• Ghost Notes

    Ghost notes are small bracketed notes that often cause confusion in notation. Learn about variations on notation and how to play them in this lesson.

  • Ghosted 16 Beat Variation

    Another variation on the two handed 16 beat groove this time moving the left hand to the snare and playing ghost notes.

  • Groove Development: 05-07-2022 (Two Bar Train Groove With Displacement)

    In this four page level 3 groove construction lesson you will learn a two bar train groove combining ghost notes, displacement and simple feet part. This is built up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 20 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 16MB.

  • Groove Development: 06-12-2022 (Ghosted Snare Sixteen Beat)

    In this three page level 3 groove construction lesson you will learn a two bar sixteen beat where the righth hand plays the ride and the left plays ghosted snares. This is built up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 14 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 13.7MB.

     

    Release Notes

    v.1.1: Remixed audio to balance, slight edits to text.

  • Groove Development: 09-08-2022 (Two Bar 33433 Kick Snare Placement)

    In this three page level 3 groove construction lesson you will learn a two bar groove that combines eighth note syncopation with decorative hi hats and ghosted snares. This is built up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 14 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 12.8MB.

  • Groove Development: 13-09-2022 (6/4 Switching From Syncopated Groove To Fill)

    In this four page level 3 groove construction lesson you will learn a 6/4 pattern that combines a four beat syncopated groove with a two beat fill. This is built up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 16 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 13.9MB.

  • Groove Development: 14-06-2022 (One Bar Of 5/4 Ending In A Fill)

    In this five page level 3 groove construction lesson you will learn a 5/4 part that ends in a fill. Several variations are given for the fill at the end also. This is built up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 22 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 14.1MB.

  • Groove Development: 14-12-2021 Download Pack

    In this four page level 4 groove construction lesson you will learn a two bar train groove decorated with accents, kicks and ghost notes. This is developed up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 18 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 14.3MB.

  • Groove Development: 15-03-2022 (4/4 Quarter Time)

    In this four page level 3 groove construction lesson you will learn a two bar groove in quarter time where quarter notes are accented with a ride bell. Around this sixteenth note and triplet snare and kick decoration is added. This is built up over several steps, starting with a heavily simplified version of the part, which allows you to focus on one element of the part at a time.

    The pack contains a PDF and 22 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos, an example piece using the given groove and a backing track of the piece for you to play along to.

    The size of this pack is 14.4MB.

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