Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials #34: Samba (slow)

Over 100,000 drummers around the world are using the original Groove Essentials™ materials to help them become not only better drummers, but more importantly, better musicians - making Groove Essentials™ one of the world’s top-selling music education products. . Mastering these fundamental grooves will greatly expand your knowledge while allowing you to become a more well-rounded player with the confidence to perform in virtually any musical situation.
Vic Firth is pleased to offer selection of Tommy's 12 “essential” grooves, excerpted from the Groove Essentials™ DVD. If you enjoy these video clips, we encourage you to purchase the full DVD at your local music store, or directly online at www.hudsonmusic.com!

[@brianmcguire5175]

I've always been a fan of technique for how it felt to me and allowed me to do things. Seeing this guy reach great stick heights and achieving great sounds and quality of tone is inspiring and amazing

[@oedipuslex8557]

Igoe is a genius! Love the language he uses when he teaches.

[@GGibert]

yes, he is a musician...not only a drummer

[@jeffreywegener8841]

Tommy Igoe in all my years of drumming I have never come across anyone as great as he is. The way he explains with kindness & conveys his passion is pure genius

[@miha3791]

He’s such a legends. Amazing drummer AND person

[@trevormcmanis]

Amazing teacher and drummer… I employ much of his philosophies and approach to teaching with my own students at American One Productions in NJ

[@carstenbergmann8464]

Wow! Sounds great. Dynamics, tempo, feel. Looks so effortless. Inspiration!

[@exhaustedshadow]

really really great feel there

[@novellenelle]

waste of time

[@lqgrxdeb]

This guy gives great lessons. This is a great groove. On the extra fast samba, you can use quarter notes part of the time on the ride until you can get the strength to play it in all eighth notes. The left hand pattern will keep the feel going with the bass drum. Just like his explanation of the really fast jazz cymbal pattern, you can revert to quarter notes part of the time to keep from "running out of gas" on the pattern.

[@Ninasim123]

Right beat to my Brazilian samba lover ears!

[@chrisdom7731]

I love how passionate he teaches on the samba beat =D really interesting to watch

[@tonyvincent9753]

His dad was a really great guy and amazing drummer.

[@sharrieffsaleem8614]

This is awesome. What a brilliant step by step instructions from a great master teacher. Saleem

[@roryoconnor861]

Love it. Beautifully explained and played. Thanks

[@PrismaBrasil]

Didática perfeita! Congrats

[@G1R15H1]

Thanks Tommy amazing teacher

[@volgakirkwood1491]

Thnks that hi hat correction is great. Makes a great difference,u the man👍

[@paultakushi]

So glad I discovered this tutorial. Will be happy if I can play half of the syncopation, but I'll strive to play it all.

[@nickydas8122]

Superb!

[@mauridine]

Excelente!! 👏👏👏🎉

[@jacobg9759]

Thanks for sharing,this is i need to practice

[@dariohenrique7113]

tommy é um mito

[@gonzalochoquekuno7259]

Amazing!!!! True!!!!!!! Thank you for this information, Now I am changing the way I was playing bossa!!!

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Bossa is in 4/4 (4ter note feel) while the samba is in 2/2. Quite different feels, and the basic snare rythm of bossa-nova is very specific. A theme like Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim) is built around the bossa-nova clave. Most people don't understand that, you hear a drummer playing a samba, and a sax destroying the theme...

[@BenAquino23]

Its like each of his hands and feet have a brain of its own. Amazing.

[@jamiroflavio]

Tommy Igoe is great

[@japaobateradrums2067]

Tooop lembrar-se bateras unidos jamais será vencidos ☕ muito bom.

[@robbyboy03]

You make it look so easy man. Love watching this but gotta practice.

[@matts6895]

...this groove... boy, I tell ya... ...this life... boy I tell ya... ...this stuff... That I got from the roadie, that he got from his dude... boy, I tell ya!

[@feliperoa5821]

Tommy Igoe... boy I tell ya

[@zvensabri2533]

Super thank you good lesson Tommy Igoe

[@vladimirshamin8975]

А перевод на русский есть

[@The02wooley]

Damm it makes it so cool

[@jeffreypoveda6722]

Gracias eternas

[@ysacpebes1462]

genius Thanks. ;)

[@patriciosalerno5221]

2:40 the crosstick looks like the vocal melody of Bad Guy from Billie Eilish

[@awangkuaiman]

coincidence maybe

[@raminaradmard9650]

ive literally been thinking that for ages

[@micheldossantos]

Man... Samba bossa. I love, I play the first one, second is too fast. Lol. Well done mate.

[@akmalaslam3167]

Genius

[@meszuga6824]

Tommy's words; it's really really easy...

[@DailyFrankPeter]

What is the jazz tune in the intro? Up to about 0:17. I like it.

[@marciom65]

It is very difficult for a drummer from a country other than Brazil to play a decent samba. But Tommy did very well !!

[@Ninasim123]

I totally agree with you! His body movements are also very into samba.

[@Quartiano]

5:23 dope

[@irfansepin9081]

SÜPERRR

[@mrmavik6073]

Nothing inspires as much as that guy does.

[@kalebcarrascomusic]

Anybody know the intro song?

[@jyh8345]

와 줃대네

[@McMahonGary]

He's counting as if samba is in 4/4. I suppose that makes for easier verbal counting. But samba is usually written in 2/4. Correct counting would be "1 e & uh 2 e & uh."

[@joshuajuaire8757]

What sticks is he using

[@yoyoksunaryo6349]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@iamthewalrus6787]

What would you guys suggest if you literally can not get this groove down, no matter how many times people teach it to you, how many videos you watch, and no matter how much you practice?

[@vatnikmcgopnik4928]

keep practicing it until you do. slow it down. play it one limb at a time, then two limbs, etc. work on your limb independence. play with a metronome at all times.

[@AaronLevyDrums]

@1:55 "That's an accent, that's not an accent" WHAT?!

[@user-tz6jl7qt8k]

He was just saying to shank the hihat but don't accent it.

[@zev1342]

He showed an accent to show the 'wrong' way to play. And after that he convince the learner it is not supposed to be an accent like what he just showed, but the right way is not with accent like he played formerly.

[@Chris5640xxx]

Where can I get the backing track of that song

[@matthewschaeffer4656]

Chris5640xxx it’s included with the groove essentials book. It comes on a disc, and I believe you can purchase the e-version of the book with the audio files as well from Hudson music

[@DutchNewbJr]

3:47

[@ricardofigueroa7790]

No se podra en español esto es muy intendible

[@janetremsing6988]

👍🙂*I would call the “not an accent”, simply an inflection..👍🙂 😂And if you play the inflection too hard, it’s an “infliction”! 😂‼️

[@FLAMANGO12123]

Samba is hard I'm Brazilian and I don't know how to play I'm still learning and I'm 50 already I just started unfortunately!

[@DutchNewbJr]

2:31

[@yoursola]

Great instruction but the gulping though:)

[@telentulho1959]

Samba is 2/4, not 4/4

[@patriciosalerno5221]

Didn't know that Jamie Lannister do drums

[@janetremsing6988]

👍😂So, what I think he’s saying is, it’s NOT an accent..

[@benjaminzinck5786]

m

[@jasonlan7475]

The left hand root rhythym is literally Bad Guy by Billie Eilish

[@MrTooVaLoo]

I'd rather say Bad Guy is root rhythm

[@cicciosun1487]

This is a perfect american samba not brasilian

[@neworleansbeats]

He cant slow down. 😂

[@agus0395]

3:48