One Shuffle Drum Beat That Will Change Your Life - Drum Lesson (DRUMEO)

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The first time Gabor Dornyei heard Steve Gadd play this shuffle groove – it changed his life! This simple (yet effective) shuffle beat sounds tricky at first, but is actually totally doable for drummers of all skill levels. This is a fantastic groove to learn before diving into the more complicated shuffle grooves, such as the Rosanna shuffle.

[dr.umkit.u]

This groove truly changed my life. I was unemployed, in thousands worth of debt, my marriage was failing, everything was just falling apart. I would wake up and fail to see the meaning to my existence, I didn't see any reason to go on. Just when I thought I was ready to give up, and put an end to my suffering I stumbled across this video. This beat gave me hope, I began learning it, and in just 10 days I've managed to get in the best shape of my life, my wife and children have come back to me, I have been promoted at work and am on the verge of making my first million... I've never been happier.
Thank you so much Drumeo, I'll never forget this.

[AdamTuminaro]

Say what?! This is actually a great idea. Off to the kit! =)

[joseph-owhf]

Steve Gadd is a god. I really appreciate what you all you guys at Drumeo show us. I recently switched from trying to learn guitar to drums. Drums, just as hard, (or harder) but a whole lot more fun!. Guitar felt like work. Drums feel like joy. Cheers.

[josuepojila]

Pretty known groove, quite good effective and great sound. This lesson did not amaze me, but: GREAT TEACHER! Really love the way. Gábor did.

[toddberg]

Thank you Gabor for hipping us to this awesome shuffle. I very much appreciate your easy-to-follow, step-by-step lesson. Thank you.

[MrMooie]

This is such a great groove. It's an excellent experiment about how to approach rhythms and play sparsely with expression. I also appreciate the point about style and feel and it needs to match the purpose of the rhythm. Well done. Gabor obviously loves drumming and sharing drum ideas.

[darkhorse]

I'm inspired by your infectious enthusiasm and obvious joy de groove!
Thanks Gabor

[theshaker]

I like it and I find it very useful. Playing this way you keep the groove going on and by having your left hand less busy, you have more room to play more interesting fills. Thanks very much for sharing it, buddy!

[canadiandrummer]

Thanks for the amazing vid, Drumeo - but even more so for introducing this amazing drummer to me. I just checked out a clip on his Facebook page. Gabor Dornyei = MONSTER PLAYER!!

[HiFisch]

Love it, played it for some time now and it just grooves like hell. It's the perfect example for why you don't need to learn fancy grooves to sound perfect (although it doesn't hurt)

[johnkavaudio]

I love this lesson the way he incorporates the hi hats to impy the shuffle feel - very cool

[CV-eetk]

Fantastic. Playing for years and never able to put that feel to it. Now, something to do while all cooped up! Thanks.

[frankburdodrums]

5:10 I could practice this all day.
I just love the feel/sound.

[mattbowden]

Plays quarter notes yet we still hear the shuffle. Incredible. 2:09

[grantvernon]

Nice shuffle... Fit in nicely to a couple of 12 bar blues songs like Roadhouse Blues and Sweet home Chicago... Thanks

[marcobracco]

Grazie Gabor.... esercizio "facile" ma di grande impatto... grazie Drumeo

[Jenos]

My whole life has been a lie until now! Thank you SOOOO much Drumeo!!

[frankburdodrums]

Too many haters. This video changed your life because it gave you better knowledge of the shuffle groove. Period.

[oner]

Great groove, great teaching and great, what i believe was maybe 5 stroke rolls at the start. Cheers!

[auPointX]

I lost 10 pounds playing this beat. It only took me 2 weeks of non-stop shuffling.