Steve gadd

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Hi, could anyone tell me how to play this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrTrl6o7qmw
I have just found this
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( sorry if the img is too big) but i believe are incurrets. I do not want the solo, but the basic patterns, please
 
Wow. Haven't watched this in a while. This is one of my favorite Gadd videos. No one plays like Gadd.

The groove he play during the solos/verses is his Mozambique. the pattern is sixteenth notes:

RLRL RRLR LRRL RRLR

In the case he has his right hand on the snare accenting two and four. left hand on the hi hat accenting the note before the back beat. Bass drum on all fours. With accents the pattern looks like

rlrL Rrlr lrrL Rrlr

Sometimes he plays buzz rolls on the four and puts other accents in there, but this is a basic pattern. Hope this helps. Steve Gadd has a crap load of clinic videos on youtube. He demonstrates this groove and all the fills he uses extensively.
 
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I'm listening to it again. He also plays this groove during the second half of the piano solo...

All alternating sixteenth notes. Left hand on the hi hat. Right hand plays upbeats on the ride, and the back beat on the snare. Nothing on counts 1 or 3.
 
Thank!!

RLRL RRLR LRRL RRLR also on cowbell?

He does put that on the cowbell. I don't remember if he does it in this video. If he does, its during his solo. In that case, he plays a slight variation. The first two notes he plays as a left handed flam. The right hand pattern doesn't change, but the first left hand is on 1 rather than on the 'e'. Looks like

1 +a 2e+a 3e+a 4e+a
B RL RRLR LRRL RRLR

And he accents like

L rL rrlR lrrL rrlR

and he plays the bass drum on the right hand accents and the 1.

Again, he explains this in depth, solos over this groove, and plays all kinds of variations all over youtube. Check them out :)
 
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"Again, he explains this in depth, solos over this groove, and plays all kinds of variations all over youtube. "

I'm italian, i don't understand it very well when he speak. Can you give me links of this video?
 
"Again, he explains this in depth, solos over this groove, and plays all kinds of variations all over youtube. "

I'm italian, i don't understand it very well when he speak. Can you give me links of this video?

These are videos of him at clinics explaining the groove, and using it in songs and variations. Good luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCdeKmHwK30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7W33sLJi78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcU16RPmxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyqxjfM9JWI
 
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