Bring Your Ghost Notes To Life! (Drum Lesson)

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5 жыл бұрын

When used appropriately, ghost notes can have a major impact on your overall musicality and can drastically open up a whole new set of options when constructing drum parts. And in this video, we're going to help you bring your ghost notes back to life so you can do just that!
I'm sure you've heard this question time and time again, "What separates a good drummer from an ok drummer?" And the answer is always, "Dynamics." And it's true! If dynamics arent a focus of your drumming then you're going to have a harder time standing out from the crowd. But when used properly, dynamics (and in this case, ghost notes) will separate you from the pack and shine a new light on your drumming.
Todd will show you exactly what you need to know in order to understand ghost notes, how to use ghost notes in your drumming, where to place your ghost notes, and, most importantly, how to use ghost notes effectively. And let's just say Todd knows what he's talking about, having been the touring drummer for the legendary band "Styx" he definitely knows a thing or two about bringing your ghost notes back to life.
#toddsucherman #ghostnotes #styxdrummer
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@Abc-yt3el 5 жыл бұрын

Although ive got ghost notes down and I'm a pretty good drummer I've gotta say Todd is an incredible teacher. He does what every great educator does; makes it so understandable, tells us how he learnt baby step by baby step and is relatable. Class act.

@batwithglasses 5 жыл бұрын

I just love this guy...

@shaneodonnell7525 5 жыл бұрын

This is the first video I've watched of Todd's videos. He really is an amazing teacher. He could teach a penguin to fly.

@liambosch7477 5 жыл бұрын

this was a lot more instructive that my drum teacher.

@philsai8756 4 жыл бұрын

what did he do?

@benjaminvasquez5826 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing teacher, and he is just talking really relax, great video Drumeo thanx a lot!

@dspmusik81 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent pacing and clear, quality teaching. No unrelated tangents or shameless self-promotion. Thanks for the great video!

@thrustkicktkd841 5 жыл бұрын

Todd is the man. Giving back via mentorship. I'm 66 and started drumming at 63 after beating prostate cancer. When Todd speaks the best action is to shut-up and listen!

@martonveressdrums 5 жыл бұрын

This was awesome!

@PAD___ 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome narrative on your early development and connection to Steve Smith.

@jedidrummerjake 5 жыл бұрын

Magnificent! God, I LOVE this channel!

@DaveDaHunt3R 5 жыл бұрын

since i discovered ghost notes, i can't play without them, drum fills sounds so empty without them!

@sterky_ 5 жыл бұрын

Same!

@jonathanvandermeer5273 5 жыл бұрын

true that

@josteinv.jordet257 4 жыл бұрын

You have to control it, if you use it all the time, they will not have the same value as if you only use them when you need to.

@jamisbillson4872 4 жыл бұрын

Jojo V. Jordet I was just about to tell him the exact same thing mate. Play the sing. Not the groomers and rhythms you know. That’s where the fun lay for me.

@Dax11eleven 2 жыл бұрын

Been playing for 9 months now, I’m just starting to play around with ghost notes and subtle dynamics. So much fun 🙌🏻

@kronosaraya 4 жыл бұрын

2:46 "Just like a Brazilian baião Rhythm" 🖤

@Fleetato 5 жыл бұрын

I love ghost notes the idea of them is great they add so much dynamic to any simple beat. It’s also really simple but effective to apply the same idea to other instruments

@abhijeettatti7908 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson! Thank you so much, Todd.

@giroxdrums3320 5 жыл бұрын

Yeeessss!!!! I just asked for this yesterday and now I get this video. Thank you Drumeo!!!!

@recksroller2220 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I know exactly what song Todd's talking about. The whole of Enigmatic Oceans is amazing, and the multiparters specifically are immaculate.

@bacobill 5 жыл бұрын

The difficult thing for me being mostly a linear drummer is laying in some of the ghost notes at the same time as my bass drum.. This is perhaps due to no lessons early on and getting stuck in limited patterns for many years.. until KZfaq that is.. Every time I see Todd play I am more impressed by his skill.. And thank you Drumeo.. you have been on a 'roll' lately ;)

@k.bowers8372 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is helping me tremendously learning the drums!

@DrumeoOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@J0hn.R 5 жыл бұрын

2 years into drumming and this channel has been my biggest resource.

@td-12kx53 3 жыл бұрын

What a great lesson!👍🥳

@nixneato 5 жыл бұрын

One of the patterns that really struck me on his DVD. Great lessons right here...

@paulomindlin 5 жыл бұрын

Drumeo is my main source for anything online drum related. Thanks Jared + team!

@shivaumesh1129 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!! Thank you Drumeo and thank you Todd Sucherman.

@daynelawless 3 жыл бұрын

Here it is students of the drum of all ages: From Todd, from Steve, from the giants before him. Clear and concise content does not get better than this. Thank you Todd and Steve and Drumeo.

@Javi5r 5 жыл бұрын

I love your traditional grip. Thanks man

@remygaron8311 5 жыл бұрын

Tood is such an awesome drummer and awesome cumunacator from🇨🇦we love you🥁🥁👏👏

@paulashby418 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing lesson

@stix2slivers 5 жыл бұрын

That was awesome, thanks so much for this lesson and notation, off to the kit, just love that groove and feel. Cheers Bruce :-)

@GGDrummer 5 жыл бұрын

Really good!! Great tips and drumming.

@perrylee1118 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome album. Great drummer

@kylecurran6747 5 жыл бұрын

Shifting into that groove at 6:05 I LOVE that! I’m gonna try it immediately 😂

@JoashCornelius 5 жыл бұрын

Just the video I needed!

@Mixedkidbx1 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. this has helped me a lot with my hands independence

@aquaman22095 5 жыл бұрын

Great job as always, Todd!

@peanutsband27 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir Todd

@avinashkaushal5475 5 жыл бұрын

Have a lot of Ghost notes video but haven't understood till i saw this video So thank you very much.

@amartyabanik8643 5 жыл бұрын

*Thanks drummer really thankful for this experience* U r really a sweetheart drummer

@johnpietrolaj8917 5 жыл бұрын

Nice little lesson! 👏👏👏

@diegosatori5718 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, love the score

@joseph-ow1hf 2 жыл бұрын

And I thought I was the only kid who loved John Luc Ponty. Must have been a real thrill getting that letter from Steve. Great demo sir, really enjoyed. I've been drumming for only about a month, but I'm absolutely obsessed. Most fun I've had in years.

@keithmounts1305 5 жыл бұрын

This is a nicely done tutorial. Great drumming. I prefer metal snare drums, but that 8x14? Lacquered, Looks and sounds amazing! This vid actually opened my eyes further, on grace notes. Ty!!!

@neilmoneymaker4875 5 жыл бұрын

This dude is another fine example of what and how a professional musician should strive to be. There's nothing but normal down-to-earth humble guy who never forgot where he came from, exuding from him and how he'd love others who are trying to make it as a professional musician to succeed as he did. By the way, he's fucking killer behind a kit, and though he makes it look and sound easy, the shit he's doing and does is anything but easy unless u have 100's and 100's of hours of practice and experience playing. Just a quick example, I play every other day behind the kit and daily with sticks on practice pad doing rudiments and sticking concepts, plus I have 30 years experience playing live in all kinds of bands, and he does shit all the time I have to go over and over. Drums, or any instrument one wants to master, pretty much has to become your one and only. Unless you're born a prodigy musically, and even then one has to practice daily.

@tovjemama2181 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much.

@DanyMeyer 5 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Todd! :)

@vanilseenarayan5532 5 жыл бұрын

Todd you are so much more than just a Rock drummer man.

@lucabooth9335 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!

@samuelchhetri6563 5 жыл бұрын

much needed one

@Miskonzin 5 жыл бұрын

awesome video!

@ingeolsen8744 3 жыл бұрын

This is a famous Santana groove,wery fun to play

@lindymorrison1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@nista67 5 жыл бұрын

Jean-Luc Ponty. Superb. 👍

@mattdangerg 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@groovewithpassiondrumlesso2348 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Now this is taking ghost notes to a whole new level. Todd that is so cool that you’ve connected the dots and have this much freedom on the kit. It’s Awesome that Steve Smith took the time to explain what he was playing so you could learn the patterns. I love how we support and help each other in the drumming community. Thank you again for sharing this lesson. Man I’ve got some more practicing to do. One question guys. Where is the link for the sheet music?

@flamincj3621 5 жыл бұрын

I will learn this

@yelo.beats199 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid :)))

@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS 5 жыл бұрын

great video

@LetHerSpeak 5 жыл бұрын

Hey this is so cool

@richcampus 5 жыл бұрын

" ... softer notes in between accents ... " Ghost Notes

@pussymcstanky 5 жыл бұрын

At about 6:13 you can see he is hitting the snare three times (I think) just by flicking his fingers. Like...damn...could we PLEASE have a video on this/his technic? I would really like that because I have been focusing on the technical part of the drums for the past three months or so... Great video as always! Keep up the good work! Btw, Todd is great.

@FernandoCuadro 5 жыл бұрын

that's a classic bill bruford rhythm i love it

@jedidrummerjake 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Agreed. And his snare sounds like Bruford's too!

@louisvdl4752 5 жыл бұрын

That golden finish on your bassdrum pedal is so sick! What pedal are you using?

@GrandNebSmada 3 жыл бұрын

Man that snare drum is like a perfectly cooked steak for the ears

@versatilethearcane 5 жыл бұрын

This beat kind of reminds me of the one used in "In a Big Country"

@jeffreyfuller8400 5 жыл бұрын

Thk U!

@beau5296 2 жыл бұрын

Haunting.

@diamondc9219 5 жыл бұрын

My dad played drummer of a band named scar

@nik_in_the_box Жыл бұрын

good sounding ghots notes.... hard stuff.... but keep it on 🙂

@HenkJanDrums 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Almost never use ghost notes. Hope to find applications. Mostly they are not written in sheet music and in the basic rhytms in most styles.

@Burps___ 5 жыл бұрын

Can Drumeo consider new vids w Pat Petrillo and the tiered drum pad from Drumeo. Watch the few you have, they’re great! Would love to see more from Pat now that I have your pad.

@Hamptonflanagandrums 5 жыл бұрын

George H Way snare! Carter Mclean signature?

@Mari000 4 жыл бұрын

Brann Dailor approves!

@HansKst 5 жыл бұрын

relief!

@dianjellorafiki5243 3 жыл бұрын

never too late to-get it

@EstudiantEterno 5 жыл бұрын

Qué medidas tiene el tacho? Suena mortal

@willmcgregor7184 3 жыл бұрын

Yu da Man😆

@drumsavvy8224 2 жыл бұрын

04:15..you show off Todd😉

@fbeegle 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the secret to the "Mars Volta" vibe

@ghdrum 5 жыл бұрын

Oddly, I never had an issue with ghost notes. I guess I was lucky!

@kalonkane8977 5 жыл бұрын

Ghost notes are fun

@whiteninja9481 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tootsie Pop !!

@pablocapurro1491 2 жыл бұрын

damn that ghost is fast

@metzilla 5 жыл бұрын

KZfaq search for all Steve Smith w/ Jean-Luc Ponty! Todd is pointing out some great music and even better drumming from Steve Smith!

@metzilla 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrlnZalk0KjUZWg.html

@RoudrasishSrimani 5 жыл бұрын

Which double bass pedal is that?

@taylormedley6605 5 жыл бұрын

Drumeo is the best!! What an awesome lesson! Drumeo has never failed to help me improve my drumming. They have actually inspired me to creat my own KZfaq channel! Please feel free to go check it out...Keep the great lessons flowing drumeo!

@FanaticDrummer 5 жыл бұрын

BIG

@user-fe4mc5yv3s 5 жыл бұрын

I've got to play three drum solos in the next few months (one for a school competition, one for a gig and one for another performance) do you have any advice or tips for a good solo? (And keeping time, with the hihat)

@metalfish3384 5 жыл бұрын

I am not a professional drummer but I have some experience on stage (drumming and other activities). Here is what I do: 1. Knowing what I can and can't do to guide myself without wasting any time practicing my solo but I don' t limit myself to absolutes, if I want to try something, I go for it. 2. While practicing, I try to have an idea (written down or heard or found while messing around etc.) to base my solo around. 3. Emptying my mind from everything non-related to drumming. By doing these I can (especially for a competition) minimize the chance of messing up (which is more important than trying to be impressive), have a compelling and gripping story of my own that will get my audience's attention (from what I have seen, no one cares about a solo being too simplistic or hard to perform if it doesn't sound good) while being compeletely immersed in the moment, living the solo. (For a competition in particular, if I want more advanced or hard stuff to impress people, I do whatever I want as long as I am sure that I can play it perfectly pre-stage.) I know I haven't said anything about starting or organizing a drum solo but that's because you will decide what you think is best and that there are those who are much more qualified than I am in this subject. For hi-hat timing, and timing in general, whenever I think about keeping time, I mess up. So what I do is to forget about my hi-hat foot and just feel the time to be able to count it if need be. Then I let my hi-hat foot take over the metronome. That way I subconciously force my foot to be the time keeper which makes it possible to focus on my other foot and hands. It may not be as easy as I have written it down but it is the best method I got right now. I hope this helps and may you have a good day/night.