One of the World's Coolest (and most difficult) Grooves, SIMPLIFIED:

[@AlexMPruteanu]

I'm an advanced player with over 40 years of experience live/studio and I have to say it took about 6 months of every day playing the halftime shuffle (about an hour per day just dedicated to playing continuous shuffle) to truly and honestly get a feel for how to coordinate everything and how to modulate your ghost notes and how to place them vis-a-vis your kick. It's not an easy groove, but it IS A GROOVE, so you must truly just play it play it play it until your heartbeat actually aligns with the groove (lol). But once you get it, and once you fine tune your ghost notes, your kick, your hi-hats/ride, it's such tasty thing to have in your arsenal. Thank you Pretty Purdie for giving us this amazing groove.

[@ludwigdrums47]

Amen ! Purdie heard the train coming ! Either you know or you don't ! Research Purdie's inspiration for this groove !

[@ludwigdrums47]

Fantastic groove and thank you for this descriptive tutorial

[@ButterflyMatt]

I’ve researched halftime shuffles a lot, and this is the first time I’ve seen it broken down in a way that I can learn to play it. Thank you!

[@bbbolster1]

Thanks for the great lesson

[@arizonasiteservicesinc9235]

You are ridiculously good at teaching.

[@JoeMikeMakes]

Dude, thank you for this video. I've been drumming on and off for 20+ years and this groove has been one of the banes of my experience. With this video, and your notation, I nailed it in two days with about 4 hours of practice. Still need to speed it up, but THANK YOU!

[@alextheshrimp.]

As a concert percussionist learning drum set, this was the first vid I could learn a shuffle from easily. Thanks 👍

[@NathashaBarbe-gi4ts]

Thanks for sharing the shuffle groove

[@themole2024]

The best explanation of the half time shuffle I have heard. Good teaching. Low ego. Nice!

[@jeremiahsmarketing]

The snare ghosting os what is driving me crazy. I've been trying to learn this groove

[@jslater6425]

As always your explaination is excellent and precise and easily understandable. Thank you for all u do for us self taught and novice drummers. You honestly keep me (and I'm sure plenty others like me) motivated and striving for continuous improvement in our playing! Take care man!

[@dominicobeng623]

I've recently taken an interest in drums. I have no formal tuition but I'm keen to improve. I've realised that the Rosanna shuffle is kinda at the higher end of the shuffle spectrum. Therefore I'm content with learning the basics of the shuffle groove first before I attempt the more complicated ones. Thanks for your video. It's very explanatory.

[@aleksandarsavic6202]

Thanks for that clear and understandable explanations!

[@superdave1964]

i love your technic and humor " if i counted correctly" plus i can tell...you are a God fearing soul ..its all about timing isn't it!

[@MS-gj7ni]

Great lesson

[@renjo12]

Thank you for the lessons....

[@waynehughes3639]

Great explanation of the different technical parts of a shuffle.

[@davidenorth]

Wow fundamentals! Walking before running is great idea. I watched Jeff Pocaro’s video and gave up but this video helped me.

[@BeniaminKosowski]

Love it! 😍🤩 Maybe I won't play the exact groove, but I can create something similar based on this particular track and lesson. Thanks😁

[@kenwood9382]

Very helpful! Thanks so much

[@rowancooke8378]

This lad is a great all around drummer,, great band player for all to see clearly, not pretentious in the slightest..maybe a little frugal ,wonder if you'd get a round in after the gig...pulling your leg Stephen great videos mate 👍

[@somethinginmind2151]

Yessss this is my goal before heading to Rossana on a digital drum

[@jasonp.halliwell7734]

Great video

[@somethinginmind2151]

Thank you

[@travisfoley683]

Great video! Thanks for the break down of this groove.

[@mickw7152]

Really good clear lesson and your honesty is commendable.

[@RENX5]

Man, those fills are super cool. Thanks for the video

[@MrMetalv7]

Fantastic explanation and lesson!!!

[@emlix1]

I'm glad you mentioned maintaining the quality of the hihat pattern, since that's my main stumbling block with the halftime shuffle- I've got all the various parts dialled but when I throw them all together, the first thing to go pear shaped is always the hats, that slip back into 8th notes, and even if you've got the snare and the kick down cold, it stops sounding like a halftime shuffle straight away. The message I take from this excellent video is PRACTISE! Thanks dude, keep up the good work!

[@thricecrazy33]

youre video helped me alot, huge fan of the shuffle but its hard to bridge that gap skill wise.

[@fifteenfootflacid]

Been trying to figure out how to shuffle for months now, and within a couple minutes of watching this video, I was shuffling (a very sloppy shuffle, but nonetheless, an undeniable shuffle) for the very first time. Thank you sir.

[@sweetfoampunishment3286]

Very helpful! My daily routine...

[@flowerlandofjohn]

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[@onebadhombre7158]

Awesome lesson! Thanks so much!

[@degeneriert]

Thank you so much for breaking this groove down, this gave me a huge push foreward!

[@LoueWhose]

that was buttery smooth Captn (yup, i'ma little jealous) R.B.G. Manors Creep

[@frequencymanipulator]

This was great, I don't play the drums, but I do program electronic beats. I thought I might try and find out what the electro equivalent might sound like.

[@HKSlays]

your edits are the most prominent on my "drumming" playlist. Thank you for all your efforts and great teaching style.

[@002Frederic]

Thanks man 😉 Your explanation & halftime shuffle breakdown really helped me out & now i can play it well & enjoy it 😁 Take care !🙏

[@jimilee3383]

I love the part Steve says how he counts the sixteenth note triplets against the 1234 and the Berkeley guys cringing!👊🏼🤟 And a great and well thought up lesson ruled also. Get to the root of the groove! Way too go Steve! Peace 🥁

[@jefe3538]

This video got me the closest I’ve been to landing this shuffle. Nicely done. Thank you

[@kingzor100]

Man my dad always play this when he warms up and i never knew what it was always loved in no idea it was actually that hard

[@michaelinglis8516]

This was actually really helpful for me. One of the first things I learned when I decided to start drumming after being a guitar player for 2 decades was the "Fool in the rain" variation of this triplet shuffle. I wanted to play it so badly that I taught myself the groove without learning the fundamentals that the shuffle is built upon. So I can play that specific variation of the groove but I get tripped up when I try to add in the extra ghost notes. So this video gave me a good approach to practice the fundamental sticking. I also wasnt getting a consistent ghost note when I tried to play one directly after a heavy accent. So once again this video gave me a better approach to start implementing into my playing that should help me get that ghost note more consistently. It seems obvious now but it wasnt until I saw you demonstrate the sticking technique. Anyways great video as always. Thanks!

[@markcrisp7315]

I hear ya Stephan the ghost notes in between are tricky for me you explained it well 💯🎼🥁😊✌️

[@phoenixrisingjst]

Very nice!

[@sanesscrap8714]

I remember when I learned this shuffle about a year ago, starting with the Bonham shuffle before moving on to the the Rosanna shuffle. Shit pissed me off so much.

[@thomaswinkler8607]

stay focused! ... made my day

[@SKragseth]

Kick drum sounds so good

[@simplydifferent7712]

Ooh man i hate shuffles to play. It's really difficult to me. I can play but the shuffle is something special to me. I hope i gonna learn it practicing.

[@TheB16acasey]

Seriously thank you for this video!! Im just now learning this halftime shuffle groove. Ive always heard it and have always wondered what it was called!!

[@EXTRA300s]

Last year due Corona Ill start to practicum this shuffle. It took me about 3 monts before I was be able to play it. Now 6 monts later I still play it every day for fine tuning and on the scale from 0 to 10 It's still a 5. This is indeed not easy te learn and very diffecult to play it good!

[@sebar4123]

The half time shuffle has been really difficult to me, I’m so used to the Moeller technique which is body then tip of the stick and this seems to be the opposite.

[@user-wr6vq8ec9v]

Very clear explanation. I like how you focused mainly on hi-hat+snare technique and added the easiest part (kick) at the end. Currently I'm learning the beat from Little Light and this sounds to be almost the same thing. Thanks!

[@nathanl157]

Nice video..🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@MarianFD]

Higher Ground baby!!! Chad smith owns this

[@varunnegifamily]

Brother you explained it in the best way...of course after procaro

[@hallamalla98]

Great video! I'm gonna try it later! Also I wanted to just meantion a shuffle that Mike Miley from Rival Sons plays on one of their songs. The song is called Soul, it's played every now and then through out the song, you can hear it very clear at 04:29 in the song. He also has a very very interesting and mind boggeling beat on the song Radio, give it a try, I just can't get my head around how he does it.

[@mikexibalbafarms4169]

Awesome video, I can’t play those other songs yet so this is way better for me! I really appreciate what you’re doing! Thanks 🙏

[@kevinburkett8200]

Thanks for this Stephen it's been helpful. Getting this groove down has been one of my goals. It's good exercise on a beginner level to start with a simple rythym with it instead of trying to play a perfect Rosanna cover or something similar. Excellent video!

[@TheJoeyG88]

Goodstuff, THANK U

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

I watched the bonzo fan guys channel on the Rosanna shuffle, its great, however I thought I picked up how to play fool in the rain by ear and was playing it completely wrong for months. I’ve just recently gotten proficient at playing these grooves. It’s probably ideal to have a more progressive approach but it’s easier to motivate to learn vice versa. Instead of using rudiments to play the song it’s vice versa

[@giggetto71]

bravissimo

[@njdrummer7120]

this guy is money..great lesson

[@wallthemart]

I find that if you play the 2nd hi hat hit as an accent first, its much easier to learn since beginners tend to play accents on beat. As you get better you can even out the hihat volume and then add the ghosting

[@rahnlawson9463]

Hi Hat pattern could be notated as a doted eighth and a sixteenth.

[@SaintNine]

One thing you should watch out for is that you're not flamming the snare (I'm not impugning you, I mean anyone learning this beat 😉). It's hard to hear if you're doing this when your left and right hand are playing different voices (eg hi-hat and snare). I'd recommend playing both hands on the snare just to check whether your left hand is anticipating or dragging. This is definitely an important and difficult groove to learn, but it pays dividends. You can apply it to all kinds of genres (I use it in reggae quite a lot, where it's actually quite subtle, but makes a big difference to the feel). Thank you for your efforts and apologies. I forgot to thank you for the mic video which was particularly informative and useful to me 🍻

[@Prokitess]

I can't hear that he is rushing at 5:46 . Is my sense of time too bad or anybody else doesn't notice it too?

[@manianeusz8654]

snare is too aggressive and is played too early(just a little)

[@confucheese]

He’s talking about the back beat snare specifically, and he’s deliberately playing it early if you listen closely.

[@danjwalker]

I will be really surprised if my guitar/keyboard brain ever figures this out. I have struggled with this beat for waaaaaaaay too long. Getting discouraged but I know this is the next step to becoming a more rounded drummer. Come on, brain!!! Figure it out!!

[@joseph-ow1hf]

Dumb newbie question. I thought the 1/2 time shuffle did snare hit on the 3 where as a 'regular shuffle' (if that is a thing) did the 2 4 backbeat. (ala zztop et al.) Love your channel man.Helped me come a long way in a month. Kick drum is weak link......tend to uhmmm. wander in pattern. Thanks.

[@joseph-ow1hf]

Maybe I'm confusing shuffle w/ swing? I dunno, only playing a month or so.

[@Grousemusic]

I think you're right. With the beat above, I find it much easier to think of the hats (plus ghost notes) as eighth note triplets with the kick on 1 and the snare on 3. In the notation he seems to have 16th note triplets which changes the counting and where the beats land.

[@sierratrey]

“Ghost notes ain’t nothin but.........” wait, my bad. Great lesson!

[@wedfrest]

sierratrey Don’t worry bout them ghost notes! 😜

[@RobAbfallDrums]

@@wedfrest rebound

[@gabrieliligan1416]

Rebounds!!!

[@rowancooke8378]

Great simple foundations to start this grooves off and just gradually add whatever takes your fancy..very cool..hense why he teaches non glamouous pretentious shite..he just gives you the frame work and the rest is up to you baby..nice Steve ✌️

[@Sapphira3]

I knew I heard grapevine fires in that!

[@christpower5402]

Expound was correct.

[@tomtownsend5009]

Great video 👍

[@drizzzic]

1:57

[@Underdog_Drums]

This is the foundation of all those shuffles. The viewers you told to leave...Come back!

[@helemaalnicks6215]

Wait, the perdieshuffle and halftime shuffle are not the same thing? EDIT: that's funny, I never experience that "turning around" that you mention when I play, but when I just listen to you, my brain does put the snare on 1, that is a weird experience. EDIT 2: quick tip if someone wants to get better at playing the ghostnote after a normal snare hit. Just play a 16th ghost note after every backbeat you play for a couple of months, it's not that distracting, and it'll become an automatic thing you can just turn on and off whenever you want.

[@gregmoore3345]

Thank you! Was about to comment that playing the ghost after the backbeat was wrecking my life

[@maryd90]

OK here’s the problem I have with this video and what has confused me tremendously. At one point in the video you hit the snare on the beat number 3… a little later after that you hit the snare on beat number 4. Which is it? I think I have it down and then I listen to your video again and you have two different snare beats. I really like to stick to one tutorial but I’m gonna have to find somebody else who can clarify that for me.

[@tmc_music_department]

Almost like old school reggae ?

[@billmatthews2463]

Cool rhythm. I also downloaded the PDF. Just one thing: considering you notated the snare and bass as quarter notes, shouldn't the hi-hat notes be eighth-note triplets instead of sixteenth-note triplets? You're PLAYING them 1-trip-let, 2-trip-let, 3-trip-let, 4-trip-let, but have them NOTATED as 1-trip-let and-trip-let, 2-trip-let and-trip-let, 3-trip-let and-trip-let, 4-trip-let and-trip-let. Just wondering.

[@zgaryhall]

👍🏼😃💙

[@Umat165]

👍🔥🔥👍

[@scottw3780]

What to do when your cheap Edrum set doesn’t pick ghost notes up properly... best get saving. Excellent video tho

[@babetteleblanc7620]

Stephen, this was VERY helpful. Thank you. I’d also like you to eat more if you can. Like 12 sandwiches per day.

[@sesesesesese7320]

Hello! I'm confused how to count the half time on a metronome?

[@Steve_826]

1 trip let and 2 trip let and 3 trip let and 4 trip let

[@masnbdrumming6561]

Why does this mans head look like 2 meters above his chest

[@360.Tapestry]

oh... so we do use math in real life

[@kaldi]

This sounds similar to what John Bonham used in "Fool in the rain".

[@squash_boi901]

well yeah, fool in the rain is a variation on this shuffle, and he does mention it in the video

[@hombreenojado]

Enough with Rosanna! Imho the WORST song Toto ever did. Lol. Bold The Line? Now you're talkin'! Lol.

[@marcom9530]

Thank you