Everybody’s going to want to check this out: Marv’s Legacy, a new(ish?) YouTube video channel with Marvin Dahlgren talking about practicing his books— Four Way Coordination, Accent On Accents, Drum Set Control, etc. I’ve only […]
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Chaffee linear system: alternative 4s/6s
Something I’ve been playing with— as you know, Gary Chaffee’s linear system is based on 3-8 note patterns, starting with the right hand, alternating sticking, ending with one or two bass drum notes. I don’t […]
Unpacking a groove: Predator
I’m getting into some finer points of playing the hihat two handed with a younger student, and was tempted to show him a groove I transcribed a long time ago: Predator, played by Omar Hakim […]
Quintuplet jazz? – 02 – bass drum added
Continuing that suspect page of jazz rhythms in quintuplets, here are some more practice patterns with bass drum added: See that post view from the outside of a swing feel for some explanation of this […]
Transcription: Elvin Jones – Foolin’ Myself – 04
UPDATE: Boy I suck. This is of course the third solo chorus, and the fourth total entry in this series. I’ll fix that… sometime. Continuing that Elvin Jones transcription from late last year— Elvin Jones playing […]
Charleston inversions
Kicking off 2023 with a library item— file this with the pages of tresillo/cinquillo inversions, and this page. The Charleston rhythm is a form of the tresillo rhythm that found its way into mainstream American popular […]
Practice loop: medium bossa
Probably my only post this week— we’re having a wild end of 2022 around here, with my family experiencing an ongoing medical emergency, and I’m having to travel to Eugene a lot. So here’s a […]
Page o’ coordination: Airto’s afro
Page o’ coordination based on Airto’s unique afro 12/8 groove played on the intro of Casa Forte, from Flora Purim’s album Stories To Tell. It’s a good introductory groove for this style— the hands are […]
From the zone: left hand developer
Here’s a cool little exercise from a great drummer from Los Angeles, Sinclair Lott: You can see what’s happening there— a table of time with a RLL sticking, with accents on the downbeats. Which makes […]
Daily best music in the world: Roy Haynes with Charlie Parker LIVE
This is pretty amazing. Rough sounding live tape of Charlie Parker in 1951, with Roy Haynes on drums… sounding basically like any other subsequent time in his career. Incredibly modern playing for 1951. h/t to […]