Definitely awesome video. Been a drummer for over 20yrs now and just bought my first MPC X a couple of months ago. Could not agree more as far as approach. 👊🧡👍
There's not enough praise for this video. This is the first video that I've found that explains how to rationally choose which voice to use on which pad depending on our dominant and non-dominant hands. I recently started finger drumming. And I really hope that this makes me more adaptable when I first start. Hand position is crucial, whether you're playing the piano or typing on a laptop or computer. Certain hand positions are detrimental to one's ability to grow. I'll try searching for videos similar to this one before I begin. Thank You!!
Yamaha just released the new finger drum pad. Guess it’s finally time to learn this! I quit drumming years ago because I really couldn’t practice. And I don’t want to disturb my neighbors. But I still love drumming! This finger drumming looks very interesting and I’m glad there are people teaching how to play it. Thank you for the tutorial!
I have the yamaha fgdp 50 finger drum pad and just like this lad says ,it's set up exactly like a acoustic drum kit, it's a serious instrument in it's own right, I use it with my guitar and looper, couldn't recommend it enough 😊👍
It seems that this setup doesn’t make use of the thumbs - the Yamaha FGDP layout lends to using the thumbs. Thumbs are very powerful fingers and I love using them when playing the FGDP
Hello sir, I doubt you remember me but I commented on “The trouble with the mirror setup” and I have an update. I actually arrived at a compromise between my thoughts and yours. Let me explain, my challenge was I am using a notation launchpad x with Logic Pro x and I absolutely love it. Minus one single issue. Small pads. Here’s what I did. I use drum machine designer in logic which gives a 4 horizontal by 8 vertical rows at the bottom which lets me mimic your setup but I get 2 vertical rows per piece instead of 1. Then at the top I get another 4x4 grid I use for supplemental percussion. I love it. Thanks for the suggestions.
That's awesome, I'm glad you found a setup that works for you! I definitely think it's important to experiment and explore different layouts, and I also think that finger drumming needs to have some kind of primary standard for beginners who aren't ready to spend a lot of time experimenting (sort of like standard tuning for guitar). That's why I recommend my acoustic drumkit layout to most people, and also encourage experimentation when desired. I'd be interested to see your pad layout in action one day!
David "finger" haynes was One of the First drummer Who tried fingerdrumming on pads using Korg nanopad. Check out his work,still One of m'y favorite. Good TIPS from your Channel btw
This is cool if you like acoustic drums. I'm personally prefer playing electronic music on pads. Hmm... But thats actually very cool to learn for me. I'm playing in ultimately different style due to piano and sound design background. So cool to see it from a drummers perspective
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to find your channel! Subscribed and will share this with friends. Keep up the great work. I’m gonna have to binge watch the rest of your videos 🤘👽🤘
Hello dragon, your realistic method of playing fingerdruming catches my attention it is very logical a question with this method could you play genres like drum and bass There is not much information on the internet and many are with mirror pad setups thank you so much!! soon I will subscribe to your course
Yes, you can play any style of music you want with my layout! It's designed to be the best way to emulate playing a real drum kit on the pads. I played acoustic drums for 5 years before I learned finger drumming, and so I wanted a pad layout that would allow me to play anything I could play on an acoustic kit. So if you can play it on a drum kit, you can play it on my pad layout, and that includes drum n bass or any other style of drumming.
Hi @DragonFingerDrums, I have a question. I'd appreciate an answer if you could. I'm a keyboard/piano player. My right hand is my dominant hand, but I'm used to play rythm with my left hand on keyboard, so I'm comfortable playing hats with my left hand. Should I reprogram my brain to play rythm with my dominant hand instead ?
You can try both ways and see which one is most comfortable to you, it doesn't matter which hand you choose! You can easily flip your pad layout to play the hi-hat with your left hand if desired, so just pick whichever hand feels best.
We can apply basic hihat concepts if we have a midi sustain pedal laying around. In our home studio, most of us have a midi keyboard integrated. I know it exceeds the definition of "finger" drumming but I did want to point that out anyway. Great content btw.
Having even two sustains, I was thinking about both bass drum and hi-hat playing with them. I guess the issue with the bass drum specifically would be the lack of velocity sensitivity, and I am wondering whether some bass drum pedal, like Yamaha KU100 could be used for closer to the real drumming experience, and freeing more fingers?
Epic - however, "back beat" refers to accenting the non-dominant beat and not the downbeat. In most music is 4/4, that would be 2 and 4 and performed by the left hand.
hey man, just a tip: this video should have started with the part at 2:26. plugging your site at the start and going on about how most people do things wrongly without context just gives the viewer a reason to be highly sceptical (which i also was) until the demo part. great drumming man! 10/10
I use Addictive Drums for all my finger drumming! I do like MODO Drum, but the demo alone took up almost double the space on my hard drive as the full Addictive Drums +5 packs, and it was also kind of a CPU hog. Addictive Drums is light, easy, and sounds great to me.
I'd definitely recommend using a pad controller as opposed to keys, because it feels more like a real percussion surface vs. keys which bounce back. And my top recommended pad controller is the Maschine Mikro MK3, it's what I use and it's a fantastic combo of value and quality!
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Pleas help: I have a MPD218 by Akai and I simply want to finger drum ethnic drum instruments. Any software suggestions? Kontakt instruments are not set up for finger drumming so I would like other software VST suggestions. I use Reaper as my DAW. Thanks!
hi , i love your content , can you please tell me which finger pad size is best for drumming, like the size of novation launchpad X is small then the maschine micro , so which size is best for finger drumming please tell me
I'd highly recommend the Maschine size pads for finger drumming, because they're more like little drum surfaces at that size, which allows you to do a lot more with precision hits and even flams. However, there are some great finger drummers (like Nular) who use the Launchpad, so it's not a bad choice! Just a different setup from my own.
I really prefer Quest for Groove pads layout. Because I think it's much more easy to play 16th in a fast tempos with alternate hands! Instead of reapeating it with the same right hand.
@@animeshbeladiya5470 I tried another pads layout, but, specially as a pianist (we use thumbe finger all the time), I find myself with Robert's either.
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Hello There Again, my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I was wondering if you and your band would still like to do the other way Round Extended Word Lyrics But in you’re own Words Pretty Please? and sing it differently in the exact different versions for all of us Fans and just Reuse and Remix the Original Extended Background songs For this particular song from the Korgis, Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, why don’t you and you’re band Replace the Synthesizer Strings Sound for those Two Musette 🪗 sounds and make those Two Musette Accordion’s 3 to 8 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer Strings Sound that they have used for this Purticular Extended Type of Original Background Song Called Everybody's got to Learn Sometime by The Korgis Please? and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 22 Times More Deeper Chime Bell And Even an 26 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favourite original Extended Type of Background Song Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You Very Very Very Very Much X X X X
Hey, hey, wait a minute, you're completely wrong! Backbeat means playing the snare drum on 2 and 4 and not straight ahead beat on the hi-hat or ride (quarters, eighths or sixteenths). If you've been playing drums for that long, you should know that! That is the basis of drumming.
The secret is Practice. You can have all the setup and the gear but it ain’t gonna make you better than plain old sweat equity. 10,000 hrs is the secret! SMH!
Mr. Dragon! Thank you~ My instrument arrived the day before yesterday. I'm practicing hard while watching your lecture video. Thank you very much. th-cam.com/users/shorts8TG_-H1_Oiw
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Definitely awesome video. Been a drummer for over 20yrs now and just bought my first MPC X a couple of months ago. Could not agree more as far as approach. 👊🧡👍
There's not enough praise for this video. This is the first video that I've found that explains how to rationally choose which voice to use on which pad depending on our dominant and non-dominant hands. I recently started finger drumming. And I really hope that this makes me more adaptable when I first start. Hand position is crucial, whether you're playing the piano or typing on a laptop or computer. Certain hand positions are detrimental to one's ability to grow. I'll try searching for videos similar to this one before I begin. Thank You!!
Yamaha just released the new finger drum pad. Guess it’s finally time to learn this! I quit drumming years ago because I really couldn’t practice. And I don’t want to disturb my neighbors. But I still love drumming!
This finger drumming looks very interesting and I’m glad there are people teaching how to play it.
Thank you for the tutorial!
I have the yamaha fgdp 50 finger drum pad and just like this lad says ,it's set up exactly like a acoustic drum kit, it's a serious instrument in it's own right, I use it with my guitar and looper, couldn't recommend it enough 😊👍
It seems that this setup doesn’t make use of the thumbs - the Yamaha FGDP layout lends to using the thumbs. Thumbs are very powerful fingers and I love using them when playing the FGDP
Grew so much with this lesson alone! 🎉
Great lesson!!!
Oh good, this is exactly how i always set up my pads. 🙌 Good skills dude! Respect
Really great style of both, playing AND explanation 👌
Hello sir, I doubt you remember me but I commented on “The trouble with the mirror setup” and I have an update. I actually arrived at a compromise between my thoughts and yours. Let me explain, my challenge was I am using a notation launchpad x with Logic Pro x and I absolutely love it. Minus one single issue. Small pads. Here’s what I did. I use drum machine designer in logic which gives a 4 horizontal by 8 vertical rows at the bottom which lets me mimic your setup but I get 2 vertical rows per piece instead of 1. Then at the top I get another 4x4 grid I use for supplemental percussion. I love it. Thanks for the suggestions.
That's awesome, I'm glad you found a setup that works for you! I definitely think it's important to experiment and explore different layouts, and I also think that finger drumming needs to have some kind of primary standard for beginners who aren't ready to spend a lot of time experimenting (sort of like standard tuning for guitar). That's why I recommend my acoustic drumkit layout to most people, and also encourage experimentation when desired. I'd be interested to see your pad layout in action one day!
great video! PS: the view outside is dope!
este video me sirvió mucho , gracias
Very elaborated video, direct to the point, all good information. no BS. One more subscriber. ❤
Thanks, Dragon. I appreciate your perspective and your ability to elaborate clearly.
David "finger" haynes was One of the First drummer Who tried fingerdrumming on pads using Korg nanopad. Check out his work,still One of m'y favorite. Good TIPS from your Channel btw
Great video man, you got right, I am originaly guitar player, who can play a little drums and fall in love with syntesizers.. subscribed
The quest for groove also teaches this method but hit layout is different.
This is cool if you like acoustic drums. I'm personally prefer playing electronic music on pads. Hmm... But thats actually very cool to learn for me. I'm playing in ultimately different style due to piano and sound design background. So cool to see it from a drummers perspective
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I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to find your channel! Subscribed and will share this with friends. Keep up the great work. I’m gonna have to binge watch the rest of your videos 🤘👽🤘
Hello dragon, your realistic method of playing fingerdruming catches my attention
it is very logical
a question with this method could you play genres like drum and bass
There is not much information on the internet and many are with mirror pad setups
thank you so much!!
soon I will subscribe to your course
Yes, you can play any style of music you want with my layout! It's designed to be the best way to emulate playing a real drum kit on the pads. I played acoustic drums for 5 years before I learned finger drumming, and so I wanted a pad layout that would allow me to play anything I could play on an acoustic kit. So if you can play it on a drum kit, you can play it on my pad layout, and that includes drum n bass or any other style of drumming.
Bro, you’re skill is impressive
Hi @DragonFingerDrums, I have a question. I'd appreciate an answer if you could. I'm a keyboard/piano player. My right hand is my dominant hand, but I'm used to play rythm with my left hand on keyboard, so I'm comfortable playing hats with my left hand. Should I reprogram my brain to play rythm with my dominant hand instead ?
You can try both ways and see which one is most comfortable to you, it doesn't matter which hand you choose! You can easily flip your pad layout to play the hi-hat with your left hand if desired, so just pick whichever hand feels best.
Great video.
Very helpful thank you bro
Genius
Nice Vid Appreciate the info 🔥
these are some mad skills, bro at first I thought that video of you playing is speeded up
We can apply basic hihat concepts if we have a midi sustain pedal laying around. In our home studio, most of us have a midi keyboard integrated.
I know it exceeds the definition of "finger" drumming but I did want to point that out anyway.
Great content btw.
This is a great point! I haven't personally experimented with a midi sustain pedal for finger drumming, but it's something I'll definitely look into.
Having even two sustains, I was thinking about both bass drum and hi-hat playing with them. I guess the issue with the bass drum specifically would be the lack of velocity sensitivity, and I am wondering whether some bass drum pedal, like Yamaha KU100 could be used for closer to the real drumming experience, and freeing more fingers?
Needed this video. thank youu
Very well explained! I really like your approach. It's very similar to mine 🙂
I would like to have one-on-one online private lessons with Mr. Dragon. How much do you charge?
High value tips. thx
Epic - however, "back beat" refers to accenting the non-dominant beat and not the downbeat. In most music is 4/4, that would be 2 and 4 and performed by the left hand.
You're absolutely correct! I realized I made this mistake after I filmed the lesson haha
@@DragonFingerDrums I'm glad you noticed it. Unfortunately, it occurs in several of your most instructive videos.
@@tcfontsouch 😄
Thank You🔥🥁🔥🤟😉
Can't wait! :D
hey man, just a tip:
this video should have started with the part at 2:26.
plugging your site at the start and going on about how most people do things wrongly without context just gives the viewer a reason to be highly sceptical (which i also was) until the demo part.
great drumming man! 10/10
wow! your finger bounces like drumstick
Legend
Why do you have the Urbit logo tattooed on your hand
Have you tried to use some bass drum pedal, like Yamaha KU100 for closer than the real drumming experience, and freeing more fingers?
No, I've never tried this! It's a great idea though, and I may look into it one day!
Which drums do u use lately? did u stick to MODO drum? or the other sample based one?
I use Addictive Drums for all my finger drumming! I do like MODO Drum, but the demo alone took up almost double the space on my hard drive as the full Addictive Drums +5 packs, and it was also kind of a CPU hog. Addictive Drums is light, easy, and sounds great to me.
I'm am keyboardist and i wanna get into finger drumming so do you recommend dram pads or drumming with keys. And which drum pad do you recommend.
I'd definitely recommend using a pad controller as opposed to keys, because it feels more like a real percussion surface vs. keys which bounce back. And my top recommended pad controller is the Maschine Mikro MK3, it's what I use and it's a fantastic combo of value and quality!
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Pleas help: I have a MPD218 by Akai and I simply want to finger drum ethnic drum instruments. Any software suggestions? Kontakt instruments are not set up for finger drumming so I would like other software VST suggestions. I use Reaper as my DAW. Thanks!
hi , i love your content , can you please tell me which finger pad size is best for drumming, like the size of novation launchpad X is small then the maschine micro , so which size is best for finger drumming please tell me
i mean the size of pads
I'd highly recommend the Maschine size pads for finger drumming, because they're more like little drum surfaces at that size, which allows you to do a lot more with precision hits and even flams. However, there are some great finger drummers (like Nular) who use the Launchpad, so it's not a bad choice! Just a different setup from my own.
I've skimmed through 4 of these Dragon videos and yet to see any drumming....
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Master is it possible to play double strock kick in this lay out ? Plz show in next short reel
@@DragonFingerDrums thankyou sir..i'm already patron in your course ❤️🙏love from india
Nice info
I really prefer Quest for Groove pads layout. Because I think it's much more easy to play 16th in a fast tempos with alternate hands! Instead of reapeating it with the same right hand.
@@brunolacerda4611 i'm using that pad layout only from last 2 years ..best pad layout i can say big shoutout to robert
@@animeshbeladiya5470 I tried another pads layout, but, specially as a pianist (we use thumbe finger all the time), I find myself with Robert's either.
How is it so echo-y WITH a lav mic? lol
Dragan I went to your page but I don’t get any mail
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The secret to realistic fingerdrumming: be David Haynes!!!
But how do you think David Haynes BECAME David Haynes? The real secret is: practice, practice, practice! ;)
Hello There Again, my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I was wondering if you and your band would still like to do the other way Round Extended Word Lyrics But in you’re own Words Pretty Please? and sing it differently in the exact different versions for all of us Fans and just Reuse and Remix the Original Extended Background songs For this particular song from the Korgis, Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, why don’t you and you’re band Replace the Synthesizer Strings Sound for those Two Musette 🪗 sounds and make those Two Musette Accordion’s 3 to 8 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer Strings Sound that they have used for this Purticular Extended Type of Original Background Song Called Everybody's got to Learn Sometime by The Korgis Please? and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 22 Times More Deeper Chime Bell And Even an 26 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favourite original Extended Type of Background Song Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You Very Very Very Very Much X X X X
Quest4Groove
open hand is da wae🤚
bro just wanted to show off!!!
there is a lot of crapp samplers using mpc the wrong way, this be the REAL thing
Hey, hey, wait a minute, you're completely wrong! Backbeat means playing the snare drum on 2 and 4 and not straight ahead beat on the hi-hat or ride (quarters, eighths or sixteenths). If you've been playing drums for that long, you should know that! That is the basis of drumming.
You're right! I totally mixed up my terminology here lol. Meant to say pulse for the hi-hat and ride instead of backbeat.
how would you rate this as realistic sounding? th-cam.com/video/enZCe9xpADU/w-d-xo.html
Wow, this is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!
The secret is Practice. You can have all the setup and the gear but it ain’t gonna make you better than plain old sweat equity. 10,000 hrs is the secret! SMH!
Very true!
sweaquity.
kid named drum:
pretty sure the "secret" is having good drum kits. good luck trying to sound realistic on a 808 kit
Mr. Dragon! Thank you~
My instrument arrived the day before yesterday. I'm practicing hard while watching your lecture video. Thank you very much. th-cam.com/users/shorts8TG_-H1_Oiw
Watched the whole video to find out where to place the drums.. waste of time
Gadget like that are not appropriate to finger drumming,
hands down best finger drummer on youtube. well done thanks for sharing