Description
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 as complex as possible. The intensity will come from the embroidery and the additional notes played on the snare drum. So here we start with the basic rhythm. One, two, three, four… So there you have it. That’s a simple roll of accents of any type placed anywhere, but those particular accents I enjoy, and that became a tune on King Crimson CD entitled Thrak called Boo Boom.
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
