Bernard Purdie Drum Lesson - 16th Ghost Notes

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  • A great drum lesson by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. Mainly about playing ghost notes and grooving with 16th notes. Great clips of BPP playing with hands on the drums and talking at the same time in rhythm. Classic! Learn The Purdie Shuffle here: • FIRST DRUM LESSON - HO...
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  • @AndrewBannanDrums
    @AndrewBannanDrums 10 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    This guy is the coolest man on the planet.

  • @hazanko5875
    @hazanko5875 8 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    His suprise at the air in his hi-hat is guaranteed to make you smile no matter what.

    • @RambunctiousVA
      @RambunctiousVA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Holy crap it did ! And it's called a hi hat bark

    • @tbenyaacov
      @tbenyaacov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      every time

    • @DadGuitarJW
      @DadGuitarJW 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha ! True. When he put that air, i was like :D

    • @johncitizen8828
      @johncitizen8828 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The best. I also love the disgust with which he looks at his cymbals.

    • @100GTAGUY
      @100GTAGUY 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@johncitizen8828 he definitely wasnt feeling the cymbals this time around haha. However hes much more enthused with them in his swing beat video.

  • @scottdapot
    @scottdapot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    “I like it very much” such a dope line.

  • @wasteyelo1
    @wasteyelo1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I never get bored of watching this. What a legend.

  • @johncrawfordpiano
    @johncrawfordpiano 10 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    By the end of this video there's a big smile on my face. That's what a good groove can do to you

    • @soulchief1532
      @soulchief1532 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes. I had the same thing happen to me!

  • @kawabungadad8945
    @kawabungadad8945 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I wish I could give this guy a hug, I feel like he'd give a great hug.

    • @ElCapisanto
      @ElCapisanto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he was literally 1m away from me when he had drum classes in my city, he was walking around town like nuthin. He is a really chill old man now and probably hands out hugs to anyone willing to grab one

  • @ramiroiturbe86
    @ramiroiturbe86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Nothing is EVER precise, it's all about allowing your fingers to do the walkin'" that straight up became a part of me the SECOND I heard it. It's a great piece of advice/philosophy applicable to all aspects of art and life. That and also the dude just SLAMMING the most precise and perfect piece of drumming afterwards *cheff kiss*. This man is a treasure of humanity

  • @cnewman99
    @cnewman99 12 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love those ghost notes, they add so much texture to the beat.

  • @andrescaicedo9194
    @andrescaicedo9194 9 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    i made that groove on my kit, then i tried to talk while playing like he does and my groove went to the shit.

    • @A.ChristopherJohnson
      @A.ChristopherJohnson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right with you dude !!! - he's not human bro !!

    • @leafsoup
      @leafsoup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He kinda talks at the beginning of his phrases.

    • @cazmataz6579
      @cazmataz6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I hear ya, the same thing happened to me. This talent can not be replicated...you either have it or you don't🤷🏿‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

    • @cazmataz6579
      @cazmataz6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love the way this man communicates through sound rather than words

    • @100GTAGUY
      @100GTAGUY 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Treat your mouth as a 5th appendage, and find its speakin groooove baby.

  • @PolkaCorn
    @PolkaCorn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    2:24-4:50 is some of the best drumming ever.

  • @teugene5850
    @teugene5850 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a teacher... this man has the universal groove of the universe.... how wonderful.

  • @Jaydrums03
    @Jaydrums03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So Eric Moore playing these fancy ghost note grooves and I'm looking for vids on all this ghost note business then this bloke I havnt heard of comes and whoops my ass back into learning properly well done sir

  • @Insofistikerad
    @Insofistikerad 9 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    My psss psss...... yeah ~

  • @macemace48
    @macemace48 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I agree with Tomasz. That really is probably the coolest video I've ever seen.Bernard Purdie is a drummer's hero.

  • @sweetlowsounds
    @sweetlowsounds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bernard Purdie is our real life Odin. His funk force protects us all from the dark forces of quantized music.

  • @sickswitch1387
    @sickswitch1387 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This man is the definition of cool.

  • @alexarblaster
    @alexarblaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still my favourite video on TH-cam. With the coolest ending, Psst psst yeah!

  • @TeeOhEhm
    @TeeOhEhm 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this made me smile...the love is pure and the joy genuine

  • @belladonnatv
    @belladonnatv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This video teaches us all what is in my opinion the most important thing a musician should ever learn: to feel PHYSICAL PLEASURE while hearing the sound of the instrument you're playing.
    If you don't feel it, you're not really making Music. You're just playing an instrument. And it must NOT be that stupid ego-driven pleasure ('omg i am playing so great!"), but an actual physical, inexplicable wave of sheer pleasure, the same one you get with really good food or with really good sex. Or with really good music! :)!!!
    This physical pleasure Bernard Purdie is feeling while playing is patently obvious in this video, where he's actually acting as a Pleasure Transmitter: we cannot help by sharing his pleasure with him!! It's actually impossible to watch this video and not feel pure joy!! :)!!!!

    • @kenaestheticfm
      @kenaestheticfm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen. Reminds me of an idea in Victor Wooten's book, "The Music Lesson". The "Music" comes from the musician not the instrument. A musician can play Music with ANYTHING. Joy comes from playing WITH the instrument- playing WITH Music, and that joy is contagious. What's that Funkadelic line? "Loan me your funky mind and I shall play with it; for nothing is good unless you play with it."
      Fly on.

    • @khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009
      @khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I shopt heroin and it makes me feel this way

    • @Spoonbill_88
      @Spoonbill_88 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok nerd.

    • @belladonnatv
      @belladonnatv ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Spoonbill_88 so funny how uneasy and upset guys like you get at the mention of good sex :D

  • @int3533
    @int3533 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We need more men like this. What a legend.

  • @punkster36
    @punkster36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've seen this video so many time over the years, it never gets old.

  • @GarenEvansMusic
    @GarenEvansMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The way he said: "Well, yes!" was spot on. Maybe smile and feel happy.
    Bernard is a legend! Such tranquility and passion he shows to teach us about the drums.

  • @flob234
    @flob234 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man knew how not only to play the drums but also showing what a great experience playing drums is!!!

    • @100GTAGUY
      @100GTAGUY 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Groove is in the soul of humanity, it's practically our oldest form of non vocal audible expression.

  • @nextelito
    @nextelito 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    ... a real musician that love and enjoy his work... and that groove is pure funk and feel

  • @niceguybytheway8481
    @niceguybytheway8481 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You just have to love this guy for his entusiasm. I wish that I could love my job the way he's loving he's drumming

  • @marcusking8507
    @marcusking8507 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great groove... slick fills that keep the rhythm going and never interrupt it... super drumming!

  • @nualamcloughlin7737
    @nualamcloughlin7737 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bernard Purdie doesn't play the drums. He makes love to the drums!! ❤

  • @LordBrozart
    @LordBrozart 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He came to my school and getting to jam with him was the coolest experience

  • @filmchild78
    @filmchild78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He’s a magician 🪄

  • @dudebro7148
    @dudebro7148 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This such a satisfying video. Watching him build the beat in pieces it's awesome.

  • @thelunarcrush
    @thelunarcrush 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4:26 ahaha I like it veeery muuuch !!!

  • @thundershirt1
    @thundershirt1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The man has a funky beat named after him, and he's still like a kid in a candy store with his joy of it. Irresistible.

  • @MusicDude86
    @MusicDude86 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    He's so damn entertaining!!! You go Mr. Purdie!!!

  • @adonnimodeste3157
    @adonnimodeste3157 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i saw this in a Native Instruments Vlog and just had to come here to like this vid

  • @lamarkgarner7163
    @lamarkgarner7163 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This video made my day Purdie Is so funky ....

  • @MJB9559
    @MJB9559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliant 😜👍

  • @ChristianSchonbergerMusic
    @ChristianSchonbergerMusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Gotta love this man. His timekeeping and groove are perfect, very musical and extremely useful - and he was (and continues to be) a huge influence on drummers like the late great Jeff Porcaro. This is the real deal, not some pompous showoff who sonstantly sells himself until we want to barf.

    • @bryanstarkweather
      @bryanstarkweather 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is so true. It never really struck me till you said it. Porcaro was very similar in that way, as are Coaliuta and Gadd. No huge kits with silly effects, and stupid gimmicks, just great playing.

    • @ChristianSchonbergerMusic
      @ChristianSchonbergerMusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bryan Starkweather
      I must say that I also love Gavin Harrisson. He has some more gimmicks on his kit but not many (some more cymbals, the rest and his playing technique (matched grip, cross handed, no fuzz) are standard and he is definitely one of the worlds best. He has mind bending chops, but Purdie definitely was an influence on him. Purdie was one of the great pioneers and I like him so much ore than, say, Buddy Rich with his overkill playing. Purdie manages to let it breathe and is exactly at the point between impeccable timekeeping and groove.

    • @bryanstarkweather
      @bryanstarkweather 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christian Schonberger I don't know him, but I have to say, Buddy Rich does have his place. Yeah, he was a jerk, I know a couple guys who play with though, nobody seems to have liked him. There are a couple other guys like convention under the same umbrella as Purdie: John Robinson, for example is an absolutely phenomenal groove player. A little more flashy, Simon Phillips is definitely underrated as well. Everybody has their place, if there were only one type of player, the world wouldn't be very interesting. That being said, when it comes to my personal preferences, I like a guy like Purdie.

    • @Nounismisation
      @Nounismisation 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hear hear!

    • @andrewbintang4591
      @andrewbintang4591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bryan Starkweather simon phillips definitely is a groove player, but he comes from the billy cobham school.
      you can easily tell not just by listening to everything he did throughout his carreer but also when you take a look at his drumkit.
      simon phillips, vinnie colaiuta, terry bozzio, dennis chambers, narada michael walden, dave weckl, etc. are all hugely influenced by billy cobham and already admitted it many times actually.
      someone like the incredible master session drummer larrie londin would be more of a bernard purdie type of groover, especially his motown work.
      john robinson, steve gadd & carlos vega too of course, all awesome drummers!

  • @Bob-nu3xe
    @Bob-nu3xe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish there were more people like Bernard on the planet it would be a lot better place to be, a very special drummer a very special human being

  • @LoveProWrestling
    @LoveProWrestling 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always a pleasure to visit with Mr Purdie.

  • @zombiesateourchannel
    @zombiesateourchannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    And all this with the precision of an atom clock.

    • @Madrrrrrrrrrrr
      @Madrrrrrrrrrrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      zombiesateourchannel I doubt that. But his grooves are very tight though.

    • @zombiesateourchannel
      @zombiesateourchannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Madrrrrrrrrrrr He's always landing on the 1.

    • @gqnelly
      @gqnelly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Madrrrrrrrrrrr ...if you can find a drummer with better time or a better feel, let us know.

    • @Madrrrrrrrrrrr
      @Madrrrrrrrrrrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gqnelly Yogi Horton

    • @gergokovacs3332
      @gergokovacs3332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Atom clock is adjusted after him...

  • @MykolaLastovetsky
    @MykolaLastovetsky 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Давно шукав цей запис, Дякую!!!

  • @ColdItalianPizza99
    @ColdItalianPizza99 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a legend.

  • @GoldenEraZen
    @GoldenEraZen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this shuffle 🙏

  • @waltergrund
    @waltergrund 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so great

  • @erneibollmtt1263
    @erneibollmtt1263 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this man. Amazing story teller and musican.

  • @ZackMester
    @ZackMester 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How can he talk and play this so well at the same time

    • @alphaecka1949
      @alphaecka1949 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zack Mester it's knowing what u are doing

  • @frankkuth5635
    @frankkuth5635 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The epitome of coolness

  • @Meiyor
    @Meiyor หลายเดือนก่อน

    love this guy!!

  • @subiegal8428
    @subiegal8428 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely LOVE this man... He has groove running through his veins!!! Thank-You Mr. Purdie 👍

  • @antiherovalor
    @antiherovalor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even after a bad day, this video never fails to put a smile on my face :)

  • @JustaJuboi
    @JustaJuboi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man of God

  • @toddlask
    @toddlask ปีที่แล้ว +1

    greatest video ever!

  • @phildauphins
    @phildauphins 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video should be shown to every beginning drummer, before they study anything.

  • @dirtyunclehubert
    @dirtyunclehubert 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "well...........YES."
    now THATS what i like to hear for a start!

  • @carljohnson1726
    @carljohnson1726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:11 ...OH!

  • @peavynation
    @peavynation ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend. I love Bernard so much.

  • @Matt_Huffman
    @Matt_Huffman 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The passion just gives me chills.

  • @davidduartez6782
    @davidduartez6782 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Este vídeo debería titularse "como hacerle el amor a la baterría" no pude evitar sonreir y emocionarme, es el puto amooo!! LO AMÉ !!! AMAZING!!

  • @yodamvpplayer
    @yodamvpplayer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:39-2:45 memeworthy genius

    • @d36class
      @d36class 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And in time

  • @indigo0086
    @indigo0086 10 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Ho Ho Ho Hey Hey Ha!

  • @andrewludlam5686
    @andrewludlam5686 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    It does not get better than this. By the end our man is killing himself with groove. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • @syyhq
    @syyhq 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is just the most awesome drum lesson ive seen.. classic :D

  • @joshuasy10
    @joshuasy10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this man

  • @TilliKommunikation
    @TilliKommunikation ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible.

  • @jamesschmitt7736
    @jamesschmitt7736 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Ya Bernard ! Yo da Man ! - Thanx fer all the great Musik over the decades - God bless

  • @blvcksandblues
    @blvcksandblues ปีที่แล้ว

    groove over everything!

  • @RodSciFi
    @RodSciFi ปีที่แล้ว

    Magic.

  • @JAY132
    @JAY132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guitarist here, loved every second of this.

  • @expressyourselfist
    @expressyourselfist 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best teacher in the world.

  • @mrsmiley9772
    @mrsmiley9772 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The BB King of drums man, hilarious too

  • @robd7182
    @robd7182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Where do ghost notes come from?"
    Oh cool, a history of the first person to use ghost notes-
    "Well I was sittin there..."
    Although the history of Bernard Purdie really is the only history of drumming we need.

  • @mattbrody4990
    @mattbrody4990 หลายเดือนก่อน

    16th notes... uuhh, I like that🤣👍
    True legend

  • @davideruffini595
    @davideruffini595 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ''oh yeah! i have some air in my hi-hat''......awesome!

  • @ShaunaBearDrums
    @ShaunaBearDrums 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love Bernard :)

  • @benjaminaramis
    @benjaminaramis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is pure gold

  • @alejandroescarreola3874
    @alejandroescarreola3874 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Conversación....entre el instrumento y el músico...magistral

  • @tooomasz
    @tooomasz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was probably the coolest video I've ever seen

  • @rikhorror
    @rikhorror 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    No words.. just awsomeness.

  • @papaeric1366
    @papaeric1366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fire🔥🔥🔥🔥Skill🔥🔥🔥🔥Hi-Hat🔥🔥🔥🔥Skhiii,Skhiii🥁🥁

  • @MrDrummerguy33
    @MrDrummerguy33 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is an absolute legend!!!

  • @ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST
    @ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First time I got me a ghost note, it was by accident; I was tying to keep a tight timing on a rhythm I've been teaching myself (I'm not a drummer). So, I held the stick loosely trying to sync my brain with my right hand (can't play the snare with the left) and my right foot...AND IT HAPPENED: unintentionally, the stick faintly bounced off the snare's head mid-beat. :D
    I'm still tryin to replicate it, but I just can't. It always happens on accident, randomly. It's one of my best musical accidents; that little ghost note is the spice that makes that rhythm nice, and I chase it all the time but can't find it.

    • @alphaecka1949
      @alphaecka1949 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      JESUS IS CALLING YOU IF NO ACCIDENT ITS WHERE THE SPIRITUALLY WANT YOU TO HEAR

  • @joshuasy10
    @joshuasy10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like it very much!

  • @thedigitalambience
    @thedigitalambience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That look he gives them hats at 2:41 kills me every time.

  • @kurtkarpenter7926
    @kurtkarpenter7926 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    BP, simply inspirational in mood, groove and feel! He can play a cardboard box and will get everyone on the dance floor. Let's not forget he's talking WHILE playing! Happy place :)

  • @georgiofranks9813
    @georgiofranks9813 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The king of groove!

  • @chrissoriano2668
    @chrissoriano2668 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is COOL!

  • @danwebd4481
    @danwebd4481 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Sonor Drum Kit !!! still top of the line !

  • @robertbennett9072
    @robertbennett9072 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb!! Very well explained and with passion.

  • @youngtactical9292
    @youngtactical9292 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazing

  • @j.rubenbeulah3344
    @j.rubenbeulah3344 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Purdie: i was always grooving
    Me: sir,how do I groove?❤

  • @herrsteppsch29
    @herrsteppsch29 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man is just cool!! I like that!

  • @andrewleventis8341
    @andrewleventis8341 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr Cool....love his style...

  • @spyroninja
    @spyroninja 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    this guy is so awesome

  • @Serifinity
    @Serifinity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a genius

  • @JesseENew
    @JesseENew 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    so funky so much groove

  • @homegyrl
    @homegyrl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LIKE IT VERY MUCH!!
    me too Purdie, me too lol

  • @dresdenstai
    @dresdenstai 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh my god i love this video so much holy shit

  • @stewps13
    @stewps13 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the best thing ever

  • @samneem
    @samneem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    copacetically cool

  • @Unit_With_Legs
    @Unit_With_Legs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm all over transcribing finger to drum music all 4ight right yeas!