Some cool "Advanced Funk Studies" exercises

[dpakman91]

So I went to the first group of "hi hat quarter note" exercises, and have been playing them with the following foot pattern, basically a samba:

|XX|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
|BD|o--oo--oo--oo--o|
|HF|--x---x---x---x-|

Combined with the hihat/snare combinations in the book, (moving the hi hat to the ride bell for a cool sound), the combined examples look like this, for example:

|XX|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
|RB|x---x---x---x---|
|SD|--o--o-----o--o-|
|BD|o--oo--oo--oo--o|
|HF|--x---x---x---x-|

Sounds real good, and it got me working on my four way coordination. You can go through all of the examples no those pages with this foot pattern. Thoughts?

[dpakman91]

BTW, i meant rick latham's book "advanced funk studies," i forgot to mention that.

[Byron]

there is an excercise alot like yours but cooler further along in advanced funk studies
it is on the last or third to last page I think in the upper right corner

[tapioca]

nice, very good for what the time you've been playing, I at first misunderstood what Latham was writing and played a clave pattern underneath it, and I must admit it went better than I expected.
I don't have that many problems with foot patterns (revolving every quarter note) since Minnemann's book, especially not with the Samba pattern, because it is very similar to the second system RLLR.

[dpakman91]

there is an excercise alot like yours but cooler further along in advanced funk studies
it is on the last or third to last page I think in the upper right corner

interesting, i'm sure i'll get to it EVENTUALLY, hahah