Latham's Advanced Funk Study question...

[mckinetic]

Hello I've recently started playing drums again(after 15 years) and have a question about counting and reading. I'm in Latham's Advanced Funk studiies book, page 19 #21.

BhhssB where B=bass and h=hihat and s=snare the first note is a quater note the four in the middle are 32nd notes? 32nd note is three "flags" on a note right? I don't get it. Can someone help?

My apologies if this was unclear.

Thanks to all.

Bryan

[Hercraft]

Hello I've recently started playing drums again(after 15 years) and have a question about counting and reading. I'm in Latham's Advanced Funk studiies book, page 19 #21.

BhhssB where B=bass and h=hihat and s=snare the first note is a quater note the four in the middle are 32nd notes? 32nd note is three "flags" on a note right? I don't get it. Can someone help?

My apologies if this was unclear.

Thanks to all.

Bryan

Can you take a pic of the music with a cam or cel phone and post it...
I dont have the book, but I supose that the bass drums are 16th, and the hi hats and snares are 32 ghosted notes.... dunno.

[rmandelbaum]

I am looking at that pattern now. It it is all 16ths and 1/8ths. There are accents and Rick notated the first three notes are played as a triplet. I do not see any 32nd notes.


Take a look at this

The first (1/4)set of 16ths is the same as the introductory exercise # 11 on page 8 except for playing the first bass drum note on the hi-hat.

The second (1/4) set of 16ths is the same as # 15 on page 9 except the 3rd note / the & is moved to the hi-hat

The third (1/4) set of 16ths is similar to the second half of # 19 on page 9 except you move the last note to the tom instead of the snare

The forth (1/4) set of notes is a simple 1/8 note "4" is played on the kick "&" is the snare and a tom at the same time. so a flat flam or a flam, I guess that is open to how you want it to feel.

I hope this helps








If you live anywhere near the San Fernando Valley in California, Rick teaches.

[mckinetic]

My deepest apologies, honest. Turns out I meant to ask about #22. Jeez I'm a doof.
Anyway, thank you for the help as #21 is another I'm working out.

Have a great day today.

Bryan

[Buhaina_X]

In exercise 22 the first note in the first beat(the one) is a sixteenth note.
So on the one you play a sixteenth, on the "e" you are actually playing two thirty-seconds,
on the "and" you play two thirty-seconds, and the "ah" is a sixteenth note.

When you play thirty seconds count them as as sixteenths but double them.