Dropping the other shoe here, so to speak, following the one-measure linear patterns in 7/8 from last week. I think we’ve got all the two measure patterns here that can’t be made by combining the […]
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Linear phrases in 7/8 – one measure
More fun with linear patterns in 7/8 time, with more to come. Using Gary Chaffee’s 3-8 note linear patterns, we’ll look at the only three possible combinations that fit in a single measure of 7/8: […]
Linear patterns in 7/8 – RLBB
UPDATED 8/27: Added one thing to the pdf. Another page of stuff to play with last year’s smoking John Zorn “Solitaire” practice loop in 7/8, this time developing a very common four-note linear pattern, RLBB— an […]
Chaffee linear phrases in 3/4 – 16th notes – 01
I’ve been trying to figure out why I never did that much with Gary Chaffee’s linear system; I find I’m a lot more interested when I vary the rhythm, and when I’m not always starting […]
Linear patterns in 3/4: one bar, triplets, with inversions
I’ve written many more pages of Gary Chaffee-style linear phrases than actually appear in his books— people have gotten incredibly good just using what’s in the books, but they work better for me when changed around […]
Linear phrases in 7/4, mixed rhythm — 01
Something to combine with all of the other recent stuff in 7/4: linear patterns, in a mixed rhythm, written in 7. Our source for the basic idea is Gary Chaffee’s book Patterns, vol. III, which […]
Linear phrases in 5/4, mixed rhythm — 02b – inversion
Moar Chaffee phrases in 5/4! This is an inversion of the last set: we’re offsetting the phrases, so the listed phrase starts on the second note of each measure. The attraction there is that it […]
Linear phrases in 5/4, mixed rhythm — 02b
Here’s another set of Gary Chaffee-style linear phrases in a mixed rhythm, in 5/4— a continuation of part 2, which has four beats of triplets and one beat of 8th notes. I’ve found this to […]
Linear phrases in 5/4, mixed rhythm — 02 – inversion
I feel bad posting more practice stuff, when I’ve barely gotten to hit the drums myself this week, what with taxes, dental work, teaching, painting the house, and on and on. But back in the […]
Linear phrases in 5/4, mixed rhythm — 02
UPDATE: pdf download link fixed! Another batch of Chaffee linear patterns, in a different mixed rhythm than before, in 5/4. There will be four pages of this one; two of the basic phrases, two of […]
Linear phrases in 5/4, mixed rhythm — inversion
This is part two of that last set of linear phrases in 5/4, based on Gary Chaffee’s linear patterns, from vol. III of his Patterns series of books. This is the same set of phrases from […]
Linear phrases in 5/4, mixed rhythm
Here are some practice phrases using Gary Chaffee’s linear patterns, from vol. III of his Patterns series of books. I’ve put his jazz linear phrases into 5/4, with a mixed 8th note/triplet rhythm— there are twelve […]