The 6 Shuffle Grooves That You Should Know! 🤓🥁*Practice Aid Video*

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

*Hey y'all! This lesson is timestamped in the description box! So after you do me a solid and watch the whole thing front to back 😏 You can go straight back to your favourite shuffle anytime and start sheddin' * 🤘🏽😎

[@JonZiegler6]

Thanks for the timestamps, easy to understand breakdown of the patterns, and as always, great vids!!!

[@khandrum]

Love that snare drum .??

[@davidsovereign4958]

Dude - you KILT this tutorial. Masterful.

[@alvertskaunang4947]

Sir,what is your stick size ? :)

[@sammue6349]

GREAT vid man!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@erikwerkman6935]

I'm a self taught drummer, i started with punk rock. I can play, but it's very stiff and loud. Now that I'm fighting cancer I don't have a job anymore, but more time to exercise. This video helped me the most of all there is online. With the tips from the one mentioned in the video, I'm really getting better. Combined with the pills, playing drums is my best medication! Thank you Rob for making this fight more fun!

[@nicholass.6829]

hang in there buddy!!

[@Kmj234]

I’m so sorry man

[@keithvanderoef6296]

Way to not lay down and give up.

[@noahlaizer7434]

Get. Into. Funk n soul! I did more rock-ish things as well and like you said loud and I could never get those ghost notes sounding perfect. I got into funk and soul (talking some old school stuff like 60s-80s) parliament, George Clinton, Otis Redding, James Brown; its so fun to play along too and it's great for feeling the music and being one with the kit so to speak

[@cocoshen7425]

💪💪💪💪

[@Incountry]

That’s the best breakdown explanation I’ve ever seen, reduced the tempo, removed parts then added one by one and back up to tempo...

[@Drexston]

i agree

[@donnypatoine4475]

And here i am. Still struggling 😂 I'm a metal drummer normally so I've been struggling trying to build a solid shuffle. Definitely not the first thing I play day to day.

[@johndeangelo4465]

Great tutorial! Really simplified the mechanics of these great grooves.

[@floydsmithjr7999]

I never knew how uncoordinated I was until I started these shuffles. all the parts are so simple until you put them all together. Ive been playing drums for years, the shuffle for me was a nightmare until now. A total brain rewiring. The most important thing for me to focus on is the - a lang hihat, its what ties them all together. When I tried this in the past my hi hat was a spastic mental patient, thats why I could never get it.

[@steff.7028]

@@donnypatoine4475 Same!

[@adrianclarke6829]

The Gadd shuffle is awesome and will now probably take over my life for the next month.

[@b.p.879]

Nothing opened up my abilities more than learning to play a proper shuffle. This may sound kinda abstract or whatever but, it really requires you to have limb independence and to feel the spaces between the beats, and to not rush anything at all. That's just based on my own feelings.

[@uncleanon6445]

Finally someone that knows how to present a beat, I tip my hat good Sir.

[@stanmarsh7487]

But your not wearing a hat 😭 liesssss lol jk

[@maarcoooo]

Stan Marsh he’s tipping his high hat

[@noobish]

Oh ho ho ho! Jolly good show Sir!

[@Tommy-kp2zp]

Drummer of 48 years. This is the best instructional video on shuffles! No talking and over explaining! Or silliness! Someone with knowledge and experience and patience and skill!

[@matthewball5978]

This is great for physical leaners, too many teachers just use sheet music, please keep doing this!!!!

[@budhiharlow4945]

Yes and visual learners benefit from the greater use of illustrating the concept at different tempos. Too much verbal.instruction in music is not usually effective as 99.999% of our teacher's verbal cadence and tone is not inside or reflective of the music they are teaching.

[@sachinvyas2820]

Good groveers 🎉

[@michaelshreve6455]

Thank you Rob this lesson is great! My wife and I just met Bernard Purdie this weekend August 3rd 2024. He played for the class we attended and spoke. It was so good! He is a gem of a man, and still has the groove. You got it too my brother! Thanks again!!

[@antonmaclean8418]

I'm glad he didn't explain everything he was doing , I find it easier to just watch someone or listen to it, then I have a pretty good idea what to do, and try to copy it

[@mr.crowley7646]

exactly

[@RabbiMendel]

Yapp. Guys who r commenting what They do only interrupt the concentration on what they r doing

[@jamesmackey2167]

Anton Maclean I’m with you on that. This might be helpful. It’s a triplet between the high hat and snare with some ghost noting in between accents. The only thing that changes between each shuffle is the bass drum part.

[@toddvanfleet8576]

With you on that Anton. Play by ear, play by sight. To get to the other side. Also like his pattern breakdowns- 4 bars of each. He let's the drums do most of the talking. No distracting chatter The ghost notes on Bohnam and Picarro (both borrowed from Bernard Purdie )are my challenge. Better get back to it.

[@jeffnestor2473]

Finally a guy that knows how to show what he's doing! No gab! Just business. Thanks Rob

[@gbstixx9634]

Rob: if you’re not on your kit- get on your kit! Me in bed at 3AM: on my way!

[@ispqk]

💓

[@intingwithzoe5715]

xD same

[@wouterhumme3051]

Same lol!

[@stuartmichelson7254]

I have been playing since 1965.(yes, I'm an old guy...but better not mess with me) I quit playing professionally in 1972, but never stopped playing. I have been watching this KZbin stuff for well over a decade now. I have never seen anybody give a better lesson on how to play shuffles than Rob Beat Down Brown. His is the best. I have had in person lessons, and watched countless KZbin things and other video lessons, trying to learn the half time shuffle.. Rob Brown is the best. No doubt about that. This is honest and unsolicited. I do not know Rob. I just happened across his channel here and was delighted to discover something I need. I watched and listened and I learned. This Rob is one great teacher on the shuffle. I never saw anyone else half as good as he is teaching the half time.

[@dillardfilth8933]

The doubles on the kick drum are so consistent. Two different sounds - light and accented - and consistently played every time. This guy's a ringer fellas 🤘😃

[@moeb4348]

I thought I heard kick doubles, but wasn't sure. Thanks for confirming!

[@Tagger0325]

Rob Brown is the best . 1000 shuffle videos on the internet. Only need to watch this one .

[@g211hall4]

You are absolutely the best teacher of drumming I have ever seen! I stand in awe of you brother Rob

[@jpscott7174]

That snare is a thing of beauty

[@rogerwelsh2335]

Again a great lesson! I love how you play slow patterns for a long period of time! No one else does this. It takes me watching repeated slower patterns for an extended play along session to get what’s happening. Others show the individual sticking and then go to faster speeds immediately and I have to keep trying to rewind and find certain spots over and over again where I can’t get in the groove of it. You get this a right. A student needs to play along with the teacher at 1st Also: an incredible Snare drum! Perfect Bass tuning Great choice of Hats

[@ronaldgreen5292]

I definitely agree with you on the snare drum 🥁 and high-hats!!💯👍So cleen!!

[@moeb4348]

I'm digging how Rob breaks it down. Brilliant!

[@davegarant]

That is the clearest explanation of classic shuffles, ever!!

[@paulbadoo9326]

Good drumming is like magic. Good drummers, magicians. Rob is an example.

[@dc9856]

Thanks a million rob.44 year old who's being away from the pots and pans for too long.used to be tight as xxxx back in my playing days.I find your vids excellent and great exercise, keep up the great work .thanks again ,dara from ireland

[@firemenstation18]

out of all the years of videos of yours i have watched and loved to learn from,THIS IS MY ALL TIME NEW FAVORITE! This helped me 1000%! got off 24 hour fire dept duty and I will be in my drum studio all weekend jamming to this and learn these the right way! THANK YOU! - Robert Read, Atlanta Firefighter & Working local Drummer.

[@Iceni007]

I could listen to that Bonham shuffle for hours!😂 For a lover of groove it's so addictive. I love Zep but Fool in the Rain would never appear in my list of favourite Zep songs. But the shuffle beat -man, it's so gorgeous!

[@dieterronsberg5970]

Great way to teach- no endless talking and stupid counting exercises but just playing the groove and then slowing it all down WHILE playing on- perfect for me!!! Looks like I´ve finally found my guy to learn from.... :-)

[@objoyful989]

Well done, Rob. Thats one of your most beautiful and valuable lessons. Your shuffle alone sounds like a perfect musical piece. Thus this shows again, why you are at least at the top three online drum teachers worldwide.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Huge compliment, man. Thanks 🙏🏽 🙂

[@stephenmack7400]

Great demonstration of the shuffle beats. Simple, easy to follow.

[@hifinphoto]

there are many "teachers" on youtube. But Two TEACHERS stand out to me. Eric Moore -with his happy attitude, and this guy -with his intelligence.

[@adityarifqi5286]

YOU THE REAL TEACHER, YOU KNOW HOW TO TEACH! BIG THANK YOU ROB.

[@jrodante]

You are an excellent teacher, and drummer of course. The way you break it down and slow it down is great. Thank you for imparting your skills on us!

[@EMP5454]

I’ve been drumming for 20 years and have gotten more learning the past few months from your videos than I had the previous 10 years. You the bomb BeatDown!

[@christinemorris8578]

I absolutely love the way he breaks it down !!

[@VikingFairy]

I played drums in high school and have just recently started playing again after twenty years. I have watched at least ten of your videos. You are truly an exceptional teacher. I’m getting my groove back and you have been instrumental in that process. Many many thanks!

[@rodrigoalves2867]

Your videos are pushing my drumming to the next level. Thanks a lot! Big shout out from Brazil

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Wuddup Brazil 🇧🇷 Shout out from Canada 🇨🇦🙂🤘🏽

[@donmega808]

Bad ass video! I'm an old rock drummer and never cared about the shuffle. Now I'm in my 50's and back into learning some fundamentals and this is cool!

[@masterofnaan]

The Porcaro shuffle changed my life when I learned it. Thanks for showing me its siblings. Loving that 12/8!

[@blazebloop8626]

The "Purdie Shuffle" is the "Daddy" of the Porcaro Shuffle!

[@7Point5Hertz]

That 12/8 variation was slammin'

[@7Point5Hertz]

@@blazebloop8626 the Purdie is the Daddy and Mommy of all that follows :)

[@gsxerwhite]

Your vids on shuffles are by far the best I've seen. I had to learn the Bonham shuffle back in 97 for a cover band I would session with. FEEL is absolutely the most important part. Most videos I've seen go overboard trying to explain the ghost notes and don't focus enough on the feel. That's how I figured it out in 97. I pieced it all together after finding the feel for the groove. The ghost notes are the polish. It's refreshing to hear these grooves broken down like they should be. You're making many drummers lives a lot easier and a lot more fun. Thank you!

[@adamgoodhue]

Preach! A real shuffle separates the men from the boys.

[@rubikclockweights]

Your tutorials are inspirational....even to a 51 year old drummer ( whos been drumming for 35 years)...keep it going Beat down bro !!!!! love it !!!

[@musamusashi]

54 here, been drumming for 36 years, and totally feeling you. This channel got me practicing again.

[@sinus-institut]

Funny, likable, entertaining and detailed...one of my favorite drum teachers on KZbin!

[@allanbartlett8356]

Hi Rob. I'm a 75 yr old white boy washed in the red blood of Jesus. First played drums at 13 using a comb and tobacco can. Love your videos Keep it up, your a great teacher/player.

[@groovusdoc]

Hey Rob- you are with no equal the best "show & tell" drum instructor on the web! I'd love to meet you sometime!

[@timray1341]

Slowing down the tempo and isolating the parts is SO helpful. Thanks Rob - this is outstanding!

[@ronniek7748]

That is a great lesson and great delivery. Rob is smoother than silk man! There are other tutorials for the various shuffles but Rob's instruction is superior and his groove is killer!

[@Fos3tex]

Perfect control and examples. Porcaro's "Rosanna" is one of the hardest, but when you break it down (especially the Bo Diddley part) and work up to speed it all makes sense.

[@drummist1000]

That rimshot on the snare makes it ring very nicely.

[@bobwright4945]

To me this is without doubt the best 'Shuffle' lessons on youtube...love the way you break it down, thanks Rob.

[@michaelpeters9066]

Dude. That snare. A&F Drums are amazing. Their snares, to me, are among the very best modern snare you can buy.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

💯

[@davidsalce5004]

Hey Kid!! your cool school has helped me improve so many things in my playing. I've been a full time working drummer for over 40yrs. Since isolation,I've lost at least 90% of my gigs, so I've built a studio to track drums for all sorts of projects. It's been a whole relearning process to be a great studio drummer. What works live,alot of the time, does not work in the studio, it's like starting over, which is a very exciting challenge. Just wanted to say Thanks,and God Bless ya for"passing it on"!!!

[@climbjay]

Expertly done. It gets no better than this 👏🏼 Also, A&F snare?? Sounds wonderful!

[@burtonmatterhorn]

I not only wish drum training videos knew but that ALL training videos knew that THIS is a great way to teach! Glad I found this video today - thanks!

[@jb4299]

Wow, The Gadd did my head in, going to have to come back later for the last two! (and practice... practice boy, practice!)

[@musamusashi]

Great breakdown: especially the Gadd one, i could never fully get until i saw this video. Respect.

[@davidtouvet7101]

Soooo usefull ! Thank you for slowing down and isolate each part. That’s real teaching !

[@freddysands]

Best breakdown in the history of breakdowns. Thanks 👍🏻

[@christianfraude4517]

Best shuffle video on KZbin & love the breakdown ! Wicked "Killer" lesson Rob ! You & Austin Burcham are my faves !

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Thanks a bunch, man. Austin is indeed the dude 💯

[@kerryjaybell]

The best teacher I've seen in years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Break it down, no one does that. GREAT JOB !!!

[@roncarnell5924]

Don't know if you look at this much, but you have a great way of instruction for shuffles. This is generous - you are far cool and kind, thank you!

[@massimo-ci9vw]

love this analogic tool to slow down gradually.

[@coopercooper8406]

Man, THANK YOU!!! Nobody makes it this clear, in my searching. I have tried over and over to learn these beats on youtube, and am never sure of the details. It feels like they don’t really want you to know. Rob leaves nothing a mystery. I have been playing and learning instruments for 40 years, and this kind of patient, meticulous teaching is RARE af. Respect and gratitudes, Rob. Appreciate this guy, people.

[@antonioguinoo]

Love John Bonham’s shuffle for fool in the rain, that took me a hell lot of time to learn, thanks for the shuffle video Rob

[@rivaldoaldo6391]

He is so smart when he explained the beat... Gorgeus

[@funkdrummer]

Ghost notes just in time for Halloween! Love the breakdowns.

[@Rollacoastertycoon]

Yuplol

[@guywhitney1524]

I love this. Very helpful for us that do not read sheet music. I've come to these videos to see if I was doing a shuffle somewhat correct. And now I will be practicing all of these styles.

[@jamesjackson5418]

I'm a bad student. Instead of focusing on your instructions, I was mesmerized by that A&F 'er

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Don't feel bad, man. That's to be expected 🙂🥁

[@michaelstonedrums6877]

You're a natural-born teacher, man. Love your channel!

[@TheTubbeater]

People are always going to be 'arm chair quarter backs, or back seat drivers' most arent even in a p;laying situation because they cant get along w anybody. i say thank you for putting a tag [ name on each of these essential grooves [ or beats if you like]. okiejack nashville tn.

[@timstanford3220]

Hey Jack so glad to see your interest in this video , I too was envied to indelve in this video.

[@dikbeats2720]

That hi-hat shuffle is mad.. Love the 12/8 shuffle and the 'old' Texas shuffle, you can have a lot of fun with that. Thanks as usul.

[@VudooChild]

That A&F snare sounds killer!👍🏾👍🏾

[@davidiand7]

Great video, slowing the shuffle down, taking away the snare etc; really worked for me! Thanks Rob👍🏻

[@omarcapaso7156]

Idk why but Ive never drummed in my life but I’m still watching

[@itgetter9]

You are meant to start drumming. Do it!

[@observerstation]

Love your channel! I am learning a lot after not playing for a long time and these are fun grooves to learn. Thank you Rob!

[@7319Drummer]

The shirt says it all 👍 .....those dislikes must be from speed metal players. BTW, those Hi Hats are outstanding.

[@chestermarcol3831]

perfect video for learning these. Love the way you play it full on, then slow it down, isolate each part then start putting it all back together again. Genius.

[@bjones2513]

Very impressive lesson. Best and important lesson I’ve came across. 💯

[@FricelesteMaquinas]

Rob: As a drummer. I want to thank you. To show,play and explains clear shuffles groves. Thats the way. ❤❤❤❤

[@michaeleagle2]

MY MAN!!! Was just talking to a friend about this very subject... And I was wondering what I was going to do this weekend..... I should have known...

[@sixstringgypsy1]

I know this is an old vid for you, but it was just suggested today (you're in my algorithm from your drum tuning technique which was PERFECT). I'm a multi instrumentalist (mainly guitar and vocal) but grew up on a kit (my dad is a drummer and my main influence 😊). I've shared a few of your vids to some local studios I work with and I can't say enough about how much we've enjoyed and learned from these videos. Also, your sound and fluidity is addictive and your instruction videos are more musical than a lot of the crappy bands I've had to back over the years. Sorry for the long comment and THANK YOU for doing your thing!

[@randyherbrechtsmeier4796]

Texas Groove is LaGrange. Outstanding Again

[@Chernabog123]

220 thumbs down ??? Must be non drummers. Great video and lesson BeatDown. And yes , you may be able to “play” a shuffle but it’s all feel. That comes with practice. Thanks.

[@bigvrocks2480]

I could never play a shuffle beat to save my life. Had no interest in it. However, all those beats you played, were in all the music I've ever listened to. As I've stated in the past, where were you in the 1960's when I needed you! LOL! Great videos and you are an excellent teacher...

[@donnacompton4894]

Love your teaching style!!

[@kaylaemerick8943]

I love the way this is broken down ♥ You make it so simple to understand / hear . I will definitely be revisiting this video when I'm home. #subscribed

[@castlehilldude]

This is simply a work of genius. The way you break the beats down and put them back together is outstanding! An excellent teaching aid. I can get through most of them, but that Steve Gadd high hat groove is wicked hard! I will get it - eventually. Thank you Rob.

[@jeffchomin]

Oooh that snare sounds soo good! 🥁🎶🤟

[@davidwak680]

Rob really speaks equally to drummers of all levels.

[@69rimshot]

Best breakdown ever.

[@nealfeola6640]

Thanks Dr Brown! That is some real meat and potatoes on some very unique shuffle grooves! Fool in the rain was my first introduction to learning the mechanics between the hi hat ghost notes bass drum and hi hat scoops. My first instructor and I wrote it out and it took me a while to get it. I was 17. I’m almost 50 and these are still amazingly challenging! Steve Gadds and that last one of Purdies are gonna take me a bit to get them! Appreciate your channel

[@CabjoyAU]

Oooft that Gadd shuffle hit me just right 💪

[@CharlesTPrimm]

This is excellent. Great instructional vid on why shuffles matter. Gracias!

[@sherlaimov]

I absolutely love these grooves. Would really appreciate having them in written notation.

[@roelie2104]

Thanx Brown again for this video! Amazing shuffles! Good work👍 to explain them.

[@LeFloidfan4ever]

Hey Rob, Thank you for this lesson. I’m gonna sink my teeth into the shuffles as soon as i mastered the triplet groove that you posted. Also I wanted to ask, do you have a list of the gear you are using in your videos?

[@tellitlikeitis5856]

Rob, Bro: An absolute killer lesson. I have seen the light all because of this awesome lesson. Shuffles, difficult. True! But now, time to take this lesson, close the door, and work it . Thank you so much! Awesome!!

[@drumr72]

Rob, I am so glad I don't live near you..as I would be sitting on my ass getting no work. Thanks for this video, and you are right on the money. Go to any local jam night where the who's who show up and play. You will notice there that the shuffle is the most revered grooves and hardest to play..many judge drummers by their ability to play them alone. Beautiful playing....Jeff Porcaro is smiling down on you!

[@royaguilar2828]

B R A V O !!! The best most cohesive shuffle explanation I have seen, EXCELLENT. Thank you so much for the video, Very informative.

[@nojnoj3069]

Also, your snare drum is incredible.....Also, always has been, always will be fool in the rain.

[@SUBboy]

The first vid that brought me to this guy was alll about snare tuning and holy shit my snare sounded so much better after his tips.

[@mutants6440]

Man, I thought I was never gonna get that Bonham shuffle down, but this & the Purdie lesson got me grooving on it in a day. Thanks teach!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I play by feel already. I actually did a blues jam on Wednesday. I didn’t know any of the songs we played, but I did rather well.

[@blueshark928]

I find that to be true of every blues jam I go to.

[@mjjames2442]

Great lesson! Love to see the Charles Conner shuffle and a Ringo shuffle as well. Best wishes

[@christschinwon]

That was nasty control on Jeff's groove. Respect!

[@jstixx]

christschinwon They all got this groove from Bernard Purdie.... It’s Called The Purdie Shuffle... Google Jeff.....he says it himself..