With today’s “2-3-4” method, I’m getting into the “give your practice idea a name so people will remember it and treat it like it’s a thing” racket. This is a pretty easy method for use […]
Category: syncopation
Rhythms in 7/4
Here’s a page of basic rhythms in 7/4 to go with yesterday’s practice loop. The vamp on the loop is phrased in 3+2+2/4, so I’ve given a Ted Reed-style guide part on the bass drum line […]
Basic jazz method with varying cymbal pattern
Please forgive the lack of posting here— it’s been in the high 90s/low 100s in Portland for over a week, and it’s putting a serious damper on my productivity. The climate in the Pacific Northwest […]
Quarter note Reed method: Maiden Voyage
People, I am all about the quarter notes these days. This is an easy method using the rhythm of the vamp from the Herbie Hancock tune Maiden Voyage— we’ll combine that rhythm, played on the […]
Half-time feel funk: the “Syncopation” section — a small tweak
Continuing with my late Reed funk method here, which now has its own label— click on that link to get the whole series. It’s becoming quite substantial— I see a book in our future… If you’ve […]
Half-time feel to regular 4/4
We’ll be marking time a little bit this week, saving up the big, good stuff for our fund raiser, which is going to be next week. As I mentioned in our last half-time feel funk […]
Half-time feel funk: the “Syncopation” section — 01
Here’s a new chapter to our recent half-time feel funk series, using Progressive Steps To Syncopation, by Ted Reed. Here we’re going to get into the “Syncopation” section of the book— pp. 32-44 in the […]
Half-time feel funk: advanced method — open hihat
Here’s the next step for this half-time funk method we’ve been doing, using Syncopation, by Ted Reed. On the intermediate method and on this one we’ll be using the pages with quarter notes, 8th notes, […]
Half-time feel funk: intermediate method
Here’s the next phase of our little half-time feel funk method, using Ted Reed’s Syncopation. We’ll use pp. 29-30 out of Reed, with the quarter notes, 8th notes, and 8th rests, along with the page […]
Half-time feel funk: basic method
Here’s a basic method for working with the half time feel funk grooves from the other day. We’ll be reading out of Syncopation, by Ted Reed, pp. 10-11 (from the old edition) or Lesson 4 […]