Popular item recently, a bunch of students at various levels are digging this. With the previous thing we were adding the paradiddles to some basic rock beats, here we’re stripping it down further, fitting them […]
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Syncopation in 5/8
For the more enterprising, a handy key to interpret Ted Reed’s Syncopation in 5/8 time. It’s a little obscure for the quasi-initiated, but then… what are you doing playing in 5/8? You’ve got bigger fish […]
Mozambique moves
A big part of my job teaching is getting people to handle their materials as loosely as I do. You’re supposed to be trying things, developing them beyond just the ink. On this page are […]
Embellishing a groove – paradiddle inversion
Something we were doing in a lesson, putting this very useful paradiddle inversion pattern— RLLR-LRRL— into some ordinary rock grooves, as embellishments. I didn’t compose these to be awesome grooves, these are the types of […]
Tresillo extended
Sketch page for working with a particular rhythm idea— a tresillo rhythm extended by two beats, repeating the syncopated middle note. Some interesting things are happening there, there is some similarity to a partido alto […]
5/8 burnout – 01
A pattern I was working with, with a Jack Dejohnette loop in 5. See my 5/8 control pages especially for more of this kind of thing. These won’t have the options as the other burnout […]
Samba with Funky Primer
I finally discovered a use for one part of Funky Primer— the hands-only section on pp. 17-21. I never found much practical use for them as playing vocabulary, except they work really well for making […]
Paradiddle inversion control – 03
More than ever convinced that this is basic language— you got singles in 16ths, singles in triplets, and the RLLR-LRRL paradiddle inversion in 16ths. Certainly any time you get into Latin playing, funk or fusion […]
Transcription: Airto – Moon Dreams
First transcription in some time— I’m spending too much time on internet nonsense. Have I ever mentioned how wrong every single thing on the internet is in terms of music, this instrument, playing this instrument, […]
Chaffee linear patterns – e to a
From my own practice room, i.e., ten feet away over there where my drums are, some more Gary Chaffee linear phrases, ending with a cymbal/bass drum accent on the a of 4, and starting on […]
Reed interpretations: Ed Blackwell – 01
A couple of things cooking with the old paradiddle inversion Reed system. Here is a tom tom groove / solo method, creating an Ed Blackwell like vibe, using a combination of accented paradiddle inversions (RLLR-LRRL) […]