What you NEED to know about drums (as a guitar player)

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Күн бұрын

Drums, on a guitar channel?! Please bear with me...I think it's so important for guitar players to have a basic understanding of how drums work. In this video I cover drum basics, take a look at how common drum patterns are built, and discuss how I create drum parts for my songs and backing tracks.
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00:00 Hi
00:23 Why you need to understand drums
01:31 Parts of the drum kit
05:28 How classic drum grooves are built
15:22 My approach to drums
16:49 How I create drums on my backing tracks
23:55 Bye
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@ww3lstep Ай бұрын

Great information -- you play bass too? Perhaps a bass-for-guitarists video as well? Thanks!

@MiguelOlivan Ай бұрын

Yes! The bass perspective, the harmony and the groove that match perfectly with the guitar we love...

@acpg Ай бұрын

Yes, there's definitely a bass follow up lesson I could make. Maybe later this year.

@divingslotcarsmusicandstuf9619 Ай бұрын

@@acpg adding my vote to that, it would be v useful. This drum video was very timely btw thank you.

@Blue_3rd Ай бұрын

Excellent idea! There is nothing worse than feeling like the typical ‘guitarist playing bass’. 👍

@danbgt Ай бұрын

Excellent video. I am 73 years old. Started playing drums when I was 10 years old. Not a professional musician, I did play drums in some really bad bands in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. And I still play just for the fun of it from time to time. I am an “old school” drummer. More Charlie Watts than Neil Peart. I retired from my profession and started learning to play guitar five years ago. I can say, with all seriousness, that knowing how to play drums and understanding rhythm has had learning guitar much easier. I also discovered that knowing and understanding drum rudiments and patterns has been useful in learning finger picking patterns. I always enjoy your videos. Especially the acoustic fingerstyle things. Thanks!

@LuigiForte Ай бұрын

He bangs the drums!

@daz4627 Ай бұрын

Boom-Tishhh! 🙂 (cool kids may not understand your pun but I thought it was pretty good)

@davidhamilton7780 Ай бұрын

Drummers have feelings too. Great lesson, many thanks Adrian.

@MrTimcoronel Ай бұрын

William Reid's programming on the Jesus & Mary Chain's Automatic is excellent, as is Simon Guthrie's work in the Cocteau Twins

@acpg Ай бұрын

Yes both awesome!

@barthyde8855 Ай бұрын

"Bad beat-boxing". 🤣Indeed, we've all been there!

@SolidMoses Ай бұрын

Wow. So many useful stuff in here. Every week is exciting in this channel. Also, the part where you imitated the noob way of describing to the drummer what to play, is literally me 😅😂😭

@Sir1luc Ай бұрын

Finally someone who explains this so clearly. A true gem. Thank you.

@piggycity Ай бұрын

What a great video, glad to see this

@erikalwill6328 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for providing this video on the subject of drums! You answered a lot of questions I've had on drums.

@310765 Ай бұрын

That’s it! Keep it simple, I love simplicity, thanks Adrian 😃👍🏼

@marleenvos4126 Ай бұрын

thank you for this awesome insight into your backing tracks! I'v been hoping you'd shed some light on this for a long time.

@brewtarski1 Ай бұрын

Really helpful. Thanks, Adrian.

@SuperOhdannyboy Ай бұрын

Big thanks. I have been working on simple drum programming for recording songs so can really use this. I had not considered the importance of the cymbals. I can put your teaching into practice immediately. Thanks again.

@djh6970 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this one Adrian. Very useful stuff👍

@RickHardcore Ай бұрын

Very well played!🎸

@MrMont-ue8kh Ай бұрын

Agreed, Adrian. That was useful!

@Bicyclehub Ай бұрын

It was very interesting and so clearly explained. Please keep doing these sort of videos that are related to guitar playing but don’t necessarily involve guitars. They are very useful to those of us who are learning to create songs on software.

@OtRatsaphong Ай бұрын

Great lesson, Adrian! Always good to learn about drums and to make them sound realistic.

@martinfox9560 Ай бұрын

Amazing video, thanks

@danihost1785 Ай бұрын

Awesome video, mate! This was super useful.

@miketurnbull7410 Ай бұрын

Another great video that helps build the 'bigger picture'. I'm mainly a drummer but learning guitar, which is why I watch your videos. My wife is learning drums and this has been very useful to her too, showing how it all 'comes together' and the tip about focussed listening is great - because I've been banging on about it to her for ages! I use Superior Drummer a lot for my recordings too, but via a Yamaha electronic kit and it works brilliantly. So, many thanks for something a little different, put together and delivered in your usual clear and interesting way.

@meeno_the_man Ай бұрын

I’ve been wanting this information, this simply explained, for soooo long.

@JimMcVay Ай бұрын

This is an awesome tutorial!

@johnbradshaw5891 Ай бұрын

So helpful. Many thanks for explaining an interesting subject so clearly. As a teenager brought up on synths and drum machines it all makes sense now.

@karllongbottomguitars9192 Ай бұрын

Very helpful, many thanks 👍👍

@iantaylor827 Ай бұрын

Great idea for a video. Thanks a lot

@Squareheaddude Ай бұрын

Adrian, this was awesome! I'm trying to learn more about drums to aid me in song transcriptions. Like keeping time, identifying chord changes and what not.

@johnsimmons6136 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this very informative video.

@PaulJonesy Ай бұрын

What a great idea - I love working in a DAW as well as playing in a band. I struggle with creating patterns beyond the kick and snare. I’ve no idea what to do with toms or cymbals. This video left me wanting more - more on those other elements, more on fills. Great video as usual.

@phoffen3829 Ай бұрын

Me too. I could never figure out where to put the fills without the tune and with the tune, it isn't always in time. I gave up and gave away the drum machine - which I regret! Every now and then Adrian's sense of humour gets through on his videos. He doesn't show it as much on his vids as he could!

@Soundgear4 Ай бұрын

Excellent as a bassist, I just got a bebop kit!👍

@abrigospardos Ай бұрын

Thanks a million Adrian! I'm in the process of writing my own stuff (harder than I thought it would be) so this video lesson comes just at the right time! Also, drummer friends are few and far between and they're usually pretty busy too...and I've found that beatboxes don't swing and can't really replicate a decent shuffle. So learning about basic drumming, as well as a few generic basslines, is really helpful to the average guitarist.

@andydinesguitar Ай бұрын

Great stuff Adrian - made me chuckle describing drummer comms as "bad beat-boxing" and "chopsy" is my new favourite euphemism for w***ing off!😝

@vv247 Ай бұрын

very educational !!!

@MuseumsBloke Ай бұрын

Excellent video, Adrian - Thank you. Best advice I ever got joining my first band, at the ripe old age of c.3.5 no less, was - listen to the drummer …

@toastoftowne1076 Ай бұрын

Good idea thanks again

@maxzapom 17 күн бұрын

hey, i was just looking for this

@shawnbell6392 Ай бұрын

As a guitarist I LOVE drums and what they do for a song.

@jaytee8188 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much Adrian. Very interesting and (for me) de-mystifying regarding DAW use and also drum machine tech. I guess the trick is there is no trick, you just have to put the time into these things.

@otterguitars Ай бұрын

That was great Adrian. I'm looking to create my own drum tracks - probably in Logic. I'm hoping the learning curve is not too steep. Thanks for your input.

@nealpike6611 Ай бұрын

Great timing I want to make some drum tracks for my guitar playing

@acpg Ай бұрын

Great, hope you find this helpful Neal!

@inlandbott Ай бұрын

It's interesting that Adrian appears to be left-handed (uses left on trackpad and has his midi keyboard positioned to the left) and plays drums lefty, but plays righty guitar. I wonder how common that combination is. I know Ringo played a righty kit like a lefty and leading fills with his left hand. And McCartney played a righty drum kit... probably because it was the only one around:)

@acpg Ай бұрын

Yes, I'm left-handed but always played guitar righty, probably just because they didn't have any left handed guitars in the shop where I got my first guitar. I think it's reasonably common. Pretty sure Mark Knopfler and Gary Moore are the same, and I'm sure there are many others.

@DavidComdico Ай бұрын

Wouldn't mind more production-oriented vids. I don't usually use SD's grid editor but I think I'll give it a go next time. Well done.

@acpg Ай бұрын

Thanks. Yes, you can use the midi editor in Pro Tools, but if you want to access some of the deeper features and articulations I find it easier to do it inside SD.

@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG Ай бұрын

The last bit you showed, I immediately thought of the track Ski-ing from Harrison's Wonderwall Music album (which features uncredited Eric Clapton on fuzz guitar).

@stewurbach9989 Ай бұрын

Great tutorial! Very useful stuff for a guitarist/songwriter putting tracks together. As a retired Austin studio owner/engineer, I've got to compliment you on the tuning of your studio kit. On that train of thought and as a fan of your backing tracks, do you ever do much with the tuning of individual drums in the virtual drumkits?

@luckyrocks1 Ай бұрын

I just can't wrap my head around how you play guitar; right handed, yet play drums; left handed!

@nealpike6611 Ай бұрын

Just realised that you’ve put a drum video out the same week the king of the drum sound died hope we get a Steve albini tribute lesson down the line

@tiki_trash Ай бұрын

I had a couple roommates that were drummers. I managed to get a basic 2/4 and 4/4 beat down.

@scottadams9770 Ай бұрын

Elephant Stone!!

@slippinjimmy222 Ай бұрын

Really helpful, just got ableton note before watching this vid. Hoping to get ableton live coz i haven’t got the space for a drumkit! What kind of keyboard have you got setup to your macbook? How do you do that!?

@terrencethomas9727 Ай бұрын

First thing I thought of was Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp opening

@SamLowryDZ-015 Ай бұрын

@jameslockhart2223 Ай бұрын

Frank Zappa based his guitar phrasing on drum rudiments, which is definitely an approach worth investigating - not that I've ever done it seriously myself.

@tuskedbeast Ай бұрын

You make your approach sound simple but in your covers, I've noticed you're very nuanced in nailing all the hooks and recorded tones of the originals. Your The Have Nots by X is a good example. Curious- where HAVE you used your kit? Assumed all these instructional videos are digital assemblages.

@chriss1492 Ай бұрын

Outside the box lesson! Great stuff Adrian! Just curious, who are some recorded drummers that you especially admire or consider stellar?

@acpg Ай бұрын

Cheers! Oh loads of people. Off the top of my head Bonham, Tony Allen, Levon Helm, Joey Waronker, Ringo, Steve Shelley, Budgie, Jaki Liebezeit, er Nicko McBrain

@michel-jeantailleur Ай бұрын

@@acpg Stewart Copeland?

@chriss1492 Ай бұрын

@@acpg Love Bonham! Most of my favs are fairly conventional choices: Neil Peart, Bill Ward, and although not extremely technical, I enjoy Phil Rudd’s power and swing with AC/DC. Also Phil Collins before his solo career. Some people don’t realize what a good drummer he was.

@acpg Ай бұрын

@@michel-jeantailleur yes, forgot to mention him. He's pretty good I suppose!

@acpg Ай бұрын

@@chriss1492 yes, absolutely Phil Collins is an awesome drummer!

@zoomankat Ай бұрын

Unfortunately my home is not detached enough for a drum kit. I was wondering if You had tried Aerodrums?.Till then sandpaper and brushes.

@Mark761966 Ай бұрын

Ride cymbals have two sounds. Edge and bell.

@lookandlisten5740 Ай бұрын

Just one question..Where do you plug the amp lead in ?

@alleygh0st Ай бұрын

Steve Albini lesson coming up soon? (RIP)

@jamesbowskill2067 Ай бұрын

Will these beats work in my free jazz band?

@Uncle_Torgo Ай бұрын

Moar cowbell!

@ShlomirBareket Ай бұрын

I've got drum loops made by Mick fleetwood! LOL

@stockholm1752 Ай бұрын

Adrian - ProTools or Abelton? I need some disconfusion.

@acpg Ай бұрын

Pro Tools is what I use most of the time. Ableton's great for more electronic stuff, and has a very clear, easy to use midi editor which is why I used it in this video.

@jimmadden1969 Ай бұрын

Wondering if have read Dilla Time by Charnas

@acpg Ай бұрын

On my to read list!

@SyntagmaStation Ай бұрын

Holy crap. He can play drums too. Why am I surprised?

@Hilaire_Balrog Ай бұрын

So what I needed right now in my journey of making music

@Al-mn6df Ай бұрын

Is that a “speak and spell” on the shelf?

@acpg Ай бұрын

yes! Inspired by Kraftwerk, it's made an appearance on one or two of my tunes.

@lawrencetaylor4101 Ай бұрын

What do you call a guy that likes to hang out with musicians? A drummer. MMIA My Mirth Is Audible

@gecbucca4205 Ай бұрын

you can ulrich pronounce like fish ... ulrish. a free lesson from an irish half european. ;)

@khogg3581 Ай бұрын

Eat drums! Eat drums! Aaaaaaaagghh!

@brianfoster5702 Ай бұрын

Try playing bass you work with the drummer makes you understand better.

@MuseumsBloke Ай бұрын

Yeah, all good stuff … but can drums go up to 11? Which, of course, is one LOUDER!!!

@John_F898 Ай бұрын

So you play guitar right-handed, but drums as a lefty? I’m curious why.

@acpg Ай бұрын

honestly I don't really know. When I got my first guitar there were no left-handed options so I just went with the 'normal' way. I came to drums later and it just felt more natural set up left handed.

@Mark761966 Ай бұрын

Groove > Chops