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Lesson 25

Lesson 25A Style Essential Jazz Swing

Jazz incorporates many different musical styles – from ragtime to bop. The swing style is f...

Lesson 25B Triplet Accent Patterns

Triplet accent patterns are useful for fills in the jazz swing style. Practice each measure...

Lesson 25C Jazz Fills

A basic fill can be used to connect musical phrases or to lead one phrase into the next. Play you...

Lesson 25D Swing Accent Patterns

Another helpful technique for coming up with new fill ideas is to use accented swing patterns. On...

Lesson 25E Swingin Easy Play-Along

This short jazz tune with the hi-hat groove in the intro and ends with a heavy back beat on...

Lesson 26

Lesson 26 Jazz Comping Patterns

An essential element of the jazz style is snare drum or bass drum “comping” unde...

Lesson 27

Lesson 27A Setting Up Ensemble Figures

One key role of the drummer in a big band is to provide a “setup” to “kick” an ense...

Lesson 27B Paradiddle-diddle 6 Stroke Roll

Paradiddle-diddles and 6 stroke rolls (in triplet form) can be used in swing fills. Practice each...

Lesson 27C Kick It Old School Play-Along

Drum charts are often notated dotted 8th/16th jazz ride, even though the composer wants a tr...

Lesson 28

Lesson 28A Complicated Ensemble Figures

Providing a setup for an ensemble entrance is just one of the drummer’s roles in a jazz set...

Lesson 28B Ensemble Articulations

A good jazz drummer will try to match note lengths (articulations) and sounds of the ensembl...

Lesson 28C Technique Focus

Apply the triple sticking patterns from Lesson 21 to the jazz ride – substituting the...

Lesson 28D Jazz Chart Reading Play-Along

Lesson 29

Lesson 29A Style Essential Jazz Waltz

The Jazz Waltz is played with a triplet subdivision in 3/4 time. The ride does not follow a...

Lesson 29B Springtime Waltz Play-Along

Keep the feel relaxed and light on this jazz waltz. Experiment with various ride and hi-hat...

Lesson 29C Brushes

While brush playing can take years of study, every good drummer should at least know the bas...

Lesson 29D Style Essential Jazz Ballad

In a jazz ballad, the drummer is responsible for creating a hypnotic brush groove – usually...

Lesson 30

Lesson 30A Afro-Cuban Style Cha-Cha Clave

In the cha-cha, as in most Afro-Cuban styles, grooves are played on traditional Latin percus...

Lesson 30B Bass Tumbao

A “tumbao” is a repeated rhythm. The bass player’s tumbao has a syncopated upbe...

Lesson 30C Gurio

Another important instrument in Afro-Cuban music is the guiro – a hollowed out gourd c...

Lesson 30D Cha-Cha Bell Pattern

The cha-cha bell is typically a small, high-pitched cowbell used by the timbalero (timbale p...

Lesson 30E Conga Tumbao

In a typical salsa band, the conguero (conga player) plays a repeated pattern of slaps (high pitc...

Lesson 31

Lesson 31A Timbale Abanico

One important role of the timbalero is to announce the beginning of a new section in the music wi...

Lesson 31B Time to Cha-Cha Play-Along

Experiment with various orchestrations on this cha-cha to compliment the other musicians and sect...

Lesson 31C The Mambo Cascara

The mambo is a rhythmically syncopated style of Afro-Cuban music. It relies heavily on the s...

Lesson 31D Conga Tumbao

In the mambo, the conguero will play slightly different parts in the verse and the chorus (“...

Lesson 31E Mambo Bell Pattern

In the Montuno (chorus) section of a salsa tune, a timbalero will switch from the cascara to...

Lesson 32

Lesson 32A Rhumba Clave

The rhumba clavé is often used instead of the son clavé to give a tune more of a sy...

Lesson 32C Afro-Cuban Style Songo

Instead of using the drumset to mimic other percussion instruments, the Songo is the first Afro-C...

Lesson 32D Chango s Songo Play-Along

Lesson 33

Lesson 33A Brazilian Styles Bossa Nova

The smooth, lyrical nature of the bossa nova was popularized in the 1960’s. While stil...

Lesson 33B Bossa Breeze Play-Along

Lesson 33C Technique Focus Independence

Lesson 33D Brazilian Styles Samba

The Samba is most closely associated with the Carnaval festival in Rio held each year the we...

Lesson 33E Escola de Samba Play-Along

This tune has a medium tempo samba feel. Stay relaxed and keep a light two feel throughout.

Lesson 33F Bonus - Hybrid Samba

Lesson 34

Lesson 34A Caribbean Styles Calypso

Calypso is a form of folk music which originated in Trinidad and was popular in the early 19...

Lesson 34B Caribbean Nights Play-Along

In addition to a standard ABA form with an intro, this calypso tune includes a solo during the BR...

Lesson 34C Caribbean Styles Soca

In the 1970’s, the calypso style began to meld with the most popular “soul” sty...

Lesson 34D Soca Dance Party Play-Along

Lesson 34E Caribbean Styles Reggae

Reggae is a musical style that developed in Jamaica in the late 1960’s as a melding of...

Lesson 34F One Drop Reggae Play-Along

This tune flips the usual verse/chorus to chorus/verse – plus includes a “phrase exte...