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Eeddypierce replied to the thread Jazz soloing: Filling, phrasing, voicing, trading 4's 8's, vocabulary..Jim Blackley's book Syncopated Rolls for the Modern Drummer offers a good way of developing technique for soloing around the drums...
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Eeddypierce reacted to Mighty_Joker's post in the thread Jazz soloing: Filling, phrasing, voicing, trading 4's 8's, vocabulary. with
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I massively respect MG, and think his post is worth listening to. However, I feel it’s important to stress a few points. Firstly... -
Eeddypierce reacted to Alain Rieder's post in the thread Stick Control - How to count the short rolls in 6/8 with Like.
Here is an explanation by Jim Blackley. Jim can be considered an authority on the matter, and of course he says or implies that 6/8 is...
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Eeddypierce replied to the thread Rick Dior - Chapin Book Series.My understanding is that "Volume 3" was going to consist of a lot of the "collapsed rudiment" stuff that Claus Hessler has talked about...
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EAs if Rick's Youtube channel wasn't already loaded with enough content, he has been uploading videos playing through Jim Chapin's...
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Eeddypierce reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Stick Control - How to count the short rolls in 6/8 with Like.
It's way simpler than that-- play six notes, evenly spaced, alternating, buzzing the last three: tap tap tap buzz buzz buzz. Beat 1 is...
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Eeddypierce reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Stick Control - How to count the short rolls in 6/8 with Like.
Correct-- the bottom number will be 8, and the top number is divisible by three, and the primary felt and counted pulse will be a dotted...
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Eeddypierce reacted to toddbishop's post in the thread Stick Control - How to count the short rolls in 6/8 with Like.
The "top number = what to count to" definition is strictly for the convenience of music teachers explaining time signatures to little...
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Eeddypierce reacted to Swissward Flamtacles's post in the thread Practice pad with snare sound and works with brushes. with Like.
https://sabian.com/product/qt-14sd-14-quiet-tone-classic/ No built-in snare sound but you can put it on a regular snare to get some...
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EThanks Eddy, that answered a lot questions for me regarding pre DCI rudimental drumming. I can see a Moller influence there, what do...
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Eeddypierce reacted to Push pull stroke's post in the thread Drum Corps and Moller Technique with Like.
Wow. Cool.thank you so much, eddy. It is a fascinating look at how these guys drummed. His 7-stroke rolls are unbeLIEVably good
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Eeddypierce replied to the thread Drum Corps and Moller Technique.I couldn't find any videos of Arsenault, but I did find this video of Hugh Quigley from 1988. Quigley was a contemporary of Arsenault's...
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Eeddypierce replied to the thread Recommend some drummers that are not yet on drummerworld.Winston Grennan.
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EI agree. My teachers Jack Varga , Richard Wilson and Murray Spivack always emphasized a whip/throwing motion for accents, up stroke...
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Eeddypierce replied to the thread Drum Corps and Moller Technique.It seems to me that many people use one element of the Moeller technique, the whip stroke (which not only involves a whipping stroke for...