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Syncopated melodic solo – 01

  • January 25, 2019
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Here I’ve composed a syncopated, non-technical, four-tone melodic solo for drum set. It is through-composed, 36 bars long, in eight bar phrases with a four bar tag. Play this with the snares off, and pencil […]

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Barry Altschul on playing melodically

  • May 30, 2015
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This is an excerpt from a pretty amazing 1981 Modern Drummer article by Barry Altschul, in which he discusses the drummer’s relation to tunes, form, and melody, and playing melodically:  It is […] the drummer’s […]

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