0:00 1:03 Lesson start - on moving practice "items" into playing; on half learned lessons 2:23 Introducing the 3 principles/tools system: "chunking", "assembly lines" and "zoning" 3:26 On chunks 6:30 On the most elusive mystery that Bonham fans will never agree on (the Bonham triplet sticking!) 6:54 Back to lesson - chunks 16th notes 7:35 Demonstrating 16th note chunking; paradiddle+ triplet+ triplet + right,left 7:58 Defining assembly line 9:55 On zoning 12:17 Playing chunks/stickings in different zones 15:24 Example of moving a chunk through different zones 16:05 Using chunks as drum fills in different zones 17:15 Adding accents/articulation 18:35 Student question regarding drumset setup and zoning 18:55 Back to lesson - adding accents/articulation 20:54 Example - exercise nr. 2 21:55 On rearranging chunks 22:57 Demonstrating exercise nr. 3 24:35 Demonstrating exercise nr. 4 25:56 Q&A (26:44 some more on the Bonham triplet!) 27:32 Applying the 3 principles on grooves (stay safe on the road, everybody!); demonstrating exercise nr. 5 31:08 Quick question on in-ear monitors 31:52 On accenting 35:11 Quick recap of lesson so far with examples 36:50 Moving to sextuplets with examples 38:26 "Don't just do what Stephen does"! 40:09 Application of "moving through the assembly line" - examples with swiss army triplets and sextuplets 44:12 Q&A sextuplets, 46:16 counting chunks, assembly lines
You're very welcome! Really informative lesson - in fact this idea of assembly lines, this was total news to me, and it's a super cool tool. In fact all 3 in conjunction are super interesting. Thanks a ton!
No joke, I just watched this whole video and I don’t even play drums. I don’t own a drum set and don’t plan to anytime in the future. I just found the whole thing super interesting, the way you break it all down. You’re a great teacher! 💯🙌
The creative spark comes from an organized repetitive method which is engraved in your muscle memory. Stephen Taylor Drummer That was an amazing lesson and a teacher, thanks so much for doing that, we owe you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥁🥁🥁👌👌👌
Yes!!!! I am not a beginner. Been on the road in the past and still have always struggled with this topic. I have looked for years on help to incorporate rudiments. Love the system/zone! You have earned a sub + purchase from this one video.
I also really appreciate the way you've instructed to break down your kit into the zones. That idea is one that I would call "perfect pitch" for drumming
Dang after I wrote my comment I took a couple minutes to scroll through the other comments and it seems I’m not the only one who recognizes your skills as an instructor! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TH-cam video w/ this many wholeheartedly POSITIVE comments. That by itself is an achievement. But with this kind of response from viewers, I hope you do private lessons and make bank doing it (top tier -per hour- rates would be 100% justified) because you deserve to be highly rewarded for being able to give people these precious jewels of knowledge. That is all I had to say. Have a blessed day bro! ✌️
"It gives us the palette to create. Everyone has the same colours, it's how we use them..." The demonstration at around 20:20 was cool and all, and I really dig the system, but I rewound to replay that little quote because that's what really got me. Subscribed.
it was eye opening, finally got to see how this para diddle comes in to play that I practice over and over, Ive learned how to finally understand how to move around the drums and found out thats its ok to break up a para diddle and use different zones. its awesome Im not bored with the drums again and can be creative with this to no end. Just what I needed, thanks you so much im over a huge hump drums are fun again. Finally someone that could explain this to beginners in a way that made since, when just learning how to play you dont understand how a song is played on the drums you hear it but always new there was more but you explain the rules of how to bring it all together. ha ha ha not embarrassed when others can hear me play now, almost sounds like I know what im doing. Finally get to see and hear my own character and be able to listen and know its me playing or not in my way and style i like to play, you can start to become your own instead of playing what others play and comparing yourself to other music and using that as benchmarks of your skill level are over now. felt like the karate kid did learming wax on wax off with that paradiddle, practiced it over and over asking myself wtf am i doing this and where does it come in to play, not in a marching band so i now can see! Your awesome Steve. thanks for the GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT STEVE! Merry Christmas btw.
You are an absolutely magnificent teacher, I am a beginner drummer and Blind, I have no problems following your instructions… Thank you so much and looking forward to practising this… Love learning gnu sticking patterns/chunks… Love how you count out the timing also👏🏼💖💖🥰😘
Your teaching on paradiddle is very interesting. For some of us drummers, we're just happy to do the basic paradiddle which is: Right+left-right+right, and left+right- left+left.. Thank you for this lesson, I will explore this a little more.
Stephen. Thank you so much! I played snare in high school and learned a ton of rudiments. They’ve all stuck with me, but I never took the time to be able to apply them to this kit. Now at 51, and with your help, I’m really having fun with this. Great system! I tell my worship team at church that I’m good being the backup to the backup drummer. Maybe soon I’ll feel comfortable as the back up! :) Many thanks!
Ever since I started learning to play the drum kit about 2 years ago I had a feeling there was a basis systematic way to get comfortable with drum fill improv. Your concepts of chunking, zoning, and assembly line make perfect sense. Thanks for explaining that!
I am a drumming instructor also. I did a whole written out lesson on the application of the single paradiddle for the kit. I think that Stephen did a SUPERB job here explaining and demonstrating. He also did not try to show off. He did an excellent job. Bravo!
Without a doubt one of your best lessons in my opinion Stephen! I've caught lessons of yours over the years through Drumeo, TH-cam, etc but this one really clicked with me. The system you teach here is great and I'm looking forward to applying it to my learning going forward.
Love this man! I am 58 years, taking lessons and drumming my butt off. I am absorbing as much as I can but practicing slow and building in. Really like the explanations. Thanks!
Totally relate to your opening comment regarding the "gig bag..practice bag" Have you ever found yourself in a gig situation, and the practice bag licks just come out w/out thinking? If I force something from the practice bag, more than likely I'll screw it up. When I'm warmed up, feeling the tunes, I'll notice those licks from the practice bag showing up. I also am loving all the Bonham stuff! He's the reason I picked up sticks, and growing up playing mostly Zep stuff, it really made me a more musical player. Learning tunes came so much faster to me as a kid. Now I'm breaking it down, and cleaning it up (thanks in pt to you). I feel if you can play Bonhams stuff as he played it, you can play just about anything.
Great job Sir Stephen, you are a Good teacher keep it up I learn a Lot from you just for free unlike others they hungry for my credit card, Godbless you and your family
Stephen. It started to get alittle spacey and I thought we were going to lose you but you pulled it all together with the Zones. I was feeling boxed in and this will be a great way to practice many beats. You are the man. Thank you.
I started learning drums only a couple of months ago and your lessons are helping so much!! Chunking and assembly lines are by far the best way I've been able to learn. Thanks a TON!
You're amazing, the way you explain things make them so easy to understand even for a beginner like myself. You have passion for teaching and that means all for students. Started watching you 1 month ago and you've changed the way I see the journey of learning and practicing in the drums.
I just stumbled across your channel, Stephen. These are amazing teaching techniques. I have been playing paradiddles since the 1960s, and I never saw this particular method of application. And yet, it is so rudimentary and musical. You are my new favorite online teacher! I very much appreciate your teaching technique. We simply never stop learning!
I’ve watched so many videos on TH-cam to learn different techniques and YOU are the best teacher I’ve ever seen. Your explanations and skill and style just makes things click for me. From your mnemonic devices to your humor makes me want to play. Thank you for these lessons.
thanks for the insight in how to structure my practice time, I'm over forty and the thought of learning(truly learning) how to play on a set is a little overwhelming, but the zoning and assembly line system really helps to move me forward
Thanks so much, have learnt more here in 45 mins ,then any other time watching other vids.has a 52 year old who started playing last year I need all the help I can get,.pleas pleas keep them coming.....
Mystery solved finally a path over the hump. Now I have some real work to do. Thank you so much! I’ve not been this exited about a concept in a very long time.
This is exactly what I am looking for currently. My teacher introduced me to Paradiddles a few Months ago and my practice is already lacking just because I never know what to do with this thing behind the kit. You messing around in your zones looks so fricking simple, I'm jealous! Thank you very much for this lesson.
Excellent video. Clean, well produced, great teaching method. Did I mention this video is EXCELLENT. I'm recommending you for a raise effective immediately. I'm taking these ideas and putting them in to my routines. Thanks again.
Just blows me away with how much sense it makes to me. Makes me wish I was younger and learning a system like this. Very grateful for the insight and practical method for correct practice. Many Thanks...much respect...Cheers
Wow, you really opened my eyes so I can see so many opportunities to be more creative as a drummer Right now I'm more than grateful for this lesson. Keep calm and groove hard!
This has been a super helpful lesson for me. Being self taught and having half learned too many things this bring an organized focus to my practice . Thanks so much for all you do Stephen 🙏🏻
Stephen , just came across this and I feel I have my next six month challenge - Thank you. I'm old, a slow learner (their is benefits in having to take it slow and you'd probably agree with that!) but I get what you say and I look forward to achieving this milestone in my playing (not that I get to do any where near as much practice as I would like :-( ). Appreciate everything you do to pass on your skills to all of us wanting to learn.
Thank you for this video. I played drums from 9 years (16 to 25) and am, just getting back into it again (now I am 5 0). This is very helpful (luckily I can read sheet music).
Great stuff Stephen. Systematic learning is essential to becoming well rounded drummer and musician. Your method requires, focus, discipline and routine. That foundation leads to musical freedom and individual identity for each player. You are right on brother. Thanks for sharing. GT Albright
For so long, I was so frustrated because my drumming has become stagnant. Thanks to this lesson, I have something new to practice and add on to my music! Thanks, Stephen.
yeah i agree, this guys method and approach is really easy to apply to the drums, also try rob brown's video's on you tube, he is a super good teacher for this kind of stuff.
Thank you very much for the very interesting lesson I liked your method it makes order on the one hand and on the other hand opens up the possibility for the drummer to creat
I actually learned application of the paradiddle in groove waaaay back in da late 60’s behind Gregg Errico n Sky’s You Can Make It If You Try. The drum break is a coldblooded paradiddle applied across what’s basically your zone 4. However this lesson is slick because it has this ‘system’ which becomes like a one size fits all thing across the rudimentary process. It adds or rearranges notes to create new permutations of the same thing. This diverging versatility is key because while I’ve had lil to no prollum applying the paradiddle life ain’t quite dat easy fo me othawise (i.e double strokes, ratamacues...etc). Stuff either lacks power/volume or it seemingly remains in my practice bag indefinitely soon to be a home fo misfit rudiments! I’ll keep working. You’re my friend I’ve never met. You n like maybe 2 other cats. You’ve all helped define and further elucidate things I’ve been playin all my life. Thanks always man!!!!
The way you teaching it's so clear.makes things impossible for me to play before very enjoyable now after some time spend on practice 🤝 huge satisfaction 😀🥁🏋️ Thank you!!
This is exactly where I left drumming - my rudiments never all made it to my kit. Some did but looking back more could have been used. If only my 15 year old self could be sent this awesome video.
Ooh I get it! Diddles will swap your dominant/lead hand, but fluidly and with the rhythm. Every third tap (by our count) lands on the opposite hand. Without knowing this comfortably, you'll either skip a beat or rush the previous one with a double tap. I'm a fire performer (object manipulation), and my best friend is a lifer on the drums. 20 and 29 years, respectively. He glossed over dittles, but turns out I did not! Every 3rd beat swinging 2 chains will switch lead hands... multiplying the places you can transition, and allows you to either set up a move with the other hand, or stick a landing with the music when you gotta finish on say, a triplet. No longer did I need to pre-plan every phrase or be confined to its position at start and finish, I could seamlessly meld into the next beat regardless of how the song pans it out. Upbeats became my home, and now my dance matches the funky broken prog I dance to. No time signature can defeat me. Muahahahahaha.
At last Stevo I've my home Studio together with a Portable PA & Pro Metranome to play to riffs recorded from our Bass player from the Blues club to Groove to & of course have my Laptop with all your great lessons to play along too !! HAPPY DAYS BUDDY !
Thank you so much for showing this process! This is going to prove incredibly useful. Let us not forget orchestrating the switching of zones through an established chunk. Do Zone 1 for the first half of the chunk, Zone 2 for next half. Split a chunk into a weird number of zones! (but at that point am I just taking a chunk and defining it as the sum of multiple smaller chunks, where each chunk stays in one zone for the entirety of a chunk???) ;)
Get the sheet music for this lesson here: bit.ly/3GHlSK8 *Subscribe to my channel or I'll steal your cymbals:* bit.ly/2AyH1Fb Drum rudiments are the building blocks of drumming. The single paradiddle is one of the most useful we have right next to single strokes and double strokes. The drum rudiments are a language. Once you learn them, they open up completely new opportunities in your playing. But far too often I see drummer's half learning their rudiments. Never taking that step to apply them to the drum-set. This lesson is taken from a public livestream I did in February of 2018. In it, I show you a very practical and methodical way to break out the paradiddle so that you can use it in new and creative ways. The really great thing...the method I teach in the lesson works with ANY rudiment or sticking. I hope you enjoy the lesson. Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
First Last I’m sorry you’re having trouble with that...I checked and it’s working for me. If you’re still having an issue you can email help@stephensdrumshed.com and I’ll make sure you get that sheet music.
Thanks!! This is the type of advice and system I need to take another step in my playing. I learn rudiments in sticking but fail to get them into applying them on the kit unless something just hits me or I see it or hear it applied (like on utube) I think this may really help me expand my kit vocabulary.
Wow sir, thanks this help me to have new idea and new practice method to master on my pattern or rudiments.. I am a TH-cam drum learner and thanks once again
Omg I was pulling my eyes out during the start of this video...but I know Mr. Stephen was going somewhere...I just love his way of teaching. I love me some diddlers
Stephen, you inspire me so much. I am a better drummer because of you.I always make a point to watch your vids -- no matter what. In my busy life, I don't always make the time to sit down and work through it all the way, but man-o-man, even if I get just a couple of the moves you roll out, and even if I don't *perfect* them, I still realize that I am learning much, Your teaching still powerfully moves my drumming along the page. Sorry, I am only a "freebie" subscriber. I really really appreciate your heart and your generousity!!! \0/
Ho Lee Sheet You made my day. Truly. Thank you so much for letting me know how much the lessons have helped you. Humbling and inspiring to me, I assure you of that.
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1:03 Lesson start - on moving practice "items" into playing; on half learned lessons
2:23 Introducing the 3 principles/tools system: "chunking", "assembly lines" and "zoning"
3:26 On chunks
6:30 On the most elusive mystery that Bonham fans will never agree on (the Bonham triplet sticking!)
6:54 Back to lesson - chunks 16th notes
7:35 Demonstrating 16th note chunking; paradiddle+ triplet+ triplet + right,left
7:58 Defining assembly line
9:55 On zoning
12:17 Playing chunks/stickings in different zones
15:24 Example of moving a chunk through different zones
16:05 Using chunks as drum fills in different zones
17:15 Adding accents/articulation
18:35 Student question regarding drumset setup and zoning
18:55 Back to lesson - adding accents/articulation
20:54 Example - exercise nr. 2
21:55 On rearranging chunks
22:57 Demonstrating exercise nr. 3
24:35 Demonstrating exercise nr. 4
25:56 Q&A (26:44 some more on the Bonham triplet!)
27:32 Applying the 3 principles on grooves (stay safe on the road, everybody!); demonstrating exercise nr. 5
31:08 Quick question on in-ear monitors
31:52 On accenting
35:11 Quick recap of lesson so far with examples
36:50 Moving to sextuplets with examples
38:26 "Don't just do what Stephen does"!
40:09 Application of "moving through the assembly line" - examples with swiss army triplets and sextuplets
44:12 Q&A sextuplets, 46:16 counting chunks, assembly lines
This is great...thanks for time stamping this!
You're very welcome! Really informative lesson - in fact this idea of assembly lines, this was total news to me, and it's a super cool tool. In fact all 3 in conjunction are super interesting. Thanks a ton!
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I can't believe I'm just now seeing this. This may be the best lesson I've ever seen.
No joke, I just watched this whole video and I don’t even play drums. I don’t own a drum set and don’t plan to anytime in the future. I just found the whole thing super interesting, the way you break it all down. You’re a great teacher! 💯🙌
Thank you my friend
The creative spark comes from an organized repetitive method which is engraved in your muscle memory.
Stephen Taylor Drummer
That was an amazing lesson and a teacher, thanks so much for doing that, we owe you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥁🥁🥁👌👌👌
This guy is a YT gem!
Thanks so much my friend!
Yes!!!! I am not a beginner. Been on the road in the past and still have always struggled with this topic. I have looked for years on help to incorporate rudiments. Love the system/zone! You have earned a sub + purchase from this one video.
Practice practice practice
I also really appreciate the way you've instructed to break down your kit into the zones. That idea is one that I would call "perfect pitch" for drumming
Dang after I wrote my comment I took a couple minutes to scroll through the other comments and it seems I’m not the only one who recognizes your skills as an instructor! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TH-cam video w/ this many wholeheartedly POSITIVE comments. That by itself is an achievement. But with this kind of response from viewers, I hope you do private lessons and make bank doing it (top tier -per hour- rates would be 100% justified) because you deserve to be highly rewarded for being able to give people these precious jewels of knowledge. That is all I had to say. Have a blessed day bro! ✌️
You made my day. Thanks!
"It gives us the palette to create. Everyone has the same colours, it's how we use them..."
The demonstration at around 20:20 was cool and all, and I really dig the system, but I rewound to replay that little quote because that's what really got me.
Subscribed.
m4dm4n Sometimes it’s the littlest things that we take away. I’m the same way
it was eye opening, finally got to see how this para diddle comes in to play that I practice over and over, Ive learned how to finally understand how to move around the drums and found out thats its ok to break up a para diddle and use different zones. its awesome Im not bored with the drums again and can be creative with this to no end. Just what I needed, thanks you so much im over a huge hump drums are fun again. Finally someone that could explain this to beginners in a way that made since, when just learning how to play you dont understand how a song is played on the drums you hear it but always new there was more but you explain the rules of how to bring it all together. ha ha ha not embarrassed when others can hear me play now, almost sounds like I know what im doing. Finally get to see and hear my own character and be able to listen and know its me playing or not in my way and style i like to play, you can start to become your own instead of playing what others play and comparing yourself to other music and using that as benchmarks of your skill level are over now. felt like the karate kid did learming wax on wax off with that paradiddle, practiced it over and over asking myself wtf am i doing this and where does it come in to play, not in a marching band so i now can see! Your awesome Steve. thanks for the GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT STEVE! Merry Christmas btw.
Great piece Steve master zones!
Dear Stefan, you making so amazing thing!! You spread your knowledge around the world and improve drumming on this planet. I'm so grateful!!!
‘ Can’t believe this is free! This is invaluable! Thank you, Stephen!
Excellent points about staying focused and consistent with learning one lesson before moving on to something else
You are an absolutely magnificent teacher, I am a beginner drummer and Blind, I have no problems following your instructions… Thank you so much and looking forward to practising this… Love learning gnu sticking patterns/chunks… Love how you count out the timing also👏🏼💖💖🥰😘
Your teaching on paradiddle is very interesting. For some of us drummers, we're just happy to do the basic paradiddle which is: Right+left-right+right, and left+right- left+left.. Thank you for this lesson, I will explore this a little more.
Stephen. Thank you so much! I played snare in high school and learned a ton of rudiments. They’ve all stuck with me, but I never took the time to be able to apply them to this kit. Now at 51, and with your help, I’m really having fun with this. Great system! I tell my worship team at church that I’m good being the backup to the backup drummer. Maybe soon I’ll feel comfortable as the back up! :) Many thanks!
Ever since I started learning to play the drum kit about 2 years ago I had a feeling there was a basis systematic way to get comfortable with drum fill improv. Your concepts of chunking, zoning, and assembly line make perfect sense. Thanks for explaining that!
I am a drumming instructor also. I did a whole written out lesson on the application of the single paradiddle for the kit. I think that Stephen did a SUPERB job here explaining and demonstrating. He also did not try to show off. He did an excellent job. Bravo!
Without a doubt one of your best lessons in my opinion Stephen! I've caught lessons of yours over the years through Drumeo, TH-cam, etc but this one really clicked with me. The system you teach here is great and I'm looking forward to applying it to my learning going forward.
This is great. So many videos show you what to practice. Thank's Stephen for showing HOW to practice.
You bet
Love this man! I am 58 years, taking lessons and drumming my butt off. I am absorbing as much as I can but practicing slow and building in. Really like the explanations. Thanks!
So glad it helped Michael!
Totally relate to your opening comment regarding the "gig bag..practice bag" Have you ever found yourself in a gig situation, and the practice bag licks just come out w/out thinking? If I force something from the practice bag, more than likely I'll screw it up. When I'm warmed up, feeling the tunes, I'll notice those licks from the practice bag showing up. I also am loving all the Bonham stuff! He's the reason I picked up sticks, and growing up playing mostly Zep stuff, it really made me a more musical player. Learning tunes came so much faster to me as a kid. Now I'm breaking it down, and cleaning it up (thanks in pt to you). I feel if you can play Bonhams stuff as he played it, you can play just about anything.
Stephen, you are in a league of your own. So many people will get so much from this. Clear, concise and cool. Well done sir!
Thank you my friend
Thanks a lot! The way you break it up, it’s easier for somebody who don’t have a high level in drum to understand this. Thanks a lot again man.
Great job Sir Stephen, you are a Good teacher keep it up I learn a Lot from you just for free unlike others they hungry for my credit card, Godbless you and your family
After devouring all of TH-cam trying to learn drums, this systematic approach is just what I've needed!
I’m so thankful you post free drum lessons/tips. They include lots of helpful information and there are so many, which is really neat!
Glad they help!
55yo. Getting back into drumming!! Thank you for you talent. I love it !!
I'm so impressed by your ability to simplify the lessons. I am able to see it, hear it and understand it.
This was so helpful. It makes so much sense. This is definitely going to help me play more fluently.
I love watching you diddle your kit, Stephen.
Stephen. It started to get alittle spacey and I thought we were going to lose you but you pulled it all together with the Zones. I was feeling boxed in and this will be a great way to practice many beats. You are the man. Thank you.
I started learning drums only a couple of months ago and your lessons are helping so much!! Chunking and assembly lines are by far the best way I've been able to learn. Thanks a TON!
You made my day Ramya. So glad they help...and welcome to the drum fam!
You're amazing, the way you explain things make them so easy to understand even for a beginner like myself.
You have passion for teaching and that means all for students.
Started watching you 1 month ago and you've changed the way I see the journey of learning and practicing in the drums.
Thanks for this useful video. By far this has been one of the most useful practical videos I’ve ever watched.
Glad to hear it!
I just stumbled across your channel, Stephen. These are amazing teaching techniques. I have been playing paradiddles since the 1960s, and I never saw this particular method of application. And yet, it is so rudimentary and musical. You are my new favorite online teacher! I very much appreciate your teaching technique. We simply never stop learning!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words...so glad my teaching style resonates with you my friend
I’ve watched so many videos on TH-cam to learn different techniques and YOU are the best teacher I’ve ever seen. Your explanations and skill and style just makes things click for me. From your mnemonic devices to your humor makes me want to play. Thank you for these lessons.
You made my day...thanks so much. So glad it resonates with you
Greatly appreciate your Lessons. I've been a Guitar player 30 years. I'm learning how to play Drums.
Great video
Great system
Great drummer
Great teacher
Thanks!
Hi from downunder...Ive been playing drums all my life, you put this info into a simple system, thank you so much.Love your passion.
thanks for the insight in how to structure my practice time, I'm over forty and the thought of learning(truly learning) how to play on a set is a little overwhelming, but the zoning and assembly line system really helps to move me forward
This is the best drum lesson I have found for me on TH-cam. Helped me out of a rut big time. Thank you!!
I love it! So glad it helped Shaun. Thanks for the kind words
Dude. DUDE. DUUUDE! This might be the best drum lesson I've found thus far on the interweb for getting around the kit effortlessly.
Thanks so much, have learnt more here in 45 mins ,then any other time watching other vids.has a 52 year old who started playing last year I need all the help I can get,.pleas pleas keep them coming.....
rebecca lodge So glad it helped Rebecca!
Mystery solved finally a path over the hump. Now I have some real work to do. Thank you so much! I’ve not been this exited about a concept in a very long time.
I love it Richard...so glad it helped my friend
This is exactly what I am looking for currently. My teacher introduced me to Paradiddles a few Months ago and my practice is already lacking just because I never know what to do with this thing behind the kit. You messing around in your zones looks so fricking simple, I'm jealous! Thank you very much for this lesson.
You bet Henri
Wow, this guy’s great. Everything explained in a constructive and timely manner.
Thanks!
Excellent video. Clean, well produced, great teaching method. Did I mention this video is EXCELLENT. I'm recommending you for a raise effective immediately.
I'm taking these ideas and putting them in to my routines. Thanks again.
Just blows me away with how much sense it makes to me. Makes me wish I was younger and learning a system like this. Very grateful for the insight and practical method for correct practice. Many Thanks...much respect...Cheers
You’re more than welcome Mike
This video is extremely helpful, I feel like I’ve been stuck with the drums for years in the same spot . And this is gonna help me out of that
EXCELLENT!!! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Much appreciated.
You bet my friend
Wow, you really opened my eyes so I can see so many opportunities to be more creative as a drummer
Right now I'm more than grateful for this lesson. Keep calm and groove hard!
Very cool lesson. I love the way you zone the chunks. It provides a lot of variety in a simple groove. Thanks for sharing!
Tom Molotky You bet Tom
This has been a super helpful lesson for me. Being self taught and having half learned too many things this bring an organized focus to my practice . Thanks so much for all you do Stephen 🙏🏻
Stephen , just came across this and I feel I have my next six month challenge - Thank you. I'm old, a slow learner (their is benefits in having to take it slow and you'd probably agree with that!) but I get what you say and I look forward to achieving this milestone in my playing (not that I get to do any where near as much practice as I would like :-( ). Appreciate everything you do to pass on your skills to all of us wanting to learn.
So glad it helpex!
Greatest teaching video I have seen since TH-cam has begun. Subbed and liked. Only issues there isn’t a love button. Cheers!
Thank you my friend
great way of presenting lessons - casual but informative, he takes the stress out of learning
Thanks dude! Very cleaverley put together practice method.
You bet Chad
Thank you for this video. I played drums from 9 years (16 to 25) and am, just getting back into it again (now I am 5 0). This is very helpful (luckily I can read sheet music).
Glad it helped... and welcome back to the family!
Great stuff Stephen. Systematic learning is essential to becoming well rounded drummer and musician. Your method requires, focus, discipline and routine. That foundation leads to musical freedom and individual identity for each player. You are right on brother. Thanks for sharing. GT Albright
Thanks!
For so long, I was so frustrated because my drumming has become stagnant. Thanks to this lesson, I have something new to practice and add on to my music! Thanks, Stephen.
Wow Wow Love it! Glad it lit a fire under you
I could listen to that groove all day...
This is one of the most useful lessons I’ve ever seen. This has been a brick wall for me.
yeah i agree, this guys method and approach is really easy to apply to the drums, also try rob brown's video's on you tube, he is a super good teacher for this kind of stuff.
Great lesson Stephen, thank you from an old "try hard drummer" from Down Under!
You’re the perfect teacher
I agree
Thanks for the video, I like how you break everything down in to bite size portions.
Thank you very much for the very interesting lesson I liked your method it makes order on the one hand and on the other hand opens up the possibility for the drummer to creat
Great analysis of ‘how to learn’ in a meaningful way.👍
I actually learned application of the paradiddle in groove waaaay back in da late 60’s behind Gregg Errico n Sky’s You Can Make It If You Try. The drum break is a coldblooded paradiddle applied across what’s basically your zone 4.
However this lesson is slick because it has this ‘system’ which becomes like a one size fits all thing across the rudimentary process. It adds or rearranges notes to create new permutations of the same thing. This diverging versatility is key because while I’ve had lil to no prollum applying the paradiddle life ain’t quite dat easy fo me othawise (i.e double strokes, ratamacues...etc). Stuff either lacks power/volume or it seemingly remains in my practice bag indefinitely soon to be a home fo misfit rudiments!
I’ll keep working.
You’re my friend I’ve never met. You n like maybe 2 other cats.
You’ve all helped define and further elucidate things I’ve been playin all my life.
Thanks always man!!!!
That’s SLY as in Sly and the Family Stone
So glad the content has helped my friend!
The way you teaching it's so clear.makes things impossible for me to play before very enjoyable now after some time spend on practice 🤝 huge satisfaction 😀🥁🏋️ Thank you!!
This is exactly where I left drumming - my rudiments never all made it to my kit.
Some did but looking back more could have been used. If only my 15 year old self could be sent this awesome video.
Never too late to start back!
This might be the most important and helpful drum lesson video on youtube. Thank you!
Makes my day to hear that my friend. So glad it helped
Man, I would have never thought about this...thank you soooo much. I have alot to learn!
As usual a great lesson the is structure and tailored and builds one skills
Thanks Vic...glad it helped!
Dude heck yeah man. This is gold. Great work and a great teacher. Thank you.
Dekapitizer Dekapitizer Thanks so much...glad it helped!
Great lesson, can’t wait to execute this in my practice time.
John Gavin Thanks John!
You are a great teacher. Thank you!
So glad it helped my friend
Ooh I get it! Diddles will swap your dominant/lead hand, but fluidly and with the rhythm. Every third tap (by our count) lands on the opposite hand. Without knowing this comfortably, you'll either skip a beat or rush the previous one with a double tap. I'm a fire performer (object manipulation), and my best friend is a lifer on the drums. 20 and 29 years, respectively. He glossed over dittles, but turns out I did not! Every 3rd beat swinging 2 chains will switch lead hands... multiplying the places you can transition, and allows you to either set up a move with the other hand, or stick a landing with the music when you gotta finish on say, a triplet. No longer did I need to pre-plan every phrase or be confined to its position at start and finish, I could seamlessly meld into the next beat regardless of how the song pans it out. Upbeats became my home, and now my dance matches the funky broken prog I dance to. No time signature can defeat me. Muahahahahaha.
Stephen, you are a super hero. Thank you for saving my bad drum habits. :)
Awesome topic and lesson!! Thank you again Stephen
Dumdrum You bet!
Very nice lesson. Thank you for your generosity.
At last Stevo I've my home Studio together with a Portable PA & Pro Metranome to play to riffs recorded from our Bass player from the Blues club to Groove to & of course have my Laptop with all your great lessons to play along too !! HAPPY DAYS BUDDY !
Yowww. How was this free?? ❤️❤️🥺 Thank you so much.
Hell yea Stephen, glad i got this in to start to tool bag. Hitting this soon. Thank ya man. Cheers
Thank you so much for showing this process! This is going to prove incredibly useful.
Let us not forget orchestrating the switching of zones through an established chunk. Do Zone 1 for the first half of the chunk, Zone 2 for next half. Split a chunk into a weird number of zones!
(but at that point am I just taking a chunk and defining it as the sum of multiple smaller chunks, where each chunk stays in one zone for the entirety of a chunk???) ;)
Oh yea, You gotta start zonal mixing! That's actually the next step...I just didn't have time to get to it lol. Glad it proved useful!
Love the lesson.... do you have a lesson on playing the paradiddle faster? I will buy it if you have one.
Thank you for helping me better understand paradiddle you have great info I'll keep watching
You bet David
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Drum rudiments are the building blocks of drumming. The single paradiddle is one of the most useful we have right next to single strokes and double strokes. The drum rudiments are a language. Once you learn them, they open up completely new opportunities in your playing. But far too often I see drummer's half learning their rudiments. Never taking that step to apply them to the drum-set.
This lesson is taken from a public livestream I did in February of 2018. In it, I show you a very practical and methodical way to break out the paradiddle so that you can use it in new and creative ways. The really great thing...the method I teach in the lesson works with ANY rudiment or sticking. I hope you enjoy the lesson.
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
Sheet music doesn't download
First Last I’m sorry you’re having trouble with that...I checked and it’s working for me. If you’re still having an issue you can email help@stephensdrumshed.com and I’ll make sure you get that sheet music.
Hello Stephen. Thank you for this free lesson. Can I ask about the metronome app that you use on your phone?
Thanks!! This is the type of advice and system I need to take another step in my playing. I learn rudiments in sticking but fail to get them into applying them on the kit unless something just hits me or I see it or hear it applied (like on utube) I think this may really help me expand my kit vocabulary.
Wow sir, thanks this help me to have new idea and new practice method to master on my pattern or rudiments..
I am a TH-cam drum learner and thanks once again
So glad it helped my friend!
I’ve been running a bit dry lately,this video is brilliant,thank you so much 👍👍👍
Glad it helped!
this helps a lot stephen, thanks for this lesson
Again, a very good lesson, thanks Stephen Taylor !
Thanks Stephen, great lesson and I can see how this will also help with my solos!
Great video what you said in the beginning is EXACTLY what i do i can play paradiddle's but cant apply them to the kit thank u for the video!!!
You bet...hope it helps!
Such a great lesson! Thank your putting this together, and making it available!
Mind. Blown. Thanks, Stephen. I've significantly improved just off this lesson.
Jonathan Arias That makes my day to know Jonathan. Thanks for telling me!
Omg
I was pulling my eyes out during the start of this video...but I know Mr. Stephen was going somewhere...I just love his way of teaching. I love me some diddlers
Don’t pull your eyes out. They help you see. 🤓
Stephen, you inspire me so much. I am a better drummer because of you.I always make a point to watch your vids -- no matter what. In my busy life, I don't always make the time to sit down and work through it all the way, but man-o-man, even if I get just a couple of the moves you roll out, and even if I don't *perfect* them, I still realize that I am learning much, Your teaching still powerfully moves my drumming along the page. Sorry, I am only a "freebie" subscriber. I really really appreciate your heart and your generousity!!! \0/
Ho Lee Sheet You made my day. Truly. Thank you so much for letting me know how much the lessons have helped you. Humbling and inspiring to me, I assure you of that.