First, at faster tempos, the ones ending with two bass drum notes are a pain— we have to play three 16ths in a row to land on the 1. In addition to the ways I mentioned in the original post, you can also just end the measure with singles on the snare drum:
These are thought of as fusion vocabulary, but for me, for some reason, at full speed (quarter note = 140-150+) these fall most naturally within a jazz feel. To that end I can start them on beat 4 and end them on 4. With the above phrase:
That also makes it more feasible to play the pattern with the ending double on the bass drum, followed by the snare drum, and a kick on the & of 4:
I never fully work out complete licks to play verbatim— for me the patterns are conditioning for improvised soloing or filling. I can't tell you if that's the best way of producing reliably flashy results, but it's what I do. I'm noticing the ways these phrases begin:
I'm also noticing the way they end. A lot of them end like this, which I'll practice as licks themselves, independent of the longer phrase:
I can't think of a close to this, so: enjoy!
2 comments:
I practiced the stuff from technique patterns pretty hard for a while a couple years ago. The three notes on the bass drum at the end is hard, but it's worth it if you ask me.
I like to separate that stuff out, work on it separately. I don't want people to be held up by little technical things that are really not the main point of the thing.
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