Another groovy practice loop, sampled from Journey In Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane. It’s a slow, 97 bpm swing feel in 6/4— good for getting into both of my ways of doing Chaffee’s jazz thing, as […]
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Page o’ coordination: cut time funk / fusion cymbal rhythm
A Page o’ Coordination for getting together basic funk coordination using a common fusion cymbal rhythm, that comes from Latin drumming— it’s also the jazz cymbal rhythm, not swung. The rhythm is difficult enough for […]
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 […]
Hemiola funk – repeated beats
More of this hemiola funk idea, putting the two basic 3/4 patterns into 4/4 by repeating each beat of the pattern… starting on each beat of the pattern. I don’t know if there’s a special […]
EZ linear quarter note rock method – drills
Here are a few specific drills for use with the EZ rock method from the other day. Not every single thing you play using this method is going to sound great, but it’s a solid […]
3/16 Control – 01
BOPWORKS STICKS NEWS: For those of you who asked about getting some free Bopworks sticks, I’ll be sending them out this week. I’ll email everyone who will be receiving them. While I finish doing my taxes, […]
EZ linear quarter note rock method
I may have written this up before, but I can’t find it in the archives, and I probably didn’t include the embellishments I’m going to tell you today, so what the hell, let’s do it […]
Hemiola funk series – SB-BS
I like this series. It’s a little half-baked, and I’ll probably have to rewrite it eventually, but I feel we’re closing in on something. A theory of rhythm and playing the drumset not based on […]
Hemiola funk series – BS-SB
Further exploring hemiola rhythms in various meters and drum set orchestrations… there will be several more posts like this coming soon. It’s a simple idea that nevertheless needs to be written out, and it takes […]
Two hemiola coordination patterns
This is partly about rhythmic education, partly about drilling a couple of basic drumset coordination ideas, and partly about education on the polyrhythmic foundation of common funk rhythms. It is based on this page of hemiola […]
The leap to playing
I feel like this A big problem for many students is how to get from practicing exercises in a book to real playing. It’s actually an issue for everyone, but in this post we’re just […]
3+2 rub-a-dub phrases
Continuing in eking out a way of learning this rub-a-dub concept, here are a couple of pages of combinations of three-beat and two-beat patterns: Practice these in the written meters, then try putting them into […]