Split your limbs apart with 2 POLYRHYTHMS

[@mikefloyd5359]

Stephen, just like your earlier lesson on independant dynamics, this lesson and the exercises are GOLD! Thank you for continuing to bring these nuggets to us!

[@erinbremer5490]

I have loved the drums since I was 12 years old, I’m 56 now. Ive wanted to learn to play all that time. I’ve been watching ur videos the past couple of weeks and just doing what I can by “air drumming”. I do t even own a pair of drumsticks; I’m using 2 broken backscratchers. Lol I’ve heard a lot of these terms over the years and didn’t really know what they were. But your videos have been great and I e learned a lot just n a couple of weeks. I’ll have to wait to really put them into practice until I can get a kit. Life circumstances have occurred in the past few years that won’t allow me to be able to get a kit. I’m hoping to at least get a practice pad and sticks. Lol Thank you for these valuable lessons that you are teaching people for free. You’ve been a great resource!!

[@Chipchap-xu6pk]

Same boat as you, air drumming since sitting in the back seat of the family car as a kid. Nearly 50 now and two months ago I bought an old £80 edrum set off ebay. Mate, you've got to get one. It's so much fun! First lesson for me was snare in the left hand! My air drums had it on the right.

[@MrGrey-ks8cn]

Hey Stephen, thank you for the lesson, as I simply love polyrhythmic and odd meters, its really perfect for me. Edit: The video really broke a barrier for me. By practicing these rhythms anywhere with hands and feet I really got them going in two days. Now I can change surfaces, limbs, dynamics and counting. I found it to be very helpful to count one rhythm out loud and change the one counting while continuing doing the polyrhythm. Adding a left foot timkeeping in quarters putting this to a 1:2:3 or a 2:3:4 polyrhythmic construction.

[@roryblake7311]

Thanks Stephen... I'm with you on the coordination!

[@harrysmart6236]

I love polyrhythms and we've used a lot of African songs in our church services which are actually 3:2 or 4:3, but they get flattened out to either 3/4 or 4/4 and people can be quite resistant to playing them simply as polyrhythms .. Down to the River to Pray is a good example. Historically it's been transcribed as both 3/4 and 4/4. I guess it's the European tradition imposing itself over the African tradition. Anyway, I've struggled with bringing the band along with me on some of those. You do a better job of explaining it than I've managed. I've haven't used polyrhythms so much as ways to break away from the simple 3/4 or 4/4 groove, and it would be a real help to have a short list of examples, like you cite the U2 track, to hear people doing that. btw, one of my favourites is 5:3, which there is a bit of a feel of in Take 5, and hence in Sing of the Lord's Goodness.

[@petermoeller5901]

Down to the river to pray is often a choral piece. And to me, it sounds like a swing But that's just me, I like to keep it simple. Who do you suggest plays the polyrhythm and how in this one? Not obvious to me.

[@petermoeller5901]

Ah yes, there is a playlist here on KZbin, "Examples for Polyrythm".

[@MobileDataHayabusa]

Hi Stephen, do you ever do in person lessons or workshops for those of us in the Atlanta area?

[@DayTripperFilms]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@petermoeller5901]

Whatever you do, what you usually don't do, brings you ahead. In recent weeks I played reggae and now I find that things felt suddenly easier in other areas. Polyrythm is quite a challenge for me.

[@sayehmajzoob9637]

Great for any instrument. I was struggling 6:4 in electric guitar.

[@akittredge]

Such a useful set of exercises and lessons for beginners, thanks!

[@paradiddle5150]

Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac in the beginning

[@360.Tapestry]

great video. i'm actually quite proficient with 3/4 and i still have this sticking point without even realizing it

[@bgryderclock]

Hi, Can you do a video on using the Moeller technique with the Left and right hands together for more even hi-hat 16th notes? I seem to do a decent Moeller technique with the right and a weaker Finger technique with the left when playing higher surfaces.

[@mikeelliott4898]

4 over 3: Pass the salt and pepper....

[@Funky0872]

That’s a great phrase! I was having real problems getting 4:3 stuck till I saw that, thanks!

[@LikeaGlove90]

Game changer haha I needed this

[@lizbluesky8671]

Great tutorial!

[@robertstephenson3669]

You nailed what I SUCK at as a beginner - this is SO helpful - thank you!

[@derrickburwell7777]

I've actually recorded a video of m playing 4 over 2 over 3 on a set, switching to a 4/4 groove, then going back into 4:2:3.

[@bperkins8706]

Hey Stephen, whats a good cheap easy way to silence cymbals?

[@noahhunter06]

tape

[@andrewhughes102385]

Moon gels... lots of em. Lol

[@360.Tapestry]

put an old shirt on it - i say old because the edge might eventually cut a hole through it

[@martinmeijer717]

Gaffa tape

[@dreamerrt216]

Did you move?

[@doomsdaydad2488]

Pass the gosh darn butter...

[@varethika]

This is really special.!

[@andrewhughes102385]

Why doesn't my brain register the constant of the 2 when it's played together? I hear it plain as day when you play with the orchestration. Its a brain thing, right?

[@360.Tapestry]

just repeat it ad nauseum. your brain will learn it subconsciously. next time you sit down, it'll be that much easier

[@carf.1455]

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