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Okay, now,
let's swing.
I'm gonna do a series of jazz
coordination or independence exercises,
very basic rhythms,
on the snare drum with the left hand, or
on the bass drum with the right foot.
Please note that the bass drum
will not be as prominent or
dominant, in other words, not as loud,
as it was when we were doing
the straight 8th-note or
16th-note pop exercises.
Listen to balance and
make sure that it's swinging.
You can practice all these things heel up,
as well as heel down.
And it's important that you
keep the right cymbal pattern
unchanged throughout all these exercises.
That's the whole point of them.
And also pay attention to
the amount of note preparation and
the rebound height when
I play the snare drum.
These are light, comping or
accompaniment kinds of rhythms and
notes that I'm playing.
So if it's just a quiet tap,
you'll see me make the appropriate
amount of motion for a quiet tap.
So I'm gonna play these at a tempo
of BPM quarter note equals 108.
Of course, you're encouraged to practice
these slower as well as faster.
Here we go.
And one, two, three, four.
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Notice
that
all
of
the
offbeat
eighth
notes
I've
played
on a
snare
drum
were
swung.
And they lined up with the right
symbol pattern or they may have,
in a couple places, been kind of offbeats
to what the bride was playing like.
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But the swing feel lines up, so
all the eighth notes should be swung.
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