FockerTheLopper
03-04-2007, 09:37 PM
While reading a book I've had a while I uncovered something of great instrest to me and jazz chops.
I thought I'd like to share this concept with all of you since it isn't very difficult(at slow tempos at least!) and sounds great... In fact Elvin Jones and Steve Gadd are the people who really used and mastered it.
Heres what it is, its reading and playing inbetween the notes, the right hand and bass drum play the notes and the left hand fill inbetween with only 2 strokes at most, lets say there are 3 notes inbetween you play singles then right hand back to the cymbal, if there are 4 lrll then right hand back to the cymbal 5 noteswould be llrll then the right hand accent and cymbal. Since I'm new to this I try to stick with 2 left hand strokes before the cymbal but sometimes this is impossible(like the 3 note scenario) but when possible do that, then when you get better change things up.
Example of qauter notes(Key |R = right hand on cymbal and bass drum| r = right hand on snare | l = left hand on snare)
Rll Rll Rll Rll
Upbeat quater notes
llR llR llR llR
Shuffle
RlR RlR RlR RlR
rhtyhm |1 + (2) + 3 (+) (4) +| parenthesis notes not played
RlR llR Rlr llR
Okay guys that's the basics, grab syncopation(or any book with reading) and work your way through, start slow, take it 4 bars at a time until you found that your gone through all the combinations then stop there and repeat it until all the combinations are in your head, then you'll be able to work even faster on everything else and hopefully use this right lead phrasing in your playing!
Have fun and remember, if at first you don't succeed, turn the click down(or shut it off!) because practice makes permament and you wouldn't want to practice the wrong thing.
I thought I'd like to share this concept with all of you since it isn't very difficult(at slow tempos at least!) and sounds great... In fact Elvin Jones and Steve Gadd are the people who really used and mastered it.
Heres what it is, its reading and playing inbetween the notes, the right hand and bass drum play the notes and the left hand fill inbetween with only 2 strokes at most, lets say there are 3 notes inbetween you play singles then right hand back to the cymbal, if there are 4 lrll then right hand back to the cymbal 5 noteswould be llrll then the right hand accent and cymbal. Since I'm new to this I try to stick with 2 left hand strokes before the cymbal but sometimes this is impossible(like the 3 note scenario) but when possible do that, then when you get better change things up.
Example of qauter notes(Key |R = right hand on cymbal and bass drum| r = right hand on snare | l = left hand on snare)
Rll Rll Rll Rll
Upbeat quater notes
llR llR llR llR
Shuffle
RlR RlR RlR RlR
rhtyhm |1 + (2) + 3 (+) (4) +| parenthesis notes not played
RlR llR Rlr llR
Okay guys that's the basics, grab syncopation(or any book with reading) and work your way through, start slow, take it 4 bars at a time until you found that your gone through all the combinations then stop there and repeat it until all the combinations are in your head, then you'll be able to work even faster on everything else and hopefully use this right lead phrasing in your playing!
Have fun and remember, if at first you don't succeed, turn the click down(or shut it off!) because practice makes permament and you wouldn't want to practice the wrong thing.