DRUM LESSON: The Purdie Shuffle

Here's a quick demonstration/transcription of a couple of variations of the Purdie Shuffle, Bernard Purdie's signature half-time shuffle groove. If you haven't watched the man himself play it, please go and do so right now!

0:00 Demonstration
0:35 Slowdown/Transcription (1st Variation)
1:09 2nd Variation

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Mapex Armory 6-ply Maple/Birch
22x18" Bass Drum
10x7" Hi Tom
16x14" Floor Tom
14x5.5" Mapex MPX Maple Snare

Zildjian 14" A New Beat Hi-Hats
Zildjian 16" A Medium-Thin Crash
Zildjian 20" A Medium Ride

Vic Firth 5A Sticks

Remo Drumheads

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