DOWNLOAD FREE PDFs and PLAY ALONGS FOR DRUM SET HERE: Quincydavisjazz.com LESSON TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Lesson Intro 00:26 - Are you ready!? 00:37 - Playing Intro 01:09 - Drum Roll Component #1 04:01 - Drum Roll Component #2 07:52 - Drum Roll Component #3 10:04 - Lesson Summary
@mysteryloaf2 жыл бұрын
You just taught KZbin how to play a 3-DIMENSIONAL drum roll!! AWESOME lesson. Very concise, very clear, very efficient! I've been doing this by feel for years, but never figured out how to break it down and describe it. You're such an important resource for today's drumming students!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you “Loaf”:) Glad you find this lesson so helpful!!
@williamthestarwarsdadАй бұрын
Damn. Even after one lesson WAYYY BETTER
@lucamantoani86242 жыл бұрын
Matter for study the rest of my life 😅 first time i hear in depth how to roll. Great!
@Slammintone2 жыл бұрын
Best drum roll educator I’ve seen anywhere! As you break down the concepts, a beginner will be able to quickly identify where they are having trouble doing a smooth roll and then find the solutions needed to correct those issues.
@elwoodwhite9734 Жыл бұрын
I second that fact Q is the best!
@ll1881llАй бұрын
Excellent lesson and excellent specking skill
@andrewpowers70342 жыл бұрын
Best video on snare drum rolls I’ve found. And love the fact you use traditional grip. Thank you!
@mofostopheles Жыл бұрын
It’s so cool how great this lesson is.
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏾
@peterhaupt67913 ай бұрын
Great lesson! You broke the roll down beautifully. Will now go practice.
@drumqtips3 ай бұрын
Have fun Pete!
@JoelCarbonellGonell5 ай бұрын
Amazing lesson ! I had some questions about this and searched if you had covered it and as always! Amazing!
@drumqtips5 ай бұрын
Glad I could come through for you Joel:)
@luiszuluaga6575 Жыл бұрын
Speaking as a native New Yorker, I especially appreciate the more notable qualities of a buttered roll. 😀🥯🥁
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
As a former NYCer, I’ll take a butter roll over a buzz roll any day of the week! 🤣🤣
@jarrahdrum11 ай бұрын
this is excellent, I am always struggling and striving to play a nice relaxed roll. This will be my reference, Thank you
@drumqtips10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@AsdasdAsdasd-xq1nr Жыл бұрын
Dear Q, I'm a self taught drummer and this is by far the best video which "explains" stick grip in a buzz roll. It helped me a lot!
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@victormarshall97652 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial on the roll . As always Quincy great lesson. Thanks for sharing.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure Vic! Thanks for watching.
@michaelnolan46612 жыл бұрын
Good lesson. You really "drumb it down" for me. I haven't got a good roll in the last 50 years, but maybe now there's hope? Thanks, I'll watch this another 35 times.
@tomcarr46302 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I really needed this. For whatever reason my rolls have deteriorated over the past few years. This will help immensely!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Glad this will be helpful to you Tommy!
@lauraroberts2250 Жыл бұрын
That was amazing. Thank you so much. You broke everything down and made it clear. I've never seen a drum roll explained in such detail. I shall be practicing all those components. Thanks, again.
@primslim620 Жыл бұрын
Man, this is quite a lesson. I've been using Accents & Rebounds for a year and a half. I had to go as low as 35 bpm to find some control in the beginning. I have it up to speed. But I knew something was missing. Thanks for these components Q. Really love this classical side of drumming. Firmness/Looseness, Rate, Dynamics Holding it down as always.
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@stephendenton2985 Жыл бұрын
Man, I love your lessons.. totally brilliant, you are a natural teacher, your enthusiasm, humour and drumming skill is sooooo goooood, thanks..
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your kind words very much Stephen🙏🏾
@TheRealWillGeronimo2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. It’s just what I need to work on my rolls. 30 plus years of weak rolls now I understand this concept even more!!
@SuperDrumsforever2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic lesson by a phenomenal drummer. I thought I had a great roll. In actuality, I have a good roll that will improve thanks to your incredible lesson. Blessings to Quincy.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
That’s what I like to hear👍🏾
@peterhaupt67912 жыл бұрын
Fabulous lesson. Love how you broke the roll down. Great job explaining and demonstrating. Plus, your manner and personality are so friendly and encouraging. I love your videos.
@juddeustice50467 ай бұрын
Aw, man! Ive been looking for someone to teach me to play this and there you are! You said it, you played it and demo’d it and I get it! Thank you!❤ you have a new subscriber!
@drumqtips7 ай бұрын
Glad I could help!
@shaharyakir9222 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining so clearly. As a drummer starting in my adulthood, these types of techniques often feel unnatural and logical explanations such as these (rare to find imo!) are very helpful. Now hopefully it’ll help me play Yes’s Siberian Khatru roll part 🙏🙏🙏
@darnell828 Жыл бұрын
All great points. Thank you.
@sonorabells Жыл бұрын
Hey I'm not a drummer but your help allowed me to roll three times in quiet church before taps on the organs trumpets for memorial day thanks for the know how
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@MarioCalzadaMusic2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Quincy, I love ur channel
@davidhazlett58097 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial. Thank you, sir!
@drumqtips7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@roberthall73362 жыл бұрын
YAY, just purchased the walking bass download from your web site. Excited to practice with it later on today!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! It’s super helpful.
@lucaszamora8422 жыл бұрын
Great video! I’ve been struggling to build a good buzz roll for so long! Saw INSTANT improvement after finding the right firmness, speed, and dynamic!
@yannmounier21232 жыл бұрын
Great lesson,thank you.
@Rifle562 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Quincy…. thank you!
@renezelaya4484 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great lesson! 👌🏼👏🏻👏🏻
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
My pleasure Rene!
@danielperezalbert78762 жыл бұрын
Very much appreciated. It has been very well exposed. I had worked for a long time in my roll and I had improved very slowly and haven’t achieved something worthy of the name. I’m going to work throroughly with the technique you have explained and broke out so clearly. Many thanks.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Glad this lesson helped! Let me know how it goes.
@Bcabatista559 Жыл бұрын
Huge lesson! Thanks!
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@stix96412 жыл бұрын
We start with one drum, we learn the roll and we spend our whole life searching for perfect seamless rolls, so we can roll in rhythm,and swing with the roll as the backbone for the ride tempo.As with 40s big band solos, the solo story was told initially by the snare then moved onto the toms and bd.Quincy could show us how you integrate rolls into your musicality and the dynamic builds with rim shots etc. from your be-bop roots encylopedia of ideas , you are serving our drum community through exellence...Bra vo.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your words Stix! Maybe I’ll do a follow up lesson on how I use rolls musically. Cheers!
@dc98562 жыл бұрын
The best part was the complete lesson.thanks quincy, i learned a lot there.adios amigo
@chrisreynolds7288 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson
@jeffreyalexander7504 Жыл бұрын
I really get a bunch out of your lessons! Thanks!
@menriquez89 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Wish my Gen z and younger students had the patience for your videos. You really have all the info in there, but they can’t make it past the long intros. (Which I personally enjoy)
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Ha!! Started doing YT shorts for the youngsters. Thanks for watching Mike.
@JCGible6 ай бұрын
Great lesson. Thanks😊
@drumqtips6 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@jazzrrl Жыл бұрын
Great the classes on ro roll and the press rolls
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ray!!
@powlobo.m.b. Жыл бұрын
This is pure gold!! Perfect and to the point explanation!!
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. Glad it was helpful!
@2007christian Жыл бұрын
GREAT LESSON!!!!!
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Thank you🙏🏾
@benjammin48406 ай бұрын
Very helpful! Thank you
@drumqtips6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful Ben!
@alessandrobuzzi336211 ай бұрын
very great lesson,thank you a lot, superclear!
@drumqtips11 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it Alessandro!
@alessandrobuzzi336211 ай бұрын
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@drumqtips
@IBY2K2 жыл бұрын
Best Lesson on rolls! Thanks!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that Idan!
@peterevans3662 жыл бұрын
AHA!!!!😉 Crescendo & Decrescendo perfect lesson Quincy many thanks😊I find my pressed roll is way better with traditional grip which I have been learning for a couple of years now than matched which I have used all my drumming life....Still working on the pressed roll as it's one of my favourites and inspired by all the jazz drumming greats 🥁
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Right on Peter!
@jazzhole82082 жыл бұрын
When i close my eyes, only listening i totally hear Philly Joe's Snappyness in your approach 🙌 got goosebumps, amazing
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
I. Love. Philly. Joe. Jones. I appreciate that very much🙏🏾
@jazzhole82082 жыл бұрын
@@drumqtips my pleasure 🙌 thank you very much for sharing your knowledge 🙏
@sonorabells Жыл бұрын
IL be back to learn more
@carloslage33032 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thanks!
@rbuonfiglio Жыл бұрын
Great video!! Oddly, I play more traditional grip than match grip, but when I want to play a quiet roll, I just tend to switch to match grip. No idea when or why I started doing this, but it's what I tend to do. Thanks again!!
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Art Blakey and Max did the same thing so all good Rob👍🏾
@richp44492 жыл бұрын
Very good…I think I was doing what you described but just didn’t know it!! Now, I’ll practice my snare drum rolls with purpose!!!
@mikeanscombe98832 жыл бұрын
Very useful and a really intelligent approach to the roll - thanks, guv’nor!😎
@jackmcguire68022 жыл бұрын
This was a fantastic lesson. Thank you!
@bobweber41402 жыл бұрын
Great lesson been workin on my single strokes and flam triplets thankyou bro
@bhoyng54812 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Wonder if you could do a part 2 that shows how to do a good press roll while swinging, like Art Blakey in the song "Blues March" ? Thanks
@GregJosephMusic2 жыл бұрын
I was just going to ask the same thing: how to do in the context of playing time?
@sdw-hv5ko10 ай бұрын
So excited to try this stuff out! Awesome breakdown, so helpful as an intermediate drummer with sub-par technique that I'm trying to improve
@drumqtips10 ай бұрын
Hope it's helping!
@mariomilliaccio927 Жыл бұрын
Great educator
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
🙏🏾
@philipmcevoy72062 жыл бұрын
Such a useful and informative video I struggle with snare drum rolls so this gives me a good platform to practice with. Cheers Quincy thanks man
@josephfelix25882 жыл бұрын
great stuff Quincy been working on traditional grip and this certainly helps
@christophermooney94928 күн бұрын
Reallly good, I played this roll to a teacher when I was around 18 and he told me it was cheating, so I stayed away from it, I am now 64 and played it again and it sounds good to me, Have you posted a video where you incorporate toms too?
@drumqtips7 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching Chris! I don’t have a video of me playing rolls on the toms.
@efrainl2 жыл бұрын
Incredible lesson. I subbed immediately. I've always struggled with this so I just avoided them altogether. Now I want to practice them, great job!
@ricardomendez6812 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson and demonstration. Thanks for elevating the art of drumming!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure Ricardo!
@garysmith31732 жыл бұрын
Excellent information sir. Thank you.
@johndiraimo14442 жыл бұрын
Quincy, I began playing the buzz roll where the sticks were approaching the snare drum from a wider circumference almost from the 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions and then coming inside so that the sticks were closer together, side by side. The rates and stuff are all exactly as you teach here... the only thing that changes is the first touch. Papa Jo and many others used that technique often. Thanks again, this is an awesome lesson!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Awesome John. Thanks for sharing.
@menriquez89 Жыл бұрын
Carter McLean plays like that too. His roll is insane
@grapheetee2 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Thank you!😊
@merrillconn91362 жыл бұрын
Quincy...been a big fan of your videos for a long time. 1st time commenting on one. This was exceptional: no-nonsense, concise, easy to grasp. I'm more of a symphonic/musical theater drummer (even though I love to play drums in a piano trio setting), so rolls are a HUGE part of my vocabulary. You hit it out of the park with the breakdown of the 3 components. Might I be so bold as to add one more component that needs to be addressed in order to have a world-class roll, and not many people discuss it: buzz consistency. That is each buzz on each hand MUST be an exact duplicate of each other in terms of length, number of buzzes per stroke, and volume. You might want to consider this as "Component 0", since it has to be applied to each of the other 3 components individually as well as combined. Here are a couple of exercises that hopefully everyone will find useful. The first one is covered in one form or another in a number of books. Just simple 1/4 note buzzes. i.postimg.cc/7ZTjybr5/Buzz-Rolls-1.png The next one is for the more adventurous/accomplished. This I got from Buster Bailey who was the snare drummer with the NY Philharmonic (sorry...didn't mean to name-drop, just wanted to give credit where credit is due). i.postimg.cc/k53zM97f/Buzz-Rolls-2.png I included notes in both exercises that might keep things clear. ...And...speaking of Buster...here he is playing a ridiculous decrescendo-crescendo roll (audio only): kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF7TfqCJmpx9pqs Here is a video of him putting into practice all 4 components. Notice the change of hand speed/number of buzzes as he crescendos (Buster is the rotund, follicley-challenged player): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp7Eg2Oea5Kan6c Again, Quincy thank you so much for this fine tutorial.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
This is great Merrill! Thanks sharing your thoughts and information. Buster Bailey was so incredible. Great examples of his perfect press roll!
@merrillconn91362 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words, Quincy. It's the least I can do since you so freely share your wealth of knowledge and talent with us.
@eilampniel29622 жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson never thought about roll's that way
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Boom👊🏾
@TimIsmagOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@blanknickname2 жыл бұрын
Thnx mr Davis, you're awesome coach🤟👏
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@conversacionesbaterapeuticas9 ай бұрын
Magnificent. ❤
@drumqtips9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@richiegarcia42 жыл бұрын
Third component is huge. I hadn't thought of speeding up rather than just increasing stick height and moving toward the center of the drum.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Exactly Rich!
@richiegarcia42 жыл бұрын
@@drumqtips Working on this now. It's trickier than it seems. My standard rolls are basically 1/8 note triplet strokes, so I have to get comfortable with breaking out of the grid for the crescendo.
@WarrenHenry2 жыл бұрын
Another great one for the books brother
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thnx Warren👊🏾
@isaacsaltoon6042 жыл бұрын
Hey Quincy, I heard one of the most important keys to success is setting clear goals. I just realized I have no idea what my goals are for jazz drums: comping? Solos? More grooves? Question: How do I set goals as a drummer? What are good goals for beginners, intermediate, and advanced (even pro) drummers?
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Model your playing after a year drummer who you love listening to. That will shape up your goals very quickly.
@jaapvandenheuvel19972 жыл бұрын
Really great lesson Q!!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Jaap, thank you as always!
@sanjeevtambe8382 Жыл бұрын
Very nice sir
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@flaviolima14142 жыл бұрын
Parabéns Mestre! Obrigado por suas aulas. Um abraço
@moses_dimski2 жыл бұрын
Hey Q, great lesson as always!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dimitri🙏🏾
@softrain37022 жыл бұрын
Best drum teacher ever. Of course his name is Quincy (Jones) (Miles) Davis
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
No relation unfortunately. Lol! Thanks for the kind words👊🏾
@thestagerocks Жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
Thank you and cheers!
@marciasmith85222 жыл бұрын
Another great lesson to do over & over again. Should you do this with a metronome too or just practice it until it sounds good?
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
With a met is always a good idea Ms. Marcia:)
@roberthall73362 жыл бұрын
Excellent, Q! and also important (and cool) to be able to include rolls within fills that include other non roll rudiments. Have you done a video on incorporating rolls into fills? If not, might be cool to follow this video up with that. I love doing that from time to time in my own playing. I love your playing AND your videos. Always very clear, (humorous) and inspiring. THANKS!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Good idea Robert! Thanks as always!
@harrylentell2 жыл бұрын
Hey Quincy. I really enjoyed this video, I think it’ll help me get my rolls to the next level. Do you think you could do a video on how to get better flam taps? I’ve been finding that my right hand is good but my left hand can’t keep up
@drumdad12422 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Liked and subscribed.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
I won’t let you down my new friend:)
@emanuelefusaro4832 жыл бұрын
Really interesting lesson!😊 Quincy I have a question for you: about the third component, how do you mentally determine the TIME SIGNATURE AS YOU PLAY a crescendo to then arrive (whit precision) on one of the measure? Is it simply a matter of practice and practice and practice, or can you advise me on the best way (technically, theoretically) to achieve this? Thanks Quincy, I love your tips!!! ❤️🥁
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Awesome question ‘Man! I regret not going into more depth on that one and providing 1 or 2 exercises. Practice playing rolls at different tempos and different dynamics. Over time you will start making automatic adjustments to components 1 & 2 to achieve the best sounding roll. Same thing goes for crescendos and decrescendos. Have fun!
@stephanfleck74682 жыл бұрын
@@drumqtips Hey Quincy! Great lesson as always. I'm struggling with the same issue and I'd love a couple of exercises that help to adjust the rate.
@FrankParente2 жыл бұрын
Something occurred to me while watching this lesson. The press roll, or what I usually call a buzz roll, is something that we worked a lot on in college for classical percussion training. Almost every drum set teacher I've ever had concentrated more on double stroke rolls. Maybe because my buzz was better than my double I don't know. But I found it interesting to note that what we learn in one genre can translate so nicely to another. You could have dubbed this lesson "The Rolls Royce of Pressed Rolls" FP
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting indeed Frankie. Love that alternative title:)
@mccued Жыл бұрын
tremendous
@John-fc7wc2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation!
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thank you John!
@thibodaux34242 жыл бұрын
Really great breakdown Q! I only ever paid attention to the rate and tempo. So at a slower tempo I would go from say 16ths to 16th note triplets so that I didn't have to adjust the looseness of my grip very much. Also I was taught to play press rolls nearer the outside of the drum. Do you think that has an impact on the sound quality and difficulty playing the roll? Thanks for all the detail... off to the practice room 😎
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Location you play the roll definitely plays a factor in everything, especially dynamics. Thanks!
@mftc822 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Q, never heard anyone assimilate the rate with the pressure before - bit of a light bulb moment for me! Agree with the below comments on context, I struggle to play in and out of these rolls in a groove setting, would be good to cover that. Also can you do the same type of lesson on single strokes please? Mine are garbage at the moment
@KeithBassJr.2 жыл бұрын
Great video lesson 🔥
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro Keith!
@KeithBassJr.2 жыл бұрын
@@drumqtips You’re welcome…I’ve been listening and subbed for a while. Great content. I have purchased a few of your lessons and play along tracks. I’m getting back in to what I am passionate about, drums, and your vids are helping with that.
@DanteSinfernoftwww6 ай бұрын
fantastic! now i don't have to practice my matt savage rudimental workshop buzz rolls :L
@drumqtips6 ай бұрын
Practice all of the above Danny! It’s a command from Matt and I. 🤣🤣
@JunkerOnDrums2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for No. 3 :D
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@christianbignon1632 жыл бұрын
Hey Q, plis recomend jazz ride cymbals. Witch one do you use? Thanks Q, you are the best! Eres el mejor, saludos desde Chile
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Zildjian rides are the best! Check description box for my cymbals.
@zackjonas29522 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@jasonpowell88322 жыл бұрын
So I have what I consider a few different rolls Buzz roll. Aggressive stroke rolls that are counted. Like a nine stroke roll. Then accented rolls. I’m self taught and copy what I hear in music. I try to stay loose but when doing certain songs and trying to copy certain artists I can get more aggressive. I guess it’s what you call a press.
@cameronfermoyle33012 жыл бұрын
YEAH THE ROLL
@johndiraimo14442 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Quincy... Quick question about your microphone. Is it in ear? How is it set up? Thanks for your fantastic channel.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
Which microphone John? I’m using lots. The one for my voice is the headset mic you can see in the video. The drums are being picked up by separate mics.
@johndiraimo14442 жыл бұрын
@@drumqtips Yes, for your headset. How do you hear yourself? Through a monitor or are you wearing earbuds? Thanks Quincy.
@drumqtips2 жыл бұрын
@@johndiraimo1444 No need to hear myself for this other than my natural unamplified sound. I’m not playing to any play along tracks.
@Jean-bh6yx Жыл бұрын
Hello q , do you use this kind of roll for soloing with roll (between accented noté on tom or other) , or do you use fast doble Stoke (with thf help of fingers to accentuate the second note so its even). And in this technique you describe , there is no uses of fingers at all ? Thanks
@drumqtips Жыл бұрын
I use both kinds of rolls when soloing. This double stroke is without fingers.