LevinLeesemann
Member
Hello Jazz Gurus,
I've been interested in learning jazz for quite some time, and I'm even more intrigued now that I'm taking a Jazz Combo class in High School along with doing Jazz Band in the winter. I have a solid foundation in rock and anything non swung and jazz related and understand the basic jazz pattern (i.e. The tah tah tahtah tah tahtah with the kick on 1-4 and hi hat on 2 and 4)
I can also add some rather random snare hits in there thr sound somewhat ok. The issue right now is that I have no clue where to go or what to do as this seems to be a whole different type of drumming (at least it does to me), and seems to require me to start back at the basics. When I learned drums (Rock etc) there were plenty of songs I could just learn from and videos online that teach you simple all the way to complicated beats along with a variety of cool fills. The issue I'm running into here is that any jazz video I've found only teaches the typical beat that I mentioned above earlier.
I've tried listening to some jazz but find it to typically be way too difficuly to understand what the drummers are actually playing. I know that jazz is its own beast and is felt much more than any other genre, however I do need some help on how to at least get started, not to mention once I get that far. Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks so much you guys (and gals)!
I've been interested in learning jazz for quite some time, and I'm even more intrigued now that I'm taking a Jazz Combo class in High School along with doing Jazz Band in the winter. I have a solid foundation in rock and anything non swung and jazz related and understand the basic jazz pattern (i.e. The tah tah tahtah tah tahtah with the kick on 1-4 and hi hat on 2 and 4)
I can also add some rather random snare hits in there thr sound somewhat ok. The issue right now is that I have no clue where to go or what to do as this seems to be a whole different type of drumming (at least it does to me), and seems to require me to start back at the basics. When I learned drums (Rock etc) there were plenty of songs I could just learn from and videos online that teach you simple all the way to complicated beats along with a variety of cool fills. The issue I'm running into here is that any jazz video I've found only teaches the typical beat that I mentioned above earlier.
I've tried listening to some jazz but find it to typically be way too difficuly to understand what the drummers are actually playing. I know that jazz is its own beast and is felt much more than any other genre, however I do need some help on how to at least get started, not to mention once I get that far. Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks so much you guys (and gals)!