A great drum lick / Fill inspired by Vinnie Colaiuta

a little Vinnie riff...

Seal Call Fusion Music - Frank Zappa & Vinnie Colauita

Let's Get Serious...

Seal calls start at 0:39

Mel Brown Syncopation Exercise

Andrew Hare - Trading 4's with Syncopation

 //haredrums.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/trading-4s-using-syncopation.html

Andrew Hare's blog is great and his lessons are so clear and practical. Check it out.

Inspiration from the Greats

Just came across this site with a lot of interviews with some great jazz musicians; we can always use a little more inspiration...

Inspiration from the Greats

3/4 swing in 'one'

Useful for fast 3/4 jazz tunes with a 'one' feel...


(* can't remember where I found this sorry)

Steve Gadd Mozambique

a Steve Gadd Mozambique

you can keep the tom hits on the snare if you want to use it as a funky funky beat... ;) 

thanks to:
www.bangthedrumschool.com - a great website for drummers :
http://www.bangthedrumschool.com/nasty-lick-45-gadds-mozambique/
http://www.bangthedrumschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Nasty-Lick-45.pdf

Calypso

Calypso Groove from Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials

 - nice busy sounding groove.

Night in Tunisia

My transcription of Daniel Humair's rhythm played on Night in Tunisia in the video below (click on the link)

Night in Tunisia - Dexter Gordon

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a more standard beat for Night in Tunisia  - transcribed by drummer Phil Bennet

''Night in Tunisia'' is based round a half-clave pattern. Instead of playing a 3-2 clave you just play the 3 part over and over."

Thanks Phil!

Stanton Moore Demonstrates How to Incorporate the LP Tambourine into the Drum Set

Great rhythms I've been working on today - Great drummer!

This is the beat Stanton plays at 1:56 on the tom and cowbell
 *the accents outline the 3-2 clave... 
**the 2nd R accent probably shouldn't be accented if you are a clave purist; but it sounds good and the main beats are covered...

 Stanton Moore: Essential Rudiment - The Flam

Welcome to Upbeat & Offbeat!

Upbeat & Offbeat is a collection of resources of drumming, percussion, grooves & rhythm.

There isn't any order to this stuff and it's not an instructional blog  by any means - it's just a way for me to keep my favorite drumming resources in one place. 

If anything here is useful to you then help yourself!

I have eclectic tastes hence Offbeat... & I try to stay positive in this crazy world hence Upbeat! 

...and so can you be too! 

Capiche?


:)

Seeya!

Larry x