| African Rhythms | ||
| An excellent guide to African Rhythms with detailed examples covering; Soli, Konkoba, Liberte, Mendiani & Koukou or Kuku, | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 |  |
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| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| ARGENTINIAN RHYTHMS; Zamba & Chacarera | ||
| This article highlights two very popular 6/8 rhythms found in Argentina; the Zamba and the Chacarera. As explained in Six Eight Rhythms; An Introduction (Drumscene issue 4 Dec/Jan 1995/96 p34) what all these rhythms have in common is that the pulse is felt in exactly the same way. If you count in 6/8 the "pulse" (or your foot) will be on beats 1 and 4. Practice the following exercise by: a) Clapping all the notes while tapping your foot on beats 1 and 4, and b) Tapping "hand to hand style" (R L R L R L) while tapping your foot on beats 1 and 4. It is important to count throughout. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
669 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Balkan Rhythms for drumset | ||
| Some ideas for playing in Balkan Style with odd times | ||
| Added on the 17/09/2003 | Not Rated | 480 Hits |
| Author Mauro Gatto | ||
| Basic Bossa Nova | ||
| An explanation of the basic Bossa Nova drum rhythm. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
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| Brazilian | ||
| Samba Batucada - The most famous Brazilian instrumental dance style. | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
459 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
Eighth notes etude #1
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| "This is a nice etude to start things off. Its got space, but gets a little busier at the end. The 5/4 meter is constant throughout and works pretty good at a variety of tempos. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
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| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Getting the Most From Your Beats | ||
| An example based on developing the Drumset Mozambique by Mike Richards | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 491 Hits |
| Author DrumLicks Publications | ||
| Latin | ||
| 'In Afro-Cuban music, 6/8 rhythms are derived from folkloric styles such as Bembe, Palo and Rumba and the rhythms of the Bata drums, all of which have roots in Africa.' | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
496 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Malambo | ||
| 'The "Malambo" evolved on the Argentinean plains around 1600.' | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
230 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Middle eastern rhythms | ||
| Lots of Great Middle eastern rhythms | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 323 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Middle Eastern Rhythms FAQ | ||
| Here are some traditional rhythms (mizan, iqa, vazn, darb, dawr, adwar) that are played as Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dance rhythms or as accompaniment to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean melodies. I would appreciate any comments, corrections, or additional rhythms or variations. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
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| Puerto Rican | ||
| Covering the Bomba and Plena | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 285 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Quintuplet etude #1
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| "This piece has a mixture of meters. Mostly 5/4 then a brief rhythm cluster in 7/4 then ends in 4/4. This piece actually comes from a motif I played on the Warr guitar. The first 2 beats are the arpeggio that are played on the Warr. I took the rhythm of that motif and improvised this etude. The strong quarter notes at the end of most of the measures made it easy to figure out the meter. Following the etude are some alternate notations for a couple of the measures." | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
218 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Rhythms | ||
| A few good Rhythm Examples | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
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| SAMBA; The Brazilian Heartbeat - Essential Parts | ||
| The samba is Brazil's most popular music and dance form. The style is found throughout the country with many variations in existence. One of the most popular of these variations is a style known as samba de enredo, performed during the carnival, and featuring the escolas de samba. The escolas de samba or "samba schools", are a type of club dedicated to the development of musical numbers, accompanied by a large bateria (percussion section), with the sole purpose of performing during the carnival's official parade. The percussion section contains up to 300 players, dividing them in groups of 10 - 30 per instrument. Among the percussion instruments used you'll find the surdo (a large double headed drum played with a felt covered mallet and the open hand), the pandeiro (a tambourine with a skin and flat jingles), the tamborim (a small frame drum played with a stick), the agogo (twin bells), the caixa (snare drum), the ganza (metal shaker), the cuica (a friction drum), and the repenique (a high pitch double headed drum played with a stick, which often acts as the conductor of the bateria). | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
281 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| SAMBA; The Brazilian Heartbeat - Rhythmic Directions | ||
| The following are exercises that will help you immensely, in your quest to develop an understanding of the rhythmic directions as employed in samba styles. As discussed in my last article: Samba: The Brazilian Heartbeat - Essential Parts, Brazilian styles make use of two bar rhythms, which can be approached two ways, the direction being dictated by the melody of the tune. In Afro-Cuban music these two bars are clearly defined as 3/2 or forward clave, and 2/3 or reverse clave, for further information on this, please refer to: Clave Concepts; Afro Cuban Rhythms and Clave Concepts; Tito Puente's "Para Los Rumberos". As Brazilian music does not employ a clear system to explain this characteristic, this writer incorporates the letter (A) to identify the "first side" (or 3/2 forward clave), and (B) for the "second side" (or 2/3 reverse clave). The way I teach my students to develop an understanding of the two bar patterns, is to first work on each bar separately. Once you analize this further, you find that the accents in one bar clearly fall on the "up-beats" (the A side), while on the other they are clearly on the "down-beats" (the B side). To practise this, tap your foot on one and two (the strong pulse the surdo drum underlines) while clapping example one. Once mastered do the same with example two. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | 222 Hits | |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| SAMBA; The Brazilian Heartbeat - Tamborim & Agogo rhythms | ||
| This time we are concentrating on the rhythms played by a small frame drum known as the tamborim (a small frame drum played with a stick), and the the agogo bells (twin bells). The instruments are both held in the left hand and played with a stick in the right hand. As explained on my previous articles: Samba: The Brazilian Heartbeat - Essential Parts and Samba: The Brazilian Heartbeat - Rhythmic Directions, these styles make use of two bar rhythms, which can be approached two ways, with the incorporation of the rhythmic directions A-B or B-A depending on the melody and arrangement of a particular piece. The A side has underlying accents on the "e-a" of beat one, while on the B side these accents occur on "one-and". Examples one and two illustrate this underlying rhythmic base in both directions. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | 215 Hits | |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Sextuplet etude #1
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| "Septuplets require a bit more precision. Sometimes if your not careful they can sound a bit like sixes or eights. Especially measure 6. It's definitely not "e&" of a 4 group. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
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| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Sextuplet etude #1
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| "This etude is in 4/4 throughout. Kinda of a rolling feel. Keep in mind that sextuplets are sixteenth note triplets. It could have been written out with those figures in mind. As an exercise, you could rewrite the etude in the sixteenth note triplet form. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 170 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| SIX EIGHT RHYTHMS; An Introduction | ||
| In my teaching practice I find that 6/8 rhythms are some of the hardest ones to grasp mainly due to a poor understanding of the breakdown and pulse. 6/8 rhythms are prevalent in many cultures. One of the first things that I do in my lectures at the Victorian College of the Arts is to play a wide range of musical examples in 6/8. The following is the list I play the class. These recordings are currently available on cd and they would complement any musicians library nicely, so make an effort to find them and study them. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
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| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Sixteenth Groupings
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| "Here is a way you could count out the Sixteenths" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
191 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Sixteenth notes etude #1
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| "The standard sixteenth note subdivision. Pretty self explanatory. I like the 4:3+1 polyrhythm in the second measure. Alot of "e"s in here, so watch for accuracy" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
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| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The eighth note groups
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| "Here is how you can count out the rhythms" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
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| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Endless Triplestroke Generator | ||
| Start in any square and repeat the sticking as many times as you like (including no repeat at all) and follow the directions as indicated by the arrows to the next element. |
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| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 298 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| The Quintuplet Groups
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| "There is no official way to count the quintuplets as far as I know. These are 2 of the methods I use. The first is just to count straight from 1-5. Kinda like counting a real fast measure of 5/8 or 5/16. Except your counting subdivisions not beats." |
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| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 142 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Septuplet Groups
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| "Like the Quintuplets, there is no official way to count the septuplets as far as I know. I use the same 2 methods. The first is just to count straight from 1-7. Kind of like counting a real fast measure of 7/8 or 7/16. Except your counting subdivisions not beats. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 233 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Sextuplet Groups
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| "I choose to use the Sextuplet grouping and terminology rather than the sixteenth note triplet. I like to break the quarter notes into easy parts. It seems to make my brain happy to think in 6 subdivisions of a quarter note rather than into 3 than dividing in half again. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
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| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Thirty-Seconds Grouping
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| "There are a lot of ways to permutate 8 subdivisions. I suggest taking a little bit at a time. It is also very difficult to execute the rhythms that start on the even parts of an 8 note grouping. Start very slowly and really make sure you have the rhythm in your head before moving on. Here are two ways to count the thirty-seconds. No. 1 is as a straight 8 count. This works well at slow tempos and ensures your accuracy. At faster tempos it's not so good. No. 2 shows the relationship of thirty-seconds to sixteenths. This is how I would count the thirty-seconds only after making sure that I have the figure down." |
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| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 218 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The triplet groups
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| "Here are some ways you could count the triplets" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 340 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Thirty-Second Notes Etude #1
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| "There is no doubt about it. Thirty-second notes [8 note groupings] are hard. It took quite a bit of time to come up with something that was interesting, wasn't to difficult and didn't sound like a never ending roll or 2 sets of 16th notes per beat. It will be helpful to review the single beat basics that don't start on or have notes on the downbeat. This piece starts off simply and get's really interesting at m.11. Watch out for m.13 b.3. The tempo is kinda fast, it didn't sound very good to far from the tempo at which I originally wrote it. Download the midi file, and change the tempo in your program of choice and then work your way up." |
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| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
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| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Triplets etude #1
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| "Another 5/4 meter. Stays constant though. You can add dynamics at your own discretion. Again it works at a variety of tempos. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 213 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
