The Jazz Drum Soloing Formula - Steve Lyman
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The drum set is just one avenue for musical communication. Steve Lyman shares his wisdom in this 50-minute lesson, “The jazz drum soloing formula.”
You’ll learn how to “deepen your storytelling capacity”, develop the ability to choose your narrative, and ultimately draw people in. Steve reveals his formula, which combines these four mechanisms (or components) into drum solo vocabulary:
1. Melodic: Deepening your melodic playing
2. Rhythmic: Building deep/challenging rhythmic connections
3. Textural: Creating soundscapes and dynamics for visualization
4. Harmonic: Layering vertically
Whether you’re matching the pitch of your drums to a melody, orchestrating sticking patterns around the kit in different subdivisions, building textures, or anchoring rhythms with ‘chords’, this lesson will help you develop the language you need to create meaningful jazz solos.
Lesson Index:
0:00 - SONG: “Pulsar” by Chase Baird
5:35 - Introduction
6:34 - Drum solo #1
9:25 - Overview of the four mechanisms
12:42 - The melodic mechanism
20:49 - The rhythmic mechanism
27:39 - The textural mechanism
31:53 - The harmonic mechanism
34:00 - Combining these concepts
42:00 - Drum solo #2
45:15 - Drum solo #3
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Forgot how good this was
At LAST! This is what I want to learn. Please have more jazz lessons that are as good as the ones Steve Lyman are giving us here OR have Steve back many more times.
This guy is zen. It's so good to hear a beautiful kit played so respectfully and efficiently. "I'm not dependent on phrases starting on a downbeat to keep my place". Wise words.
This kind of groove, i always had it in my head since child, but never had the hability to put into the drum. So that really gives me a nostalgic feeling, this solo.
Please, more jazz videos🔥🔥🔥
more jazz!!! it’s the only thing drumeo is missing!!! jazz drumming is big these days
I think a good example of a master of Textural drum soloing and playing in general is Brian Blade. Marcus Gilmore too of course, but I immediately thought of the countless Brian Blade moments that felt transcendent and genius to my ear, but in essence were nothing groundbreaking necessarily chops-wise, but the story being told and the mastery of his textural space on his kit is INSANE. His whole sound sounds so intentional and conscious the entire time. Great lesson Stevely Man!
@luvz2drum99
3 жыл бұрын
Also, Ed Thigpen.
@KBStickEm
3 ай бұрын
That's how I feel about Dave Weckl... Especially back in the day. Mullet Dave...
woah! I can actually hear the melody! amazing
Holy moly! I enjoyed that immensely. Incredible insight. Thanks a million drumeo.
This was amazing! I hate to say so little about such a brilliant performance and technique but all I can say is this is exactly what I've been looking for and more, to expand my abilities. I'm blown away.
Wow, could be Mark Guilianas lost brother from another mother.. The parallels are astonishing.
Hey Steve! I played with Ben Johnson, Dave & Joe, Sam Bevin, in SLC around 20 years ago. As the drummer guy with the fro. Don't know if you remember. I used to play the 9th & 9th coffee shop with Doug and others before it moved. Saw you on the cover of Drumhead & was like "ALRIGHT STEVE!!" Bought it. Great interview and hangs with Jimmy Chamberlain. Love the stuff your doing for Drummeo & how far you've come 😲.
What a good sounding hats And he nailed it
I mean.... why is he so underrated??!!!
@jorgevillegas6855
3 жыл бұрын
really underrrated player playing underrated cymbals....
@arjunchakraborty2206
3 жыл бұрын
@@jorgevillegas6855 bet that
absolutely beautiful lesson
well that's a great lesson. so grateful this stuff is free
Thank you for this. More jazz lessons like this, please!
AWESOME TEACHER, AWESOME VID
Beautiful, just beautiful.
Reminds me of Mark Guiliana with more cymbals. Love it. My sound has always been these type of hats. I have always had my home kit setup with these holy style crashes as hats. I need to revisit that
Mano. Parabéns Mestre mesmo
Hello, I would like to see classes on how to follow a jazz theme, from beginning to end, with all its parts, bridges etc. So far there are thousands of videos that teach to play the drums in jazz from the technical but none that explains and shows on a subject part by part from beginning to end and I think it is a good opportunity to teach that. Greetings from Argentina, thanks!
@xcodychaosx
3 жыл бұрын
I feel simply listening to some jazz could sort this out actively listen and pay attention to the drums and overall song structure
@Gk2003m
2 жыл бұрын
That’s not a drum lesson. It’s a music lesson. Learn to read charts, learn to follow bandleaders. Listen to the greats and emulate them.
@daviewavie112
Жыл бұрын
Did you ever figure it out? I started playing at jazz jams about 6 months ago and I’m always lost
Love this lesson. More drumming vocabulary has been added to my playing :). Reminds me a little of Jojo Mayer kind of drumming since he also plays something jazzy.
a lot of guiliana and nate wood! amazing! saludos desde mexico! 🇲🇽
Wooow!!! amazing ♥️🌻
Amazing!
Nice vid thanks for everything
Great stuff
Very good drummer, this was a useful lesson. Thanks to Drumeo!
this guy is just awesome
This is an masterpiece
Amazing
I dig this 👍🏾
Those Craviotto's sound AMAZING!
awesome - really good job ;))
Makes think of ari hoenig. Damon its his teacher. I love this concept of having notes in front of you. Dan Weiss is killing it too
OMG Im absolutely baffled
sooo many deep concepts
LYMAN IS THE MAN!!!
This was wicked. Definitely opened some new doors to peak through. Love how it is about sound and art and not just chops.
love it!!
This guy is great... Wow 👍
Good!
As far as being melodic and harmonious goes, I have my 5 toms and 18-inch bass drum tuned to an E minor 7 chord/arpeggio. (E-B-E-G-B-D) All combinations of those intervals are in harmony with each other.
@keenban
Ай бұрын
I tune my 4 piece kit to a sus2 chord (E-B-E-F#) as there are no 3rds, 6ths, or 7ths, meaning it doesn't have a minor or major sound.
Jim Black!! Wow would love lessons from him myself
good!!
he is awesome! Now bring in Drummeo his teachers: Ari Hoening and Jim Black!!
This dude is sick!
Finally!🙏🙏🙏
I always wonder why people sounds like I’ve started on a big dangerous quest into the universe of lord of the rings or narnia when I say I’ve started exploring jazz as a beginner, then I watch this and understand that they think about modern jazz and bebop while I think about big band drumming, cause this? Yes this is difficult jazz drumming for sure! I wouldn’t know where to begin, this is a high level of jazz soloing 🤩🤩
*RHYTHMIC Playing ♥️🌻 3:44
Interesting choice on the mehmets. Is that bass dum dampened or is that just the tuning. Sounds really good. Craviotto maples!
Great ❤
He really sounds like Mark Guiliana!! Great stuffs anyway.
@Mmsssssss
4 жыл бұрын
cyril gelly kind of looks like him too lol
@dariodigregorio3777
4 жыл бұрын
I think Steve is better. Its more natural, and his feeling is more relaxing.
someone please teach me, how did he tune his snare to that tone? ive been trying so hard to get that
Nice
Ultra cool..
Exiting!
Ari and Jim his Professors! thats why his contemporary jazz approach is killing so that set up, can anyone please tell if that Legend dry ride is a bit flat shaped and aprox weight??? sounds awesome!
@YiannisIliakis
4 жыл бұрын
I wish they will have Jim an Ari at drummeo...
Can you make a sequel about InEars for drummers?
How on earth can people gave 3 thumbs down to this incredible lesson?
@garcia9903
4 жыл бұрын
4 to be exact
@christopherpederson1021
4 жыл бұрын
Russian troll bots
@tomedilus
4 жыл бұрын
@@garcia9903 Yup, what a pity ehh......... :(
@garcia9903
4 жыл бұрын
@@tomedilus these 4 people are exactly why the world is going crazy
@lesedimotshumi7499
4 жыл бұрын
12🤔
What notes does Steve tune his drums to?
Killer Snare!
@stilldiggingrecords3951
4 жыл бұрын
yes it is i wonder if its a ludwig supralite? but i wonder that, compared to the craviatto awesomeness and $$$$, why choose such an inexpensive albeit great sounding snare...
@stilldiggingrecords3951
4 жыл бұрын
Ok it is. I see the ludwig badge once he starts playing. I have the same snare, its a ludwig supralite 14X8. Im letting the secret go but who cares lol.
What are the Mic's? Fantastic sound.
A very dedicated musician. Steve es un tipo inspirador.
24:00 is fire
Great video! Is a Craviotto kit really worth it? I would love one but is it worth the money? It sounds great obviously. After hearing it here I just don't hear much difference between Craviotto or Yamaha, Mapex or Gretsch or anything else really. Maybe I'm being an idiot. I work at a drum shop and worked at a different one for 17 years. I've tuned hundreds of kits. Minor differences in the high end kits. Very minor. Eye opening for sure. It all depends on heads, tuning and how it's being played.
When I was young : why isn't the snare following the rhythm? Now I'm old : just love it that the snare plays anything but 2 and 4.
I really like this lesson from the gentleman on the drums. It is odd to me that the gentleman behind the computer is so greatly misunderstanding what he is driving at here for the first half. Perhaps they could have had a conversation before the recording of the video to become aligned here.
@C1Njz6
10 ай бұрын
Lots of the drumeo guys are completely clueless hence why they bring more knowledgeable cats into their videos
Can anyone tell me what his cymbal set up is here please? Especially the two rides. Thanks.
@Rogersdrumvideos
4 жыл бұрын
Grahame Cope I know the main ride is an Istanbul Mehmet Legend Dry
Where I can find that list he mentioned?
Steve studied with Ari? Well done, Steve!
This video deserves more attention! Great teaching!
Amazing!!! Anybody could please give informations about the remote hihat stand?
@christopherpederson1021
4 жыл бұрын
I think pearl makes one (a mini hihat mount on bass drum)
@edoardodidonato3767
4 жыл бұрын
@@christopherpederson1021 thanx, very kind. However I think (after some researces) it's the Yamaha CHH930.
so damn good .... so much to like here
35. 40 very usefull exercise , thanks
Suggestion for drumeo specials, aric improta , Steve Holmes. BTW this guy is freaking unbelievable. That first song was the shit.
always wondered why I see jazz drummers switching between traditional grip and matched. I'm noticing this guy does it a lot for playing different velocity of notes. matched for louder, and traditional for much quieter taps/ghost notes. is that it or is there more to it than better control for louder vs quieter notes?
@tatemccartney7444
4 жыл бұрын
This is a good question. I've asked many drummers about this, and though I haven't found an exact consensus, my perspective is this: Each grip has physical advantages. Matched, obviously, can close the gap best between the sound of each of your hands. Traditional inherently puts less downward force on your stick with each stroke as well as less friction on the way up, which can benefit quieter hits and technically bounce longer and more evenly. However, a good drummer can render the inherent advantages of a grip moot by developing the opposite grip to a point where is it no longer significantly (significantly meaning in the context of music, and not your physical limit) "weaker" in any respect. Thusly, the physical advantage of a grip is not why a player would use one over another at the highest level of drumming (this doesn't mean to say that one drummer might use a grip simply because they are physically stronger with it). Instead, a drummer should associate different "sounds" with each grip--this includes things as nebulous as the mood and story of your playing as well as things as specific as genres and licks/chops. If you consider each grip a separate tool in your arsenal, you're actually mentally creating two unique presets for yourself to embody as you play. This ultimately widens your drumming vocabulary even though it involves no physical change beyond flipping your stick around. Now, I am by no means at such a level where I fully imbue this concept. When I watch Lyman play, however, I think something similar to this is what's going through his head. I hope I've helped to answer your question!
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
10 ай бұрын
@@tatemccartney7444I know this was written a long time ago, but it was such a good answer that I wanted to give you a 🫡
Wow
Like Marc Guiliana……could be his brother! Great player….thanks for this video…..
Man. Drumeo has absolutely different vibe without Jared or Dave
@WyattLite-n-inn
9 ай бұрын
Better, worse, or just different ?
Anyone know what Ride he's using?
@Rogersdrumvideos
4 жыл бұрын
Chris James Istanbul Mehmet Legend Dry
Please sent me the list, thank you.
steve you just made talk this drums
does sb know what that amazing istanbul RIDE is?
@artemqqq7153
3 жыл бұрын
Mehmet Legend dry 22”
Absolutely loved the lesson! But damn, that bass drum sound started to drive me nuts a few minutes in.
@fransiboy
4 жыл бұрын
Yep the most annoying bassdrum sound in the history of Drumeo - listening on a 5.1 surround set - u can not escape the "thump" . Had to Eq my mixer to a compete Low freq cuttof! Further comment on this lesson, I HATE condensed playing in the likes of this kind of "jazz" drumming. Prefer the energy of a Tony Wiliams, far more than the "I am sitting behind a desk -playing style - U cannnot fool me , by playing a lot of timed technical notes without a certain degree of explicit DYNAMICS .
@christopherpederson1021
4 жыл бұрын
I think it’s a case of the bass drum overloading the channel. It almost sounds like it’s clipping or something
😍
Those cymbals sound smoky
21:00
8:35
👍
gaps (silences) are underutilized, and they heighten the drama of the playing, like a pregnant pause when speaking. non-vocalists and non-wind instrumentalists (like drummers, pianists, string players) can greatly benefit from "taking breaths" on their instruments, otherwise known as "cantabile" (singing style) what i don''t understand is - how does he not get his sticks caught in the holes of his hi hat?
Such beautiful playing in Pulsar and it all got droned out by all the drumming. Sad.
This conversation reminds me of Frank Zappa or rather something that Frank said he said talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
fuck ! some tricks I just heard and this wave according solo
This was synced 0:31
What hats are those??
@Oscar-bp8ye
4 жыл бұрын
Also what is that lock at 2:30
@Oscar-bp8ye
4 жыл бұрын
Lick not lock
@christopherpederson1021
4 жыл бұрын
Istanbul agop Xist I think
@CharloftDockingments
4 жыл бұрын
Christopher Pederson thanks
I think the most difficult part in drumming is Jazz
But can he play smoke on the water?
that snare???
@christopherpederson1021
4 жыл бұрын
Probably Craviotto
@stilldiggingrecords3951
4 жыл бұрын
ludwig supralite 14x8
@sevillasettantotto6690
4 жыл бұрын
@@stilldiggingrecords3951 thanks Larry Dominguez