KJIB
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As a beginner to jams (& clearly a novice on the drums still), I recently went to my 1st blues jam. They said they're beginner friendly. I mentioned that I'm a beginner and that I basically can only do simpler 4/4 or 12/8 or the most basic shuffle. On the 1st tune they went for the shuffle & the guy leading the jam stopped to ask me if I could do something "more shuffle like". I had been doing a back beat triplet based shuffle, (i.e. if the triplet is 1-an-a then I was doing 1- -a-2- -a-3- -a-4- -a- on the hi-hat with kick on 1 & 3 and snare on 2 & 4) which is, a shuffle from what I read. I said that this was it & that I'd only just learnt this one recently so they went with it.
Anyway, I way, I'd like to go back soon with something new in my toolkit so looked up some other shuffles. I realised that I could already do most of the James Gadson 16th note Shuffle so that might make a good one to nail down better. But I don't want to concentrate lots of practice time on that if it doesn't fit into a blue jam.
So, opinion; is the James Gadson 16th note Shuffle suitable for use in a blues jam?
Anyway, I way, I'd like to go back soon with something new in my toolkit so looked up some other shuffles. I realised that I could already do most of the James Gadson 16th note Shuffle so that might make a good one to nail down better. But I don't want to concentrate lots of practice time on that if it doesn't fit into a blue jam.
So, opinion; is the James Gadson 16th note Shuffle suitable for use in a blues jam?