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EZ one-beat fill with tom moves

  • December 28, 2017
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I think this is my third or fourth take on this particular subject since I started blogging, but it can take awhile to find the best format for teaching basic things. These days I like […]

  • 4-Way Coordination
  • Dahlgren and Fine
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Open hihat funk application using Dahlgren & Fine

  • December 22, 2017
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Wow, suddenly it’s the end of the year. In coming days I’ll be throwing up as much stuff as I can to fill out any remaining content gaps in the upcoming 2017 Book of the […]

  • beats
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Building the Tequila beat

  • December 21, 2017
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A student has a gig coming up where she has to play the song Tequila, but didn’t know a beat to play on it. This is what we worked out in her lesson. She was […]

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Countermanding the tsunami

  • December 19, 2017
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Thanks to everyone who has purchased the new e-book, 13 Essential Stickings, and I hope you’re pleased with it. As you can see, there’s nothing in there you haven’t heard of— it’s really a case […]

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Linear funk with a broken cymbal rhythm, using Syncopation

  • December 14, 2017
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I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we’ve developed quite a robust collection of funk methods here, using Ted Reed’s Syncopation. If you learned them all you should have some real creativity going by now. So here’s […]

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NEW E-BOOK: 13 Essential Stickings

  • December 11, 2017
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Here’s part of what I’ve been up to other than writing new blog posts— I’m releasing a new e-book today: 13 Essential Stickings for the Modern Drummer. If you ever get overwhelmed by the amount […]

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History of American Percussion Music

  • December 3, 2017
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This is just a quick link share: you should read the online article The Beaten Path: A History Of American Percussion Music. It’s an excellent thumbnail history of percussion in American conservatory music in the […]

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Practice loop: The Sermonette

  • December 1, 2017
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Here’s a jazz practice loop in 4/4, a sort of gospel 2 feel, sampled from The Sermonette, by Cannonball Adderly. It has a nice deep pocket and is good for all your jazz practicing needs. […]

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Page o’ skiplets – 01

  • November 28, 2017
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This is not a great method to self-teach, but for the few intrepid individuals this will help, or for the teachers out there whose students struggle to pick up jazz independence, this approach may help […]

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Ben Riley comping

  • November 21, 2017
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We lost a very great drummer this week, and one of a dwindling number of his generation: Ben Riley. He was best known for his playing with Thelonious Monk in the mid-60s, and with the […]

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  • Gary Chaffee
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Chaffee linear phrases: adding 2s / triplets in 3/4

  • November 20, 2017
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Another item we did some months ago: Gary Chaffee style linear phrases including a two-note pattern, this time in a triplet rhythm in 3/4. As you are no doubt familiar with by now, Chaffee wrote […]

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Page o’ coordination: triplet pattern with cymbal variations – 02

  • November 20, 2017
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Part 2 of something we did way back in January (where the hell did the year go, actually?), changing cymbal rhythms against a steady left hand and bass drum pattern. Here we’re just inverting the […]

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Todd Bishop is a drummer, drum teacher, Origin recording artist, blogger(hey?), visual artist, and cymbal dealer living in Portland, Oregon.

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