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11 January 2005

Funk Latin Connection

This will be the first in a few lessons about what I've found to be a distinct connection between funk and latin grooves and rhythms. It's part of a class I teach at the Musicians Institute.

These first four grooves focus on a ghost note pattern I found (a looong time ago!), played by the great Bernard Purdie. This is the first example. Then, when taking lessons with Jose Quintana (Changuito) in Cuba, he gave me the second example, which is just like the first, except no backbeat. That was an amazing moment for me, to make that connection!

So, first you have an accented eighth note pattern in the ride with the two snare patterns.

Then, you have an eighth-2 sixteenth pattern in the ride.

I've added a simple bass drum pattern to add to these four grooves.

For groove, coordination, and overall fun, these are real nice! Enjoy!

Here are short Quicktime videos of the first (576 kb) and third (544 kb) patterns, the one with the backbeats. There's no bass drum. Yes, they're basic. And yes, they're important to learn and to be able to play!

 

Please do write to me at chuck@chucksilverman.com
with any comments!

Much thanks to Sibelius software for assisting me with these lessons! A very easy and intuitive program for music notation and much more.

 

Lessons Menu! Clave Drum Set Grooves Lombardo #1 Lombardo#2 Killer Timbale Solo Bernard Purdie #1 Bernard Purdie#2 Why You Drum Uruguay Samba de Angola Brasil Lessons Double Bass Cowbell! Latin Hand Patters Latin Rudiments 5:2 Hand Exercise Changuito Melodic Exercises Cascara Funk Make It Funky! Basic Brasil Articles of Independence Candombe Hand Ex. Palo DrumSet James Brown FUNK Another Palo Lesson Odd Note Groupings More Musical Groupings Interesting Stickings NY Mozambique MI Class New Ride Pattern Partido Alto Lesson More Partido and Exercises Manny Oquendo - a Legend Making Transitions More Transitions Basic Samba Ostinato lesson More DBL Bass Abakwa for drum set Cuban Drum Grooves Abakwa Drums Poncho's Mambo World Perc. Class/MI Brasilian Tamborim Changuito Two Bells Great Cuban Drumset Groove Reading lesson Samba Reggae Purdie#3 Paradiddle Pyramid History of Congas Baião Rhythm Clave Warmups WarmUps Dbl. Bass Workout 3.16 Hand Exercise 5.4 Hand Exercise Columbia from Matanzas Basic Songo Songo Basics 2 Songo Basics 3 Columbia from Havana Maracas Applications Cascara Application #1 Cascara Application #2 Teacher Basics MI Lesson-Mozambique Cascara Application #3 Cascara Application #4 Single Stroke Ex. First Cuban Lesson Changuito Solo Adv.Coordination SambaSnare Dbl. Handed Samba Essential Groove Uruguayan Grooves!

Samba Snare Pattern	Dbl. Handed Samba	Essential Groove	Candombe Groove
Playing Clave Drum Set Grooves	Clave Drum Set Grooves. 2	First Cuban Lesson	Changuito Solo Idea Video	Advanced Coordination Exercise	Matanzas Catá
Cascara Hand Exercise #2	What Should You Learn?	MI Lesson Mozambique	Cascara Application #3	Cascara Application #4	Singles Exercise
Songo Basic2	Songo Basic3	Rumba from Havana	Rumba from Matanzas	Maracas Applications	Cascara Hand Exercise
Hand WarmUps	Double Bass Workout	Three Sixteen Hand Exer.	Five Four Hand Exer.	Columbia from Matanzas	Basic Songo
Samba Reggae	Memphis Soul Stew	Paradiddle Pyramid	Comprehensive History of Congas	Baião Rhythm	Clave Warmups
Ostinato Ex.	More Double Bass	Abakwa for Drum Set	Cuban Drum Grooves	Abakwa Drums	Poncho's Mambo
Partido Alto	Partido Alto + Hand Exercises	Manny Oquendo Legendary Musician	How to Make Transitions	More Transition Information	Basic Samba
Musical Odd Note Groupings using Triplets.	More Musical Odd Note Groupings using Triplets.	Interesting Sticking Ideas	New York Style Mozambique	MI Class	New Ride Pattern
Candombe Hand Exercise	Lombardo Lesson #1	Lombardo Lesson #2	Groovin' Independence	Basic Brasilian Rhythms	Double Bass Cowbell Lessons
Latin Hand Patterns	Latin Rudiments	5 against 2 Hand Patterns	Changuito Melodic Independence	Cascara Funk Lesson	FunkyTwist!
Make It Funky!	More Brasilian Lessons	Why You Drum!	Articles of Independence	Dave Lombardo Power Grooves lesson	Candombe
Killer Timbale Solo	Memphis Soul Stew	Memphis Soul Stew.2	Palo Drum Set Lesson	Palo Drum Set Lesson.2	Get That Funk Outta Here!!
Chachacha for drum set	World Percussion Class	Turning Tamborim	Two Cowbell Pattern	Great Groove from Cuba	Reading Lesson

 

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