The Purdie Shuffle | Study The Greats

In this episode of Study The Greats, we will be breaking down the legendary halftime shuffle from the one and only, Bernard Purdie.
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[@anth0666]

Don't worry about those ghost notes ... they're just rebouuund

[@erikbarrett85]

Anthony Pilloy heeayah ha ha haaa

[@brianburk2559]

Lol absolutely classic

[@davidburnett3614]

That snare tone is godly

[@fuzzylogiceire]

Austins or Purdies? I think Austins snare sounds fantastic. Purdies not so much.

[@davidburnett3614]

fuzzylogiceire i meant Austin's, but his production quality is a lot newer and a lot better. I'm sure that Purdie's snare sounded great in person lol.

[@Gorillagamer44]

fuzzylogiceire Purdies sounds like a good punk snare

[@pullindcvolcom]

Oh man I can watch Bernard groove for hours

[@michaguz]

Gaa !! Shuffles are just so dam tough for me .. They make we want to jump out a window .. .I need to seriously lock myself in the basement with my kit until I get it .. This video is the best place to start ! Thanks !!

[@rick3747]

Purdie, Bonham and Porcaro are my groove/feel Holy Trinity.

[@gretschludwigdrummer209]

Your right You Tube is full of video's explaining the half time shuffle, did we need another ?damn right we did, when it's as good as yours my friend, I wish it was about when I was learning that groove, great !!!

[@wolfreyet]

That's the most comprehensive purdie shuffle vid I've found and you just nailed every possible variation well done man!!

[@ylenolsreppeptgs]

i really liked seeing the various songs that incorporate this beat!

[@gabvalente]

Best lesson of this groove on youtube! Very intuitive. Thank you Austin!

[@brianburk2559]

Love the 6/8 shuffle man that is is funky!

[@verticaldude]

great addition to all the tutorials out there. thank you!

[@Aerodrummer]

Fantastic playing as usual Austin..and that's a gorgeous drum sound. 👍👌

[@DijonDaily]

Great video man! Best one I've seen on it.

[@nielswil]

That snare sound is a killer. Love it. Thanks for the video.

[@Livingeidolon]

Best explanation of the shuffle I've seen on KZbin. The transcription really helps.

[@abbdrums]

:)

[@collinscollins5595]

Austin Burcham yes I think I finally understand. Awesome.

[@ramajaya811]

thanks , the best shuffle lesson, very clear and easy to be understood

[@grendelshooter4556]

Best instructional video breakdown of the shuffle on KZbin

[@jasoncampbell3955]

Great breakdown, WAY better than other videos on Purdie shuffle.

[@davidbee8178]

Thanks for the lesson - it's really great and helpful - Cheers!

[@andrevth]

the internet may already have lots of videos on this, but if you haven't had the chance to share your take on it, the stage is all yours ! great lesson man!

[@tdrum21]

Great example & can't help but love anything Purdie grooves on. Cool this one was in a 6/8 context as well

[@tonyroo11]

Nicely explained. All you need to learn is a great teacher and that you are Austin. Thanks

[@nomore25]

This the only video that I really understand this 3/4 beat. Thanks a lot!

[@dylansartor3556]

Great video Austin! I really enjoyed it.

[@abbdrums]

Hey guys, hope you dig this one.... You can get the transcription over at www.abbdrums.com/p/bernardpurdie

[@BobCropsey]

First time seeing you. I like the way you pace it. Great sound mix w/ drums & vocals spot on. I'll check out all your videos.

[@albertoreinoso1727]

Excelente gracias por enseñar amigo, saludos desde San Felipe Chile 🖒🖒

[@VivoBateria]

Muito bom. Parabéns.. ótimo groove

[@stevefranchini4980]

Holy cow, Austin, your kit sounds amazing!!!

[@chairsmissing]

This is so fuckin smooth and clean man, another stellar lesson. One of the better ones on that groove too

[@abbdrums]

Thanks!

[@ashon11]

Yes dude, such an awesome groove! Thank you!

[@LittleDrummerChannel]

Nicely done Austin!! Your kit is sounding great in the new studio mate!!

[@SadBstard]

Excellent instruction.

[@froter1]

Best I’ve seen by far

[@derekpaolo4856]

Holy cow! What a great sound you have there, buddy!

[@jumalasalaatti]

Love that you mimicked the setup from Purdies video :D

[@faronmclurkin1103]

Thanks for this video!

[@r0f115L4m]

Just bought my first (electronic) drum kit. I’m excited to learn this style of groove!

[@larifari2467]

Fu

[@dorian2112]

ghost notes come naturally at times, but this beat along with "fool in the rain," and "Rosanna" just does not happen for me. never been able to get this feel, faking it is 1 thing, but to groove it is another thing. i am still learning after 35 years of drums.

[@bobwright9516]

Great lesson thanks

[@meekoloco]

Hey Austin, another great vid man!

[@bvalderrama98]

Bro your drums sound incredible

[@richardpine8011]

Great video mate, cool to se you trying a new setup too, I know it's pretty in at the moment to have a very flat setup but I love having my toms and cymbals angled towards me like that.

[@kevinclifford3240]

Great channel!

[@nicolasmorales1746]

Muchas gracias por fin entendí el ritmo de toto ban! !!!!

[@michaelcoleman1538]

Great Video

[@izziOnBass]

Superb video! I am a bassist trying to get some drum groove for my tracks. Your videos helps a lot man! Cheers!

[@minielbaez8352]

Great man!!

[@gsxerwhite]

his snare sounds badass in that video

[@josefrancisco6969]

Great video.

[@bjornvandebroek5229]

I was watching John blackwells performance on australian drum festival. I remembered I once asked to do something on open handed playing since I admire your technique so much. As you point out in this video. The best purdie shuffle vid, i have seen btw Then there's JB. Just a thougt, A

[@gsxerwhite]

“YOU CHOSE THE ONE” “THE HIT MAKER BERNARD PURDIE”

[@BryanCarsonSammich3z]

Hey, love your videos, they are seriously amazing and very impressive! Can you do something by Garstka or Halpern? Maybe the groove in Tempting Time (you'll know which one), or the interlude from Erised? Also the outro Polymeter(polyrhythm?) from Para Mexer is so good. Honestly so many good things from these two. Just some suggestions.

[@JulianFernandez]

Good one!

[@bodhi9464]

Great stuff * appreciated 🥁🇦🇺

[@cryptonios]

btw purdies ghost notes are crazy soft...yours to

[@shivamvyas1218]

1:17 That sounded so clean

[@michaeltingle444]

That was good, well worth doing. No one up until now had pointed out that the perdie shuffle was in 6 and all the others were in 4. That's how he can get so much out of one beat, it is rhythmically dense. Perhaps worth doing a vid on?

[@Choi-zs9bp]

just another groove

[@jeffmurray9418]

Austin, this video is excellent! Thanks for taking the time to put it on the net to share with the community. This is my first visit to your channel, but certainly won't be my last! I did have a quick question /observation about your transcription. It seems like there is a bit of an accent on the first note in each triplet, and I couldn't tell, but it looks like you are playing a little more with the shank on the first note, and the tip on the third of the triplet. Is this correct? Thanks for your response in advance and kindest regards.

[@EmoDKTsuchiya]

Detailed Purdie shuffle breakdown? SUBSCRIBED

[@vaportrails7943]

The song where he used the first example is "Babylon Sisters".

[@AdamTuminaro]

But👏🏼did👏🏼you👏🏼hear👏🏼that👏🏼snare?

[@abbdrums]

+Adam Tuminaro 🤗

[@erikbarrett85]

Austin Burcham good ghosties, fren.

[@MrLowercase42]

LAAAAAAWWWD!

[@kayhall9834]

Adam Tuminaro class!

[@christopherpederson1021]

Isn't that the Sonor cast bronze

[@user-zn3tu6lg2k]

i know that groove is kind of more electronic than your usual stuff but i would love to see you making a video about the song "sunrise in beijing" by Christian Scott. awsome groove.

[@headofvengarl8893]

Hey Austin, I have a request for a possible future episode of Study The Greats. There's a great DRUMMERWORLD video of Adam Nussbaum playing All Blues, and he does this incredible solo from 5:12 to 5:27 or so that you need to check out, as well as a few other amazing moments following it.

[@pjmccaul1065]

thank you. I was doing this backwards....self taught, got the sound and groove down but backwards. Also was doing it with 8th notes therefore not getting that chukka sound. Thank's for breaking it down. By the way, I've been playing forever. No on line stuff when I started.....Many moons ago 1965

[@markmitchell4451]

Dude , great video! What are those hats?! They sound amazing!

Hello Guy! Very good. If possible teach us the groove of Rosana from band Toto, please!

[@sergiocortes6179]

Amazing! Can you do the last groove of Aja? (When Gadd goes hard on the ride, when the song is fading out) 😁

[@bobweber4140]

Nice

[@IcarusLives1]

Great lesson! Any chance of a crazy fast Eric Moore groove in the future?

[@DirERearEdits]

Hey man great videos. Would you ever consider doing another Benny Greb breakdown?

[@zenoniachale11]

purdie good

[@bradbianco9842]

awesome that you added "Grapevine Fires"! Jason McGerr is a solid player who's name doesn't come up much.

[@helderpolonio7849]

like it yheaaaaaaa i needed this

[@ChicoFagundes78]

smoooothhh

[@randallbenson9475]

Nice, Man. Nice!😎

[@luism.corona2288]

Great Lesson, i think there's a song called "Chris and Kevin's Excellent Adventure" by Liquid Tension Experiment, it's basically a 3 minutes song that Tony and Mike created for fun, but Portnoy actually do a Half time shuffle that it blows my mind, it worths the check, thank you for give us all this beautiful lessons

[@abbdrums]

Yea dude! I used to love Liquid Tension Experiment when I was younger. That was actually my first exposure to a halftime shuffle before I really knew what it was and I remember that track really having an impact on me. I had forgotten all about it so it's cool you brought that up haha.

[@nate565]

NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!

[@CameronGuarino]

Do an episode on Jon Theodore or Thomas Pridgen!

[@ZabWolff]

Great lesson, Austin! And you played it damn well. I want to ask you: the height of your snare is because of traditional grip? Would you think put the snare as high as you have it with match grip?

[@abbdrums]

For matched grip I would have it much lower. Traditional grip usually requires a higher position so the left hand can access rim shots without having to drop the left shoulder. Most guys who play traditional keep their snares up pretty high, around the same height as their bellybutton/belt line. It just makes traditional grip work better... Hope that helps!

[@hzilla5550]

I think that only the single snare note should be used in starting out while the triplet is mastered first, (the two together) then followed by the kick, and finally the ghost notes.

[@andriealinsangao613]

Next up: the Rosanna shuffle, please! (Nevermind, it's in the video! Bless you!!)

[@michaelcaplin8969]

Hey man! Could you possibly look into covering Bernard's groove on Kulee Baba (Steely Dan outtake). Not because it's a famous groove (it's not), but because it's just incredibly interesting in general.

[@davidnorman4923]

Check out Jeff porcaro on his starlicks video doing his take on the Purdie shuffle!

[@alexquin3662]

Austin, can you do an episode on Rodney Holmes Cowbell groove? It would be awesome

[@tmvps]

thanks dude! have you ever consider doing an episode on Bill Bruford? saludos desde México!

[@divepeace1]

@Enrinque I saw Bill Bruford do a drum clinic in Vancouver, Canada about 10 years ago. Amazing drummer, I think that's a great suggestion! What do you say Austin??

[@FHDTV]

Enrinque YES do bill bruford and phil collins

[@salviadivinorum1762]

I did a piece on Bill's middle part of a song on King Crimson's 'BEAT' album. Search youtube for 'My transcription of 'The Howler' drums' , mostly in 15 time signature.

[@FHDTV]

Could you as well try doing suppers ready from 1976 Genesis live bill and phil collins parts

[@divepeace1]

Kick ass Austin! Another great one! @Enrinque has a great suggestion in Bill Bruford. What do you think man?

[@earldrum]

As always a great video! I see you raised the small tom and ride cymbal! It looks cool, but did you do that for ergonomic reasons? Just wondering 👍🏻😀

[@abbdrums]

Yea, I've been experimenting with raising my drums and cymbals higher than what I had been previously. I've found that when you put them higher and angle them down more aggressively, you can actually position them much closer to you and I feel like I don't have to reach as far to access all the parts of the kit. Also, with the cymbals, it makes them easier to strike with a swiping motion and I can get more of the stick onto the top surface of the cymbal, as opposed to just hitting straight into the edge. It feels better, sounds better, and increases the lifespan of the cymbals and your sticks that way. Hope that helps!

[@earldrum]

Austin Burcham ... I agree ... I have been playing with finding the right angle for toms and cymbals over 40 years. I have watched the trends by drummers to look cool over ergonomics. In the 1970's crazy angles were used for ride cymbals and toms. I think the key is finding the seat height, cymbal and tom angle that works for each drummer to not hurt themselves based on their size and height. The older you get the more your poor ergonomic setup and sitting habits affect your knees, back and even your hands.

[@tdrum21]

What happened to the Steve Smith upload? Just came back to watch the 2nd part of it?

[@madstrandum4890]

What snare is it?

[@FHDTV]

Please do Phil Collins from the 70s!!

[@ifoldaa0078]

Can you please cover "Tool - Merkaba" ?.

[@kayakconfessions4121]

Hey check out the intro to two princess from spin doctors.😁

[@TreasureTrain]

IMMASPLAINITTOYA

[@rhinsac7553]

Great video. Dumb question... is the upbeat the "let" of each triplet?

[@abbdrums]

+Rhinsac yep!

[@thespungolator3421]

Can you make a study the greats on Dan Weiss?

[@devinmartin7802]

Do Anika Nilles next please! Basically anything from "Orange Leaves".

[@chicken6111]

Hi KZbin comment section, new drummer here. First off love these videos dude they're so cool. Quick question about your setup, why are your high hats tilted towards you? Is that a preference or is that something that just happens as a result of playing?

[@abbdrums]

On hi hat stands, there is a little knob under the bottom hat which allows you to change it's angle. This changes the way the top and bottom hats interact with each other while opening and closing. I have mine angled pretty extreme in this video which results in the hi hat angling down toward me a little bit, which I kind of like because I am sitting a little bit lower and putting the cymbals a little bit higher than what I had been. It's just a preference thing so it really just depends on how you want your hi hats to behave and how you have them set up in relation to your body. Hope that helps!

[@chicken6111]

Thanks! I had always wondered what that little knob was for/why people messed with it. Huge fan of the channel and your playing man, keep it up