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Frank Zappa's Ralph Humphrey's playing on St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast. (Drum cover and lesson)
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- This is a video that breakdown how one of Frank Zappa’s most skilled drummers, Ralph Humphrey, plays The iconic song “St. Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast”. Make sure to DOWNLOAD THE PDF. I also include some exercises that will help you with some of the technical requirements of the piece. This piece has been one of my very favorites since I was a teenager.
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This is a very good presentation Aubrey. I congratulate you on your thoroughness, your insight into some of the technical aspects of the drums and also how I always keep the musical elements in mind as I support the various phrase of the song. Indeed, I never played any of Frank's music the same way every time. However, what I like to tell my students is, 'Good music tells you what to play'.. Maybe not 'how' because that becomes a personal thing from drummer to drummer. Thanks for posting this. I will share it. All the best during this difficult and challenging time for all of us.
Thank you once again Ralph and I am honored that you are pleased with my effort. Your playing in Zappa's band and elsewhere is always so clean, beautiful, and most importantly... musical. One of my teachers got me into "Even in the Odds" many years ago and it helped me tremendously. Thanks for the inspiration and stay safe.
This is such an interesting video lesson, and to hear/read and have explained what YOU played back then is just the coolest thing EVER! When we heard you guys play live, it was so hard to focus on one thing, and as a young listener I wasn't able to absorb the whole thing as an ensemble piece...I had to watch/listen to Frank because (well, we don't have enough time here to discuss why), but, as a drummer/lover of percussion, I watched you alot...but, there was Ruth doing percussives, and, and, and...I mean the list goes on. We heard you 4 times in a short period. I ask everyone I know a question about having a ticket to any performance in the history of music, who would you go hear? I mean, you can answer Mozart, The Beatles, Little Richard, whoever...my brother has yet to answer me back, as his choices keep changing. I ALWAYS choose you, and your era of The Mothers...still gives me chills, man. THANK YOU SO MUCH! And, stay safe, wash your drumsticks, and stay at least 6 feet away from the guy with the cymbals ;) Tobias
That was actually great to hear. As much as I always loved your drumming on FZs albums, whenever I would try to play over the record I would always improvise the fills while at the same time I would try to figure out what made the essence of the tune drumwise. It is somewhat of a philosophical question and very difficult to answer as to how much can be disposed of before the identity of a tune is lost. Same with harmony and melody, anyway thank you Ralph Humphrey. And also thank you Aubrey I did love also being able to follow visually the track while hearing you play, it just adds more and more to that beautiful performance.
Ralph was totally underrated between the stellar club of Zappa's drummers. Thanks for shining a light on his amazing work!!
Yes, The younger drummer seems to get much notoriety, but Frank and Chester set the standard for all of the drummers that followed them. Thanks for watching!
Frank didn't have any shlubs in the line-up.
OMG!!😳 To actually see and hear this amazingly complex music transcribed, totally BLOWS MY MIND!🎵🎶🤗
Thanks Robert and thanks for watching. You can check out more transcriptions in my new book on Narada Michael Walden that comes out tomorrow. Here's the link: hudsonmusic.com/product/narada-michael-walden-drumming-spirit-and-music/?wcacra=2605529
Thank you so much giving time to the late, great Ralph Humphrey. I was a big fan of his with the Don Ellis Orchestra, and saw him with that group, where he was paired with Ron Dunn, and sometimes with Ellis himself. He was an amazing talent
I've always loved Ralph's drumming and sound ever since I heard those Zappa records he plays on. You can't fault the later players like Vinnie Colaiuta and Chad Wackerman, but I personally just love how the drums sound and feel on the records featuring Ralph and Chester. It's a warm and juicy sound and feel. But all the drummers who worked for FZ are something of a pantheon in my mind, and I'm not even a drummer.
When I listen to Rollo I swear I'm listening to ELP!!! LOL And that's a compliment to both.
At first listen, most people would think of many FZ tunes as silly and junk, but only until they try to play along with it ! Great job!
Ralph! This is soooo good! Thank you, Aubrey! Great job!
Thanks for watching!
Nailed it right down to the bee's knees...
excellent
Keeping my fingers crossed for a breakdown of Father O'Blivion 😁 That outro beat is so damn fast
totally killer Aubrey
R.I.P. Ralph. You will be missed.
Indeed!
Totally great video!!! Fiery drumming...Thank you Aubrey!!!
Thanks Jeffrey!
Is this self transcribed? You were crushing it!...I was surprised that you were getting the strokes down so well, despite playing Matched grip...Ralph plays traditional grip...As a drummer for decades and a Zappa freak; (saw him in 77) Ralph is a beast and I've loved this album since the mid 70's...:)...You're the BRAVEST drummer I've ever seen on youtube...:)...This song separates the wheat from the chaff...And YOU'RE SIGHT reading it!
Thanks Rob, I did transcribe it as I feel doing it myself makes me stronger. I too have been a fan of this album since the 70's as well! He is such a great drummer and educator. Thanks for watching brother!
@@AubreyDrumLessons :)...Thanks for the reply...I've watched your Narada M. Walden Eternity's Breath...:D...Oh man you're braver than I thought!...I heard you mentioned Billy C in the lesson...Another well respected master in the drum community
...Looking at your channel, with Gadd lessons and Elvin, Max and Philly Joe- etc...You have a great pedigree my friend...I try to turn younger drummers onto those guys but; it's a bit over their heads...I'm glad I was exposed to all this stuff over the decades...
I've really only been a jazz head for 15 years...I was always a prog/fusion head... I've become a Return to Forever; Miles, et al. student now... Oh to live 50 more years...:) Good health and freedom to you and yours...:)
Great lesson and REALLY great to see the Don Ellis/Ralph Humphrey branch of 70s big band playing brought into the picture. It's such a unique branch of American music from that time. Many thanks!
Hi Tom, Thanks for the kind words! I had a fantastic music teacher back in the 9th grade and he hipped us to Don Ellis. I was into Rush at the time and I thought it was incredible to hear a big band play like them! LOL! I later learned of the depth of his playing and composition. It only makes sense that Ralph cut his teeth in that band and was ready for Zappa. Thanks for checking me out! :)
GREAT!
Bravo!!!
wow like this
You're a pro!
Such skill! Making it look easy...
Thanks for watching Keenan!
@@AubreyDrumLessonsmy pleasure! I am a lifelong Frank Zappa fan and his drummers were nothing short of sensational machines who deserve the utmost respect.
Fantastico!
You, sir, are a genius!
Nice!
Amazing!
Thanks Brian. It's a shame that we recently lost him. He was a great musician and educator!
Awesome!
That was amazing! Great playing bud! 🥁🥁🥁
Dude I was like dudeeee is that the intro?? That was crazy🔥
He played some amazing stuff on that one! Thanks for watching!
Can you also play the rest of that piece? Getting into that funky Latin Beat. I can’t figure it out for the life of me🤣. Thank you for this. I’ve heard this album like 500 times in my life and your lesson is so helpful.
still love it!!
One of my favorite Zappa tunes. Awesome job, Aubrey!
Tyats was really good. Love that song, and you really nailed it!
Thanks for watching man!
Wow! Ralph Humphreys plays this as good as Ralph Humphreys did on the original recording!
Really great! Frank is was and will always be my fave. You killed it!
Thanks!
'Camarillo Brillo' and 'Zomby Woof' are iconic choices to work on in regards to Humphrey's tracks in their own right.
Abslolutely! those tracks were recorded around the same time at Bolic as well.
@@AubreyDrumLessons I learned them by ear cause my sight reading isn't pro level. But I did figure out most of Overnight/ Apostrophe years ago. It was very daunting task for quite a while ( I did it here and there since, ya know? Not my 'job' per se. No one would ever ask me here in Cleveland to actually flesh any of that kind of thing out), But? I wanted to take up the challenge. My bands over the years have been primarily heavy original stuff. Death metal mixed with heavy rock and stuff like that so? That kind of knowledge was practical beyond belief. Gives one an edge. It all transfers over to the heavier stuff naturally. Especially the fill-in concepts and odd time signatures/ shifts. I was already into guys like Cobham and Peart, their groups from a young age, so it all came together over time. Took about a year and a half of lessons, did the concert/ jazz band thing in school for 3 years, viola for one year! Ha! But? Hey ya know? Not many guys I know/ knew that I've worked with did even just that little bit of formal stuff. Not even the most skilled players. Opens it up. Turn 44 soon. Still at it a lot so, At least I can say that. Many people quit early on due to life changes, frustration, lose interest,etc.
Nice playing and video.
Good lesson thank you
Aubrey, this is the...COOLEST...video EVER! WOW! So much to enjoy/learn...way to go, man.
Thanks brother and thanks for watching!
The Rollo interlude might be one of my favorite parts of Frank Zappa music
Dig it..Love Zappa..So difficult with strange meters and stoppages and starts..I'm a hopeless late starter to drums.....Ralph on overnight and apostrophe..is perfect..nothing out of the world but perfect drum fills and with Frank's new for rock/jazz time sigs makes it a great listen
Spot on work there my friend! Cheers!
great teacher ,great player ,loved this lesson .
Hell yeah dude. Fuckin RIPPIN
Thanks for watching!
Nice job man, I studied with Ralph in LA, great transcription!
Thanks for the kind words! It must have been great to study with Ralph. He has so much insight!
Good to see somebody focusing on Ralph's parts for a change, instead of Colaiuta or Bozzio. Transcribing his parts from this piece, and other tunes like RDNZL taught me a lot about the kit (as a composing non-percussionist), and there are a lot of ideas I have transferred from that experience to my own kit writing.
I published an analysis of Rollo Interior last year, including the drum transcription, but I didn't really talk about the kit, as the video focused more on analysis of the melody. I'll definitely be linking to your video as a supplementary material - these are great parts and it's good to see them properly addressed.
Great to see some zappa drum videos! Good job!
Thanks brother!
Absolutely fantastic man!!!! Thank you
You’re great!
love this song, very very interesting video, thanx for sharing!!
Shout-out to Ruth Underwood
Great Playing Aubrey ..
Yeah Aubrey! This is beautiful buddy.
Really enjoyable! Nicely done tribute to Ralph and Frank!
Aubrey - you’re a hot-shit… 😊
1st - your execution at the beginning was elegant
2nd - the content of the video, delivered with your very _collected_ affect, is impressive… and very high-value.
thx for doing it.
seanM
Thanks for the kind words and for watching!
Spectacular!
awesome!
can you do a video on any song from Chicago's original drummer, Danny Seraphine? Anything except 25 or 6 to 4. A song like Introduction or Devil's Sweet would be fantastic to see broken down.
Killer as usual my friend!
Thanks brother!
bravo!
brilliant!
THANK YOU! Now - I will not see the sun all of the summer !!
LOL! If you get his book you won’t see the sun all year! :). Thanks for watching.
I wish I hadn’t seen this! Now I know it’s possible to play it 🤦🏻♂️🥁😱
Lol! I know how you feel! Ralph is such a deep musicians. It took a great effort for me to figure this one out! Thanks for watching!
Good luck finding a band dedicated to learn the parts
Great class! Congrats!!
Brilliantly played, thank you!
Question: What are those two crashes? The one by your hi-hat and the one by the floor tom. Are they Sabian or Meinl? What models? They sound amazing!
Thanx in advance 😊
Hi Mans, I play all Dream cymbals. The one by me hi-hat is an 18" Energy crash, and the other is a 16" contact crash. It's so sad that Ralph has passed. Hudson Music is putting out a series of books by him and Joe Porcaro. I'm going to pick them up. Thanks for watching!
Dude this was fabulous! Can you read and play in real time??
Hi if you mean sight read, then yes but not something this intricate. I practiced this, however, I didn't memorize it. So I'm still reading it to get the track recorded.
wow, bravo !!, excellent work !!.... And the latin rhythm from last part?
BRAVO ( rome) bravo very much ! ah ah
Get on your feet and do the funky Alfonzo!
Thank you
Nice!
the best !!!!!!!
how the hell do you get that good at reading
Thanks for the compliment! That’s the funny thing about reading. I always feel that I could be better! Ugh!
@8:27 Oh, it's strange that he notated it like that. Those bar divisions are totally arbitrary as far as I can tell. I mean, who knows what is what in the crazy mallet/synth intro, but counting backwards in 4/4 from the full band entrance, that intro fill is also in 4, and actually starts on a '1' and this is how I always heard it, too. Perhaps Zappa was using this needlessly difficult score as a reading test, or perhaps he simply saw Stravinsky's score for Histoire Du Soldat, which has sections (Royal March, for instance) in which a steady even meter is broken up into uneven bars which reset whenever a new voice joins in, so that the newest instrument is always notated as beginning on the 'one' (though you'd never know it by just listening).
Ralph was my teacher in 2003 i took some private lessons! He is a monster! and a wonderfull person! I remmember went trough this album and Live at roxi!
I remmember he mention that specific song Fank told him to play like a cartoon's song as you were saying!
He gave me some originial charts for Echidnas arf! and dont you ever wash that thing!!
if you what some copi of that i will glad to give them to you!
I love your transcription! I`ve been playing along that song for years but never sure hahaha! now i will study it! and I will record it! Thenks for the inspiration,
ralph is giving some tips about odd times and stuff in his facebook,
love!I hope you keep headty!!
Hey brother! You are incredibly fortunate to have had a chance to study with Ralph! He is so articulate and precise. I love his book 'Even in the Odds'. He must have taken you through some of it.
Thanks for the kind words regarding the transcription. It must have been a very intense experience working with Frank Zappa and he was able to nail that stuff so beautifully.
I would love to check out those charts. Thank you for the offer! You can send them to myid@myidmusic.com.
Thanks for checking me out and stay safe! :)
bro
I sent you an email! let me know if you got it,
11:18
I hadn't realised you turned black, Ralph. I was expecting the man himself.
Tina and Ikettes got paid 17 dollars an hour as insisted by Ike..he did not want Frank to pay them more and they said to him listen to this and Ike said yeah..whatever.
Ike was a really disturbing character. I actually met him once at a blues festival in Italy.
excellent