Demonstration: B’Bom, King of Crimson (Thrak) – 2038 – E
Thrak (King Crimson). Bill’s comments and explanations playing all around the drum kit Commentary: Just to complete this section, now I’ll try to improvise with those embellishments or play through starting from the master rhythm to make it
Sixteen notes accents in 7/8 – 2039 – E
Triplicity (Earthworks). Bill’s comments and explanations playing all around the drum kit Commentary: I’d just like to explain about a tune on the new Earthworks CD entitled Triplicity. Often as a drummer-composer, I start with a rhythm I li
Measure application, “The key” “A” y “B” – 2040 – E
How to play the Triplicity pattern A) The key to develop this pattern. B) The said pattern played all around the drum kit Commentary: Having found that seven bell part which is going to become the key to the tune, I just want to play that with different
Sixteen notes accents in 6/8 with displacements in 7 – 2041 – E
How to play Triplicity pattern with Eight notes and with triplets (swing) C) 7/8 with Eight notes D) The same pattern in 6/8 Commentary: Now I very much like the six eight for triple time rhythm underneath the seven figure. What would happen if I put tw
Polyrhythms with the key for “Triplicity”, “A, B” – 2042 – E
Polyrhythms featured in the song “Triplicity.” Demo of Bill working with the previous exercises and parts “A and B” of the song. Commentary: But let’s go back to the original figure which you remember was four notes and thr
Sixteen notes in 7/4 “B” – 2034 – E
Flams and accents Bill’s explanations Exercises for left and right hand. With accents and flams. A) Seventh notes in sixteen notes into a 7/4, with snare and toms Commentary: Perhaps, the next obvious thing to do after that would be play flams in
Sixteen notes in 7/4 “C” – 2035 – E
Displacements with sixth notes. Bill’s explanations Exercises for right and left hand. Only with accents. A) Sixth notes with accents into 7/4 time with snare and toms. Commentary: Next thing you could do, for example, is put the same rhythm into
Sixteen notes in 7/4 “D” – 2036 – E
Displacements with sixth notes. Bill’s explanations Exercises for right and left hand. Only with accents B) Sixth notes with accents Fills of 32 notes into a 7/4 with snare and toms. Commentary: Perhaps the next thing it would come to mind is use
Sixteen notes and fills in 7/4 “F” – 2037 – E
Displacements with sixth notes. Bill’s explanations Exercises for right and left hand. Only with accents C) Sixth notes with accents Fills of 32 notes into a 7/4 with snare and toms Commentary: Perhaps we do five strokes notes in between or join t
Sixteen notes with displacements in 5 “A, B” – 2019 – E
Flams. In 5/4 with displacements into sixteen notes With the snare and toms How to work with this pattern. Five notes into four sixteen notes with a flam in each group Commentary: Flam exercise number five. Again, five notes long this one. Be a bit care
2 Flams with quintets, sixteen notes and triplets – 2020 – E
Two Flams. In fifth notes With the snare and the toms How to work with this pattern. A) Fifth notes with Flams B) Displacement in fifth time with two flams with sixteen notes in 4/4 C) Displacement in fifth time with two flams with triplets in 4/4 Comme
Bass drum, snare drum, cymbal, hi- hat “D” – 2026 – E
Exercises for hi hat, snare and bass drum Working with combinations (control and independence) with the three elements How to work with this examples D) Combinations with Eight notes Commentary: Exercise four is very similar but now again, like exercise
