The Secret to Swing on the Ride Cymbal (Greg Hutchinson)

Greg Hutchinson has played with Joshua Redman, Common, Dianne Reeves and in this excerpt from Fundamentals of Jazz Drumming, Greg exposes some of the secrets that he has held onto for his whole career.

[jamescaliendo]

Honestly...that was the greatest "human" lesson I've ever seen via my phone. It felt like I was in the room with Greg. Thank you so much for this

[tmaddrummer]

"Walk The Dog" I just learned, is a upgrade for me from "Spang A Lang." Thanks and Blessings Greg!

[joshuajuaire]

I like how he says one too you know what to do

[Robert-cknm]

Great lesson! It lays out the swing pattern musically, and emotively. Walk the dog not only captures the pattern, it captures the mindset when playing the pattern in a welcoming manner. Bravo, Greg!

[JB-fpfb]

I really appreciated all the different camera angles. Very informative. That one of Greg's arm from the side surprised me with how still his arm actually was; so controlled while so relaxed.

[RalphBrooker-gniv]

I love jazz. Play piano and alto sax but love the technical lessons of other instruments. You get a holistic feel.

[rick]

Fantastic lessons!
I "walked the dog" and now I have to pick up

👍👍

[ByronWookieLandham]

Beautiful!! Hutch gave a perfectly simple explanation of conceptually playing the ride cymbal. . It's all attitude, feel, spacing, and most of all, SWING!! 🙏🏾🎶

[jmfs]

Learning it as a Para Diddle Diddle triplet helped articulate it for me. RLR RLL. Right hand on the ride. Left hand ghosts on the snare.
Para Diddle Diddle.
R (L) RR (LL).
Walk (ra)the Dog (diddle)
RLR RLL

[gerardrivas]

man.. that walk the dog is very effective on my timing. thank you very much sir.

[NomeDeArte]

Probably the best lesson I found about this. So simple and clear, thank you so much Greg and everyone involved with the channel.

[icemandrummeth]

Outstanding lesson. Simple and informative. Thank you.

[papagcortellino]

Ahhhh...those Paiste Masters look beautiful

[joetrollson]

This lesson kicks ass but damn, your ride is the stuff of dreams. Thank you and have an awesome day, man.

[pbaker]

Great presentation! I love the follow along notation. It really brings it all together and helps me understand the snare placement and overall structure.

[edodonnell]

Greg Hutchinson is anOutstanding instructor

[Bob-nuxe]

I picked up a trick from the great Billy Cobham the five stroke roll is "walk the dog" as far as the right hand is concerned (left) if your a lefty, the five stroke is a very handy tool around the kit many thanks Greg

[MattKane]

This is great, thank you Greg Hutchinson and Open Studio!

[neonrecording]

Immediately connecting with the walk the dog phrase.

I was never really taught this phonetically, it was always the specific rhythm of the thing, or listening to examples.
At most, maybe we heard a "tang, tanga tang"

Very interesting

[keithmutch]

Great lesson. I find myself retaining several of the concepts weeks later, sitting at the kit!