An easy page of rhythm exploration here, inverting a polyrhythm, combining inversions, and then inverting that. I’ve been encouraged to write these things after noticing that, starting with a simple 3:2 polyrhythm (or hemiola), running […]
Category: 3:2
3/16 Control – 02
A very dense page today, but it’s not for you, it’s for me. I was practicing the original 3/16 Control pages along with my Watermelon Man loop, and thought some of the permutations would be better […]
Hemiola funk patterns in 5/8
Here’s a nice easy page of hemiola funk patterns in 5/8— based on our friend the 3:2 polyrhythm. World’s fastest way of getting your students playing hip stuff in 5, if you already (wisely) ran […]
Page o’ coordination: grocery store hemiola – 01
So-called because I found myself unconsciously tapping this out in the grocery store parking lot while waiting for them to bring out my groceries. …incidentally, for the sake of limiting your exposure to COVID-19, I […]
3:2: varying the 3-side
Here we’re essentially doing straight 8th notes against a broken triplet-feel cymbal rhythm, in a triplet-feel context. For me this is mainly for playing straight 8ths in an Afro 6/8— which I already covered back […]
Chaffee jazz patterns in a 4:3 feel
Playing the jazz patterns from Gary Chaffee’s time functioning volume as 16th notes in a 4:3 feel. I feel like kind of a horse’s ass writing this— it’s all already in the book. But there […]
Hemiola funk series: easy grooves in 4/4
A page of easy beats based on the hemiola funk thing, that I wrote for my students. I’m trying to stay close to the original basic licks, while changing them slightly to fit them into […]
Hemiola funk series: SS-BB / BB-SS
Another permutation on this basic hemiola funk format I’ve devised, doubling up on the BS, forwards and backwards… wait. I’m deliberately not really giving you a finished concept here— I just wrote this up to […]
Hemiola funk – doubles – beginner sheet
Getting into doubles with my hemiola funk series— two notes in a row at 16th note speed on the same drum/cymbal. Using the same format as the last beginner sheet, which I’ve found to be […]
Hemiola funk series – beginner sheet
Continuing to develop a method for this hemiola funk idea. Please forgive the repetition— when this is a finished method, I’ll release it as an e-book. In the mean time, I’ll be posting a lot […]