kindbeats
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Today's wake 'n break is a backbeat groove that utilizes three elephant bells of various sizes. ? Taking the bass drum first, we have anticipated notes falling on the "e" of 1 and on the "a" of 4. In the first two bars of this video, I played the bass drum on "1&" but I quickly decided to move it to the anticipated notes by the third bar. Feel free to try it both ways! Next, let's look at the elephant bells. Our largest bell is falling on the "e" and "a" of 1, and on the "&a" of 4. Taking the highest toned bell next, we have notes falling on 2, the "&a" of 3, and on 4. To finish the bells, our middle tone has notes falling on the "&a" of 2 and on 3. Moving along to the snare drum, we have accented notes on 2 and 4 as well as ghost notes on the "e" of 2 and the "e" of 4. Last but not least, we come to the hi-hats, where we have notes falling on "1&", an open note on the "e" of 3, and chicked notes on all of the upbeats or "&"'s. As always, I hope you dig it and again, my apologies for the lack of notation. I should have a new manuscript book early in the week.
Wake n Break No. 1974 - An Elephant Bell Backbeat
Wake n Break No. 1974 - An Elephant Bell Backbeat