Below is the 5/8 Odd time signature-
Next up are the 7/4 and 7/8 odd time signatures plus fills.
11/4 and 11/8 with 3/4, 6/4 and 5/4 added in with fills.
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Odd time Signatures
Lesson we looked into today was on the peculiar odd time signatures - Where we looked at 3/4, 5/4, 5/8, 6/4, 7/4, 7/8, 11/4 and 11/8. Obviously the top number being the amount of the bottom number and the bottom being the fraction so 5-11 over 4 is 5 quarter notes or 7 quarter noters and onto 11 quarter notes- the same applies to 8th notes- just 6 8th notes or 9 8th notes. So technically quarter note bars end up being longer over 8th note bars- this works in that 7/8 ends on count 4 (so just take off an "and") and then 7/4 would just be a bar of 4/4 and a bar of 3/4 put together or 2/4 and 5/4- 11/4 could be a mix of 6/4 and 5/4 or 4/4 and 7/4 or 4/4, 4/4 and 3/4 etc.
Below is the 5/8 Odd time signature-
Next up are the 7/4 and 7/8 odd time signatures plus fills.
11/4 and 11/8 with 3/4, 6/4 and 5/4 added in with fills.
Below is the 5/8 Odd time signature-
Next up are the 7/4 and 7/8 odd time signatures plus fills.
11/4 and 11/8 with 3/4, 6/4 and 5/4 added in with fills.
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Linear Drumming
Today we were looking at basic linear drumming, basically where none of the hits are played together (however there are some circumstances where this rule is broken).
This is one of the linear grooves we looked into- This is a linear hip hop beat. I feel linear drumming to be a little difficult and something I definitely need to practise at home as well as in college. Some beats were easier than others but others took a little longer to pick up and play confidently.
Due to Linear beats being the way they are, drum fills become quite peculiar if played after a linear beat- However, due to the linear beat usually being structured in 16th notes, its very easy to turn the beat into a fill just by moving the hits from your right hand (or left if left handed) to rather the toms or the snare drum. (as an example, The Linear fill below).
Afterwards we looked at a more complicated Linear pattern, one from the Latin style of drumming, a beat called the Songo. However its not the full Songo, it was broken down a little to be made easier to learn.
The final Linear beat we looked at was called Louisiana Funk- more rudiment based, and the beat was also swung (kind of like horse galloping- two hits at a time, but the first hit is single- so du dada dada etc). Bass and snare hits were in their typical 1 and 3 for bass hits and 2 and 4 for snare, the pattern went L, LR, LR, LR, RL and so on the left hand played on the hi-hat and the right hand played on the ride cymbal- the bass fell on 1 and 3 with the left hand and right hand would hit the snare on 2 and 4 instead of the ride cymbal.
Looking into more technical Linear beats- we look at a Linear groove in half time- were instead of the snare/ Back beat falling on 2 and 4 it falls on 3 instead. There are also more ghost noted snare hits.
This is one of the linear grooves we looked into- This is a linear hip hop beat. I feel linear drumming to be a little difficult and something I definitely need to practise at home as well as in college. Some beats were easier than others but others took a little longer to pick up and play confidently.
Due to Linear beats being the way they are, drum fills become quite peculiar if played after a linear beat- However, due to the linear beat usually being structured in 16th notes, its very easy to turn the beat into a fill just by moving the hits from your right hand (or left if left handed) to rather the toms or the snare drum. (as an example, The Linear fill below).
Afterwards we looked at a more complicated Linear pattern, one from the Latin style of drumming, a beat called the Songo. However its not the full Songo, it was broken down a little to be made easier to learn.
The final Linear beat we looked at was called Louisiana Funk- more rudiment based, and the beat was also swung (kind of like horse galloping- two hits at a time, but the first hit is single- so du dada dada etc). Bass and snare hits were in their typical 1 and 3 for bass hits and 2 and 4 for snare, the pattern went L, LR, LR, LR, RL and so on the left hand played on the hi-hat and the right hand played on the ride cymbal- the bass fell on 1 and 3 with the left hand and right hand would hit the snare on 2 and 4 instead of the ride cymbal.
Looking into more technical Linear beats- we look at a Linear groove in half time- were instead of the snare/ Back beat falling on 2 and 4 it falls on 3 instead. There are also more ghost noted snare hits.
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