Archive for the ‘Drums’ Category
so, if a tree falls
in the forest, and there’s no one there to hear it, it’ll be kinda like the show i just played. it was the strangest thing. Relay for Life is an overnight walkathon that raises money for cancer care. the wife used to be co-chair for the local one. granted, that was before the economy took [...]
May 22, 2010
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polyrhythms
i’m not even going to pretend. polyrhythms was going to take up a whole post, so here it is. a Polyrhythm is a different flavor of the idea of two rhythms working against/with each other at the same time. in my experience polyrhythms have always included irrational rhythms. so, let’s start with that. Say we [...]
February 24, 2010
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contrapuntal independence
this is a drum post. i think the only time i’ve heard the phrase contrapuntal independence is when i was studying with a jazz drummer in Lancaster many, many moons ago. he had binders and binders of these rhythms. the left hand plays a pattern, and the right hand plays a different pattern, and the [...]
February 24, 2010
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