The cosmos gave me a couple of instances of Jack Dejohnette yesterday— I got to work on that Jack Dejohnette transcription, and also happened to also catch him on the radio (KMHD.org, The Afternoon Bridge, […]
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Syncopation exercise: p. 38 with ties added
One minor gap in the rhythms covered in Syncopation— that’s a drumming book, hahaha omg— is that there aren’t so many syncopated long notes on the “weak” beats, 2 and 4. There are relatively few ties […]
Youtubed: practicing Syncopation
I’m feeling a little irked at the existence of YouTube drumming videos today, so let’s do a search of a subject near and dear to me, practicing the book Progressive Steps to Syncopation, and see […]
Reed tweak: bass in the middle of the triplet
Let’s take a break from watching the national degradation of the United States and its democratic form of government reach its apex live on Twitter/TV, wanna? Yesterday I was practicing one of my recent Reed […]
Syncopation rhythms in 5/4
Hey, who wants some practice rhythms in 5/4? Here are several pages of them. I’m working on a new book, Syncopation in 5/4— companion to my other book Syncopation in 3/4. There are some formatting decisions […]
Best books: 143 Binary Algorhythms Applied to Paradiddles
This book has been out for a couple of years, but fellow Portland drummer Ed Pierce just brought it to my attention: 143 Binary Algorhythms Applied to Paradiddles. …possibly the worst book title ever, but who […]
Progressive Steps to Syncopation – an itemized critique
I spend so much time talking about how great Ted Reed’s Progressive Steps to Syncopation (commonly known as “Syncopation”) is, and how you can do everything with it— and should— and how it’s the only book you […]
2019 in review
2019 basically = billionaire blood diamond heir rampages around Los Angeles making up new traffic laws to promote downright ugly vanity truck. Let’s take a break from me inching painfully towards completion of the new 2019 Book of […]
Syncopation exercise in 3/4: quarter / dotted-quarter spacing
Another Ted Reed-style syncopation exercise, designed for a special purpose. This one is in 3/4, with all notes spaced two or three 8th notes apart— quarter notes or dotted quarter notes, or their equivalents with […]
Syncopation exercise: singles, doubles – 2-3 8th intervals
Another original syncopation exercise. The last one had single notes, spaced one or two 8th notes apart. This one has one or two notes in a row, one or two 8ths apart. Both are really […]
Syncopation exercise – singles, 2-3 8th intervals
Let’s start a little series here: some full page syncopation exercises, each designed for a special purpose. Good for fluency and ease of practice with certain practice methods, good for a particular challenge with others. […]
An EXCELLENT time to support the blog
UPDATE: I’m going to keep bumping this to the top of the site this week, but I will be posting every day, so scroll down for new content. It has been a long time since […]