Tool "Ticks and Leeches" Drum Lesson | Reverb Learn to Play

[@ssharma5533]

Adam does a grand job on this - regardless of his modesty, this is one of the roughest drum parts to play, and Danny Carey remains unrivalled. I don't think there's a drummer alive who can alter this pattern and bring the fluidity to it that DC does during live sets. Thank you, Adam for helping us decipher the craft

[@bladeofdespair519]

Remember kids this lesson is only the easy part of Ticks and Leeches. The real challenge comes in when : You add that hi hat foot stomp on every beat as your feet should be in solid synch with the 16th on your hands and the accents don't line up with each beat, also this is in 7/8. And the nightmare comes when he starts adding that alternate double bass part and then to a straight double bass and also watch out for the drum solo at the middle of the song. Ohh and this isn't Danny's most complex and most difficult song in his arsonal.

[@JG-nx3jg]

Im sure ive seen this comment before elsewhere

[@whacktom8190]

Yes I would like to learn that

[@Eccentricjuices]

No this is not Danny’s most complex but you have to realize most of his material is pretty complex in general.

[@keenra]

Reverb you are one of my favorite companies. Thank you.

[@thatguy7099]

I DARE YOU to attempt Rosetta Stoned now.

[@thatguy7099]

Don't you realize your being another "me" towards me?

[@thatguy7099]

but thanks for replying so I can re-watch this splendid content Reverb had created for us.

[@thatguy7099]

also I am sure you have been jamming with your buds and one of your bandmates shows he can do something impressive. While leaving an impression it leaves your curiosity with wanting more so you give a simple challenge to push them higher and have playful banter. All in good fun. I'm sure you know about fun. Now go get your "safe-zone buddies" and downvote my comment to Hades or even flag it just because it makes you unhappy. Don't forget to track down the fellas who upvoted my comment as well. (Haven't you ever yelled out of excitement though?) It would been yelling if I ended with an exclamation mark; the caps are simply emphasis. I don't know how to italicize words.

[@qepidu-lyibh9799]

Showed his ass...

[@eddiegdrums1646]

Yikes dude it's not that deep, chill out.

[@Drumsholic]

More difficult is to analyze it than to play it...!

[@sutnical]

stop calling it a fill

[@keenra]

Its a groove if anything

[@GioGioPietromica425]

How is it anything but a groove

[@absolutemelon12345]

Shut it

[@antkn33]

It’s a groove

[@marcsmarreiros8467]

Oh my god just focus on the damn lesson and call it whatever the fuck you wanna to call it.

[@michaelgauthier9790]

love the lessons and "how to sound like" videos as well. I'd suggest Stewart Copeland and Budgie from siouxsie and the banshees.

[@vaibhavvasishth4637]

This song was written when adam jones was messing with danny carey while jamming that's why the time signatures are like that😂

[@USMiner]

Clear, accurate and easy to follow for a complex groove I couldn't figure out on my own. This drummer should start his own channel with more breakdowns like this, searching through the Reverb vids I'm not seeing much else but there is so much unrelated stuff there it's hard to tell.

[@faboolean7039]

I don't play drums but I love tool

[@drperkyreal4686]

Faboolean same

[@boseifrit5480]

I play guitar

[@drperkyreal4686]

Bo Shredd same

[@rawgab4439]

I am very good at air drums !!

[@ezzjaygrows4886]

Lol my dudes just watching drum lessons cuz he loves Danny that much.. I’m with it

[@JesterMasque]

Truly masterful playing and teaching here! Excellent breakdown, and beautiful attention to the dynamics that make the part so iconic.

[@MaynardOwns]

Most impressive part of ticks and Leeches. One take AND the entire band was fucking with Danny trying to get him to fuck it up. Run or has it you can hear him say "mother fuckers" at the end of the song. I don't have decent speakers so I've never tried to spot it.

[@miguelsalazar3239]

After tool, I took up and gave up drums.

[@Kasey_PVKD]

Miguel Salazar use Danny Carey to push yourself it’s what I’m doing and I’m way better because he’s alive.... take up the inspirations don’t give up... You can do this

[@diamonddeuce2288]

Dude I sucked at guitar when I first got one, but I stuck with it and didn't accept "I can't do it," and here I am 15 years later and I'm better than 99% of the rhythm players I know, and half the leads I know. I'm not the best in the world, nowhere near it, but I know enough to have fun and play shit right if I wanna play it and that's what really matters. Don't give up on yourself man. It takes time to get your coordination for any instrument, and it takes consistency in your practicing (regularly). Also, make sure you watch videos like this where the guy knows what he's talking about. NOTHING worse than learning something the wrong way and having to re-learn it. Like he says, start it slow until it's second nature what you gotta do. Same principle helped me get good at guitar man.

[@ILikeWafflz]

5:12 Alas! It's an instructional video, but a bass note put there is incorrectly placed! The bass note that is matched to the rack tom actually goes on the pre-snare floor tom hit.

[@boseifrit5480]

If u know why r u here then? Just wondering

[@GioGioPietromica425]

@@boseifrit5480 Maybe to help other people get it right

[@stuartmurphy8057]

With a lot of practice and this video, I WILL learn this

[@Keenbeaver]

You can learn the theory of relativity but to be the guy that shits that out of your head is a different ball game

[@jaimesarabia9830]

So much Technicallity...to call it a fill....

[@DWBubinga]

Great video. Easy to follow instructions. Very impressed with the content Reverb

[@ILikeWafflz]

7:04 But it got played in the correct area later. It must have been an oversight, which is understandable when you're playing something like that so slowly.

[@WhiteLightbd]

Nicely explained. Good job!

[@Drumguysd1]

Very helpful. Thank you. I'm a subscriber now.

[@4KConcertVideos]

Great job!

[@JoeHarman886]

questionable use of the terms measure and fill but a very good and accurate tutorial nonetheless. this was very fun to play. not sure why i waited so long to learn it.

[@SpitefulAZ]

In this video, he hits notes on every 16th note but some tabs I see online skip some of those 16th notes. Not sure what to do.

[@BrandonMillerRaps]

7:03 I’m using this comment as a placeholder for when I practice

[@matthewwesterfield4888]

Awesome! Thanks #Reverb 😁🤘👍

[@themanthemyth4388]

Now I have to go listen to the song to see the master do it ...

[@jaidensavoy8153]

nice Danny Carey signature sticks

[@smt1632]

Playing it isnt the matter writnig drums like that is the matter

[@pietzsche]

practice off time accents, 16ths in groups of 3, 5 etc.

[@cymapsis]

why at 4:09 you put that accent on the rack tom?

[@CronoXpono]

Playing it is amazing. Teaching it is awesome. But to think that he created the shit out of his head!! Danny C is freaking godly!

[@Josh-it6uy]

That snare sound...

[@Hoosier3091]

Lars Ulrich St. Anger sounding haha

[@tnargus]

Took me about 3 seconds to realise this. What the actual hell....

[@Noided88815]

It's supposed to be like that

[@andrewpappas9311]

I think it’s supposed to sound like that

[@ukkovuorela4196]

Its supposed to sound like that

[@rennovattio7818]

Dig that Astatic D10-4 in the background

[@justindeschain2532]

Ya did good sir.

[@russwilson2305]

Isn't there a 1/4 note foot controlled hi hat?

[@brandongore711]

7:41

[@helihub4768]

As soon as you think you have Danny fiquired out..you dont☻

[@stopit2964]

this isn't a drum fill. this is a drum RIFF. every bit as much as a riff as anything that justin or adam bring to the band. danny can't use this drum RIFF ever again in a song without people saying "you can't do that, thats from ticks and leeches", just like how justin can't use 46 and 2 in a new song ever again without people saying "you're ripping off 46 and 2", nor can adam play the chorus to fear innoculum without people being like "dude, you ripped off fear inoculum".

[@GioGioPietromica425]

It's a drum GROOVE

[@stopit2964]

@@GioGioPietromica425 no. that drum section is like a guitar part, in that it's specific enough to where its instantly recognizable and he really and truly can't use it in a different song again. more good examples is are big drum riff in my generation by limp bizkit, or in the air tonight by phil collins, or the intro and verse drum riffs to territory by sepultura, or the intro/verse drum riff to the title track to around the fur by the deftones, or the main drum part in march of the pigs by nine inch nails. if any of those guys use those DRUM RIFFS in other songs, everyone calls them out for ripping off the songs that they used those DRUM RIFFS in. look at really basic drummers, like chad smith from rhcp and a lot of the mid 90's britrock bands. they play "grooves", they play drumbeats that have a certain feel to them but aren't specific and unique enough to block their recycling in other songs. you can have a metal groove, a funk groove, a basic rock groove...but the ticks and leeches intro is every bit as specific as a guitar part, singing part, or lyrics. can't be reused in any other songs without people noticing

[@janetcooper7804]

\GetchaPull/

[@davyb123music]

I Love how all of these guys say, "It's really not that hard.", when they didn't write it, just had to copy it. Not playing in front of thousands of people. And actually get it wrong.

[@DaveFromVh1]

Just put the sticking for the whole bar Christ almighty

[@michaelfadian]

This is not meant as a criticism as I think you give a good drum lesson and you obviously know what you're talking about. But my brain always locks up when I see people slowly breaking down a beat into subdivisions like this. Maybe for a crazy Vinnie Colaiuta type odd time beat or fill where you can't clearly tell what's being played. But personally, it's easier for me to just listen and get the feel of the accents and then just look at what exact toms are being hit for something like this. Not that it's extremely easy, but the "1 e and a 2 e and a" stuff seems to over complicate something like this, even though it's technically correct. I never learned how to really read music that well though. Maybe this makes more sense if you learned how to read before you started really playing drums.

[@middlegroundlogic]

michael fadian You should really take some time to learn a little sheet music. It'll improve your understanding of more difficult fills by leaps and bounds.

[@michaelfadian]

@@middlegroundlogic I envy drummers that know how to read. I'm technically capable, but without being able to read you can't really can't pay the bills being a session musician. And I'm unwilling to sell my musical soul and join a rock radio cover band.

[@lred1383]

@@michaelfadian If you want to be REALLY precise with your playing, try doing it slowly first. And i don't just mean a normal slow tempo, i mean like 15 bpm, where you HAVE to count in your head to hold any sort of rhythm. It's very hard, and seems stupid because no music is made at a tempo that slow, but after you gradually speed up from that you'll be a human metronome, at least on the particular section you've practiced. But there will definitely be general improvements. And learn to read music, it's really not that hard. Sightreading requires a lot of practice, but understanding the rhythms and what everything means takes a few days max.

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

It's just a standardized way of getting across musical information. Also depends on what level of playing you're at. Somebody might hear this beat and have the same reaction that you have to the crazy Vinnie stuff and counting things out helps them get it. I typically also don't count stuff out, except for things that I can't seem to get down just by listening and playing slowly. Then I might count/notate sth while practicing and after I get it down, it's back to feeling it.

[@DesignRhythm]

I understand your frustration, but if u just learn even the very basics of drum notation, it opens up so many doors. Also it's really not as complicated as u might think & actually pretty cool. If u work on syncopation, which is being able to accent every different beat, like in this video, it will make your limbs more independent and allow you to play more complicated grooves. Just think, even the great Danny Carey had no idea how to play drums at one point in his life. Rock on man, anything is possible with practice.🤘

[@scottybeats5328]

I'm hearing something extra, something don't sound right.

[@vaibhavvasishth4637]

Extra accent on floor tom maybe

[@Sporacle]

Ban - jo - and - Ka - zoo - ie - and - a

[@PuttinOnTheRiffs]

Been drumming for 20 years can’t follow this video it’s so goddamn slow

[@policeluber6720]

Loozer

[@DeLL116]

Kit sounds terrible.... Especially the first floor tom.

[@stay.alive.00]

wrong lol

[@DeLL116]

Kit sounds terrible.... Especially the first floor tom.

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

Sounds phenomenal and really close to Danny's kit.