I commented this before I finished the video. The flam paradiddle is not just good for technique it can be absolutely insane as a chop (especially the left hand lead version) some of my favourite chops on the kit are rLRLLK, rLRLLKK and all of their inversions (ie : KKrLRLL and KrLRLL)
I always thought of rudiments not as something to be consciously used, but to train muscle memory so when your brain wants to do something your body automatically responds.
all the rudiments are useful and great if you are creative enough. I use all of them in my playing. another thing to understand is that the more complex or seemingly harder to utilize rudiments are mainly there to get your hands in shape and unlock hidden stickings and coordination. inverted flam taps are not as instantly gratifying and harder to get up to speed than say a paradiddle or six stroke roll but even working on them slow makes your hands so sharp...entertaining video though and that's usually all that matters to most viewers.
Bonham said something to the effect of “if I play a triple flam ratamacue, no one’s going to notice”. Yes rudiments are useful, and practicing them to develop stick control cannot hurt. But they are not the focus of playing with a band or orchestra.
havent watched the whole video yet, but as someone marching dci and wgi the "rudiments are useless" argument even after transitioning back to set feels like handing a mechanic a toolbox and being asked why he would need any of the tools
"feels like handing a mechanic a toolbox and being asked why he would need any of the tools" 😂😂😂 I'm definitely stealing this line mate. I'll try to remember to credit you!! 👍
@@zechell862 Nice two of my friends did Impulse too on brass instruments and I watched you guys in one of your early runs at the spaghetti dinner and at Gahr. Great show and hard work!
I learned the 26 rudiments when I was 9 years old. I was the kid that made blue devils start a drum corps for kids under 10 in 1971. i got Spectrum by Cobham when I was 11 and figured out most of his licks just by disecting rudiments he was playing. in 78 Cobham came to our practice and the guy who is now the percussion director blew him away with his snare solo. I get so sick of drummers who think they are great but play nothing but singles all day long.
Love this!! I'll be honest and say that beyond the paradiddle, double paradiddle, and ratamacue I haven't (consciously, at least) spent a ton of time working on the rudiments. This isn't because I think they suck or because I don't think they're useful, but rather because I'm a bit of a lazy turd, however this video did inspire me to think I oughtta stick that ol' rudiments poster back up on the wall and try out a few I've not tried before. It also reminded me of the time maybe 30 years ago how another drummer showed me how to get a Latin sounding beat based on paradiddles with my right hand on either the hats or ride, left on the snare, and a dong chick dong dong chick repeating pattern like in a bossa nova I think foot pattern, and how with a slight tweak of my own is still a go to pattern for me to this day. I imagine I could get a bunch more go to patterns by messing around with some of the other rudiments and switching between limbs and different parts of the kit. Ok, on my mark, get set, procrastinate lol!
Awesome dude & can phrase a paradiddle- diddle into triplets toooo . Elvin . Keith Carlock adds 2 first 🦶 notes & it rips when he is all over the Toms . Try a flam paradiddle- diddle hand to hand . Helps with chops man 🆒. Mixing up triplet rudiments with 16 th or 8 th are cool for co- ordination. I think drummers say they suck coz they’re too lazy to practice. & nah I don’t know wtf lesson 25 is . I had to look it up . Break em down in the families 🆒
I reeeeeally enjoyed this one the best. I could see it was going to be special right from the beginning, so much so that I took the extra time to translate the video from British into English so that detail would be lost. Which brought my total waste of a perfectly good afternoon from 12 minutes 54 seconds and tripled it by adding a flam to the down stroke of every paradiddle! Genius! (Brilliant). Thank you again, Charlie, you really know how to have fun!!! Who needs friends, right!? Did you know you sound funny when you talk? It sounds like English. But I'm never quite sure until I've had it translated from the Kings English into the Slangs English, which is my language. I hope you can reverse translate and understand me clearly? If not, oh well, never mind, piss off!❤
Even when you find it difficult to come up with a specific for some rudiments, getting them into muscle memory can still help a lot when it comes to building facility around the kit. So, mastering those inverted flam taps, as hated as they are, unlock a generally useful motion that would otherwise be super awkward.
The first couple years of learning drums rudiments felt so boring, I was never gonna do marching band drum line stuff so what’s the point? Kept practicing despite that and these days they just come out in fills and grooves all the time without me ever actively trying to use them. They’re just good foundations for muscle memory based creativity, simple as that.
Just would like to make a spirited defence of the paradiddledidle as a useful rudiment. It's my go-to for 6s when I'm not in 3 or 6. Hear me out. So we all love the 6 stroke, my problem with that is I've spent so much time working on it for it's accents and potential for musical phrases that it doesn't translate well when I'm playing in 16ths and want to shove some 16th triplets in, since the back end is on a triplet a beat. It can be cool but requires a bit more nuance in your playing. My boy, the p diddle diddle tho, comes in hot with most of my practice being with it having one accent, so works everywhere as a go to faster fill in that situation. Also since i phrase it like that, it's an easy way to get an accent every sixth 16th when i want that 6 over 4 feel anyway. Don't sleep on it! I overuse the crap out of it and wouldn't have it any other way.
I hope you're kidding about the title! Rudiments are the letters in our alphabet! Coincidentally 26 of each. The letters allow us to forn words and words to form sentences and sentences to form paragraphs etc ...likewise the Rudiments are used to form musical words and sentences etc. It's all about double stroke and paradiddle combinations. Rudiments are the foundation of all
My favourite rudiments are the flam rudiments (especially the flam paradiddle) because they sound so great as chops and are imo underused
I commented this before I finished the video. The flam paradiddle is not just good for technique it can be absolutely insane as a chop (especially the left hand lead version) some of my favourite chops on the kit are rLRLLK, rLRLLKK and all of their inversions (ie : KKrLRLL and KrLRLL)
Also the inverted swiss triplet (lRLR)
the inverted flams piss most drummers off man you're not alone
There is no inverted flams . Only inverted flam taps . Play a normal flam tap in 6/8 on your ride & snare . See ? 🤪
I know right... 😂
I always thought of rudiments not as something to be consciously used, but to train muscle memory so when your brain wants to do something your body automatically responds.
all the rudiments are useful and great if you are creative enough. I use all of them in my playing. another thing to understand is that the more complex or seemingly harder to utilize rudiments are mainly there to get your hands in shape and unlock hidden stickings and coordination. inverted flam taps are not as instantly gratifying and harder to get up to speed than say a paradiddle or six stroke roll but even working on them slow makes your hands so sharp...entertaining video though and that's usually all that matters to most viewers.
Bonham said something to the effect of “if I play a triple flam ratamacue, no one’s going to notice”. Yes rudiments are useful, and practicing them to develop stick control cannot hurt. But they are not the focus of playing with a band or orchestra.
havent watched the whole video yet, but as someone marching dci and wgi the "rudiments are useless" argument even after transitioning back to set feels like handing a mechanic a toolbox and being asked why he would need any of the tools
"feels like handing a mechanic a toolbox and being asked why he would need any of the tools"
😂😂😂
I'm definitely stealing this line mate. I'll try to remember to credit you!! 👍
Where are you marching? I found my time in dci to be super useful for building my chops
@@SilverTheFlame i just finished my season with impulse :), i was a tenor drummer.
@@zechell862 Nice two of my friends did Impulse too on brass instruments and I watched you guys in one of your early runs at the spaghetti dinner and at Gahr. Great show and hard work!
how do you feel after watching the full video?😂
Rudiments Are EVERYTHING!!!
I learned the 26 rudiments when I was 9 years old. I was the kid that made blue devils start a drum corps for kids under 10 in 1971. i got Spectrum by Cobham when I was 11 and figured out most of his licks just by disecting rudiments he was playing. in 78 Cobham came to our practice and the guy who is now the percussion director blew him away with his snare solo. I get so sick of drummers who think they are great but play nothing but singles all day long.
Love this!! I'll be honest and say that beyond the paradiddle, double paradiddle, and ratamacue I haven't (consciously, at least) spent a ton of time working on the rudiments. This isn't because I think they suck or because I don't think they're useful, but rather because I'm a bit of a lazy turd, however this video did inspire me to think I oughtta stick that ol' rudiments poster back up on the wall and try out a few I've not tried before. It also reminded me of the time maybe 30 years ago how another drummer showed me how to get a Latin sounding beat based on paradiddles with my right hand on either the hats or ride, left on the snare, and a dong chick dong dong chick repeating pattern like in a bossa nova I think foot pattern, and how with a slight tweak of my own is still a go to pattern for me to this day. I imagine I could get a bunch more go to patterns by messing around with some of the other rudiments and switching between limbs and different parts of the kit. Ok, on my mark, get set, procrastinate lol!
Inverted flam taps are dope actually, just very awkward until they’re tight.
for sure
the emad on the floor tom is wild
I know dude but I love it so much 😂
Awesome dude & can phrase a paradiddle- diddle into triplets toooo . Elvin . Keith Carlock adds 2 first 🦶 notes & it rips when he is all over the Toms .
Try a flam paradiddle- diddle hand to hand . Helps with chops man 🆒. Mixing up triplet rudiments with 16 th or 8 th are cool for co- ordination. I think drummers say they suck coz they’re too lazy to practice. & nah I don’t know wtf lesson 25 is . I had to look it up . Break em down in the families 🆒
sounds awesome dude thanks for the comment ❤
You just earn a sub! Great edits, awesome content, great playing, great personality?! What's not to love?
Awesome work man!!
thanks man ❤
I reeeeeally enjoyed this one the best. I could see it was going to be special right from the beginning, so much so that I took the extra time to translate the video from British into English so that detail would be lost. Which brought my total waste of a perfectly good afternoon from 12 minutes 54 seconds and tripled it by adding a flam to the down stroke of every paradiddle! Genius! (Brilliant).
Thank you again, Charlie, you really know how to have fun!!! Who needs friends, right!?
Did you know you sound funny when you talk? It sounds like English. But I'm never quite sure until I've had it translated from the Kings English into the Slangs English, which is my language. I hope you can reverse translate and understand me clearly? If not, oh well, never mind, piss off!❤
fanks grezza. bottow of worta
The rudiments are as relevant today as we won’t to make them . Check patterns are interesting. Thanks.
Even when you find it difficult to come up with a specific for some rudiments, getting them into muscle memory can still help a lot when it comes to building facility around the kit. So, mastering those inverted flam taps, as hated as they are, unlock a generally useful motion that would otherwise be super awkward.
They’re called “ *rudiments* ” because they are *rudimentary* figures for drummers to develop into ideas and then fills and grooves
great video man, as a self taught drummer this really inspired me to start practising rudiments properly. any tips on practice routines?
thanks dude. I would start by learning all of them and then moving the useful ones around the kit. Eventually you start coming up with so awesomeness
My favorite rudiments is single strokes.. cause it just dont bore me
defo ❤
oh my god it's this guy
The first couple years of learning drums rudiments felt so boring, I was never gonna do marching band drum line stuff so what’s the point? Kept practicing despite that and these days they just come out in fills and grooves all the time without me ever actively trying to use them. They’re just good foundations for muscle memory based creativity, simple as that.
people that think rudiments are useless dont even understand that they unconsciously use rudiments every time they play
for sure
Dude... Your shirt is fucking awesome
😂 the Amsterdam special
Top tier!
i'm a big fan of your work
Man amazing content!!! I love it
thanks man appreciate you checking it out ❤
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@@charliegregory1110 much love
Just would like to make a spirited defence of the paradiddledidle as a useful rudiment. It's my go-to for 6s when I'm not in 3 or 6. Hear me out.
So we all love the 6 stroke, my problem with that is I've spent so much time working on it for it's accents and potential for musical phrases that it doesn't translate well when I'm playing in 16ths and want to shove some 16th triplets in, since the back end is on a triplet a beat. It can be cool but requires a bit more nuance in your playing. My boy, the p diddle diddle tho, comes in hot with most of my practice being with it having one accent, so works everywhere as a go to faster fill in that situation. Also since i phrase it like that, it's an easy way to get an accent every sixth 16th when i want that 6 over 4 feel anyway.
Don't sleep on it! I overuse the crap out of it and wouldn't have it any other way.
Also it goes hard as a half time shuffle groove and as a cool hi-hat/ride cymbal variation in normal rock grooves
I think you should make a tier list of the best bar lengths :-P
😂 love it
I wish you wouldve played the f and d tier rudiments as you were talking about them because I'm a beginner and havent heard of any of these before
Do you have any projects you’re working on? Would love to hear you rip on a mix.
I sure do man. i'm now playing in "False Heads" with new material on its way
rudiments are big words in my drum vocab
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nice video bro
thank you dude
Wait he does long form?
first one man ❤
more. MORE VIDEOS.
new one out today 🤟❤
i like you
I like you more ❤
You have amazing voice and content 🤣🫰
haha maybe I should do audio books
why is steve in the thumbnail😭
wait I thought that was jack black 😉
I hope you're kidding about the title! Rudiments are the letters in our alphabet! Coincidentally 26 of each. The letters allow us to forn words and words to form sentences and sentences to form paragraphs etc ...likewise the Rudiments are used to form musical words and sentences etc.
It's all about double stroke and paradiddle combinations.
Rudiments are the foundation of all
1:08 clearly doesn't play techdeath
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Rudiments are useless to drumming the same way working out is useless to muscles.
amen ❤
Are you and TDDrummer relatives?
Ooh it’s a long video and Charlie’s speaking
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this is so far past my skill level
😂 mine to man im just yapping
🔥🔥🔥very cool
thanks man ❤