Super useful paradiddle stickings for 32nd note phrases!

Exercise transcription:
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This video discusses developing 32nd note-phrases using various paradidle sticking combinations. It has 5 examples to check out.
Gear:
Drums are YAMAHA PHX: 22, 10, 12, 16.
Snare is a Dunnet Titanium with re-enforcement hoops inside.
Cymbals are Zildjian; 20" K Custom Dry Light Ride, 13" hats (1980's new beat top, modern K bottom), A Custom and K Crashes, the stack is a Zildjian ZXT Thrasher with a cracked Wuhan china on top. On my left( camera right) is a Zildjian Akuza (like a china but not as abrasive).
Mics are AKG/Shure through a Presonus 1818vsl recorded with Garage Band on a Macbook Air.
Shot with a Canon 7D and GoPro HD-Hero2 at 720p 60 exported at 24..

[@nixneato]

These are the rare kind of lessons that don't teach you a fill, but open a world of practice and vocabulary enrichment. Absolutely stellar stuff.

[@mattmarkus4868]

exactly. that's why i liked it.

[@sammydavid1471]

10 yrs ago you made this video, 10 yrs from now I’ll be on a stage in Europe somewhere using this method, amazing video 👏🏽👏🏽

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Thanks Arnaud, glad you checked it out. I remember the Ted Reed method: 8th = para Quarter = paradidle. Dotted quarter = paradidle-didle. Fun stuff.

[@janetremsing6988]

🙂👍‼️Toms sound f’ing GREAT!!!!

[@lloydreavis9429]

Still working on it steve??? Looks like you got it to me!!!

[@larrytemp3063]

lloyd reavis SAY MAN I TOLD HIM THAT

[@janetremsing6988]

👍🙂Niceness! I love that!!👍🙂‼️

[@benozw12]

Thanks for this awesome lesson! I am struggling to get my foot doubles going. Hope you could do a video lesson on that soon!

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

New drum lesson vid on 32nd note phrasing! Steve Holmes: 32nd note phrasing using paradidle combinations

[@monsterclip]

Nice drumming Steve. Where do you practice & keep your kit? In your house or do you rent a place or what?

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

I have a lockout studio I use for practice/rehearsals/teaching in North Hollywood.

[@stephencox9407]

I. think you go it gonin on. It's help me so much. thank you. drummer from GATE . STEVE C.

[@Brian-vz7xe]

Very humble bro, and your playing is just amazing.

[@alisaiterkan]

It's really hard to describe how much I loved this video. Thank you!!!

[@dominicmaribrasero2911]

Glad to write to you that after… 2 good years of pratcise I think I finally made it ; Cheers from France Ps learning rudiments equal learning to talk with your drums and THAT should be teach from the scratch ; Merci Steve !

[@Luvwookie]

Steve I discovered you before you moved HoD to KZbin. You taught me the blushda (the original video). Amazing to see you’re still going strong and an amazing drum teacher.

[@Olhead718]

Maaan..where are you located! You break it down so a 2yr old can understand. All your videos are valuable tools. Thanks again

[@emilde12]

Great lesson! Pat Petrillo has a great book out that would be very helpful with this type of phrasing. In it he assigns symbols to each rudiment. In phrase 1 that you demonstrate it would be as follows: DP, PDD, DP, PDD, P, P. You just simply read these symbols and you know to play Double Paradiddle, Paradiddlediddle, Double Paradiddle, Paradiddlediddle, Paradidle, Paradiddle. It allows you to play many combinations in a fairly short period of time.

[@williammorgan1452]

He has broken down "gospel chops" into music theory teaching. You are the man. Love your videos

[@lprzytula]

This is one of the best drumming tutorials I've ever come across in KZbin land. Thanks so much. The one dislike must have been a misclick.

[@bradyoung1052]

I almost forgot how much I enjoyed these older videos.

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Here I am again👍🏾

[@quaddrummer70]

I don't know if I can do that. I don't seem to have the finger control under my belt. Nice chops & finger control!! I've been playin for 20yrs. All kinds of covers & making them sound the same but, look different.

[@Thequornsdrummingworld]

Sorry Steve my last comment will make no sense because I was trying to post a response to big for one comment box in a couple of boxes, then realized I could not do it, I tried to send you a message with the response in it and that was also unsuccessful. So here is a link to one of my clips so you can see I'm genuine and hopefully we will connect in the near future. Cheers Alan

[@robertocoria5575]

Thanks for the great lessons, where can I buy your DVD or books please? !

[@elsegno]

How have you worked those Ted Reed's systems? I really like to know and study'em. I've never heard about that exercise. Can you give a link to an explanation? Thanks.

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Broken wuhan china found in a trash can, stacked on my Zildjian ZXT Trashformer!

[@BAKEMEAT420]

Nice work,like the 4 different ways but always end up the same around the kit,thanks for the lesson,another tool in the toolbox...........

[@phillmellina]

Just phenomenal on every level. You are a GIFTED teacher. Thanks man.

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Wow, thanks!

[@thomasnappo6309]

Brother you are a diffrent animal...love slow mo..then faster..then crazy fast...that's a great lesson.

[@affricaFlat]

I’m a follower now!! Like very much your style! Thanks for videos

[@paulfitterer5576]

Thanks Steve...great videos...esp the flam rolls in jazz triplet happy time...all the best!

[@Mixedbydavey]

sick bro! Shout outs from down under Australia!

[@mattmarkus4868]

Great stuff, very musical playing. May I suggest displaying the sticking for the phrases though.

[@tuknchuk]

Thanks for another great video, Steve. I watched this several times over the years… Never gets old. Could you please share/spell out the name of your drummer friend? (Derrick Dafield/Duh/Feel? )I’d like to look him up and see if there are any good videos of him playing. Thanks so much… All the best & keep rocking in 2023 !!!

[@joehoffrage]

Excellent lesson and I will be working on this! And that set…those toms sing beautifully!!

[@pete_drills]

I wish you could explain the lesson sticking very slowly. It was hard for me to get them. Thanks

[@kennyogunleye1146]

Hi Steve, I found your video while combing through youtube and I appreciate it very much. Are you able to provide the sticking for each of those paraddidle combos? Thanks.

[@larrytemp3063]

6:08

[@HoldenMcG]

This lesson never gets old!!! Great work and thanks for the transcription :-)

[@MusicGoodies-]

Great job!! What size sticks do you use?

[@eversoncarmo2968]

Hello, could you show like is this paraddidle sequence? Tks

[@BadRonald1]

Im off I guess, are you doing paradiddles in a beat and around the kit ? Sorry lost you on that. Id like to learn this

[@eelamite]

i regret looking up mamadadas shouldnt have 💀

[@jessebowles5632]

good playing man, when you look up, what are you looking at? your brain?

[@mikeshouse2000]

Love your playing!! and thanks for the transcriptions..!!

[@Vindsvelle]

I didn't know Christ Elliott taught drums.

[@shalaq]

You say you struggle with these but still you sound so great... Time for me to grab my practice pad :)

[@rhythmantic]

Hey Steve this is a hip way to get 32nd notes into one's drumming diet. Thanks and for the transcription- that's really helpful.

[@Tagger0325]

Thank you for sharing Steve

[@thomasnappo6309]

Love to see the sticking patterns your using..

[@LAstudio8]

nice! tone of the drums and playing is great!

[@OtonRibic]

14:16 "I hope". Priceless! :-)

[@jimflys2]

Here's the deal kids. A good clean open roll and a great single stroke roll and the paradiddle. Just get them together and clean. I see so many kids at drum clinics I have done that cannot play a decent roll. That itself can totally be applied to this concept here. Steve has it. Great job. I am inspired.

[@eelamite]

ayo whats that holdsworth dnb type outro!?

[@muchopomposo.6394]

Marvellous stuff, sir! Bravo!

[@larrytemp3063]

YO STEVE YOU MADE ME BLEED WITH THESE NEW PHRASES I AM GOING TO FOLLOW THRU

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Vater 5b wood tip.

[@Weallfart]

FIRE>...THIS IS NICE>. kinda "GospelLICKish">>

[@eelamite]

new fav dm resource channel

[@richp4449]

Streve, I love this exercise and really, what it does for me, is to inspire ‘my own way of playing it,’ putting the accents where they sound good to my ear but, at the same time, incorporating a lot of your concepts on playing single and double PARADIDDLES within the one or two bar phrase. Thanks.

[@sinnerbeat8732]

Possessed by Drum Demons

[@1dkd1dkd]

Fantastic lesson! Would you please tell me what exactly is your china cymbal? I haven't been able to find a nice sounding one that isn't stupid loud. A smaller one like yours that sounds good is just what I'm looking for. Thanks

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

The video description has a full gear rundown.

[@DeanWuksta]

nice to see a badass like yourself struggle on something,figure you'll have it nailed quickly. I've practiced these 32nd combinations for a long time, and I'm still tripping up at times, frustrating stuff. I practice random phrases, play singles dbles and different inversions of the paradiddle, leaning on inverted, and replace strokes with kick, some cool patterns stick in my head and become licks I can use, but I feel those phrases I now know are limited. Really appreciate these lessons.

[@christschinwon]

What china is that Steve? Sweet af!

[@daveodart]

Really enjoying your vids Steve and I'm learning a lot of new approaches to phrasing. I love it it when you think you know something and then someone comes along and shakes you up! Invigorating stuff, keep going buddy I'm inspired :-)

[@leethor8947]

Amazing videos man!

[@mariocoronel4109]

For the ones with slow brain colud you please disect the paraddidle youbare doing ? 😥

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

There’s a link to a pdf in the description

[@janetremsing6988]

👍🙂 Niceness!

[@bobbrendel758]

crazy great teacher. thx!

[@mindlessled]

You are the shit steve

[@ryandhone]

I need to know what kind of kit you play I cannot find the answer in any of your video comments. Thanks so much!!

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Thanks Ryan, all the gear is listed in the video description on the youtube page of the video. Let me know if you have any questions.

[@themilkyway8480]

Nice drumming !

[@lucianopatricio2725]

Excellent. Please the next time show us the sheet music of the exercice. Thanks.

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

There a link to the pdf in the description.

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

My girlfriend objects. Sorry! Thanks for checking out the vid!

[@petercatanzaro6221]

I no like! No like!

[@markdemell3717]

Good exercises.

[@jorgeruiz1025]

Great video Steve. Excellent teacher and awesome drummer... you're a hybrid between Gadd, Weckl & Colaiuta... Keep drumming dude!!!

[@lloydreavis9429]

Hey Steve, i just wanted you to know i printed out the free exercises your doing here. I have been messing around with the first one for weeks now. Im addicted if you can learn just the sticking of your first exercise you can incorporate and move around the drums with alot more ease. The way you have the sticking set up, you have to do some left hand lead if this is making any since? Even not playing 32nd s Learning this sticking will improve any drummers fills!!!! Thank you very much Steve!!! Although my wife not so much cause i havent left my music room in a week !!! lol

[@scottmoyer1357]

Hi Steve....love your drumming and approach to teaching. What kind of camera's are you using....or iPhone etc. ?

[@user-jb1yl7nv7m]

awesome...

[@flamjules]

Great lick/fill!

[@Gsvoice12]

Great video Mr. Steve... I get really impatient when I cannot achieve the desired speed. .. Guess it's just practice.

[@marksadventures3889]

I prefer this kind of vt where the guy doesn't talk all the way through, but plays, that's great ...you learn more I think by watching and then doing some verbal is okay when needed but great vt man

[@artjock47]

Steve...you cut to the chase in regards to the gritty, cool as hell licks and patterns. Thank you for the instruction - kudos...!!

[@Thequornsdrummingworld]

The great gift that South India gives us is Konnokol, which is a musical way of singing/counting these groupings using single syllable sounds in a simple and straight forward manner which makes what looks to be complicated very easy when one spend a bit of time learning the system. Then whatever the subdivision we can use numbers to our hearts content to create interesting and different phrases. Thanks for sharing really enjoyed your video.

[@bogbrushify]

Great videos Steve, appreciated here in the UK - best I've seen. You may have cracked something that has been a mystery to me for quite a while - those fills around the kit Billy Cobham does where it's just a blur - but absolute magic. You probably know the ones I mean? I think what your doing is a help in unlocking that - am I right? Thanks again.

[@BryceChristopherHodge]

Can I ask you about your cymbal crashing technique please? It's fascinating! You strike the cymbal and release your fingers in order to not "play through the cymbal" as I was taught. I've never seen this before--or at least I've never noticed anyone else playing this way. (Sorry if you've talked about it before. I'm new to your channel) :)

[@SteveHolmesDrums]

Hi Bryce - not sure what to sat about that. It's not something I practiced, I just started trying it and incorporating it more over time. Mostly on medium to slower tempos when there's actually time for the motion/gesture to happen. It may have stemmed from the Weckl/Gruber stuff regarding letting the stick bounce, let the physics happen naturally, don't play into the drums, let the sound "come out" and resonate if you will. Don't choke it by burying the stick after the stroke. It's probably not very applicable on cymbals, but that's where the habit stemmed from most likely. Good luck.

[@BryceChristopherHodge]

Wow, very cool. Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I tend not to bury the beater into the kick and I play off they head of the drums with sticks. I just never considered playing the cymbals this way. And since I tend to be a little heavy on the top end I think this Gruber-style technique could really help the overall balance of my sound. Thanks again!

[@eduardopessotta]

Was Hello! Andes of all I would say that I am a diehard fan of your videos and watch whenever I can. I would like to thank this post on ecelente combinations Paradidles, loved every combination and I am studying and passing my students too, thank you very much, you are very good and musical, congratulations. Here in Brazil you already have many fans! Eduardo.

[@pferdescheise]

Thanks!

[@mtavarez4561]

I just wanted to tell how much i appreciate this and all of your vids - this one especially and 32 notes stuff is amaziing but so is the groove that you lay down in front of and after each one of the 32 notes samples - the groove your playing is awesome -- could you pleeeese do a vid on how you play this groove - youve got that left hand pulse thing happening on the snare - almost snds like you ghost the snare even while hittng the kick - soo tasty!!! Would love to see vid on just that alone!!

[@garyevans4264]

Great lesson Steve. Thanks for linking the pdf also. It's very useful. Cheers. From Tasmania, Australia :)

[@cristaples]

This is what I need to do with gary Chaffee's sticking patterns. I got close with a few of the phrases but you've given me the idea. Plus your phrases of course. Thanks!😀

[@ceejaydhason4546]

Great video Steve! went to your Hod site but could not find transcription. pls help! Thanks so much for all your very informative and helpful videos...

[@danjacobs307]

Many thanks for the excellent lessons, Steve. How are you getting on this weekend with Mr Weckl and Mr Cobham?

[@webstercat]

First thanks for the videos, very informative. Second, do you edit the videos yourself or someone else. If so what software is used for this?

[@Eljubilodeltambor]

Hey Steve... can you tell my what drumstick do you use in this video? I noticed that it is a Vater... I would love to know the model. Thank you

[@jimmyavalon2741]

What a great lesson! It's just too bad video doesn't catch the essence in real time. Maybe you're just THAT fast. Very, very clean funked up grooves.

[@mrnegronis]

You mentioned playing mama dadas and keeping them clean. Do you play your doubles at the same level or do you accent one of the strokes? I have heard that if the secondary stroke on each hand is accented, the roll will become more even.

[@gonzalezbucareli3606]

dope

[@TheSicilian357]

Another great illustration with fabulous Instruction in control Thank you Kit sounds really sweet

[@funkywhite]

Steve! You are so Awesome! SMOKIN'! Love your playing, man! Thanks

[@LiamGroves]

This is so much harder than Steve makes it look, I've been doing this on and off for over 2 years, it's only now I have found that it's my left side that's letting me down. When ever the left leads around the kit I fall apart. Frustrating that I have to start from scratch again but at least I now know the problem. Such a great lesson though :-)

[@chadgendason]

Badass!!

[@davidbrown9395]

beautyful

[@bomarkley]

Steve: I love your playing. I found you here, watched your videos repeatedly, then bought your DVD. I'd love to see you explain some 32nd note triplet patterns or exercises. I hear a lot of the major players using these patterns and cant really find the stickings I'm hearing.