How to play single stroke rolls effortlessly to up-level your Jazz drumming

Can you play a single stroke roll for 30-minutes straight free of any tension? Or place an accent anywhere you want while playing a roll with total control and confidence? No shame if you answered no. John Hvasta created this video to give Jazz drummers a view into how to achieve whatever you want with your single stroke rolls to give you one more layer of total freedom of expression and movement on any surface and between surfaces. Jazz drumming isn't just about feel. It's about control, speed, velocity, dynamics, movement, and total freedom of expression. If you want to seriously up-level your Jazz drumming this video will give you several approaches to help you do so.

[@hendrikpleysier3722]

I am generally a traditional grip player but practice alot of matched (left hand) grip it improves my traditional grip significantly, particularly with single strokes...

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

Definitely good to play both.

Great work, wonderful example also for my Students, thanks for sharing !!

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

Happy to be sharing, and if it's helping you teach that's wonderful, Marcello!

[@vovkin1001]

Incredible stamina, Jhon. Thank you for your posts.

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@scottiejohnson9801]

Thanks for the inspiration my brother… much obliged

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

You got it, brother!

[@OFFICIALBLINK182DRUMCOVERS]

UNIQUE

[@nanteuil]

please rotate your phone when filming.

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

Will be doing that moving forward.

[@nanteuil]

@@JohnHvastaDrums and by the way, thank you very much for your advices. Great videos!!!!

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

So glad you find the advice in our videos helpful!

[@FLAMANGO12123]

Nice, it's take me forever to be faster with my hands, they're slow unfortunately

[@JohnHvastaDrums]

Keep at it. Make sure you're relaxed always. And experiment every way you can with all aspects of shoulder, arm, hand, and finger positioning, movements, tension (not tensing up, just light tension) and release. Great to learn techniques that work for great drummers, but also important ultimately to experiment and figure out what works to get you the playing you want. We'll be getting some "how to practice" tips up soon that may help too. Could also be worth booking some lessons with John. I used to think my hands were just slow too, but lessons with John got me way faster and better in every other way.