{"id":37317,"date":"2022-09-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=37317"},"modified":"2023-07-12T15:19:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T22:19:24","slug":"the-8-tool-beats-every-drummer-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/the-8-tool-beats-every-drummer-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 Tool Beats Every Drummer Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oEntq_ynqLY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danny Carey is a living legend, the drummer for Tool, and one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/the-top-100-drummers-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top 100 drummers of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, we&#8217;re gassing him up, but why shouldn&#8217;t we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, Brandon Toews shows you how to play eight jaw-dropping drum parts that show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/danny-carey-genius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">why Danny Carey is a drumming genius<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><nav><ol><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#1-the-grudge\">&#8220;The Grudge&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-sober\">&#8220;Sober&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#3-eulogy\">&#8220;Eulogy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#4-forty-six-2\">&#8220;Forty Six &amp; 2&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#5-ticks-leeches\">&#8220;Ticks &amp; Leeches&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#6-schism\">&#8220;Schism&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#7-rosetta-stoned\">&#8220;Rosetta Stoned&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#8-pneuma\">&#8220;Pneuma&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-the-grudge\"><strong>1. &#8220;The Grudge&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104056\/grudge1.svg\" alt=\"tool grudge drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37335\" width=\"840\" height=\"263\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The song&#8217;s outro features a four bar tom groove built on three bars of 5\/8 and one bar of 6\/8. You might also notice Danny Carey&#8217;s beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/swiss-army-triplet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swiss army triplets<\/a> (a sticking pattern you can also hear in songs like &#8220;Rosetta Stone&#8221; and &#8220;Pneuma&#8221;). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-sober\"><strong>2. &#8220;Sober&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104055\/sober1.svg\" alt=\"tool sober drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37334\" width=\"841\" height=\"104\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This open hi-hat verse groove is a classic Danny Carey part. The key to getting this <em>really<\/em> tight is to make sure you close your hi-hats cleanly right on the beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-eulogy\"><strong>3. &#8220;Eulogy&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104053\/eulogy1.svg\" alt=\"tool eulogy drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37333\" width=\"840\" height=\"240\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another famous Danny Carey part is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/danny-carey-grooves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bridge from eulogy<\/a>, which uses a 4 over 3 polyrhythm (the hi-hat plays 3-note groupings of 16th notes while everything else is in 4\/4). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get a full breakdown of how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-play-jambi-by-tool-on-drums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">play a 4 over 3 polyrhythm in this tutorial for the song &#8220;Jambi&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-forty-six-2\"><strong>4. &#8220;Forty Six &amp; 2&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104052\/46and2.svg\" alt=\"tool forty six and 2 drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37332\" width=\"841\" height=\"244\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The chorus of this tune has a similar hi-hat pattern to &#8220;Sober&#8221; with some cool cymbal shots.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/455767444\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:68.35017% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/455767444?et=NBA_Qm13R0txqnVHK-3_1g&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=eEFvm4SNV8DAK9g1My7sZynrbBb9ylazu-x3tiBm4B8=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"594\" height=\"406\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-ticks-leeches\"><strong>5. &#8220;Ticks &amp; Leeches&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104050\/ticks1.svg\" alt=\"tool ticks and leeches drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37331\" width=\"840\" height=\"123\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the version heard on the album <em>Lateralus<\/em>: the opening tom groove played with all single strokes and snare wires turned off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-schism\"><strong>6. &#8220;Schism&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104048\/schism1.svg\" alt=\"tool schism drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37330\" width=\"841\" height=\"241\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Schism&#8221; is one of Tool&#8217;s most popular songs and it has one of Danny Carey&#8217;s more recognizable drum parts. While it&#8217;s phrased in alternating bars of 5\/8 and 7\/8, you could also think of it in 12\/8 or 6\/8. The triplets on the hi-hats are played using single strokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And turn off those snare wires!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"box-snippet\">\n<div class=\"shadow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div><i class=\"fas icon fa-solid fa-exclamation\"><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n                    <a style=\"color:#fff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/dennis-chambers-funk-drummer-schism-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch:<\/strong> We dared a funk drummer to learn &#8220;Schism&#8221;<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-rosetta-stoned\"><strong><strong>7. <\/strong>&#8220;Rosetta Stoned&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104047\/rosetta1.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37329\" width=\"840\" height=\"557\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s played in 3\/4, but throw in a bunch of polyrhythms (of course) and you have instrumental section in &#8220;Rosetta Stoned&#8221; &#8211; arguably one of Carey&#8217;s most difficult grooves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The right hand is implying a 4 feel while the kick goes off on a 5\/16 ostinato. You&#8217;ll hear more swiss army triplets and again the snare wires are off. An absolutely insane part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"8-pneuma\"><strong>8. &#8220;Pneuma&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09104045\/pneuma1.svg\" alt=\"tool pneuma drum notation\" class=\"wp-image-37328\" width=\"840\" height=\"494\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This section from the chorus cycles between 12\/8, 11\/8 and 10\/8 (but we notated it in 5\/8 and 6\/8 so it&#8217;s easier to follow). The hi-hat openings line up with the vocals, so be sure to get the placements spot on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re ready to challenge yourself, try to learn all of these parts. Or even better, learn all of the songs in their entirety! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7-day free Drumeo trial<\/a>, you can find the full notation and easy practice tools for all tracks on this page, a 9-lesson video course on &#8220;The Polyrhythms Of Tool&#8221;, over a dozen Tool songs and <em>so much more we can&#8217;t fit it all here<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Challenge yourself to learn 8 of Danny Carey&#8217;s jaw-dropping drum parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":37788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4016,4017,4025,4022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-songs","category-beats-and-fills","category-drum-beats","category-tutorials-and-transcriptions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37317"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47465,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37317\/revisions\/47465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}