The Secret to Swing on the Ride Cymbal (Greg Hutchinson)

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Greg Hutchinson has played with Joshua Redman, Common, Dianne Reeves and in this excerpt from Fundamentals of Jazz Drumming, Greg exposes some of the secrets that he has held onto for his whole career.
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[@jamescaliendo1030]

Honestly...that was the greatest "human" lesson I've ever seen via my phone. It felt like I was in the room with Greg. Thank you so much for this

[@LowdownBoy]

no need for quotation but if it were necessary you would close them after 'lesson'. Anyway, I agree with you; feels like an old-school DVD lesson.

[@LowdownBoy]

I guess it's subjective lol I hope you don't take me as a dick

[@paulwhetstone0473]

Yes, this was an amazing seminar for all musicians, dancers and teachers. I would like to hear his ideas on right hand stick holds.

[@joshuajuaire8757]

I like how he says one too you know what to do

[@tmaddrummer]

"Walk The Dog" I just learned, is a upgrade for me from "Spang A Lang." Thanks and Blessings Greg!

[@Robert-ck7nm]

Great lesson! It lays out the swing pattern musically, and emotively. Walk the dog not only captures the pattern, it captures the mindset when playing the pattern in a welcoming manner. Bravo, Greg!

[@stephenphillips2333]

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[@JB-fp3fb]

I really appreciated all the different camera angles. Very informative. That one of Greg's arm from the side surprised me with how still his arm actually was; so controlled while so relaxed.

[@ByronWookieLandham]

Beautiful!! Hutch gave a perfectly simple explanation of conceptually playing the ride cymbal. . It's all attitude, feel, spacing, and most of all, SWING!! 🙏🏾🎶

[@MrJellyton]

Marvelous drummer and teacher!

[@rick3747]

Fantastic lessons! I "walked the dog" and now I have to pick up the........ 👍👍

[@Mobby74]

Okay, just before this video from Greg I watched a video from Peter Erskine, exactly on the same topic. And there Peter emphasises that he does not play the jazz ride pattern as "a three-note grouping". So, forget 'walk-the-dog', forget 'spang-a-lane'. And here we have Greg, teaching just that. I am convinced by Peter on this one. The walk-the-dog doesn't actually teach us the rythmic structure of a swung eighth note bar. The actual bar is: 'walk, walk-the-dog, walk-the', which in proper counting corresponds to, 1, 2, and3, 4, and. The off-beat notes (last notes of the triplet) of 1 and 3 are silent, but they can be played. Walk-the-dog doesn't give that rythmic awareness of what you actually playing. Greg in demonstrating the technique actually starts from 2, leaving the note 1 out, so he plays 2 and3, 4 and1. And that's exactly the problem with walk-the-dog. Peter advises to start with even quarter notes and then add the off-beats as pick-up notes leading to the next quarter note. Start even but you can acent 2 and 4, or the offbeat notes, Elvin Jones style. So, forget walk-the-dog. I am suprised why Greg teaches that, being a fantastic drummer.

[@thibodaux3424]

Interesting observation. I agree it doesn't really demonstrate rhythmic structure very well but I feel like the point of this clip is more about demonstrating how it should feel.

[@pbaker7160]

Great presentation! I love the follow along notation. It really brings it all together and helps me understand the snare placement and overall structure.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

I love jazz. Play piano and alto sax but love the technical lessons of other instruments. You get a holistic feel.

[@NomeDeArte]

Probably the best lesson I found about this. So simple and clear, thank you so much Greg and everyone involved with the channel.

[@edodonnell5042]

Greg Hutchinson is anOutstanding instructor

[@johnbolongo9978]

This guy makes a student excited about learning.....he's a natural.

[@jmfs3497]

Learning it as a Para Diddle Diddle triplet helped articulate it for me. RLR RLL. Right hand on the ride. Left hand ghosts on the snare. Para Diddle Diddle. R (L) RR (LL). Walk (ra)the Dog (diddle) RLR RLL

[@tonyvalenti6614]

Listening to your video took me back to my teens. Specifically playing one of the first song I learned, “I Hear A Symphony” by the Supremes … that song walks the dog all day long! Lol Thanks for the memory! 😎👍🏻

[@FreaquedeMusique]

What a beautiful ride cymbal

[@Bob-nu3xe]

I picked up a trick from the great Billy Cobham the five stroke roll is "walk the dog" as far as the right hand is concerned (left) if your a lefty, the five stroke is a very handy tool around the kit many thanks Greg

[@KarolMamot]

I always recognized that drumming is a form of language and how you “pronounce”, “tell the story” via instrument is all what it is about. It’s like reciting a poem. You can tell it flat, or you can have listeners follow you. But I never linked specific patterns to specific phrases. Thank You Greg. This is huge lesson

[@MattKane]

This is great, thank you Greg Hutchinson and Open Studio!

[@joetrollson]

This lesson kicks ass but damn, your ride is the stuff of dreams. Thank you and have an awesome day, man.

[@pickinstone]

If you listen to the album "Live at the Loa" by Ray Brown Trio, you'll hear someone shouting "walk that dog!!!" to Jeff Hamilton throughout the album. Wonder if that was Ray Brown or Gene Harris shouting that?

[@icemandrummeth7420]

Outstanding lesson. Simple and informative. Thank you.

[@papagcortellino5283]

Ahhhh...those Paiste Masters look beautiful

[@neonrecording]

Immediately connecting with the walk the dog phrase. I was never really taught this phonetically, it was always the specific rhythm of the thing, or listening to examples. At most, maybe we heard a "tang, tanga tang" Very interesting stuff!!!!!

[@daniel.lopresti]

Or spang-a-lang

[@tommydoggettsaxophone]

This was so helpful and so educational. I feel like I can communicate everything he said to my students and improve their overall playing but most importantly, their feel. Thank you!

[@bodhi9464]

Love this video ~ my drum teacher taught me this when I was a teen who wanted to play like Phil Rudd .. my teacher was a Charlie Watts / Steve Gadd / Dave Weckl fan and thankfully taught me foundations .. Ian Oddy ~ thank you ~ I’m a big fan of Jazz at this stage in my life .. 🙏🏼🎶🇦🇺 🥁

[@timothywourms3087]

Thanks Greg and Open Studio!

[@nicolasderuiter1699]

One of my favourite drummers -- and what a teacher. Love it

[@ShaneIrwin7]

Excellent video, and easy to follow. Thank you for this.

[@keithmutch8481]

Great lesson. I find myself retaining several of the concepts weeks later, sitting at the kit!

[@Littlebudda12321]

Good too see you again online Greg!

[@JayDcay]

maybe the best explanation I've heard, and I've heard a bunch!

[@dominickdaniel8018]

Thank You! Very helpful. Cheers Greg! 🎶🥁🥂🥁🎶

[@themole2024]

Perfect lesson. Thank you! Love the left hand too. The way you break up the comping pattern under the ride pattern. Gotta work on that!

[@lancedean345]

Excellent lesson. Using phrases to time beats and fills is a powerful tool. In India, they teach the beats as chants.

[@IAmInfinitus208]

Thank you for the lesson! From a beginner drummer here!

[@rtanidean4931]

Bam. Presentation by a great instructor. Thank you. A+ teaching.

[@FanaticDrummer]

I walked a lot of dogs today

[@DavidMScott-cs8pp]

Hey Gregg I've been playing Jazz and Swing for 65 years and your explanation mirrors exactly the way I was taught to "ride". You make it uncomplicated and get right to the point without six paragraphs of chatter and explanation. There are Rock drummers out there trying to learn Jazz and if they watched your vid they could get started on the ride in five minutes whereas many are relying on charts. Charts are fine but these fine folks have to realize that Jazz is a feeling that instruction books in many cases make the swing stilted. Great stuff

[@storm-imageworks4517]

Great comment. I'm a rock drummer and indeed this lesson was very helpfull...but since my right hand swings really well the "walk the dog" feeling, is the left hand that we rockers suffer more..the comping.stuff.... the left hand charts and patterns that Greg uses here, is what really got me further in jazz playing.

[@DavidMScott-cs8pp]

@@storm-imageworks4517 Ah hah.. a convert to Jazz from pure Rock.. lovely. Actually the great Rockers play great Jazz/Swing.. see KZbin Cheers

[@kennytrezza9930]

Beautiful! breathes and dances

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

a good lesson and a good teacher , thanks from texas.

[@giwtilis1294]

Thanks man from Athens Greece 🇬🇷

[@Littleneddygtw]

Wonderful. Thank you

[@ianthompson1826]

Greg, thank you. So good, so generous with your teaching. 👍

[@benmatheny9493]

This guy splains it in great detail for beginners

[@andybaldman]

AMMA SPLAINITOYA!

[@jorgedeltiempo]

This ride sounds amaizing

[@bherward]

These Open Studio lessons are great.

[@travisfoley7557]

So many great lessons going on here. Thanks

[@danielhicksmusic]

Incredible teacher

[@toddshook1765]

Best lesson ever! Thanks

[@TheMazo02]

the best beginning o f a video ever :D

[@krusher74]

I think the most important lesson of this that is not explained is that THE/DOG is a double that he is playing as a down wrist stroke followed by an up finger stroke. (learn this from double stroke rolls)

[@MlkePortnoy]

you are a great teacher

[@tfr2602]

I got so into this that I forgot to literally walk my dog...

[@adamcotton2121]

Goodness me, this is beautiful.

[@nickdenardo6479]

great technique and extremely well executed. i'm not a jazz player and don't really aspire to be, but this is good for understanding the concept. i would only say that there is nothing whatsoever to do with 'in' when referring to a fulcrum. the fulcrum is the pivot point about which the stick rotates. somewhere near the area between your thumb and index finger.

[@krusher74]

he does not even touch on wrist and finger technique though

[@rjc7289]

Listen to that ride cymbal on Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme. That's a great lesson in how to swing!

[@victorhelicopterotaltavull1978]

Excellent, thanks Greg. 🙏!

[@oliverpatrick4248]

Great lesson man thank you

[@harrington2488]

I enjoyed your video. Great presentation!

[@cudavrage]

Such an uderated lesson.❤❤❤

[@leaproicheva]

Great lesson! Thank you very much!🙏

[@paulrodberg]

Thank you for your teaching

[@randyreboberton6263]

Thank You Greg I like that, it is right. To go alongside in movement to be affable to dance ❤

[@jarrahdrum]

Fantastic lesson, 🙏

[@EvanFlanders666]

Really well done and easily explained.

[@sfsandman4489]

Thank you!

[@ИванВера-ш6т]

That is fantastic!

[@bicycleninja1685]

Vibe was soo good, I almost heard a ghost bass there in the background

[@ochocabra1542]

that ride cymbal is godly

[@EARART]

I can't unhear it lol

[@maximturcan1722]

Keanan is off doing stuff, Kel has found jazz. Good on you.

[@bonkoo5953]

Great lesson

[@gianfranco2165]

Thank you ! Great lesson!

[@tuffguy007]

Great lesson!

[@Good-Enuff-Garage]

you are an amazing instructor, thank you

[@d-rock9228]

Sooo much easier the spang-a-lang, thank you!🙏🏻

[@bribassguy]

So I was totally tracking this right uo to the 4:30 min mark... where you say "I walked the dog." Where where does "I" come from, it it the comp on the snare? It seems like beat one on the first full measure starts with dog? I assume that beat 1 is "Dog" then walk the dog is 2 a-3, 4 a-1? Can anyone help clarify this?

[@mattlehnardt8035]

Africans have a deep spiritual wisdom that makes concepts so real

[@Plydrms]

nice man!...good teacher..

[@Blastfence1]

Excellent!

[@Arlo360-Official]

I like this guy.

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Greg🌹🌹🌹😎

[@ArikOst]

Great lesson, the explanations and the vibes are so cool and easy. I have one question , from Walk the dog, you may think that Walk is the first note of the bar, yet when you play it, with notes, it seems that Dog is the first note of the bar!

[@toustin]

Great vid! Thank you.

[@omrimadgar2181]

Amazing and valuable video, thank you 😊 🙏

[@JayTaylorSirfishalot]

Very nice! I need to find a bass instructor like Greg.

[@mick5137]

"Walk-dog" pronounced as long as possible. Only add the "the" - the bump - occasionally.

[@ariurip3751]

Thats why i like jazz, i can ride all day long

[@musicalchairs777]

Vic's really letting some bent ones get through( jk:) The playing, drums and cymbals are like a velvet river and Paiste sure has hit it out of the park with that Masters ride, smooth as butter.

[@joemorris143]

Or as my old tutor- Red Carter ( deceased)and who taught phonetically, in Liverpool taught me- brush, paint-a-brush paint-a brush, paint-a brush

[@chowchichang2922]

This is brilliant!

[@keyboardtek]

As a keyboard player who creates jazz sequences, I found that a realistic swing feel is produced when I quantize to eighth note triplets. But fake books note them as straight simple eighth notes, assuming the player will swing it.

[@hectordesosa777]

Excelent tips.

[@mikekelly9851]

I thought it was played as a dotted eighth note, on sheet music, or as you say "walk the dog". The grip is the way you play it. I play it with back of hand is level.

[@djcuvcuv]

hutch the best hutch the best

[@rosariocatanzaro361]

Bravissimo.

[@joshuajuaire8757]

What drumsticks was he using? I know they’re Vic Firth.

[@miker5233]

I like that walk the dog when I started taking lessons in I guess 1989 the instructor call me on the ride to play Here Comes the Bride Comes the Bride

[@DerekTJ]

Lovely stuff