I do a similar exercise with all my students, and it's always fun to watch them shift their perceptions, sometimes give up, get frustrated, but the reward is to see them achieve both perspectives and forever be changed.
I prefer to teach my students in a way that when they sit on the drums there's a kind of bubble arround, not be aware of the outside just play work, hard sometimes to step up but finally you learn that every rythm is "playable" but never copy/paste do it your own way. And yes drums as martial arts changes the behaviour but martial arts are violent drums is musical even iif all the parts separatly were invented for war it's now an instrument for peace. What an evolution! And I want to see what it's gonna be in the next centuries but I'll be dead so let's try to put good ideas in the next generation!
Marvelous presentation and David Alderdice's instructional videos are awesome too. His intro to CAXIXI is magical! I am just beginning to learn to play percussion at age 58.
The first time I went to Cuba to study AfroCuban rhythms they tried to teach me how to play a 12/8 rhythm (short bell) counted in 4. It took me a year or two to be able to do it and get comfortable but it opened up a new understanding of rhythm and access to new African based rhythms. It required thinking in a new way which I hope extends into other areas of my life.
Making these experiential is so delightful and revealing. I have no problem imitating and repeating the beats when just doing call and response style, as in the beginning. At the end though, while he was calling out the solkattu and changing up the labelling, I really found that turned me into a rhythmless audient! I had to just about ignore him in order to get the beat and style back on track! Undisciplined mind share, I guess. I hope any work I do on frame drums will lay down the drills to open up perspectives of a sound.
Wow one of the best talks I've ever watched. Been doing the lap rhythm and counting myself in 1, 2s and 3s for a while after watching it and feels amazing. :)
Africans have understood this for centuries, which is why they were used as a labor force and made America a lot of money. Understanding vibrations, beats, rhythms is the key to getting to production zones.
12-based math isn't really 'simple'. It is higher dimensional and has been proposed for hundreds of years as being superior to 10-based math. Maybe someday we will adopt it . . . meanwhile the Duodecimal Society will keep on showing the virtues of 12-based math.
I went to school with guys like this and although I deeply respect their talent, I find them to be very annoying. I'm a musician as well and I think I figured out why they annoy me. They have such a limited vocabulary when talking about complicated subjects while oozing earthiness that it comes across as fake and two-dimensional. I'm led to ask if these folks actually understand themselves given that they use such a narrow range of words. No nuances. No shades. No hues. Just repetition of new-agey buzzwords. Still though, this is some good content and I appreciate him.
I've played drums for 40 years, played percussion in professional orchestras, studied tabla to a high level and Balinese gamelan to a high level (English but lived in Bali the last 25 years). "..a fun way to really get the the visceral sensation of changing my perspection (sic) of our perspectives.. in our body.." TED conference goers.. you should be demanding a refund.
Way 2 Go Bro
I do a similar exercise with all my students, and it's always fun to watch them shift their perceptions, sometimes give up, get frustrated, but the reward is to see them achieve both perspectives and forever be changed.
I prefer to teach my students in a way that when they sit on the drums there's a kind of bubble arround, not be aware of the outside just play work, hard sometimes to step up but finally you learn that every rythm is "playable" but never copy/paste do it your own way. And yes drums as martial arts changes the behaviour but martial arts are violent drums is musical even iif all the parts separatly were invented for war it's now an instrument for peace. What an evolution! And I want to see what it's gonna be in the next centuries but I'll be dead so let's try to put good ideas in the next generation!
Marvelous presentation and David Alderdice's instructional videos are awesome too. His intro to CAXIXI is magical! I am just beginning to learn to play percussion at age 58.
Same here
The first time I went to Cuba to study AfroCuban rhythms they tried to teach me how to play a 12/8 rhythm (short bell) counted in 4. It took me a year or two to be able to do it and get comfortable but it opened up a new understanding of rhythm and access to new African based rhythms. It required thinking in a new way which I hope extends into other areas of my life.
Loved your last “tah kita” exercise!!!
Making these experiential is so delightful and revealing. I have no problem imitating and repeating the beats when just doing call and response style, as in the beginning. At the end though, while he was calling out the solkattu and changing up the labelling, I really found that turned me into a rhythmless audient! I had to just about ignore him in order to get the beat and style back on track! Undisciplined mind share, I guess. I hope any work I do on frame drums will lay down the drills to open up perspectives of a sound.
It’s pretty amazing
Nice one dude, deep, and practical. I dig it the most.
Super fun! Thank you, David! :)
Wow one of the best talks I've ever watched. Been doing the lap rhythm and counting myself in 1, 2s and 3s for a while after watching it and feels amazing. :)
Just go to Bangalore for a month and study konnakol. I did. You will progress MUCH faster!
love it!
Really cool.
the beard is epic
It's pretty amazing. Said this guy. About a million times. :D But it really was amazing!!
brilliant!!
Wonderful!
Amazing
so true !
This is actually very useful .. Does this guy have a TH-cam channel ?
This guy loves meshuggah
Africans have understood this for centuries, which is why they were used as a labor force and made America a lot of money. Understanding vibrations, beats, rhythms is the key to getting to production zones.
12-based math isn't really 'simple'. It is higher dimensional and has been proposed for hundreds of years as being superior to 10-based math. Maybe someday we will adopt it . . . meanwhile the Duodecimal Society will keep on showing the virtues of 12-based math.
Isn't the indian cyllable system called Konnakol?
I went to school with guys like this and although I deeply respect their talent, I find them to be very annoying. I'm a musician as well and I think I figured out why they annoy me. They have such a limited vocabulary when talking about complicated subjects while oozing earthiness that it comes across as fake and two-dimensional. I'm led to ask if these folks actually understand themselves given that they use such a narrow range of words. No nuances. No shades. No hues. Just repetition of new-agey buzzwords.
Still though, this is some good content and I appreciate him.
It's Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle!... And his looks pretty burnt out.
This video sucks. Do you really need a guy who looks like he was kicked out of Starbucks for hanging around too long to tell you what's up
Put this in the 'How Not To Be A Communist' curriculum
I've played drums for 40 years, played percussion in professional orchestras, studied tabla to a high level and Balinese gamelan to a high level (English but lived in Bali the last 25 years). "..a fun way to really get the the visceral sensation of changing my perspection (sic) of our perspectives.. in our body.." TED conference goers.. you should be demanding a refund.
Hey! Tell Michael I said "What's up"?
@@ascendantindigo271 John says hi, too!
@@steveboltonPG Oh..... I thought you were related to Micheal Bolton...my bad, sorry.
@@ascendantindigo271 Wait. First you thought I AM the brother of Michael Bolton and now you think I’m NOT? Anyway good luck with the brother guessing!
he couldn't do a 5 count. Amateur
hes a profetional drum teacher. lmao your an ameture