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3 Reggae Drum Beats Every Drummer Should Know | Reggae Drums | Stephen Taylor Drum Lesson
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This reggae drum lesson will focus on the top 3 reggae drum beats that I think every drummer should know.
These reggae drum beats will help you begin to play the style. The 3 that we focus on are the One Drop, Rockers, and Steppers.
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Cymbal Setup From Left To Right:
All Zildjian
Hats:
16" EFX Crash on top
16" K Light Top Hat on bottom
18" Kerope Crash
22" K Custom Dark Complex Ride
22" Renaissance Ride
Drums:
Tama Starclassic Bubinga with Tiger Wood finish
Sticks:
Vic Firth 5A
Drumheads:
Aquarian
Classic Clear on toms and snare resonant
Response 2 on toms batter
Hi-Velocity on snare batter
Regularor (Ebony) on kick resonant
Super Kick 10 on kick batter
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Stephen Taylor I am a Jamaican born with reggae in my DNA and it's so interesting how you as a non-Jamaican appreciate 'real reggae' for the most I also appreciate the fact that you credited some of the right persons and encourage viewers to go and listen and learn the music. You have done a great job for the basic start. Blessed love keep doing what you are doing "One love" Jam Rock approved👍
Kemoy Rowe Thank you my friend. Means a lot coming from a native Jamaican. It’s ALWAYS better to go to the source...listen listen listen. Thanks so much for the kind words!
Nice to read, it's authenticated by a true Jamaican. One love from a reggae fanatic in the UK
💚💛❤️🇬🇧🇯🇲
There are millions of non-Jamaican people that appreciate deep roots reggae. The history, the evolution and the variations are all appreciated by millions of open minded people. It’s hard to no feel a reggae groove no matter where you’re from or who you are. Music reaches everyone equally and that is the beauty. Non-Jamaican people can create and channel reggae just as a Jamaican can. We are all the same in the heart of music.
Please @Steven Taylor please write the names of those guys you recommend. I can't get the names how you say them.
? The majority of Bob Marleys fans were white
Well I am a Jamaican drummer and its the norm for every drummer in my country to know how to play reggae grooves. I should say wow Stephen you said everything that is to know about reggae grooves well done ! Yuh ting up!!
Lol...I would hope they do know how to play reggae grooves in your country! It's always interesting to me how musicians from different parts of the world feel rhythms differently. And thank you...glad I hit the nail on the head!
To Kemar: Good comment. Well done.
Please what rhythm is in this track? czcams.com/video/KtzyTEP53KQ/video.html
@@norubi Sounds like an example of version 2 of the rockers groove Stephen played, though it's a bit difficult to hear exactly what's going on.
@@norubi Reggae roots
Thank you so much. I am 69 years old and trying to get back into drumming for my own enjoyment.
patrick wilhite nice
far out man
@@roxannepeypascissurs9929 so you must be 12 years old
I was the drummer of The Skeletones for 13 years and glad you did a video about this style. You're speaking my language!
Bro...loved your band...killer work. And thanks!
Stephen Taylor Cool! Now I give lessons and can't thank you enough for all your fantastic instructional videos!
Kenya raggae drumer I liked your lesson
Love the one drop .... My Bass player once said "hey let's do 3 little birds" ... i spent all weekend learning it , So come Monday night practice .... He changed his mind :-(
Ticonderous1 Lol...that’s such a great song.
I’m not a drummer... but I’ve been playing reggae Bass a loong time, and I must say your analysis and groove is spot on.
I love how you show reggae music the respect it deserves. Too many bogus "reggae drum lessons" on youtube. Well done.
"The notes don't mean a thing, if you don't know why they're being played. Go listen to the style and absorb it". - Stephen Taylor
I hear so many gigging/cover band drummers play the right notes but miss the feel of the type of music being played. It's not easy to be able to combine the necessary technical facility w. style but I'm super glad that Stephen refers to drummers, songs and bands to study. I hope this really important message gets through to everyone so we all can play, listen and dance to better quality music!
Thanks Mike...gotta go to the source to know what it really sounds like
Dude, every day you're making better drummers who can play better music! Hats off to ya'!
1:01 when you said "the notes don't mean a thing..", I expected "if it ain't got that swing" to follow haha
Ha!
I did too :) I said it in my head :). LOVE this lesson and the rhythm of Reggae. Thank you for this!! 👍
Bop shooah bop shooah
NOTES don't mean a thing if it ain't got that GROOVE !! (swing is mostly a jazz thing).
Was actually practicing reggae five minutes before I saw this video. This is the third time this has happened. I don't know whether to be scared or happy :p
No reason to be scared. Btw, you're running low on soap in your bathroom...and you're almost out of coffee.....
But don't be freaked out...
DrumCorcaigh happy. Jah is calling you
It’s all just a simulation
You forgot the part where you recommend smoking the herb when you listen and play.
Great video btw
Jah bless!
Nothing better. A match made in heaven.
Left hand suzuki method hahaha
Ahahahahaha xD avoiding to do what Elop Musk did ...
respect for saying to listen to it first, people dont get how much of a difference it really makes
Don't forget to tighten that snare head as much as is possible...
It should sound fairly terrible by itself, but it'll fall right into the mix...
Ha...ha...
You know what Angelo, I meant to say a little something about the drum sounds as well and forgot. Crazy high snare, really dead kick, small crashes...thanks for bringing that up!
Love how you emphasize studying artists and suggest pieces which reflect the material you're teaching.
john johnothan Thanks John. Anyone can teach the notes to play...but the feel. That’s something altogether different and we only get it by really digging in to the style and players. This style especially.
Not a drummer but a guitarist who plays punk and reggae. Thank you for educating me on what the drum grooves are called, now I can communicate with a drummer better!
I’ve been watching drum teachers on youtube do quick lesson on 2 or 3 variations of latin, samba, and reggae grooves, and in the last 2 months my playing has improved dramatically! No fills or nothing, they come naturally. THX!!!!
So glad to hear that!
I'm not even a drummer but I like what I got from this video and you've earned another subscriber.
Thanks Stephen, when I'm learning something new your videos always come up !!
You the man bro im a non Jamacian my ethnic peoples adoppted Reggaea nd we really took it on here in Aotearoa ya gotta luv Reggae Muzik
You've done well explaining this in a Jamaican guitarist
It seems to me Stewart Copeland grab a hold of this stuff and ran crazy with it. Walking On The Moon is one of my favorites! Also, I've got a gig on Mackinac Island, MI coming up in July where we are taking 5 pop songs and doing them reggae mon. This so helpful. Keep up the great work my friend. Thanx for grooves Stephen!!
For sure! I saw an interview with Stewart and he said he wasn't necessarily TRYING to sound like a reggae drummer but he thought a normal backbeat was boring so he was trying his best to make his backbeat on different beats than the standard. It just ended off coming out that way (I'm sure there was plenty of Reggae inspiration in there too but he didn't mention it lol).
Man!!!!! Ty soooooo much!! I’ve really delve into Regae over the last few years and this answers some areas that still confuse me!! Thank you!!
great lesson and playing, i just can't get used to counting it half time having done it the other way for 30 years ha ha. I dunno, i just find it easier that way, especially when trying to teach the groove to others. your tips for listening are also bang on. Sponji reggae is a drum and bass masterclass for sure. For drummers not quite as skilled, i'd recommend style scott with the roots radics (gregory isaacs/barrington levy/yellowman/eek a mouse/israel vibration etc) Simpler but great weight power and groove. As a longtime reggae lover it's great to see that half a million people have watched this. thanks
Great teaching, to the point and no long stories, lol. Thank you
Thanks, so glad it helped!
dude you nailed it I'm Jamaican (not a drummer) but I play the guitar and the drum to me is really the base that I follow to a good rhythm going, yeah you're an honorary Jamaican drummer in my book, thumbs up, keep it ticking 👍
'Obsessed with Two Tone since the early 1980s. Your example was sick!!
👊😎 Rudy!
Thanks!
Fantastic lesson. Helped my classroom teaching!
Loved this lesson. I've played reggae and ska off and on for years and your feel is spot on. And its all about the feel.
Adi Wood Thanks...feel is where it’s at in all styles. There’s such a slight difference in this rhythm stylistically. So important to listen.
I appreciate this lesson as our church is starting to play reggae music and I need something to get me started.
Obasi Springer is my favorite Raggae drummer, and def. in my top ten
Great job getting that duple/triple push pull feel on the one drop!
I dont know why people disliked this video. Great job. I got choir practice and i need a good reggea beat to use as a flow. I appreciate it.
I'm A rhythm guitarist from Jamaica. what you said at 0:54 made me subscribed. you know exactly what you're talking about. nuff respect breddrin
Thanks so much for the awesome lesson man! Appreciate it!
I feel you God blessed raggae
Well done buddy.!
I grew up playing Bass guitar with Reggae music and for me is a very nice video for all the ones that want to start play that wonderful music...
Again....Well done......!
"The notes don't mean a thing, if you don't know why you play" brilliant
Thanks Steph!
Thanks so much for this! About to learn it with my 4 year old son! Thank you!
That was a great lesson!!! Thanks for sharing!
benjamin hernandez Thanks Benjamin...and you bet!
Stephen, thank you for posting! I was on Drumeo's channel when I saw your vid on reggae drum lessons. I appreciate your ability to articulate sticking and notes for not just the different style of reggae music you covered, but in all your other tutorials I've watched. The 16th-notes on high hat was the breakthrough I've been looking for on my self taught journey. BiGG respect for skills and time you share - it's a tru tru blessing mon. Big Up!
So glad it helped my friend
thanks so much!! i will greatly be taking this lesson today!!
I’m just getting into drumming and I thought I knew reggae. You suggested three songs I’ve never even heard lol. I love your channel and please continue suggesting the music homework(especially reggae).
Thank you very much for the lesson; you’re an awesome drummer and teacher
I'm amazed at the knowledge! Good Job and thank you!
Drummer from Black Roots is a great example of a mix of that three styles
Reggae is very beautiful because for learning drummers like me will need to know this
That last groove reminded me of The Police “message in a bottle”
Man, I don’t know where you get the energy to know all the footnotes but it’s well appreciared,. These are cool grooves, easy, but for me, a challenge. Thanks! 😎
Excellent Wisdom and Knowledge to us Reggae Drummers Even before you hit your first note. I thoroughly enjoyed this!
unomanso Thanks!
As usual, great lesson! Thank you!
Excellent ! Thanks
i'm a schooled drummer from back in the (Inner Mounting Flame) days. thanks for the great lesson on Reggae. nice and simple for almost any drummer to understand. thanks again
That's such a great album. And glad the lesson delivered what you needed!
Dropping beats and knowledge excellent video!
Thanks for making this video! Not many reggae drummers in my area. I’ll be using this for our fill in guys! Thanks again one love.
Great lesson
Thanks for the lesson man! :)
Beautiful work man I learned a lot from this video I’m working my reggae groves..
Sir you have made me to understand in details how regea beat works thank you God bless you
Thanks a LOT for sharing this beautiful knowledge. Specially when it comes to counting the beat. Amazing lesson.
José Maria Jr you bet Jose!
Thanks man! Im a drum programmer but i will get a drumkit one day, never too old to learn haha
I don't always 'like' your uploads. Sometimes I forget... but I always remember the second or third time I watch ;)
Great man, really a nice lesson, straight to the point. Thanks
Awesome thanks🤗
Difference between raggae and Rock is Rock and almost all music snare is on 2 & 4. Raggae snare is almost always on three. You did a good explanation counting it both ways. the way you explained it works well, double it or half it and snare come on 333333three!!!! Practice a solo where the accent is on 3! Good job.. Jamaica drummers are Fun!
I appreciate you making lesson videos regarding reggae.
icant seeitall My pleasure my friend
Love ALL your content esp your collab with rdavidr. Rad dude, schweet diy skills and pocket grooves!
Thank you
Drums are the best. Thanks heaps for sharing. :D
Thank you so much...! What a connoisseur.
Bu Tu Pai You bet
Absolutely love your Reggae drum breakdown !! Love the reference to the great Robbie S & Sly !!
Christian Fraude Thanks Christian!
Great video! Could you explain a little more towards whether there's a swing or a common time? Or even a slight of both?
Thanks
thank you
well said teacher Taylor
Thank you brother for your lessons👏🏾👍🏽
Abel Saved You bet!
Thank you ...🙏
Great video- for anyone wanting to get into Reggae drumming- great references and pointers. Thanks for posting!
Thanks so much!
Best online drumming instructor
Hey. I'm learning, I've learnt that style,I'm grateful😂😁😀😀. Well not everything, but I've picked something . thanks.
thank you for the support Stephen..🙂🤘
You bet Ankur!
Stephen Taylor you are motivation sir..🙌👍
That was very informative and great. This video can change someone in reggae from zero to hero
binkawy Thanks...glad it helped!
Cool man.
About the counting: technically you _can_ indeed count it both ways (fast or slow), but really for reggae the right one is the slow one - on a one drop you get the hi-hat playing sixteen notes with accents on beats 2 and 4 (the skank) and the kick "dropping" on beat 3. This is the quintessential reggae riddim where emphasis is on beat 3 and beat 1 is the "lesser" beat. Counting it fast (hi hat accents on upbeats and kick on 2 and 4) is actually a rock-steady / ska rythm, closer to r&b only with the "skank" thing being played on upbeats instead of downbeats. This can be seen as a subtle (or just downright pedantic ) nuance but it really makes a difference in the way you "feel" this groove and play it - or at least it did make a difference for me (long time guitar and bass player and now learning drums) when I first learned to play reggae some 35 years ago. FWIW the rythm you call stepper is also known (and I first learned it as) as "four drop" because you "drop" the kick on all 4 beats - IOW it's really a "four on the floor" with still the skank on beat 2 and 4 and the snare (or rim click) adding emphasis on beat 3.
2latuile You know what, I almost said something about steppers being called four on the floor or a four drop and it simply slipped my mind. Thanks for throwing that in the conversation!
I really enjoy the fills in Pressure Drop (Toots). I think the drummer was Winston Grennan
Great video
Great lesson!! Thank you!
Jess L You bet Jess!
Legend
Great lesson. Deep insights, well researched and well spoken. Positive outlook. Bravo!
One of my favorite things to listen for is the “swung” timing of the upbeat 16th notes in the hihat. It is always far from a “perfect” rigid timing.
Mike Mastropierro Thanks so much Mike.
And Man, you bring up a great point. As I study different cultures and world rhythms, it’s always interesting to me how that “swing” differs. And sometimes it’s not a swing. It’s just a particular treatment of the notes. Humans are just really amazing creatures.
Mike Mastropierro best drummer
👍 I love it, Dude!
This is amazing, I grew up listening to reggae and you are really good, at drumming and teaching too!
Thank you!
Sly & Robbie were on countless reggae recordings! They were *the* reggae rhythm section, just like Philly Joe and Paul Chambers were for the late ‘50s hard bop scene.
Exactly. You can't study the style without those two. Incredible contributions to music.
I listened to a LOT of Sly and Robbie. Without dissing them, they're just two stars in a huge constellation of talent out there. I think more than musical talent the key to their career was the probably more-important skills of networking and productivity. They knew and played and recorded with everybody, which I salute, but not because they were "the" best.
Wow, great lesson!
Thanks so much Jim!
Great video!
Hey, thanks! Subscribed.
Raid I Blues Dance by Steel Pulse!Choice to jam along with bro !!Cheers for the cool vid!
As a Jamaican. I approve this video 👍 legit
Thank you my friend
@@StephenTaylorDrums yes it seems so simple but reggae is more about feel than technique, having said that, if you don't have the technique you can't play it either. You've got to listen to the vibe man. Your timing and execution and rolls are spot on.
Nice Grove lesson sir
Thanks so much!
Awesome tips man, and your appreciation for the history and culture of reggae really made me a fan. Keep making great music. Cheers!
Thanks!
Great lesson. Thanks
kunal n You bet