Senorita groove

Hey guys,
                 Here's the grooves to Justin Timberlake's senorita which we looked at a couple of weeks ago (apologies for the lateness). I have also written out the chorus groove which is a four bar loop to have a go at. If you get stuck or have any questions bring them with you next lesson
Happy hitting

Pete

   Pete

EDITORS NOTE : Here is the track on the Playsomething Drums Spotify Playlist

Latin Groove 1 - Mozambique Samba

This is the famous Samba pattern as played by Steve Gadd on the Paul Simon Track 'Late in the Evening' which can be heard here.

Here is a YouTube Clip of Steve Gadd playing variations of the Samba.

Latin Groove 2 - Songo

The Number 1 Groove of all Time!

Dear All

This week we learnt to play 'Funky Drummer' as played by Clyde Stubblefield. It's a classic ... and you've got to know it.

I've put it on our Spotify playlist here Funky Drummer

Week 1 : 2011 - Triplet Exercises

A very warm welcome back to everyone this term. It is a long term and this gives us a great opportunity to cover some really great subjects between now and Easter.

Some time ago, Rhythm Magazine published a list of their top 100 grooves from the last 50 years of music. My goal for us, is to look at most if not all of these grooves over the next few months - watch this space.

This week we started, as always, with a purely technical lesson to start the term. We played triplets on the snare drum - played as RR LL RR etc. We then added bass drums and hi hats to develop cross-independence.

Merry Christmas

Dear All

Just a quick post to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Thank you all for being so great to coach and teach, you make my job so easy and fun!

See you all in 2011 for some more fun and lots more drumming!

My very best wishes to you all

Ax

Flams

Dear All, here is the long awaited (my apologies for not posting up sooner - with the exams I've been tired-up with admin and extra lessons!) Flams exercises around the kit.