Here’s an addendum to a set of stuff I posted back in January— the “tresillo unit.” That was basically a set of variations on a New Breed system. This is a loosely organized collection of things to further develop one of them, that was suggestive of a samba groove.
With these heavily constructed kinds of grooves, every small move and variation you learn becomes kind of a big deal. Changes in dynamics, articulations, and orchestration become a big deal. You can get by with them doing relatively little in terms of actually varying the parts.
Pattern 1-2 are the plain system, with the right hand moving between the cymbal and the floor tom, and that system with a left hand part to use for the complete stock groove.
Patterns 3-6 give some accents you can play with the left hand.
Patterns 7-8 have the left hand doing a partido alto-type rhythm.
With the following you can work through some of the reading in New Breed, playing the book rhythm with the left hand:
9-12 show some right hand variations.
13-18 show some bass drum variations.
Play the hihat where you like for a samba; I play it on the off beats.
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