Easily the best videos on the open close technique! Been enjoying working on the open close over the last year and love how it pops up in my playing to help out when you're not expecting it. Gordy you're a gifted teacher!

@GKMusic54

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad!

Your control and technique is simply pleasing to watch

I'm retired after more than 45 years of playing. That was amazing I worked way to hard for all those years. I'm heals up guy all arm and wrist. I haven't had a lesson since about 1970. Wow that would have been nice to work on. Wonderful job.

That animation just blew my mind. BLEW IT

There are lots of good teachers on youtube but this is one of the clearest vids I've seen. Like the the crystal clear breakdown.

This will change my life Wow Im totally blown away. I have been searching for this for a long time. Thank you sir!

That was very informative. As a drummer of over 30 years, my technique has gotten sloppy and slow. I'm going back to basics to get my passion back. Thank you for the inspiration.

@JackFook. When this was shot I was a Promark endorser. I am now an Innovative Percussion endorser. They have made a custom signature stick for me I really like. It's rather beefy with a nice tip for cymbal sound.

Wow. Incredible shuffles

Wow, probably the best video I've seen on stick technique so far!

Great videos, GK! I've been using what seems to be the 3 Note Stroke for a few years now. I've got a few versions of the "Single 6" on KZread. I've also been amazed at the possibilities of patterns and grooves when combining the "separate" and "continuous" modes in unison, but offsetting the accents. In other words, starting the cycle of 3's independently between the hands.

@Coastfog

Жыл бұрын

I just had the same idea after watching this, almost ten years later. I hope those years were good to you!

I think your videos are the best. You start with simple ideas and then build upon them one step at a time. You make even MY brain understand. And that's saying something! Thanks!

Thanks, we used only a shotgun mic about placed 8 feet away. The room we were in was fairly live, which added ambience to the sound.

RH sequence for shuffle on ride cym or hat: Hand opens on the "ah" / closes on the beat. For example - open/close = ah /1 - ah /2 - ah /3 - ah /4. When doing a double shuffle, LH on snare, RH on ride or hat, left wrist must also drop down to add a rimshot on 2 & 4. This is tricky to do and takes time to learn, but it's one of those feels you'll eventually need - especially when playing blues music.

WoW!! His snare groove is outstanding!!

Only my favorite snare drum of all times. A work of art.

Thanks indeed its the best drums teaching in YT

What an amazing technique! Just plain awesome.

Blowing my mind Gordy! Thanks for all these amazing videos.

gordy thanks, this is amazing. ive loved the "bounce\snap" or "bounce\bounce\snap" tecnique for years, but this is the next level, cant wait to work on this!.......ted

Great instructive video. Stuff that I will try (with practice pad first) of course. I've seen you with Steve Miller Band more than once and I always come away more than impressed. Great groove drummer! Thank you. pl

Really helpful video! This technique is really good for blast beats!

That snare truly sounds amazing!!

@TheSaneMe. It's a custom Real Feel made about 12 years ago.

Great lesson! I especially like how you applied the hand concepts to the set afterwards, providing a context/application for the more abstract technique in a more musical setting!

wow this was something I needed to watch! so good, THANKS GORDY YOU RULE

Thanks for offering your knowledge to the masses!

I love the ending!!!!

a true master of your craft. thanx Gordy

Excellent stuff Gordy. A very enjoyable video, impressive and useful demonstration. Cheers, Seb

wow, just wow! so well broken down and executed!

love that snare. Beautiful

Very impressive finished product and the instruction is very clear. Very well done.

Incredible. Thank you, Gordy.

what a very good teacher you are! Nice lesson!

you're really good with your hands there my good sir! fantastic technique!

your technique is amazing!

Another brilliant lesson. Outstanding job teaching! :-)

Outstanding work!

Brilliant technique,amazing)

great technique and great vid - many thanks!

Really impressing!

Wow great lesson thank you, very inspiring, beautiful snare too.

muito, gostei! vou estudar. estou a tempos procurando por um tutorial explicativo como o seu. obrigado.

That just rocked my world.

Fantastic demonstration, very practical, thanks for sharing.

Same concept. The Moeller technique gets a whipping motion from the shoulder and this one gets it from the wrist. By using the wrist you can play faster because you don't have to use your whole arm and you're working with smaller muscle groups. But the best bet is to learn the Moeller first so you understand the whipping motion you need for this.

hey man you're great! thanx a lot! very good groove on the drumset by the way, and the end is totally amazing :D :D

thank you a lot, i appreciate it and learn a lot from them

Presentation, explanation, execution, progression...all very well done. Especially dug the opening audio / graphics and closing credit sequence. KZread would be a much smaller place if instructional videos would have to pass an audition..with this clip being the 'pass' standard.

Beautiful practice

A very useful video. Great examples and explanations. Thanks!

Seriously awesome video

Agreed! It´s very inspiring and seems to be easy but, man, we have to work a lot to get this... Thank you very much!

Impressive technical display - thanks for sharing

That ending!

oh my God this is so perfect

You play awesome!

excellent, love it!! thank you ! my best !!

@GKMusic54

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!

Without seeing you play it's hard to say what the problem is. While it's normal for the non dominant hand to be developmentally behind the dominant one, good mechanics in both hands is crucial for success. Watch more videos of mine at GK-Music.com, like "Fundamentals of Drum Technique". The info and the visual examples can help out a lot. Use mirror(s) to watch yourself play. This lets you to see your mechanics from another perspective. You might be able to see what your problem is for yourself.

Excellent educational material.

Great playing!

Fantastic!

loving this technique you should make a blast beat vid man haha go 200 bpm then in triplet oh that would be sick and even higher tempos man would love to see that

this was very helpful! thank you.

Perfect...!!!! Many many thanks...!!!

Amazing.

This technique is strongest FINGER technique i saw in my life.And i saw a lot,because i am pro drummer and private instructor for 40 years.You built regular gladstone and moeller technique to a new level.DO YOU?

Awesome video thank you!

Thank you for this lesson! :)

Awesome, Thank You.

Excellent lesson, thanks very much

Gordy is awesome! I was lucky to go to Music tech (thats the old name of the school) and study with him.

i am going to use this vid allot , thanks!

Gordy this rules!!!

very interesting and useful!

love the endings

I dig your style! Who needs toms when you have a snare like that.. is that bell brass? Also, the material in this video is a lifetimes worth of practice.. bravo man, this is the best video hand technique lesson I have probably ever seen. You should consider playing technical death metal! haha Peace and respect!

Insane hand technique... wow.

i love the intro

Brilliant.

You are a machine... Wow.

Exelente!!!!!! gracias

@forbeat100 - Thanks Paul. I studied with Marv Dahlgren, Floyd Thompson, & Elliot Fine. All of them are great teachers, but they did not show me this technique. The stuff shown here is from my own R & D work. I just finished a book which shows how it can be used to play rudiments called "Morphing Double Strokes with Open/Close Technique". Contact me at my website if you are interested, GK-Music.com, and I'll explain how to get a copy. It's not up on the site yet.

Way cool, thanks!

bah! now i have to learn this! gonna take a while :P

awesome!!! tnx

Obvious MasterClass !!!!! also want like to know what is that Practice Pad ?

Nice video!!!!!

This man does more than anyone with 2 drums!

Hey Gordy, I've been practicing this technique for a while and am just wondering if there's a particular grip that works best with it. ie. using french grip as opposed to a german grip. Great video and thanks!

Open/close......stroke must finish in position of control.

Unfortunately I do not have any video of the singled four played with traditional grip, BUT check out the Raul Valdes "drumset applications" video at gk-music.com. Click on "video lessons" and scroll down to the end of list. He demos traditional LH grip 2 note stroke in a backbeat application which might be helpful. Check out his "snare applications" video too, he's amazing!

This vid owns!!!

Hi Gordy, thanks a lot for the videos. Very nice and detailed :) I'm curious do you apply the same principal for your feet ? in a heel/toe technique ?

@GKMusic54

7 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Yes, you can apply the same concept to the feet.

👍без всяких пантов!

God bless brother

Awesome

this guy is like a terminator! :) excellent!

Much expresion, chevere muy bien, I to learn much