Drum Chops made Simple

I like to simplify.... a lot. So here's a little video on how you can simplify your personal development with drum chops.
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Songs used:
@Beats By Con - I wonder
@Beats By Con - If Only
@Beats By Con - Tell Me Why

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Intro Music: Made on GarageBand lol
Background music: "I Wonder" - Beats By Con
Drum Play along thing: Solo Break! Drumless Track For Drummers - Fusion Rock - "Look At The Drummer!" on Youtube

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[lucienledune]

Here's how to play chops :
- Learn single stroke
- Learn double strokes
- just do random stuff with those two rudiments, fast enough so no one notice you don't even know what you're doing

[Not_Geh]

How to exponentially improve your chops
1) learn a few 3-8 note groupings (RLK, RLLK, LRLLK, RLRLLK, etc.)
2) practice those grouping in different subdivisions (16th notes, triplets, sextuplets, etc.)
3) move it around the kit to see what it sounds like with different orchestrations
4) try combining those groupings in 1-4 bar phrases. Start simple (how many groups of 3 and 4 can you fit together in 2 bars? If playing 16th notes, how many different ways can you add 3 and 4 to equal 32? You can do this for any subdivision for any length of time)
5) use your smaller groupings to create larger groupings (3+4=7 or RLK+RLLK= RLKRLLK)
6) develop your own patterns and groupings to personalize your chops

Do that for a long time, and boom, youre now chops MaGee. Zack is right, it all sounds the same at some point, and if you listen to enough chops players, they are doing everything mentioned above, and executing it at a high level.

Love the vids zack, keep it up. P.S- try less dick jokes lol.

[ChristianOldsBruh]

I have literally never seen a hi hat invert like that while playing

[BraydenCaffarelli]

I can’t wait for this channel to blow up more than it already has

[Aneuo]

RLKK
Me:hmmm
RLRLKK
Me:hmmmm
Zach: let’s put them together
Me: WOAH WOAH WOAH HOW WOAH

[davidnosa]

I can always predict when the “YOU NEED TO GROW UP” scene is coming 😩😀

[drummershort]

Zack did great summation of what I have always thought but was not able to put in words. My theory; you could take two books and become better than 95% of all drummers out there. 1. George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control, (working all the stick patterns around the drums). 2 Any simple, well written book of drumbeats; ie John Pickering's The Drummer's Cookbook; working every conceivable hi-hat and cymbal combination you can come up with. I've been drumming for at least 57 years. I can't ever remember using a fill I learned off of Youtube. I work on them sometimes, but rarely enough to where they become part of my repertoire. By doing the two things I mentioned above; cool and creative fills and "chops" will automatically come out of nowhere, often as much a surprise to yourself as to anybody listening. The soundman for our band is also a drummer. The other night after the band finished, he said, "Man you did some cool stuff I've never heard before." I said, "Yeah, me too."

[ramazantaikocusu]

Hey Zack. As a rock/metal drummer, you are the the one inspiring me in jazz drumming. You are the answer for my question "What the heck am I supposed to do with only one kick pedal?". Keep it up, you're doing awesome! 💙

[GMtheTurtle]

I’m by no means an expert here but one of my good friends also told me to work on R L L and L R R as a pattern as well and even after a few days I’m starting to get the desired sound. It’s important to practice the dynamics and really accentuate them (very low stick heights when not accented, almost inaudible).

[divithnarendra]

Can we take a minute to acknowledge zack wearing a dragon ball tshirt...

[fdavidevans]

Aw, Zack looks sad that his saxobro moved away.

[Andoroid]

1:51

*1000% agreed*

One of my all time favorite drummers is Kosuke Kamata, he never does what the majority of people do when we think of "Chops" but it's always extremely unique and creative. I know it goes down to taste and subjective opinion but what matters to me most is creativity and originality *with* rudiments more-so than speed

[rubenspoolder]

oh man, when somebody has hella skin flute chops, amazing

[camron]

2:32 is just Zack showing off his muscles 😆

[devingreen]

Rudiments and technique are certainly important with this amazing instrument, but I've got to say man you purely play as "you" and a drummer that can play like themselves behind the kit is a true artist, phenomenal!

[osmangoofficial]

something in my head did "click" Thank u man

[iamjakin_kd]

Make a vedio on how to play that first chops that you played like fire 🔥🔥🔥, were the Speck guy got shocked 😂😂😂😂..

Always one of the best drummers

[claudiualt]

Man those accent are on so satisfying like you're doing A LOT of amazing chops and ghost notes, shuffles and still manage to hit those accents perfectly. You're a GOD

[JacobS]

How do you get such clean and consistent double strokes from your kick? Could you do a video explaining what techniques and exercises you do to develop foot independence and stamina?

[evcricket]

I always respect someone who is prepared to sit in front of a camera and say "I am an idiot". We all are sometimes. Just recognise it and keep practicing.