Try This to Make Your Triplet Drum Fills Better Instantly

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3 videos in 3 weeks - the8020drummer.com/youtube-low
David Cola - / davidcoladrums
The post-it version of today's lesson is "practice 2/2 in triplets to make your fills better".
So, why didn't I just tell you that? It would've take two minutes. Well, that probably sells this lesson sort.
But it's not quite "play exactly like Chris Coleman, Aaron Spears, and Sean Wright" either.
If you're expecting transcriptions, this is not the lesson.
The truth is somewhere in-between: and, in a world where I need to entice you to watch as much of my videos as possible, I wanted to take you inside my thought process -
-What got me thinking about triplet fills in the first place
-Why Sean Wright got the sound of groups of 4 triplets in my head
-How that translated into 2/2
-Why that immediately benefitted my fills
-How to do it yourself
Which is NOT to say this is the last word on groups of 4 within triplets. There's 3/1 (or 6/2 sextuplets), other permutations, and combinations of them.
I'll keep messing with it.

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@thaloniaswjonn 4 жыл бұрын

0:33 😂 i think everyone was thinking that lol

@alastairpreece6908 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just a rock drummer who plays 4/4 with long hair. How do I stop falling over + catching on fire when I try to play this

@MrNeedsImprovement 3 жыл бұрын

This comment totally made my day 😂

@cyberceil 2 жыл бұрын

You're just trying too hard. Play it slowly and let it start to make YOU feel good

@VintageBoxingTM Жыл бұрын

@@MrNeedsImprovementme to cos it’s me too

@mcspiderkid2015 4 жыл бұрын

0:34 Me every time I practice

@chrisquigley486 4 жыл бұрын

If you watch all of his videos KZfaq sends you an Associates degree in Musical theory.

@anthonyalfieri8271 2 жыл бұрын

I'm grateful that I came across this video by chance. I love learning new stuff like this to keep me interested and motivated.

@Tekkerue 4 жыл бұрын

5:03 Hey now, I thought the only math prerequisite to drumming was being able to count to four... this isn't what I signed up for! 😂

@bswisher52777 4 жыл бұрын

Yeh. This one hurt my brain a bit. I'm going to claim it was me watching it after a long day

@willb3698 4 жыл бұрын

I am a double bassist, what its this 4 you speak of ? Does it come before 2?

@joshcheee8659 4 жыл бұрын

Will B idk man

@Tekkerue 4 жыл бұрын

@@willb3698 It comes 2 more after 2. Just count to 2, 2 times. 😁

@stevenpeyton5389 4 жыл бұрын

check out Alex Cohen lol

@keithwald5349 4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing Vinnie live in the 80's, and among all the stuff I couldn't understand, I did catch a particular sixteenth note triplet fill (thinking 6 notes to a quarter at a reasonable 120-ish tempo). He doubled cymbals with his kick, but just focusing on the kick and hands linearly, the 4-note pattern was displaced, "Stick Control" style. Writing the triplet grouping to see visually on the page, with K=kick, the two-sextuplet + downbeat pattern was: KLR KKL RKK LRK K Just like in Nate's lesson, it's a 4-note pattern, here played three times over two quarter note pulses, then the final downbeat. It's kind of a 3 beat "hyper samba" over the two quarter notes.

@damiankamineth2389 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this man! I've been stuck in some sort of rut as well, especially with triplets. Very insightful. I'll definitely be using this

@Darrylizer1 4 жыл бұрын

I do a lot of this stuff more intuitively than anything else so it's nice to have an actual analysis of what the heck I'm trying to accomplish. Something to practice in this isolated times.

@bigdukepod 4 жыл бұрын

Great Job. Thanks for the clear and concise explanations!

@garrettmillerdrums 4 жыл бұрын

For another clear example of this check out Prince's "Muse to the Pharaoh" toward the end, about 4:08

@Joshholbrook2024 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos my dude. Keep it up! Thanks for sharing!

@demianveranomesquitalavesd2398 4 жыл бұрын

Love tou, and the videos, they até helping me through my study on the drums, thanks

@alexpattle96 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. When you said "I was stuck on the same kind of sixteenth note triplet fills" and then demonstrated a few, I thought 'that's exactly where I'm at.' Some of the exact same licks. So excited to try this out!

@eboyeman8457 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@jakeeves5394 3 жыл бұрын

Such a great explanation thank you very much 🙌🏻

@thebeatfreakz4278 3 жыл бұрын

Love how you break it all down~! Good stuff man

@philipmcevoy7206 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome lesson Mate insightful humorous and taking the drums to higher levels cheers lad

@willb3698 4 жыл бұрын

I hadn't a clue at the beginning - trying to decipher the timing. I mean - I know a triplet when I see one - but fast drumming? non. Glad I stayed to the end - I got a good deal of it. Thanks.

@jcerivera6084 3 жыл бұрын

I am very thankful for just randomly found this vid. and this suits to me cause I'm only self taught in drums, now I really understand why this professional drummers had an amazing drum fills, and what the Triplet and Hertas really differentiate. . MARAMING SALMAT PO!(Thank you very much in Filipino 😊🤘🤘)

@TheJacksom26 4 жыл бұрын

That permutation thing you mention is something I've been coming across and realizing lately. At first it was really annoying because I would get lost in the cycle over some time I started to realize how valuable it is for blending mistakes and being able to improvise through them to prevent having to stop and start over.. even so too much of it can cause too much confusion and end completely lost to the point of starting over in order to get back to the origi al exercise..One thing that permutation is great for is knowing which beats can link/ fit together easier with better flow and less of a seam so it doesn't sound so choppy.. i get these concepts but in practice i still feel like a beginner..

@hussruss9145 3 жыл бұрын

I been trying to get it for a long time, this is so helpful, thanks

@ProfessorThock 4 жыл бұрын

Something I've enjoyed doing is taking the duple stick control patterns and playing as triplets which is kinda what you're talking about here. Keeping four on the floor really contrasts with the half-note triplet outline. Makes it stick out as this really massive polyrhythm which is easier for an audience to notice. Playing really linearly is something I should work on more though. I need to get my bass drum into my melodies.

@reverendmar5786 4 жыл бұрын

I've been following your content for a while. Helped me grow as a drummer and for that I am grateful. Having said that, I would urge you to introduce on-screen cues along with the pieces you give when citing examples for a certain idea. It would be a great help insofar as consolidating the points you try to make. Like maybe dots/visual cues counting along the grooves. I would also be very invested in a masterclass on "rhythm appreciation" maybe? Or how a drummer of the western tradition would perceive a piece. Cheers

@ericwright8177 2 жыл бұрын

You've changed up your P Shuffle on here. Awesome 😎 Great sounding drums Are KEY. Great timing. Great humor

@jakevanderveen55 4 жыл бұрын

That Toto vid is so legendary

@sammybulin 4 жыл бұрын

love your videos. Thank you for them.

@slingerdingkes 4 жыл бұрын

not just a good teacher,but a GREAT editor :)

@cleverdood 4 жыл бұрын

You are doing gods work my friend!

@willuseman 4 жыл бұрын

Dude thank you so much, this really helped elevate the way I think and play about how the gospel pro players do. Much love!

@luigiarredondosax 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely advanced lesson. Literally the bread and butter for how to get those gospel chops. I guess it’s all about watching it slowly and trying to get it on your own time although I would love a lesson

@slupo16 4 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the best KZfaq drum teachers

@superjanembaishappy5512 4 жыл бұрын

These exercises are really good to practise with double-bass pedals. It makes you practice the alternation between the 2 legs very well.

@rafaelcarvalho3928 4 жыл бұрын

Really love your videos!

@Drumsholic 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man you have a magic at your lips when you talking for these things!! You make it seems so exciting!! Nice video too

@musanetesakupwanya1050 4 жыл бұрын

So I've been watching these videos for months... And I'm a singer. But honestly this is the first time I was truly clueless about what was happening. :( I guess not being a drummer eventually shows it's limits somewhere. Still, I watched the whole thing!!! And I've saved it to come back to in a few months.

@clueken13 2 жыл бұрын

I really dig this channel.

@ericwright8177 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great show. One thing , My Guy You're actually 💯 ! Props. Be well

@drjimcianciulli1937 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful... More please

@citydrums7525 4 жыл бұрын

Nice analysis. Nice playing...

@RC-jv6ye 4 жыл бұрын

Yes man :) you pointed up interest thing.. Let me go to study it!

@El_Bicho_Feo 4 жыл бұрын

I took some lessons about 20 years ago from Woody Thompson... he showed me a bunch of stuff like this & called it ‘suspended triplets’ but it was always in the context of a jazz exercise, like from the Jim Chapin book... using this in filled never occurred to me until I saw this vid...

@freshpootube 4 жыл бұрын

Not only was David counting, but he was alternating eyebrow raises too. Skills.

@DRUMSRIO 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video

@arturofernandez6088 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@jefferylyles4782 4 жыл бұрын

This actually dope thinking

@williewhite1161 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you...oh and by the way, I got a chance to witness Chris Coleman live playing for Chaka Khan and I also had the pleasure of watching Aaron Spears live playing for Usher and both were extremely entertaining to watch. They both were flawless.

@bryanalesei9674 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU MAN! 🙏🙏

@GediSpock 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nate. 👊

@phillmellina 4 жыл бұрын

You’re a good dude.👍

@samuelwreed6366 4 жыл бұрын

Good Video. Lars Ulrich also has some good examples with the 3 over 4 feel.

@paulwollersheim7049 2 жыл бұрын

just the way you explain i had no i idea

@tojafato 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥁👍💯

@joshualewis8077 4 жыл бұрын

Sean Wright is a different breed

@_Kevin_B 4 жыл бұрын

Ive grown to like channel more and more

@dikbeats2720 4 жыл бұрын

Good lesson. Been fuckin around with the 6 stroke recently yet i haven't applied it to any triplet fills or chops. Nice one 80/20

@Triggagnomic 4 жыл бұрын

You speak sacrilege, Sir. The Six Stroke Roll is the most amazing rudiment evah! Great Lesson, I love time cheating!

@tiagolobo5288 4 жыл бұрын

I' m a rock drummer and I found it hard to understand the second half of the video, but that sounded so great that I' l give my best to learn

@kennylabiche8675 4 жыл бұрын

thanks like it ..well it helps .thanks bro

@ARGBlackCloud 3 жыл бұрын

I always found counting this way One triplett , two triplett to be slightly clunky , I mean it doesn't fall of your tongue easily . I kinda prefer a variation of 16th note counting by just going 1 an a 2 an a, 3 an a so on and so forth. Or another variant is 1 e an 2 e an 3 e an . They just are much easiier to focus on what your playing than what your saying !! That's my 2 cents !!

@anthonyalfieri8271 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not feeling triplet or e an either. In 1965 it was 1 and a, 2 and a. That just feels more rhythmic as a 3 note pattern to me.

@OeloDickAble 4 жыл бұрын

I need your intro track, love your content mate

@danielhoudemusiques 3 жыл бұрын

So cool here. Tx.

@erwinballings9155 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.👍

@GreatBigBoat 4 жыл бұрын

I must be an empty vessel (uneducated drummer) because each time I listen to your videos it is like taking a long, cool drink of water. Things always feel better when I'm done.

@DavulKursu 4 жыл бұрын

i get happy whenever i see istanbul cymbals :)

@davidfinley248 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@MuddslingerPots 4 жыл бұрын

super cool!

@jordanjones3818 4 жыл бұрын

So what’s the pattern that your using never heard you say

@paulswabek173 2 жыл бұрын

its fun combining a quick bossanova/samba into it with the natural double kick on the fills u can really fuck with some fusion.

@garrycraig2095 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff (U.K.).

@StuartJuggernaut 4 жыл бұрын

I love sean wright

@PeterVred 4 жыл бұрын

“My first thought was I SUCK!” LOL...that’s me! I had just sat down this morning to work on my KLR (or KRL for righties) triplets, and here this video was. Thank you.

@johndoesdrums 4 жыл бұрын

hey man! from NYC and i drum in bands that headline rooms all over the boroughs. would love to meet up and talk drums when this is all over with .. lemme know if youre down!

@rajatghosh 2 жыл бұрын

helps if u write the sheet music that you are playing please, , Thanks

@AmericanSpyFox 3 жыл бұрын

KKRL or RLKK is the most commonly used "Sexytuplet" in thrash metal.

@williamvandalay4715 2 жыл бұрын

What’s a good pulse to play underneath this on a metronome?

@GordonBagshaw-GBEnglishClass 4 жыл бұрын

but first... channel theme... love it

@gershona.7268 4 жыл бұрын

Pls help !! Stick pattern of 9:03 thanks

@buddyrichable1 4 жыл бұрын

I purchased the roadmap with intentions of buying the course, but I noticed that I could only download it 3 times. Does that mean I only have access to the material 3 times and then it’s gone? I would only buy a course where access was unlimited. The

@tomstickland 4 жыл бұрын

Putting 3 groups of 4 over 4 groups of 3 is a great way of making 12/8 sound like 3/4 and you can mess with people's minds with that. Selectively doubling triplets is a common part of a lot of samba percussion calls.

@8020drummer 4 жыл бұрын

noice

@tomstickland 4 жыл бұрын

@@8020drummer Well thanks. I'm really enjoying your videos. I'm a returning drummer and coming back with a lot more wisdom. Watching these only helps. And the drum set up video since I know bugger all about drum set up.

@AndrewBeveridge461 4 жыл бұрын

One thing that helped me a lot in this kind of thing was to just be able to play trips with a double stroke roll. Easiest way is to start with a 12 hit pattern over a metronome. Accent every 3rd hit to keep your brain in gear. LlrRllRrlLrr

@Joe-uz4dn 4 жыл бұрын

Woah, that was fuckin awesome. Deff need to do this

@chizomdillibe 2 жыл бұрын

Hello can you4 do a video explaining time signature

@8Phoenix8 Жыл бұрын

Nice :)

@jonhillery7736 4 жыл бұрын

Wait I am in the greater Dubuque area! Are you from Iowa? Hard to tell from your voice, but I suppose I would guess not

@themole2024 4 жыл бұрын

Your video style is earthy, and at the same time, thoughtful. But... 15/8 time.... That is scary sh.. for most of us.

@robertociai6205 3 жыл бұрын

Bello

@DaCoolWapo 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@NEMMY76 Жыл бұрын

Pls try showing you pedal

@terrystowers6085 4 жыл бұрын

“How would I do that Nate? You’re all the way over in New York City, wherever that is, and I’m here, in greater Dubuque...”😆 oh, wait, I live in greater Dubuque...hmmmm, maybe its time for me to sign up for those lessons. By the way, ten bonus points to anyone who knows where Dubuque is!! 👍

@RandyBrooksKnows 4 жыл бұрын

It's 42 miles east of Greeley, Iowa where I live. We could interact and do the lessons together.

@lvredsox 4 жыл бұрын

@@RandyBrooksKnows which is about 200 miles from Dsm where I live! Too bad we cldn't all three get together and hash this out! Lol Props to IA drummers!

@boulevardsound5137 4 жыл бұрын

From your thumbnail, I almost thought you were gonna teach us drumming in hebrew.

@floydsmithjr7999 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you dont know what you just did for me. Ive been suspecting a double kick or a double R or a double L. Ive been struggling to speed up the standard RLK or LRK to a mountain of frustration. So basically its a lie within a truth. It’s actually not a triplet, its 4 beats 3 times 🧐 Its a magic trick. So basically the RLK or LRK is little more than a good exercise in separation and syncopation. You can use them in spots for color but if you really want to blow some minds double up the kick🦵 🦵. I get your statement about your triplets getting “stale”, thats exectly where I am. I knew there was something that the 1100 drumming videos Ive watched wasnt telling me. My mind is blown, I just worked it out for 5 minutes and a giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Months of frustration just ended. Any combination RLKK, LRKK, RRKL you can think of works. I can’t thank you enough for this video.

@toddjrod4262 4 жыл бұрын

This one is my favorite so far

@__julio__ 4 жыл бұрын

Triplets have this cool and groovy feel to them, love me some triplets.

@DanDjembe 4 жыл бұрын

A really fast way to explain this would be to just reference the original "Art of Bop Drumming," exercise were you play 2 left hand and 2 right foot as 8th triplets with no rests under the regular ride pattern and hi-hat. This way people can hear the regular pulse and the 4 over 3 thing at the same time.

@8020drummer 4 жыл бұрын

DanDjembe John loves that one

@DanDjembe 4 жыл бұрын

@@8020drummer The guy who wrote the book? Do you actually know him irl? That's sick!

@divangrobler2356 4 жыл бұрын

great! I become a drummer because I suck at math and then this comes my way

@billsmith1957 3 жыл бұрын

Nate your stuff is really great, but it sometimes makes me feel like SpongeBob SquarePants (you) is trying to teach Patrick Starfish (me) how to successfully open a jar of pickles..😂