Chords for Drum Teacher reacts to Sina Drums (Toto - Rosanna)

Today's video was recommended to me by a commenter whose name I have forgotten.
I'm very sorry and I can't actually find the comment where it was suggested.
However, today we are taking a look at Sina or Sina, I'm not really sure how you say her name,
apologies for that, and her cover of Rosanna by Toto which is infamous,
not only for being a great song but for having the Rosanna shuffle.
So the late great Jeff Piccaro came up with the shuffle groove which there's a video on
YouTube somewhere of him explaining what it is.
It's basically a _ combination or his own version
of the When the Levee Breaks shuffle which is of course a Led Zeppelin song and I believe the
Bernard Purdy shuffle as well.
I think it's [Ab] his kind of amalgamation of the two but anyway,
[N] there's heaps of videos all over YouTube of not only people teaching how to play
the Rosanna shuffle but also Jeff himself playing it and then people doing covers of the song
such as today's video.
So this is really popular this one, it's got like a million and a half views
I think, I'm just going to check that, it's got, oh wow, two and a half million views pretty much.
I've not heard of Sina before, I've never seen her, that's not funny.
So this is kind of new
for me but I know the song so I sort of know what to expect.
Anyway, that's enough waffle,
let's actually get on with it. _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Perfect.
I love the fact she's got three different camera angles
so you can see _ _ what Jeff calls the bow diddly on the kick and you can see [F] her really nice
Muller technique on the hi-hat as well, [G] dropping the wrist to there to get that second hit in
really cleanly.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
It's got pure alloy cymbals, nice.
I really like that line, _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ bringing down
the volume really nicely for [F] the bridge.
Is this the bridge?
[Gm] I'm not the most musically technical
person.
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] Nice. _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] So [Bb] in [F] my [Eb] reaction video of John Sedano playing Schism, I mentioned that [Bb] that song
is one of the options for your grade eight [Eb] Trinity School London rock and pop [Bb]
[F] drums examination.
So is this.
However, [G] within the examination you have to choose one song that is listed as a
technical song and for reasons that I cannot [F] understand, this is not a technical song
[Em] apparently but Schism is.
I would argue Schism is [G] easier to play than Rosanna because Rosanna
requires a level of endurance and [C]
[F] the skill to not have your entire forearm cramp up,
you know, with the technique you need to get that down.
But it's harder than most [Eb] of the techniques
you have to utilise in Schism.
[Dm] But anyway, that's the reason that I chose to play Schism.
No,
I'm kidding, I didn't [Gm] actually.
But anyway, [F] I didn't play this for sure [Bb] because yeah,
the endurance you need is [F] tough.
_ [Gm] _
_ It's very impressive.
Anyone that can play the Rosanna
shuffle [Eb] straight away, you know, [F] very good drummer.
_ _ [C] And Sina, I'm [Eb] really sorry, I don't
know how to say [Bb] it, [F] is [Cm] playing it to a very high standard.
[Ebm] Really clean doubles on [Bb] iHat,
[Dm] goes to exactly where [Eb] they need to be, _ kick pattern is perfect.
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Eb] I noticed,
it's almost like she plays [Bb] heel down, and [F] she does play heel down until she does the fast double [G] and
she lifts her heel and slides _ the front of her foot back to hit the middle of the pedal and then
quickly forwards to get the second double, the second double, the second stroke of the double [Em] in,
[G] which is a really nice technique, _ slides technique, I believe.
[C] _ _ [F] Onto the ride now. _
For some reason, whenever I was practising this song, I always found
[Eb] the transition from iHat to ride [Dm] really like a relief of like the [Gm] tension in your arm that
builds up while doing the quick doubles.
[Am] _ [Bb] Maybe it's because your arms flexed a bit more when
you're up at the ride, but yeah, I just always found it more comfortable to play. _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ I _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] once [Bb] heard someone say [F] as well, if you can play this song for 30 seconds, you [Eb] can play the whole
thing, which is not true.
_ [Bb] [F] Yes, the rhythm repeats a hell of a [Eb] lot, but like I said, you need the
endurance, you need the [Bb] [F] muscle, you need the skill [Gm] down to be able to play this song without completely
cramping [Eb] up.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] [Bb] That's a really nice shot actually of her technique on the ride [Eb] there, a lot of wrist
[Bb] work.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] She's quite young actually, I've [F] no idea how old [Gm] she is, [Eb] but really impressive playing.
_ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Nice, I didn't really want to talk over this bit [C] because it's, when someone does it well,
it's so impressive. _ _
One of those grooves, [G] [Fm] timeless [Bb] grooves that sounds [C] great, [Gm] when it's done properly,
oh my God, [C] _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ [Ab] [F] quick double [Gm] on the left.
[C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I don't know if I should [Gm] be saying more,
but this is just [C] excellent.
[Gm] _ _
[C] I don't really need to say anything.
_ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nice.
Okay, let's pause it there.
_ _ _ If you're learning this song, which I imagine maybe a lot of people are because of what I
said, the grade eight thing, and also because if you can play the Rosanna Shuffle, it really
opens you up.
Excuse me.
It's just a good _ groove to learn, to help develop your ghost note techniques,
_ your doubles on the right hand technique, your syncopation with kicks playing a different rhythm
to snare, for example.
It's just a lot of different things going on.
If you can play
the Rosanna Shuffle, then it will help you learn a lot of grooves in the future because of what
you've developed within your muscles and within your techniques while playing the Rosanna Shuffle.
That is one of the highest standards I think I've ever seen of anyone play that.
I think that is,
obviously, it's a YouTube video.
We can only take it as face value.
I very much doubt she sat down
and did it that perfectly straight away, but maybe she did.
I wouldn't be surprised if she did,
because that is really, really very good.
There's a lot of YouTube videos out there that will claim
to teach you how to play the Rosanna Shuffle, [Ab] and they [G] skip out key elements.
They either ghost in
the wrong places or do the kick pattern wrong, for example.
Whereas I think personally that is
exactly how the Rosanna Shuffle is intended to be played.
That is perfect.
That and Jared Falk's
video on Drumeo of how to play it, two of the best out there for sure.
_ I can't really be any
more complimentary than that, so I may as well just end it there.
That's a really, really great
cover.
If you want to learn the song, just watch that on repeat.
Listen to the song.
Really learn
those intricacies.
And when you sit down at the kit, just as a little aside, actually I'll just
add this in.
When you're learning the song, I found it quite _ advantageous, I guess, to not play
the doubles on the hi-hat, because I think the hardest part is getting the kick pattern right and
the ghost note pattern right.
Once you've got those two down, then bring in the doubles on the hi-hat
and start to really test yourself.
But anyway, that's awesome.
I'm sure you agree.
If you disagree,
then