I’ve been using these Elvin’s Afro-Waltz things almost daily in my practicing since I started writing them, and they’re working really great for me, so here’s a new one. This uses the same concept as […]
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Cracking 5/4: rock variations
I wasn’t planning on making this part of this series, but it happened to come up. I was prepping for a recording session today which will involve a couple of tunes in 7/4, and I […]
Hemiola applications: funk
Here are some very straightforward funk applications derived from the 3:2 polyrhythm in 4/4 in the hemiola basics post. By isolating each measure, revoicing the parts slightly, and adding obvious things like a downbeat on […]
Transcription: Elvin Jones – Your Lady
Lately I keep doing the bulk of the hard work on these things, only to run out of steam in the last 12 bars, but David in the comments was able to shame me into […]
Transcription: intro by Art Taylor
This is Art Taylor’s 8-measure intro from the tune Jackie-ing, from Thelonious Monk’s 5×5. I’m working on a long, challenging Joey Baron transcription and needed a little palate-cleanser, that’s all… What he plays doesn’t seem […]
More Stick Control in 5/4
Another nice addition to your 5/4 practice library: Andrew Hare @ The Melodic Drummer has taken my Stick Control in 5/4 thing a step further, applying an Alan Dawson interpretation to it, filling in the […]
Three Camps: all inversions in one
I was trying to work this up on the fly at the drum set, and it wasn’t happening, and I needed to write it out– so here we are. This is a slightly more practical […]
Hemiola basics
UPDATE: I have since written an updated version of this page. The hemiola— also called the 3:2 polyrhythm– is a basic polyrhythm using layered even two and three note rhythms. What I’ve done here is […]
Elvin’s Afro-Waltz: in 5/4, part 2
Man, I’ve been writing way too many words recently. Let’s get back to the drums. I’m still spending most of my time with page one of this series, but here’s another variation on the Elvin […]
Elvin’s afro-waltz: in 5/4
I’ve been working with Elvin’s waltz daily since I first posted about it, and have been getting great results- and not just with playing this particular type of feel. So let’s keep developing it. It […]