More 7! This is a collection of exercises based on a pattern not unlike some of our old Elvin waltz patterns, for use with a new sampled practice loop that will be forthcoming today or […]
Category: Page o’ Coordination
Getting around the drums: the ultra basics
A quick little page of stuff on getting around the drums with one hand, and both hands. In the first part I’ve basically written out the collection of tom moves we use with the Pages […]
Page o’ coordination: anticipations — 03
[NOTE: PDF link is working now! -t] So, today is going to be jazz comping day, in our little fund raiser. If you haven’t made a cash contribution yet, please do. Help give me some […]
Page o’ coordination: Ahmad’s vamp
Something to go with yesterday’s practice loop, with some hihat splashes with the left foot. It’s nice and slow, but the track pushes and pulls a little bit, so the timing might be a little challenging […]
Page o’ coordination: “Latin in 3”
“Latin 3” is not a style name you often hear; it’s not a true Cuban/Salsa style that I’m aware of, and is not a super-common Brazilian style. But jazz musicians will call for it occasionally, […]
Page o’ coordination: anticipations — 02
Here’s a companion to another recent POC in 4/4.We’re doing pure coordination in a jazz idiom here, and not an actual groove— hopefully that’s obvious— we’re just strengthening some of the internal structure of our […]
Practice loop: Eddie Palmieri 6/8
Here’s a loop of an Afro 6/8 groove which I’ve been getting a lot of mileage out of, lately. It’s a couple of measures of Pancho’s Seis Por Ocho, from Bamboleate Eddie Palmieri/Cal Tjader. The […]
Page o’ coordination: Afro 6/8 — “Guiro”
A new POC in 6/8, with a variation on our usual bell pattern, pulled directly from Ed Uribe’s excellent, horrifying, massive book, The Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion and Drum Set. The pattern comes from Guiro, […]
Page o’ coordination: basic — 05
Here’s another basic funk/rock page o’ coordination, this time using a series of es and as on the bass drum— to me this exact rhythm is a very 70s thing, and doing it with an […]
Page o’ coordination: anticipations
Here’s a set of exercises which will force you to really get to know the &s of beats 2 and 4, and, by their frequent absence, beats 1 and 3: Swing the 8th notes. Listening […]
Page o’ coordination: basic — 02
Here’s another basic Page o’ coordination, with left hand variations over a very common funk rhythm in the hihat and bass drum: Play each exercise 2-4 times, and proceed to the next one without […]
Page o’ coordination: basic — 01
This whole Pages o’ coordination series has been something of a nightmare of difficulty; they’ve been for advanced players, at least. I thought I’d see what I could do on the other end of the spectrum, […]