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Drumset Grooves
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Much thanks to Sibelius software for assisting me with these lessons!
A very easy and intuitive program for
music notation and much more.
Funky Women, from Maceo and all the Kings Men - Doing Their Own Thing, is a very important drum groove. It's the first groove that I learned which had no back beat. A story I've heard says that David Garibaldi was very inspired by this song and this album. This groove is also part of my new DVD, The Latin Funk Connection, and my class at the Musicians Institute of the same name.
From the lessons on The Latin Funk Connection DVD:
Adding a touch on the cymbal adds the sixth sound to this great groove. It’s just a touch, not a crash. The movement of the hand playing hi hat to the cymbal is a very basic movement exercise. Maintaining the proper sound balance in the rest of the drum set is a challenge.
