This was the best seven minutes spent on learning something that has be elusive for decades. Thanks, excellent lesson!

I've been playing off and on for 50 years and I'm now determined to nail theses triplets. You have the best exercise I've seen yet.

Not just another Bonham triplet video. This one was interesting and very useful. Thank you.

This is so good. I was struggling to count in triplets, 8ths, 16ths and 32s and know the difference. I can count them and change between them now. One of the most useful lessons

Thank you great exercise

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Yes, the world does need another video on his triplets. They were very innovative !

I’ve been thru countless bonham triplets. And honestly lots of good stuff out there. But your lesson inspired me and I like the methodology behind your break down. Good work brother

Being able to lead with his left or right gave his rhythms a unique style that is easily recognised at Bonzo

My God those drums sound beautiful but the kick drum holy freaking moly man

Dave, thanks a lot for your precious time to sharing with us our Bonham-triplets-obsetion.😁 You are a well-organized-teacher. 👏👍

One of the coolest drum lessons on KZfaq! So awesome thank you! 😭🙌

Thanks for the triplet lesson! Yes there are many others in the interweb, but i found yours to be the most helpful. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!

one of the best presentations I've seen.

Every now and then I benefit from being left handed. This is one of those times where this triplet came naturally for me.

I've always had problems keeping my hihat going. This one is especially challenging.

Never had lesson in my life til now . Learn to play by ear only . Thanks for the lesson , Bonzo is my drum god !

Thank you for your video. I am an ambidextrous drummer. I started very late in life. And I love drumming. I realized recently John Bonham leads with his right foot, and I started to do this and let everything else follow. This open up my drumming a lot. Even if I don't lead with my right foot, I internally lead with my right foot as a directional point and let everything else flow naturally. I love different rhythms. I love Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, and John Bonham. I have a heavy hit. And my soul has been dying to set up my drums set like John Bonham. Right now I have two double kick pedals, both left and right, attached to a 1/4" piece of wood (1/4"H by 23"L by 3 1/2"W) and then my bass drum laid on top of the wood and pedals, (you can do this with a double kick pedal, either left or right, and attached a single pedal next to it, and have the double kick pedal with soft heads or hard heads, and then have the single pedal with a hard head or a soft head, and this along with the hi hat pedal adds another dimension to drumming, using a four pedal system), and my drum set goes all around me from left to right (kind of a Neil Peart thing). And it is strange how things happen in life. I've been hungering of soul to jam rhythmically like John Bonham, (I do now in some way), and with your video and along with changing up my drum set to reflect how John Bonham played, I am going to have the best time drumming. I am very grateful for your video. I thought this morning, how does John Bonham do triplets? And your video was here to help me to get exactly what I needed to be. Thank you too for the Triplet Exercise PDF at www.davejohnstone.com. I'll sign up today on your free website. With gratitude, John Silva-Henebry (Popo).

Great vid bro ... Thanks for putting in some serious effort. That is my favorite triplet pattern. I love Bonham. Tremendous influence... Cheers bro

I 've practiced it both ways for years .getting comfortable leading with either hand is a good thing on any fill or roll...great lesson for any level..good job ..first time watching ill look for more thank you!!

Loved it Dave. Thanks for breaking it down man!!

Thank you for the John Bonham triplets exercise, I'll be using on my arsenal of tricks

Thanks teacher! Greetings from 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🤘🤘🤘

Great instruction and explanation without overkill, thanks.

That is a great practice drill. I’m gonna try this for sure as I predominantly lead right.

Great demonstration and exercise Dave! I like how you keep the hat going steadily throughout the different interpretations. While this will definitely help with accuracy and tempo (especially when playing with a click,) it will also help form the feel of how the various interpretations can fit into a groove or as part of an improvised fill. You could even go a step further into overlaying the three stroke pattern into a five-tuplet, seven-tuplet or eigth-tuplet polyrhythmic thing.

Thank you for this exercize. It's awesome.

JR Johnstone we must be kin.. Love your passion ../.Very helpful

looks great! looking forward to practicing this one

Wow! This is so awesome! You’re a great drummer sir.

Phenomenal lessons! You’re a great teacher and drummer!

Don't anybody dare to denigrate the musicianship of good drummers! Watching this I'm amazed at the skill! Note: it ain't just banging away.

awesome exercise and concise video. Thanks for sharing this method!

He’s leading with his left, I said right before he said it. I am an accomplished guitar player but drumming is a fond hobby of mine. I have never been taught nor have I learned any rudiments I just do what comes natural.🎸🥁🕊

very cool! and it's the way he did it, and it makes sense. Thanks for the break down

This nice calm modest delivery makes this a pleasure to watch and practice. Perhaps you could have also played it in a beat context as well.

I am so glad you did the left hand lead! I have always played it this way, ... don't know why... it just felt right! But I was always surprised at how many drummers I saw play it starting with the right. To this day, I see guys starting with the right. Just doesn't have the same feel or sound. I also do a thing where I start with the left and then the right..with one hand on snare and one of floor tom.... starts to sound like a shuffle. I also do the following leads LRLL RLRR, so you get this weird paradiddle triplet thing going.

That's a sweet trap kit ya got there w/ coated heads, and sounds great.. a blast to play no doubt

Haha, "just what the internet needs..." Thanks for the video man.

Nice job. And a good note in the reason for the crossover to the rack tom for 3rd triplet.

This is a fantastic lesson. Thank you for sharing. :-)

this is the best one out there on triplets!

agreed, this simplified alot of things holding me back, thanks

Man, i will try this exercise for sure! It feels like a good potential of improving in many aspects of playing drums!

I never thought I'd be able to play this lick leading with the left hand. This exercise and the accompanying notation helped me a lot. After doing this workout for the last six months or so, I can play it left-lead pretty well, and almost as fast as right-lead. In another six months I should be able to play it as fast as right-lead. Great job and thank you!

I thought that it was brutal and no chance that I can make it but he shows it in easiest way.. thanks a lot Mr. thegoodfooth for sharing your great skills.

Very helpful! Haven’t really been able to get this going before. Thanks!

Excellent exercise, many thanks!

Thank you for the nice lesson. I will see if I can put this into practice ...

Awesome video and thanks for the PDF too. :D

Hey nice work Dave, that extra floor tom note with the left hand was what was bugging me for so long. Got it now :)

very clear and precise .. and really helpful .. thank you

Awesome. I don't even play the drums but loved watching this

Very Cool! Thanks for sharing your tips!! Rock on Buddy

Thanks a lot. Play guitar. And write. Finally getting into drums and want to know all i can about bonham’s technique. So appreciate this

best one yet on Bonhams triplets- great work Dave !

Fantastic exercise!

He learned it from listening to the great Jazz drummer Elvin Jones.

Good break down on this technique. Thumbs

Thanks for your work

Cool video. Can't wait to work on it tomorrow.

Thank you, very good exercise, it is a challenge for any drummer.

can't wait to try this exercise out!

Thanks for starting really slow and making it super clear!

The 4 way coordination makes this exercise harder that's why it's worth practicing...... GONNA WORK ON THIS ONE..thanks for this cheers from Drum Teacher Manila -Teacher BLue

When I was maybe 13yo I Heard d'yermaker on the Radio and was impressed by the drumming So I decided to become a drummer. 3 years later I gave Lessons to a little boy And thaught him to play "the Ocean" Now Im 59 yo, and I am a joiner, but the boy, now 50 yo is the Drummer who loves Bonzo...😥😥😥

Awesome lesson. Thank you!

Very well explained and played...

So cool thanks for sharing

Congratulations! The old saying of if you can't explain it simply then you simply don't know. You explained it simply Thank you!

Very nice!

Great video! Thanks.

Nice sounding kit!

Very well explanation

Great lesson thanks for sharing Brother

love it !!! great job on video !!!!

Something I can do! thank you for the info.

Great stuff my man!

I needed this cheers

Thanks....enjoying this exercise..

while not Bonham specific, it can be worth your time also to work on the triplet pattern leading with the kick foot... this is great work and I like how you have made it clear that the hi hat pattern varies with the feel....

I discovered the same thing and had to re-train too. I can not play the crossover triplet with right hand lead as well as with left.

Thanx, Austin! Y o u have a new subscriber!

Good bro old school amazing blessing

Fantastic!!! I think I'll skip the 32nds, lol

His opening triplets sound just like the opening to Over the Mountain by Ozzie

I know what you mean by trying to lead with the left as opposed to the right. That is difficult for me. I’ll work on that. Thanks for breaking it down for me. Paul.

This is a great exercise!!! Thanks for making it. My left arm is gonna get a major workout.

Nice idea

Why would anyone dislike this jeez people just hate everything? This could be a helpful exercise to develop speed.. Cmon

This should be an Olympic sport.

This is great. I’m left handed but play a Right Handed kit. My left Hand has always been strong so a good one to put in the arsenal.

Thank you !!!! Nice. Looking forward to checking out your website

Great stuff

Brilliant!

many thanks great useable fill

This is great! Thanks 🙏

Thanks ! Very well done

Another good thing to point out.. or what I had trouble with is hitting the drums evenly or the "bass drum" in particular to get the right sound.. it needs to sound powerful!

Thanks for the video. I've been leading with my right hand forever