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Drum Patterns: 12/8 Shuffle
Drum Patterns: Third Triplet Partial Shuffle
Drum Patterns: First & Second Quarter Notes
Drum Patterns: First & Fourth Quarter Notes
Drum Patterns: Third Triplet Partial Second Beat
Drum Patterns: Consecutive Notes
Drum Patterns: Consecutive Notes With Hi-Hat
Drum Patterns With 2 Back Beats on 2 & 4
Drum Patterns With More Fill-In Notes
Drum Patterns: Middle Triple Partial Shuffle
Drum Patterns: First & Third Triple Partials
Drum Patterns: Straight Triplet
Drum Patterns: Middle Triplet Partial
Drum Patterns: Middle Triplet Partial & Consecutive Notes
Drum Patterns: Between Bass & Center
Summary: When playing the bass drum on first and second quarter notes, avoid accenting the hi-hat. Play first and second quarter notes with tips from an experienced musician in this free video on playing drums.
David Pakman is a longtime drummer trained in rock, funk, jazz, blues and music theory, and is also a casual piano/keyboard player. He has played with two alternative/modern rock bands...read more
"This next pattern is basically just a slightly modified version of the previous one that we did. We're still playing only on the third triplet partial for the base drum but we are only doing it on the first and second quarter notes. So it will sound like this. So when you are focusing on this third triplet partial what you don't want to be doing right now is something maybe you would want to do in the future is accenting the hi hat. You don't want to be playing, we're really not trying to do that. We're trying to keep the hi hat even. When we talk about a funk context or a soul context, R & B a lot of the great sounds will come from is not accenting the hi hat when you are playing the bass or snare."
eHow Article: Drum Patterns: First & Second Quarter Notes
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