Continuing in the vein of the recent three voice/three note patterns item. Let’s call this series “things I have always been against writing that I am now writing.” I’ve been playing around with an online […]
Category: harmonic coordination
Heavy funk drill
Going from Ndugu-actual to Ndugu-esque. This is a 70s style funk drill that dovetails nicely with some other things we’ve been doing lately— see the other links in that linked post. I think jazz drummers […]
Three notes, one on cymbals – 01
This little assignment is related to several things we’ve done lately: my harmonic coordination improved method, and my rock drill; playing it in */4 meters with a swing feel gives you something similar to rubadub. […]
Rock drill
Here’s a rock drumming practice system, that is related to my harmonic coordination improved method, and also this post on developing rock fills. I’ve been using it with students of all ages, and have been […]
Harmonic coordination improved – triplets
Here’s the triplet-based companion for the harmonic coordination improved warm-up. It’s a less miserable and soul-destroying, more musically relatable way of playing exercises of the type found in the harmonic coordination section of Dahlgren & […]
Harmonic coordination practice notes
Hard on purpose. A few notes on practicing my recent harmonic coordination improved thing. I can write a lot of verbiage about this system because it’s very abstract and time consuming, and I want to […]
Harmonic coordination improved – preparation
UPDATE: Here are some additional notes on practicing this. For some time I’ve been trying to work out a way to practice the very difficult “harmonic” coordination section of Dahlgren & Fine’s 4-Way Coordination without […]
Harmonic coordination whatsis – 02
There’s an easier way to play my patented new harmonic coordination whatsis™ technique— I thought about it for five minutes longer and thought of a better way to practice it. This is a way of […]
EZ “harmonic” independence
Fairly EZ. EZ compared to the thing it’s based on. This is something that came out of practicing the harmonic independence section of 4-Way Coordination by Dahlgren & Fine. Looking at that book makes you […]
Finally getting a handle on this Dahlgren & Fine business
No getting around it, this sucks. But… It’s funny how it can take years to figure out fairly simple things. 4-Way Coordination by Dahlgren and Fine has always been a problematic book for me, but […]