayyyyy the group responded

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[@wmcwmci]

Hi, I'm from Indonesia. I really like the tricks and i think it will fun to be play. Just advise from me, you should take a rest more. Thank's.

[@Bl4ckD0g]

So I'm pretty much self-taught. I'm still trying to grasp alot of these, but the practice is helping my playing alot.

[@329Mortar]

Dude, a follow up would be incredible!

[@wannabedrummerlol]

Awesome vid if been trying to work out how to do this by myself for a while, but this really helped... I don't play any genre that would typically use this, such as heavy metal, death metal, metalcore, etc., but it's always cool for effects and crowd pleasers

[@davidjames9935]

A cool thing to try would be to alternate between one handed snare rolls (as a fill) and some doubles (bounces) on the bass drum (also as part of a fill).

[@james.network]

Please create a follow-up video. I'm practicing freehand, and it would awesome to learn more ways to apply this!

[@vodzdrums]

the sound of the rim.... how exactly do i make it NOT actually sound? can't seem to figure out how to do this without the rim going nuts along with the snare drum, haha (gotta say it sounds pretty cool actually) but i'm actuallly seeing some progress. thank you, mr jared, this is just awesome

[@elijahamoah8638]

I have the exact same problem

[@juanthejuan9850]

great video. I am a beginner and this was very helpful.

[@v.stanleisenring8882]

You are killing it bro. Excellent work

[@koolBOY8323]

good for you jared. way to use it for something OTHER THAN BLAST BEATS. full of win.