These grooves have your lead hand (so RIGHT for right-handed people, LEFT for Left-handed people) on the Hi Hat playing 4 beats. The count for this is 1-2-3-4 but (and this is important ... ) the 'ands' are still there - be aware of them, count them if you need to but don't play the hi hat on them. We can now add a 'back-beat' on the '2' and the '4'.
Ok, so we have the basic quarter note pattern for our hands, we can start to add bass-drum beats underneath. Remember that in a band-situation what the bass-drum would play is based on what the bass player is playing - the groove!
Below is a list of quarter note grooves, moving the bass-drum beats around underneath the basic lead-hand hi hat / following-hand 'back beat' pattern.
REMEMBER - The 'ands (+)' fall in between the quarter notes.
hi alex,
ReplyDeletejust an idea to number the sheets so when printing we can order them.
keep up the good work.
see ya next week.
cheers.
Mig
ReplyDeleteMost of the sheets are numbered - or will be if there are sheets without numbers it's a mistake and I'll correct them as I go.
But you're right, they should be numbered.
See you soon
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