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Swing coordination: Dahlgren & Fine format — 01
- Todd Bishop
- April 2, 2014
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In the swing section of their book 4-Way Coordination, Marvin Dahlgren and Eliot Fine created a fairly ingenious framework for writing related exercises in multiple time signatures. With my Pages o’ Coordination I’ve been following […]
Elvin Jones analysis – Big Nick
- Todd Bishop
- February 2, 2011
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Here’s a little analysis- or catalog of ideas- extracted from my transcription of Elvin Jones playing on Big Nick, from Coltrane’s album with Duke Ellington. It’s a good introduction to Elvin’s playing for novice drummers- […]
Mingus riffs
- Todd Bishop
- February 28, 2019
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A quick little transcription project, before I get into making a lot of cymbal videos. These are the rhythms for the horn riffs on some Charles Mingus tunes. A riff is a repeating background figure, […]