Odd-Arne Oseberg
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I always skip this and forget to talk about it, but my question should self explanatory, I guess.
Hmm, the sticking in my edition is different. I have no idea how it is supposed to be played but I'd think that the first two lefts are double the tempo of the roll.
It seems that way. But I was listening to an episode of the Drummer's Weekly Groovecast podcast where Phil interviewed Ted Mackenzie and they were talking about how difficult it was to get anyone to do anything about even obvious errors in some of these drum method books. They may seem huge to us in the drumming community, but relatively speaking, there aren't that many copies sold and the cost of publishing corrections is prohibitive.It is strange though that with such an old book no effort's been made to correct the mistakes.
It seems that way. But I was listening to an episode of the Drummer's Weekly Groovecast podcast where Phil interviewed Ted Mackenzie and they were talking about how difficult it was to get anyone to do anything about even obvious errors in some of these drum method books. They may seem huge to us in the drumming community, but relatively speaking, there aren't that many copies sold and the cost of publishing corrections is prohibitive.
Continuing this small collection of potential typos and oddities: This one's from "Swinging the 26" which I wanted to give another shot today. The way I understand it, drags are normally played as two 32nd notes when the rhythm is in 16th's but here it's probably two grace notes right before 1. The sticking is also maybe a typo and is hopefully "rr L" - Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I had a look at Rick Dior's interpretation and he also changed the sticking:
By the way: He uploaded many videos of solos from that book.
I actually don’t have a problem with that sticking. I think it is possible to play without too much trouble and is actually the kind of idea represented in Cirone etude #2 from Portraits in Rhythm and from some of the Russian orchestral literature ie. Lt. Kije. I would not change it.I’ve noticed Dior will change things to make it easier for his preferred tempos, fast.Continuing this small collection of potential typos and oddities: This one's from "Swinging the 26" which I wanted to give another shot today. The way I understand it, drags are normally played as two 32nd notes when the rhythm is in 16th's but here it's probably two grace notes right before 1. The sticking is also maybe a typo and is hopefully "rr L" - Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I had a look at Rick Dior's interpretation and he also changed the sticking:
By the way: He uploaded many videos of solos from that book.
Me either. The sticking works and the etude is supposed to swing, so keeping the tempo down will make the figure reasonable to play.I actually don’t have a problem with that sticking. I think it is possible to play without too much trouble and is actually the kind of idea represented in Cirone etude #2 from Portraits in Rhythm and from some of the Russian orchestral literature ie. Lt. Kije. I would not change it.