Vitamin C by Can (Drum Part Demonstration)

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If you've ever wanted to learn the drum beat for Vitamin C by Can, you can see it demonstrated here in this brief drum cover.
The drummer on this song is Jaki Liebzeit.
This song appears on the Can album, Ege Bamyasi.

If you're having any trouble playing this beat, practice your paradiddle substituting your kick for your right hand and move your right hand to the hi hat. Make sure to accent the left hand where it falls on the back beat and ghost all the other left hand notes. The independence of limbs is, for me, most challenging when dynamics and accents are applied.

Jaki Liebzeit is really inspiring to me. Obviously an innovator of the krautrock movement and a master of syncopated and rhythmic elements that have come to largely define the style, Jaki also brings a great sense of dynamics to the drum set. He has such a great touch when he's playing these delicate parts, but they still seem to dig in.

In addition to Can, he also played on the Michael Rother late-70's records as well as Brian Eno's "Before and After Science (1977). He even makes a guest appearance on Depeche Mode "Ultra" (1997)

I spent many hours playing along to this record (Ege Bamyasi) as well as its predecessor (Tago Mago, 1971) and follow-up (Future Days, 1973) and it was a real pleasant surprise to hear it placed in the Paul Thomas Anderson film Inherent Vice.

Side note: I heard a story once that Jaki could make a person physically ill by playing "at them."

As always, I am playing Istanbul Agop Cymbals and Promark sticks.

Dylan Ryan Music

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You’re the only one on YouTube to get close to Jaki’s groove. So many people abuse the snare. It’s all in the right foot.

randomcitizen

this might be my favorite drum beat ever

windyhollow

I’ve seen all the drum covers of this song and this is the only one that sounds authentic and not just an approximation. Have no idea exactly what you’re doing differently but this is a whole other level

FernandoDiaz-whqx

Awesome! This is the specific song that made me decide to get a drum kit and learn drums. Despite that, I’ve still had a little bit of trouble figuring out how to play this song even with lots of listening and watching mildly helpful drum covers. I feel a lot closer now, so excited to see this pop up here finally

cucumbers

Oh my fuckin god thanks for doing this. Explaining and clearly showing some of jaki’s footwork is key. That and the ghost notes on the snare really make it for me!

JonathanRamirez-kdzv

I'm a big fan of many great drummers such as Bill Bruford, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Jeff Porcaro, Keith Moon or Buddy Rich, but whenever I happen to meet a rookie drummer, I always tell them: "Please listen to Jaki Liebezeit of Can. You won't regret it"

Zappo

DUDE YES! literally the only accurate one on youtube

somethingnothing

That was a really good demonstration of his technique as well as a dare I say spot on cover. It was hard to tell you from the original track.

MrJeremy