David Garibaldi's LEGENDARY Drum Groove (Drum Lesson)

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7 жыл бұрын

The Oakland Stroke is one of David Garibaldi's most legendary and recognized drum grooves. Fun fact: it was created entirely by accident while rehearsing with Tower of Power bandmates Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka. It would later turn into a jam that was the opener and closer to their album "Back to Oakland". So in this lesson, David breaks down how to play this incredible beat and shows you what you need to know to perfect it.
Everyone knows that David is held in the highest regard within the drumming community; his touch is dynamic and incredible; his timing, feel, and groove is second to none; and his creativity is enviable. So hopefully, some of this rubs off on your own playing as you learn to play the "Oakland Stroke".
Kick back and enjoy as we dive into David Garibaldi's legendary drum groove that is the "Oakland Stroke".
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@EricBlackmonGuitar Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest drummers ever and one of the nicest famous people I ever had the pleasure of meeting and talking music with.

@deanhayes81 9 ай бұрын

I met him and consider him to be one of the biggest A-holes in the biz.

@bopper1234 7 жыл бұрын

One of the best drummers in the world IMO.

@billytheweasel 3 жыл бұрын

agree 2020

@TheMisterGriswold 3 жыл бұрын

#1 for me.

@cursedlemons1628 2 жыл бұрын

agree 2021

@ronHpyrotech 2 жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of seeing TOP twice live, Giribaldi is one of the best on the planet.

@JillAyn67 Жыл бұрын

Agree

@jamesbryce6430 6 жыл бұрын

Beats don't get much more difficult than this. The accents on the snare/bass/hi hats in the last measure are a true challenge. I still haven't mastered it. Dave makes it look so easy. A killer beat.

@krusher74 2 ай бұрын

i like to try , but from this video I have no idea where to start.

@423gtrman 5 жыл бұрын

As a musician and Entertainer I am not as comfortable doing anything in my life as this man is behind the drum set. Samba funk... incredible

@joset8907 2 жыл бұрын

I had the privilege to attend 2 drum classes/sessions given by David Garibaldi at Hanich's Music in West Covina back in the 1980s. David Garibaldi is definitely one of the greatest drummers and technicians ever👍😎

@DavidePettirossi Жыл бұрын

Simply OVER, simply AMAZING! You hear him playing and you say, well, ok I can reproduce it. Then you do it and it's UNBELIEVABLE HARD!!!

@spencergsmith Жыл бұрын

I remember transcribing this in college and learning it for fun. I don’t think I ever got it to feel comfortable at tempo though. Such a cool groove.

@brianchisnell1548 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you DG. The 70's were fun as a Jazz/Rock drummer, but you and TOP got me into funk. In the slot playing in the 8 track. Killer.

@anthonybello3554 3 жыл бұрын

Man when Uncle Dave @4:30 goes " Our Bass player, Rocco was a very intuitive player, he didn't know what he was doing" Essentially man that's a drummer giving a compliment lol. And Dave and Rocco were like Tom and Jerry. Loved hearing these two cats together.

@drewper73 7 жыл бұрын

I really love it when David Garibaldi contributes an article to an issue of Modern Drummer. I still have an issue of MD from early '97 that contains a sweet article by him where he uses the different permutations/variations of the paradiddle to create funk beats. I have lots of old (late 80's-late 90's) issues of Modern Drummer that I've managed to save because of the cool stuff like the Rock and Jazz Clinic articles, or stuff like the warmup exercise from the 1987 Cavaliers drum corps. Anything that I can still use after all these years for myself, or for a student. I listed late 80's to the late 90's mainly because I either had a subscription for some of those years, or because I started buying each month's issue from the newsstand right after I got my first set of drums in the Summer of 1987. I was like a sponge back then, learning all about these drummers I had never heard, but I would eventually. I went out and bought the first Chick Corea Elektric Band cassette just because it had this guy named Dave Weckl on it. I had seen his name and face so many times on the pages of Modern Drummer magazine that I had to find out what all of the fuss was about. I was 15 and had never heard anything like it! But I became a fan of Weckl's right from the start, as well as the rest of the members in the Chick Corea Elektric Band. Kudos David Garibaldi and Modern Drummer magazine! Oh yeah, and Drumeo!!

@bholaoates1542 4 жыл бұрын

Me too, drew. Back in the day I made two big 3-inch binders filled with different Modern Drummer articles and exercises that I used to practice to. I still have 'em. Your post made me pull them out of the closet and look at them for the first time in many years. At a glance, I see that I have two great articles from Dave Garibaldi titled 'Changuito's Groove' (from Nov. 1995) and 'Developing the Afro-Cuban Feel' (from May 1996). I used to practice both of these a lot. Also like you, I still have a box or two of old MD's from the 80's and 90's. I've thought about digitally scanning them myself into my computer and tossing the mags, or buying digitally archived copies from MD if they're available and reasonably priced. Do you or anyone else here have any experience buying digital archives (preferably everything they've issued) from MD?

@drewper73 4 жыл бұрын

Bhola Oates I just got through subscribing to Modern Drummer for a year. My subscription was just a print + digital subscription. That meant that I would receive the printed copy at my house and I could also browse through that month’s issue online. It wasn’t until after that subscription ran out that I decided to subscribe to their Archives on a monthly basis for $5.99/month. It was like hitting the MD jackpot! With that little monthly subscription, I was able to view AND download every single issue of Modern Drummer in pdf format. And I did it! Did it take up a lot of room? Yep. But there are some gems in there! Old issues with Bonham, Gadd, Rich, Bruford, Stewart Copeland, etc. I canceled my subscription after the Peart tribute issue was available to me. I figured that was a good place to stop, for now. He was on the cover probably more than anybody else up to this point. The state of the magazine is a little sad these days though. Last December’s issue had Danny Carey on the cover. 13 years earlier, in July 2006 I think it was, also had Carey on the cover but the ‘06 issue was about 100 pages longer than the ‘19 issue. And so goes the way of print media these days. I remember at some point in the ‘90s the magazine shortened its pages by a little less than a centimeter making the magazine slightly more rectangular than before. Oh well...if you have a desktop or a laptop or a few thumb drives, I would definitely recommend subscribing to the MD archives. It’s definitely worth the money. And you can come up with your own little system for naming each issue like I did. I need to go browse through some of those issues. I don’t want them to sit there and go to waste.

@bholaoates1542 4 жыл бұрын

@@drewper73 Awesome post -- thanks a lot for that helpful info, man. Sounds like a good deal. I might do exactly what you did: subscribe to the archive, download everything and then end the sub if I don't feel it's worth it to continue. Best wishes to you during these trying times.

@zachariemdn 3 жыл бұрын

G pa lu ptdr

@MrDavesf 6 жыл бұрын

David was fabulous at the Fox Theatre Friday last - what a thrill to see him live!

@reachjoey 3 жыл бұрын

I need this on repeat in my life all the time every day

@mtuli_ps 7 жыл бұрын

I have waited for a video like this for years, thank you for this guys from drumeo!

@Diatonic5th 5 жыл бұрын

It's really hard to nail the accents on this groove. He makes it look so easy here.

@billytheweasel 3 жыл бұрын

The accents make ya count even though the beats become muscle memory... or I had to count anyway. I was awful at it. He's a freak of nature, we're lucky he's approachable.

@Bohughes81 6 жыл бұрын

THE FUNKIEST GROOVE I EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE, LOOK IT UP

@StayHomeEatGreat 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Funk and Latin together!

@untold_beast7409 7 жыл бұрын

What a lovely guy. Wish I had a teacher or someone like that growing up. All I had was the record, trying decipher that groove....

@udomatthiasdrums5322 2 жыл бұрын

still love your drumming since more than 45 years!! Hope i can hear once again at Z7 Basel Switzerland!!

@pbldrum 4 жыл бұрын

We just saw TOP in Boston at the Wilbur last week. Second row balcony and I got to watch DG all night. I finally figured out how he plays such a relaxed feel on "What Is Hip". He uses a simple paradiddle variation off a right side closed hihat. I've been struggling with that song for years. An amazing drummer and amazing show !!

@chrisE815 Жыл бұрын

Do you know, Is he still playing with them now?

@SpectreContact Жыл бұрын

David Garibaldi! He’s my teachers teacher teacher . He’s in my drum generation

@andrewyka 6 жыл бұрын

Great David Garibaldi!!! and Yamaha!!!

@Seth_Bailen_Music 7 жыл бұрын

super freaking epic!

@alessandroloconte 7 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@dinodeluca6210 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me proud to be Italian and a drummer!!

@imagandy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Drumeo

@YamahaDrumsEurope 7 жыл бұрын

Great Stuff guys!

@kishapugh8761 5 жыл бұрын

David G. Is a legend I love him

@marciefree 3 жыл бұрын

Love you David G!!! ❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

@mezdrums 4 жыл бұрын

Such a cool story!

@ronvillarreal5003 9 ай бұрын

Good independence exercise. Great pattern wow!

@christophmeirich5928 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I'm so impressed! Thx for sharing! Greetings from germany Christoph 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

@tomelwich49 2 жыл бұрын

Just might be the greatest drumbeat of all time.

@spencergsmith Жыл бұрын

It’s definitely up there, but I have to give it to “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” It may not be as impressive technically, but nothing grooves like it.

@zislec 7 жыл бұрын

Legend 👏👏😎

@OaktownGirl 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

@winstonsizemore2385 Жыл бұрын

So nice to see Legends sharing the recipe for their special Sauce

@koraybiberoglu1989 7 жыл бұрын

cool groove beat

@woody95124 2 жыл бұрын

awesome drummer ...Killer band.......

@RonnieHouseJr 7 жыл бұрын

ty sir!

@dwightfontenot9064 5 жыл бұрын

KILLER! I thought he was going to connect the remo pads to the story by claiming he had to play the bass beat with the hands to keep it quiet. Not sure of the relevance of the pads to the story, but still cool. LEGEND!!!

@robertdowler5073 6 жыл бұрын

Its a must learn to play.

@CarlosMunoz-lm1ec 7 жыл бұрын

exelente..!!!!!!!

@spencergsmith Жыл бұрын

I remember transcribing this in college and learning it for fun. I don’t think I ever got it to feel good at tempo though. Such a cool groove.

@ronherrera8327 4 жыл бұрын

David and Rocco are like peas and carrots, making for an amazing rhythm section.

@bholaoates1542 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Rocco probably even plays a pea bass... lol

@ronherrera8327 4 жыл бұрын

Bhola Oates 🤣🤣

@jamesbryce5187 7 жыл бұрын

Took me a month to get down good. The last measure is the toughest.

@BetoPerretta 4 жыл бұрын

I find though to play those first notes having to skip the bass drum on the 1 every time around. Specially the ghost and accented snare.

@drumzn432hz 6 жыл бұрын

that's "THE MAN"!!! ..when I learn this, a LONG time ago I played 16th notes on the hi hat!?!? ...it worked, it also allowed me to do drags the last notes of measure 5 & the first note of the 6th measure & really accent the odd beats of the measures.

@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still enjoying practicing variations of the King Kong beat on my electronic setup. Thanks to DG!

@billytheweasel 3 жыл бұрын

I spent soooo much time puting the LP on sloooow to learn "On the Serious Side" in the 70's. Drummers now can just have Dave G show them how on Drumeo. Win button!

@monkswhiskers3354 2 ай бұрын

Legendary beat. You can learn the pattern but to make it groove is another thing. Dave makes it sound so sweet tho.

@georgelima4484 7 жыл бұрын

Monstroooo! sou fã dele e do T.O.P💥

@andrescen7577 4 жыл бұрын

"1, 2, 3, Tssst, Tssst, 6, 7, 8"

@petarpavasovic6333 4 жыл бұрын

Like, thank you so much hahaha

@BobSchoepenjr 4 жыл бұрын

This is so helpfull as a part to learn this pearl!

@robertdowler3347 3 жыл бұрын

I call it The Dropbeat.

@mecdrum7 5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to look for this.The first time I heard this band of just a few measures across the hall I ran to find out who was this awesome music band is Tower of power.

@Prudoco Жыл бұрын

saw t.o.p. last night Garibali solid as a rock.

@dwayneaguiar1148 Жыл бұрын

David..🥁😎🥁..

@spercoco 5 жыл бұрын

I first paused the video to write down the beat once it appeared on the video and went down the basement to play it on my drums. Nailed it after about 10 minutes of working it one or two notes at a time then come back and listen to him playing it and something was off. I watched him play it more but the thing I was missing it says right above the music in the video where it says omit the first bd when the pattern repeats. I'm just sharing that to save someone the time I spent trying to figure out what the heck I was doing wrong.

@stillphil 7 жыл бұрын

Can TOTALLY hear the feel of (Dave's programmed beat) 777-9311 when you really listen to the man's playing and pulse. 4:06 - especially if you set the You Tube speed to 1:25

@KM-px8cs 4 жыл бұрын

Great things come out of Seattle

@vinny57ish 5 жыл бұрын

David is in my book ? One of those top shelf drummers that could sit with Steve Gadd. As well as a few other big name world class drummers as to me ? David here is one of those great world class drummers.

@Cabdrum1 3 жыл бұрын

Right !

@Tulacarpata01 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Track 1 of Tower of Power's "Back to Oakland"

@robertdowler3347 Жыл бұрын

It's a unique syncopation.

@Davorduke 3 ай бұрын

When mr.Garibaldi said samba pattern on the hi-hat, everything changed a lot.

@supreethkurthukoti9851 7 жыл бұрын

Drumeo, lovely stuff as always.. Could you please get Dennis Chambers for a lesson?

@DrumeoOfficial 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's already on the calendar!

@jarondavis9795 5 жыл бұрын

Now done!

@ididyermom3273 Жыл бұрын

I love it that I was right all these years and every transcription online is WRONG!! HAHAHA Also his book "Off the Record" is the only transcription to trust since Dave wrote it note for note lol.

@robertdowler8105 5 жыл бұрын

The Oak Stroke it is.

@Filmpilot 6 жыл бұрын

What do you guys think...., how about a novel approach? How about adding the in ear monitor mix these guys are using on stage? Could be informative. Just a simple foldback split out....

@ih8myfriends 7 жыл бұрын

Wow I was about to say tower of power had a dance called the Oakland stroke.

@robertdowler8583 4 жыл бұрын

Lenny Picket invented that.

@robertdowler3347 Жыл бұрын

The Jam Master it is..

@Maycongrey 6 жыл бұрын

What about that music in the end of the video? Name?

@TheMisterGriswold 3 жыл бұрын

3:50 holy hell

@shjobsearch2195 4 жыл бұрын

David Garibaldi is a master. Listen to his work. Watch his instructional videos.

@JT-gh1mx 7 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain what he meant by he used the song for book ins?

@ryanhancock1946 7 жыл бұрын

J T it is basically a motif. a common tool used by improv players to structure a jam or begin/end a song. Book ends means Using this Groove to begin the vinyl and end it. instead of using it for a particular song they use it to theme the album with a Jam sort of feel, like Dave says.

@JT-gh1mx 7 жыл бұрын

Ryan Hancock ah thanks for the info

@odeskoo 6 жыл бұрын

J T I think they used it as an intro to the album, as well as an outro

@Peemanufacture 7 жыл бұрын

Nice little lesson. Still looking forward to the day when I see a lesson with Danny Carey, Tomas Haake, Matt Halpern, Joey Baca, Nic Pettersen, Andrew Baird, or Josh Freese. Any one of those would surely be spectacular!!

@leebear3494 3 жыл бұрын

3:50

@ananlama1 7 жыл бұрын

Did he said David owner of Drumeo?

@JacobAdamGarcia 3 жыл бұрын

Is this the groove in “Soul with a Capital S”? Where else is it heard?

@menudongsago 3 жыл бұрын

Oakland stroke. It's on the back to oakland album

@liz4rdg3ck0 7 жыл бұрын

Is David okay? Is he out of the hospital? best regards

@TimBedley 6 жыл бұрын

I just saw him play live with TOP. Evidently he's doing ok now, thank the Lord. At 70, I worry about him.

@robertdowler8583 4 жыл бұрын

He's been back to the groove,Thanks be to God.

@Keefralei 3 жыл бұрын

The caption on screen at the beginning said 'intermediate' lesson. Intermediate? Really? Wow, must be some weapons grade impenetrable grooves in their advanced lessons.

@truejungian 3 жыл бұрын

I think most drumeo staff are djent fanboys, so for them polyrhythms, polymeters and odd times make advanced "grooves".

@Capcoor 7 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how he's doing after the accident?

@sticktrik 7 жыл бұрын

Capcoor Apparently, he is out of the hospital and doing physiotherapy to get back his mobile skills!! Emilio Castillo (in an interview)emphatically reported that Dave would be returning to the drum chair in November 2017!!!

@simes205 6 жыл бұрын

I saw him with TOP back in October,

@liammcooper 6 жыл бұрын

I was born in Oakland, and I've just naturally always played like this.

@audikris 3 жыл бұрын

DG makes it look easy, folks, it is NOT easy.

@lvvry1855 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Dave as usual. Thanks. Would be great if exercises showed the hi-hat and/or cymbal on a separate line. It's needlessly difficult to read when it's all connected.

@shawnbruce6934 Жыл бұрын

Funk Master.

@koraybiberoglu1989 7 жыл бұрын

jared folk is a beast

@deanhayes81 9 ай бұрын

Right?

@ssandman1100 6 жыл бұрын

Time signature is something I can't figure out?

@jamesrabic5380 3 жыл бұрын

It’s 4/4 but is very misleading where 1 is.

@Dunkaroos248 3 жыл бұрын

This guy lives in my neighborhood

@boy041192 7 жыл бұрын

Need Aaron Spears to do a Drumeo video

@TacoCrisma 5 жыл бұрын

So he can play caught up for the 5946262th time? 😂

@drumsfriends617 3 жыл бұрын

This groove is HARD to learn correctly. Holy cow. That second measure...tough. Last 4 notes it's super hard not to mimic that hihat samba pattern with the bass drum...not to mention adding in the snare pattern

@ralphonofrio1518 Жыл бұрын

GREAT....The recording, however is MUCH faster....Nice to have the notation.

@m4marcel 5 жыл бұрын

22 dislike, wow!... unbelievable.

@robertdowler5073 6 жыл бұрын

& Lenny Picket invented The Swirl & Twirl Oakland Stroke Dance.

@MatthiasKnorrMusic 4 жыл бұрын

great stuff, but that feedback sound in the hihat - uugh 😬

@jamesblace5761 3 жыл бұрын

INTERMEDIATE?!!!

@AaronLevyDrums 7 жыл бұрын

Killer groove: whoever down voted this video must be a bassist.

@doomsloth2311 5 жыл бұрын

fuck outta here, love, a bassist.

@DjimiDrums 7 жыл бұрын

nobody hears a second line or street beat?

@pdcband22 7 жыл бұрын

More like "Da Town Stroke" haha the "go dummy stroke

@BokuPower 7 жыл бұрын

Holy Moly Dave, that was long winded.

@richardaaron4454 7 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something from a Porcupine Tree song...

@Adiaf8oros 7 жыл бұрын

Bonnie the cat!

@richardaaron4454 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I knew it was from The Incident but that is definitely the song. It's not exactly the same but it's pretty similar.

@richardaaron4454 7 жыл бұрын

Uh... Yeah if you really feel you needed to make that point but that was obviously a given. I was simply implying it reminded me of a PT song I'd heard, I wasn't implying the PT song came first. But if you think it's important to let everyone know that the Oakland Stroke was first then OK.

@drumtwo4seven 6 жыл бұрын

in the toilet