The BEST WAY To PRACTICE RUDIMENTS! - What You Might Not Be Doing

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[@aaronpixler3842]

I've never had lessons. I wish i had though. I'm learning rudiments 10 years later. I discovered I'm terrible at all of them. I"m going back to square one. Including holding sticks and applying rudiments. I'm trying to break 10 years of bad habits.

[@drumrit]

Same! Its a great thing.

[@damonphillips1560]

Amrit Mehta Same here lol, I’m learning so I can play some chops.

[@ifilmalways7122]

They are a pain in the butt and take time to learn.. :(

[@ThePhilbox]

In the exact same spot!!! It's working...haha starting to get my 5 stroke and doubles together. Don't know why i waited. Think id convinced myself I couldn't do it.

[@drewjonespdx]

Aaron Pixler ditto

[@Vanolo999]

Every drummer should watch this video, changed my playing massively

[@travisbickle131]

As a guitarist of many years, ive recently taken up learning how to play drums, and find your channel to be a wealth of incredible information. Many thanks!!!!!!!

[@leemurray9330]

Rob. Seriously. Best drum lessons on the internet PERIOD. Legend. I just ordered a Maximum Thumpification tee. If anyone sees me wearing it out and about and calls me out on it being your merch... it'll be the best day ever. I APPRECIATE YOU, GUY!

[@tonyhades90]

Thank you for sharing man I’m starting I only got a drum pad and for now that’s all I need

[@nicholaspetitjean9065]

Flam Drags!! They helped me immeasurably. If you get them clean, they can really spice up your fills. Secondly, you can play triplets in 3 sets of four, accenting different notes on each set. I dont know if that would properly be called a "grid," but it would look like: Rlr Lrl Rlr Lrl rLr lRl rLr lRl rlR lrL rlR lrL (back to top without missing a beat)

[@toms4888]

Also do that in paradiddles

[@dannyboy1731]

Thxs for this suggestion

[@callanc3925]

anything thing my drum teacher at uni taught me was going through loops of the different stickings for triplets like rll rll rll rll rlr lrl rlr lrl lrl rlr lrl rlr llr llr llr llr and whatever other permutations you can think of, maybe throwing in some kick as well to get some bonham triplets working in smoothly

[@christopherhanna5754]

Play guitar bass mandolin violin piano for 25 years almost.. last month I decided to finally get serious and correctly learn some drums. This is a great channel.

[@petarpavasovic6333]

Awesome lesson! My humble advice for rudiments is maybe try practicing them with the weak hand lead. Been doing exactly that since the start of 2018, and trust me, everything feels so much easier to play! Actually it's not that tricky at all, dare I say 80% effort for that is mental! :)

[@ejfleeks612]

Thanks for the advice

[@masterflow6783]

@@ejfleeks612 likewise

[@rjuriklodhbrok546]

Your videos are incredibly helpful man..thanks a lot!

[@bobsmith513]

Thanks for the lesson. Tons of great stuff in ever single video. You're an excellent teacher.

[@tj7264]

Great vids Rob. You have a good way of giving drummers easy practices. You explain and break them down very well. Nice job!

[@fujitattooz5127]

Thanks for putting a more musical twist on every lesson and making em all far more interesting natural and fun to do. When the starving artist in me gets the chance I will be throwing you some support on patreon I do not wanna see these tools disappear!

[@spacemanmusic6853]

Beatdown has got to be the best alias for a drummer I’ve ever heard of. That being said I appreciate you taking the time to teach some of these skills, it has improved my playing dramatically.

[@KarinaColis]

Thank you Rob! Very important to know this 🙏🏼

[@jaimeehernandez8628]

Thanks for the great tips. Love the vids keep up the good work.

[@davidallenhammond2777]

Thank you Rob for sharing your knowledge. I'm a studio owner and am working on my chops for sessions where the artist doesn't have a band, your videos are so succinct and to the point, it's really helping a lot. Thanks again.

[@gildevanalves3813]

Obrigado homem,sucesso.

[@mattguzda1427]

Knows how too keep it entertaining! My favorite drum teacher on KZbin. I'm trying to play like he does with least amount of energy and max output.. I'm 57. I'm trying to make all movements. Smooth and drop the sticks on the head of the drum cleanly without any sideways movement . I'm a contractor and this actually helps me hammer in nails into concrete in that if you don't hit the nail. Perfectly square it will go off sideways and just chip the concrete and then you gotta start over. It scan be very frustrating and. Takes a steady hand . Ask any carpet installer about the trouble hammering concrete nails into cheap. Flakey concrete.. cheers goose guys and rock the eff out! Yes haw Elmer effers

[@flodrummer100]

What an awesome concept man!!!

[@krasiomilchev160]

I never thought to approach practicing rudiments this way. Definitely will do it from now on. The pad can sometimes trick you into hitting harder than you ought to and this ruins you style on the drums. Thank you very much for this tip, Rob.

[@edvanesch178]

You are absolutely right Rob!

[@mikel92009]

Happy New Year Rob! Hope you realize how much you help and inspire average drummers like myself. I'm always working towards becoming above-average and your vids always have great tips and guidelines.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Hey thanks, man. Glad the videos are helping 👊🏽 🙂 🇨🇦

[@mr.tracygilley2562]

Excellent advice. No one else brings this old rudimentary thing up . No taps rough chops !

[@togobox1]

Such great advice thanks Godbless

[@redrum567]

As always, such good advice. Hands and dynamics are both so important. I greatly appreciate the communicative gift you have. One open hand exercise I enjoy lately is eliminating the kick. HiHat can be used. Drum on Mr. Rob!

[@Dave.68]

Great vids. Really appreciate all you are doing. God Bless.

[@drycoconut5898]

Awesome Video maaan! Very helpful.

[@ranjanaluwihare1511]

Rob, is the dude! Love him & his approach to drum techniques!

[@tdrum21]

Happy new year Rob!🎉🍻 Nice to see you back. Hope you had a great holiday 😜

[@borne2rock]

Thanks for this video man. Great stuff!!

[@anorre]

Hi Rob! It s so great to hear that since once I had a lesson with K Washington and he told me exactly the same thing! Much improvement on articulation and sound!!! Learning a lot from these videos! Looking forward to the next one

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Awesome. Thanks for checkin’ em out 🙂👊🏽

[@josephfuentes2251]

The intro!, ....really dude! This guy is just to cool with great material ! Thanks as always! Blessings

[@thedrumman64]

Awesome lesson! Thanks for this...I have always played ghost notes a bit too loud, but I am going to work on this.

[@robertbelanger6733]

Awesome tips🤘🏻🥁

[@TxDrumChannel]

Thanks and looking forward to the new year. My goal is my left hand. I want and need it to be as strong as my right.

[@egbcop]

Thank you Mr Brown!

[@fabiofreitas1402]

beautiful kit love yamahas

[@misscreant]

MAN I love this. Great video.

[@martinreilly2752]

Helpful advice as usual! Easy to forget just how soft those ghost notes should be.

[@JulianFernandez]

Happy new year, dude!

[@gsxerwhite]

I haven't had a kit for four years now. I think i've gotten every possible sound and volume I can out of my practice pad. It's still fun to practice the hell out of rudiments. I'm still working on that double stroke substitution you did in another video.

[@mayowaade879]

I'm excited about these hand focused videos, uncle Rob! Can I like this video more than once? Uncle Robbie?

[@ABCD14992]

Rob is the real deal!

[@jasoncampbell3955]

Good rudiment advice, very practical

[@NikkiNexo777]

Happy New Year my friend!

[@SoundBarrierEntertainment]

You got the best teaching videos out there.. Hope to see para diddle diddles soon. maybe on the kit and snare both hands leading

[@thefaithfulchurch3775]

good job rob !!

[@joecanzano]

This is a great video! I will be practicing this tonight. Thanks!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Tonight, tomorrow night, and all year! 😉

[@sockysworld8010]

nice thanks Rob!

[@Andy912love]

Thanks, Rob !

[@davee.4594]

"And that's why you subscribed to this channel". Exactly. Thanks!!

[@hanskristianfloden3224]

Awesome, thx Bro!

[@TheGurner1]

Great! I'm into it

[@yumikoyonemitsu3807]

Hey Bob I appreciate all your information. I also like how you talk to us, student.

[@mikeBL9020]

Thank u Mr Brown 👍

[@ronrosas1979]

I never had lessons thank you for your videos

[@mrmyshkalover]

Thanks man!

[@boblatzer]

Beautiful !

[@rossrinkenbaugh4005]

Hey Rob, I pretty sure this channel is gonna be the best drum channel on KZbin HANDS DOWN😉. I can't wait to see where this new year leads. RobBrownOnDrums 👊

[@richardliles4415]

Thank you.

[@RA2Music]

Yes, yes, yes. It is all about the hands. Great advice and exercise. Reminiscent of David Garibaldi’s three level sound concept from “Future Sounds,” and we all know how killers his ghost strokes are with Tower of Power. Stick control is key kids, work those hands.

[@ronaldgenendlis6423]

I have to say I been watching these for about a month or so. All I can say is wow. Very well explained, very well thought out. And very well executed!! There are myriads of teaching tools and teachers out there however you speak slow enough where I can watch listen and partake of the exercises all I can say is thank you sir. By the way I’m sure on one of these videos so tell the folks here your cymbal sizes and makes and models. I have not seen that yet. But they sound awesome! Thanks again for your cool teaching your smooth like Luke cage on Netflix!! Haha. Just messing.

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Actually been using that ghost note techique keeping very low and accents high ,interesting concept with a really good sound difference,as usual you were dead on the mark Rob

[@hanzelhansolo]

Excellent first video Rob👍 I've been working hard on my ghost notes lately and this could be a great way to improve it. Greetings from Mexico

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Wuddup, Mexico 🇲🇽 Shout out from Canada 🇨🇦 🙂🤘🏽

[@joonaskinnunen5518]

Don't know if this is pointless to say, but I must. Your setup looks sooooooooooo good.

[@RodNavarroYtb]

Amazing!! Didn’t event image this was possible :)

[@Rpoke21]

Rob, love what you’re doing here. I practice rudiments on the kit a lot and would love it if you would brake down what you are doing on the kit to practice the rudiments you’re perfecting on the pad. Thanks and looking forward to lessons in 2018!

[@deepbluntman___8650]

I Love you Channel bro!

[@rondeangelis7384]

hi rob, glad you talk about practicing the rudes. Great Job. I was wondering about traditional grip since I've been working on it since I'm a matched grip player. I watched your vid on trad. grip, but wondering if you could demonstrate rim shots with traditional grip.

[@eduardorocha2388]

Thank you so much 🙏 ✌🏽 2021

[@MrPistons4life]

Happy New Year BeatDown welcome back brother. Thanks for the influence 1st off. I have my UV1 heads and the emad floor tom head is on the way. Me and brother are both ordering Paiste 900's this year. Thank you thank you for everything musically.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Duuuuuuude. Are you aware that Evans just introduced a new lineup of UV1 kick heads? 😮 Thanks for watching, man 👊🏽 🙂

[@tdrum21]

Rob Brown do a review on the main! 😜🥁👌🏽

[@tdrum21]

Let me know how the emad floor Tom sounds. I was looking at getting one of them....

[@singaporeghostclub]

Damn! That Yamaha set looks awesome!

[@VladProkhorovDrums]

Thanks dude! Very helpful. Defintely havent been doing that hahaha . WORK time

[@Tacticaldino813]

Rob I stumbled accross your channel and a week later I bought a set. If u see this comment let me know how I did. I got a sonor force 2007 birch 5 piece with 3 200 series boom stands and the 200series hi hAt. Kit came with zildjian zht cymbals ( I know they aren't the best) but I got all that for $450 the kit looks brand new, not a mark on it. Thanks for your response and for making videos

[@practicandolamusi2525]

Great!

[@katrinagwen]

Man, you're Yoda on the drums!

[@chrispailthorpe6566]

Wow, you are the man, 'the hands man'! ....... Drumming Yoda for sure! Love it

[@hiddenmonday7361]

oooh.....a cool thing i learned from Steve Gadd....is to play the paradiddle and displace the accent....from the 1st note as you should......to the 2nd......then the 3rd....then the 4th......back to the 1st note...........very melodic

[@juhotikka9668]

Damn you are a musical drummer :) Love it! Every video gives motivation to try that s+++ out :)

[@Scodge]

Always appreciate your content man, such an underrated channel!

[@jimshadforth7660]

Maybe this year I'll finally be able to do paradiddles at a decent speed, and with dynamics to boot. Looking forward to a great "hands" year.

[@koifish528]

How are your paradiddles in 2020?

[@MrAlasoft]

Excelent !!!

[@woutergroenestein4337]

Might just be me but i'm really good at the whole keep the volume at 0 part also thx a lot rob I love the stuff u do keep it up

[@n0iseboy]

Another great example of how 'less is more' ...its certainly no easy task to build such control, but I'll work on it...thanks again Rob

[@peterclarke5129]

Hi, Rob, Are the extreme dynamics (fortissimo accents and pianissimo ghost notes) to be used for general playing or as a practice technique. Thanks for the vids, but would appreciate your thoughts.

[@n0iseboy]

Peter Clarke I'll field this one...If music is the spice of life, dynamics is the spice of music. Ghost notes add feel to the music, although for the most part they aren't heard. I did pro audio for a while. I'd watch the drummer play while listening and the ghost notes just don't cut through a mix. I know accept, that even though I can't truly discern every ghost note played, I think perhaps my brain is still picking up on it, and it is adding a feel that I can't necessarily hear. It's a paradox...but yes...use full dynamic range in your performance.

[@hiddenmonday7361]

cool....Accents and Rebounds.......George Stone has a book on this kind of thing......its a must ......watch Joe Morello solos with Dave Brubeck for ultimate inspiration on this stuff. Great job!

[@TheZackLilly]

missed you too rob!

[@mularaikar]

hi thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.i had a request ,can you let me know the 5 most important rudiments for hands and feet..God bless you

[@What-zd7rm]

Gaah you’re so much better than Drumeo! Wish I found you sooner bc your videos are so helpful!

[@TwinsTubeTV]

im so glad because i reall wanna ijnprove

[@MayerEO]

rob! do you have any videos on building independence? I really would like to see your take on it!

[@sandeepvaheguru]

Ghost note hack!! Thank you!

[@diamondpranks5283]

Nice sir

[@royinnellamusicaccount4968]

Great lesson - Do you have any existing videos on the Purdie Shuffle and can you explain a regular shuffle?

[@purpleheartscott8553]

Rob, glad I found your channel. Newbie here, my kit I’m getting for Christmas is a Roland V drums kit as acoustic is not an option for me. I’ve self taught on guitar and keyboard since retiring from military and now I want to include drums. Is it ok to practice rudiments on the kit itself, just the snare? Wifey gonna get angry if I have to buy something else😂

[@larniete-puki7651]

Another great lesson Rob - HNY 2018

[@donnacompton4894]

Hey I like those wooden hoops!

[@glennracoma7481]

Question please: would you say that the tighter the drum head the more rebound on the stick happens? Reason I ask is it may have more definition on the ghost notes you think?

[@Plydrms]

Did Tony Williams practice on pillows? I know that Dennis Chambers practiced that way. I guess they tried not to rely so much on rebound, just powered the second double into the head. Tony would play the "ritual" and you couldn't tell he was changing rudiments. All all the strokes sounded the same! Those guys have incredible strong sounding chops, obviously.

[@amoldethe6480]

Sir i m great fan of uf druming plz make video grooves varition

[@slimjim1104]

Dynamics are super important.