Lesson 5 - 4 bar cycles with fills
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Playing 4 bar cycles with fills
It is essential for any musician - especially drummers - to get to feel music in chunks of 4 bars.
At least 99% of all western popular music (pop, rock, jazz etc.) is constructed from 4 (or 8/12/16/32) bar building blocks.
Remember - always try to play in 4 bar phrases to internalize the "4-bar feeling".
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Mixing eighth notes and sixteenth notes on the same beat
In one single beat there's room for four 16th notes and two eighth notes - or you can play a combination.
These are the two most common variations:
Two 16th notes and one eighth note
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Sticking: R-R-L
One eighth note and two 16th notes
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Sticking: R-L-R
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This example is played with random hihat openings (which are discussed in Lesson 7). You can of course play without them right now.
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Good luck!
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