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Transcription: Robertinho Silva – Beauty and the Beast

May 8, 2011
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Here’s another Robertinho Silva transcription, this time from Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer. This is not a funk record, but it’s quintessential 70’s funk drumming- this performance is right up there with Ngugu’s playing on George […]

Transcription: Robertinho Silva – Baiao Malandro

May 6, 2011
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Here’s a new transcription of a burning mid-70’s Brazilian fusion piece, Baiao Malandro from Egberto Gismonti’s LP Carmo, featuring Robertinho Silva on drums (also known as Roberto). It’s fairly quick and dirty- there’s a good […]

Transcription by Steve Korn: Baby Dodds – Maryland, My Maryland

May 5, 2011
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Here’s something I’ve been meaning to put up for a long time- a Baby Dodds transcription by Seattle drummer, teacher, author, photographer, and fellow Origin recording artist Steve Korn. He sent me several of these, […]

Todd’s Methods: adding bass and snare to samba cruzado

May 5, 2011
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Well, we’re all samba all the time around here these days, but what the heck- the point of this enterprise is for me to post things I’m interested in, and working on, and right now […]

Caixa blow out: part 1

April 25, 2011
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Here are a couple of pages of caixa (that’s a Brazilian snare drum) patterns which are in common use in Portland, along with some of their variations from other sources. Includes a partial illustration of […]

Bass drum variations for samba

April 23, 2011
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Here are a couple of pages of third surdo parts, transcribed (one could say stolen) from a book purchased by a friend in Brazil, O Batuque Carioca, by Guilherme Goncalves and Odilon Costa. These are […]

Todd’s methods: 11-note pattern – part 1

April 10, 2011
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This is part one of something I’ve written up strictly for my own practice, but others may be able to use it as a guide for developing and exploring their own ideas. Or maybe someone […]

16th note fills using Syncopation – part 2

April 7, 2011
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Here’s part 2 of my method for practicing 16th note fills using Syncopation. The goal is to practice reading interpretively, and also to give you a framework for working on the timing of your fills […]

Transcription: Max Roach – Garvey’s Ghost

April 4, 2011
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Here’s my brand new transcription of Max Roach’s drum solo over an Afro-Cuban vamp on Garvey’s Ghost, from Roach’s Percussion Bitter Suite. Includes a sample of the backing vamp, and of the drums on the […]

Todd’s Methods: Samba builder

March 28, 2011
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Here’s a little method I improvised for developing some flexibility with the samba- I put this together pretty quickly away from the drums, so I’m sure I’ll add to it as I work with it […]