I can't but lemme know if you do, because I'd love to check it out to
Hi.
I seem to remember seeing loads of times a link to a tutorial for the sort of half straight/half swung 8th note groove that was on lots of stuff in the 60's in particular. But now I want to have a look at it, I can't find it. Anyone able to point me towards it?
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I can't but lemme know if you do, because I'd love to check it out to
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was it in video format? or just notation.
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That "Swing 8th note feeling" comes from the Shuffle pattern so popular in the 60's. Think in Triplets and play the 1st and 3rd note of each triplet. It was often written as a dotted 8th and 16th note but never played that strictly. The correct way of writing it out is in 12/8 time as 1/4 note followed by 8th note. Thus, it would sound as Long...short, Long...short, Long...short, Long..short. For ease of reading, it was more practical to write the pattern in 4/4 time as the dotted 8th and 16th pattern BUT was taught to be played as the 12/8 pattern to get the proper "Swing." Isn't music history fun?
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I think I've heard what you're talking about... are you referring to the style of drumming you might hear on 'Fool In The Rain'? Where it's not shuffle, but it's not straight eighths either?
It's called in the cracks drumming and is very prevalent in a lot of New Orleans style drumming. I have a couple of copies of rhythm kicking about with some lessons on it. I'll find them for you later.
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I was about to say New Orleans. Check out "second line" drumming.
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