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wonderful lesson ma an thank you!!!! Luis > > "Rick, i was asked one time to explain the rumba > clave > in 6/8.............how would you explain it with > syllables?" > > > > I love this one because it is a great example of > "playing odds in the evens" > > You can think of the 6/8 Rumba Clave as a > combination of the phrases 5 > + 7 > > (Taki)(Takita)(Taki)(Taki)(Takita) > 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > > This rhythm, it is interesting to know, is almost > non existent in West > Africa > whereas the 6/8 Son Clave is found almost > everywhere. > > You can think of 6/8 Son Clave as 7 + 5 > > (Taki)(Taki)(Takita)(Taki)(Takita) > 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 > > > PLAYING ODDS in the EVENS > > Here's a great game, by the way. > > If the 12 notes of 6/8 can be played as 7 + 5 > > then two bars can be thought of as 7 + 5 + 7 + 5 > > Rearrange those phrases and you get 7 + 7 + 5 + 5 > > By doing this you have now played a phrase of 14 > and a phrase of 10 > > The first phrase of 14 then crossed the bar line. > > In 4/4 with 16th notes you can play 9 + 7 + 9 + 7 > = 9 + 9 + 7 + 7 or > two exact bars of 4/4 > > Try this concept as a soloing idea over a typical > funk groove and tell your > band mates to hold onto their hats > (and the groove). > > It sounds like you have gone to Mars in your solo > and yet you land right > back on good 'ol ONE when you finish the phrase. > > In 6/8 I love to play this game by rearranging these > simple addition phrases > > 12 = 3 + 9 > = 5 + 7 > > So , in two bars you can get a beautiful cascading > phrase that diminishes > 9 + 7 + 5 + 3 > > Try this now in 4/4 (using 16ths again) > > 16 = 13 + 3 > = 11 + 5 > = 9 + 7 > > So, in three bars you can play 13 + 11 + 9 + 7 + 5 > + 3 This diminishes > nicely (and is easy for an audience to hear though > difficult to hold the groove underneath > it...................lol, but it's > good for your rhythm section to learn how to play > it) > > ************************ > > This brings me to a concept that I have come up with > myself about using Odd > Time combinations. > > It's what I call the concept of the BROKEN PULSE. > > <A broken pulse is any even pulse that has one note > added to the last > pulse> > > > > > > > If I play a rhythm of 6 notes I can get 3 EVEN > PULSES Ta ki Ta ki Ta > ki > > > Sing: 1 * 2 * 3 * > > > > > > > > > If I play a rhythm of 8 notes I get 4 EVEN PULSES > Ta ki Ta ki > Ta ki Ta ki > > > Sing: 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * > > > > > > > > If I play a rhythm of 7 notes I get what I call 3 > BROKEN PULSES Ta ki > Ta ki Ta ki ta > > > Sing: 1 * 2 * 3 * * > > where the last pulse has one more note in it causing > a 'skipping' feeling. > > > A really fast way of practising combinations of ODD > time signature phrases > is to memorize all the pulses of the common ODD time > signatures. > > 3 = 1 Broken Pulse = 1 * * > 5 = 2 Broken Pulses = 1 * 2* * > 7 = 3 Broken Pulses = 1 * 2 * 3 * * > 9 = 4 Broken Pulses = 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * * > 11 = 5 Broken Pulses = 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * * > and so on........ > > A way to practise these phrases is by singing, (with > 9 as an example) 1 * > 2 * 3 * 4 d d (one two three four dih dih) > > > > > > > > > > TakiTakiTakiTakita > > If you see what I mean, this is a very fast way of > memorizing odd time > groupings: just add up some numbers that get you > where you want to go > (remember you don't have to start your rhythmic > phrase on the > downbeat..............................start, say on > the downbeat of 2 in a > measure of sixteenths. You are now 12 notes away > from the downbeat of 1. > Time for a 1 * 2 * 3 d d 1 * 2 d d combination. > > This concept was taught to me by the great drummer > Steve Smith to give > credit where credit is due. > Anecdotally, I taught him how to play authentic > traditional Reggae that > same weekend, but I think > I got the much better end of the stick with this > concept..........lol. I > use it constantly in soloing. > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com