Drumset Groove Essentials

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There are hundreds of grooves from around the world andeven more yet to be invented! Here are some of the most

common ones every drummer should know.

8th note rock patterns

44 y y yœ y y y yœ yœ y œ yy y yœ y y y yœ yœ y œ y

44 y y yœ y y y yœ yœ œy œ œyy y yœ y y y yœ yœ œy œ œy

44 y y yœ y y y yœ yœ y œ œ y œy y yœ y y y yœ yœ y œ œ y œ

44 y+y yœ y y y yœ y

oœ Œ œ œ Œ y

+y yœ y y y yœ y

oœ Œ œ œ Œ

44 y y yœ y y yoyœ+y.œ Jœ .œ Jœy y yœ y y y

oyœ+y.œ Jœ .œ Jœ

ROCKHere are the 5 eighth note rock grooves that we included on the poster. Listen to your favorite pop/rock records to learneven more!

Rock Grooves

Try your right hand on the ride cymbal, move it to the hi-hat, or even the floor-tom!

You don’t have to play fast to groove! Work with a metronome at differentspeeds to develop a great groove!

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TOOLfor the job?

Playing rock grooves generally requires a medium to heavy stick with a short taper to producethe volume necessary to cut through a rock band. We suggest using a stick made of

hickory because it has a fibrous grain and is denser and more rigid than maple. Good models to look for are Vic Firth’s American Classic® 5A, 5B or ROCK drumsticks!

Using an open/closed hi-hat can change thefeel of a groove dramatically. Experiment withusing the tip or shoulder of the stick fordifferent sounds!

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616th note rock patterns

These work well with faster rock tunes that need a busy hi-hat. Play the hi-hat with both hands.

For different sounds, experiment with the amount of pressure that you place on the hi-hat pedal.

Work to line your hands and your feetup EXACTLY together! Nothing spoils a groove faster than sloppy playing!

Tommy Igoe’sGetting Started on Drums

Featuring world-renowned drummer, solo artist, author and educator, Tommy Igoe, Getting Started on Drums is an entertaining and educational way for beginning drummers to learn to play the right way – right from the start!

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The cymbal bell makes a nice changein sound - emphasizing the heavy counts one and three for this half-time groove.

44 y y y y œ y y y y y y y œ y y yR L R L

œ Œ œ Œ y y y y œ y y y y y y y œ y y yœ Œ œ Œ

44 y y y y œ y y y y y y y œ y y yR L R L

œ ‰ Jœ ‰ Jœ ≈ .Jœy y y y œ y y y y y y y œ y y yœ ‰ Jœ ‰ Jœ ≈ .Jœ

44 y y y y œ y y y y y yoœ y+y œ

R L R L

.œ œ ‰ Jœ œ Œ y y y y œ y y y y y yoœ y+y œ.œ œ ‰ Jœ œ Œ

Half-time rock patternsThese are useful for creating rhythmic variety. Listen for a “half-time” feel in some of your favorite songs.

44 y+y y y yœ y y y.œ Jœ Œ . Jœ

y y y y yœ y yo

œ œ ‰ Jœ Œ

44 Y y y Yy^yy yœ y œ Œ y

Y y y Yy^y y‰ Jœ y œ Œ y œ

ridecymbal

ridebell

hi-hat hi-hatopen hi-hat

w/footbassdrum

Bassghostnote

snare snarerimshot

snarecrossstick

snareghostnote

tom1 tom2 floortom

cha-chacowbell

cowbell

cymbals drums cowbellsoy Y y yy œ e œ y f e

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Use a straight right-hand sticking on the hi-hat in this groove.

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common ones every drummer should know.FUNKThese grooves often move the snare to a more interesting place than just 2 and 4. Listen to any James Brown recordings for someof the funkiest drumming ever played!

Funky Grooves

Little known

FACTSDid you know that before Vic Firth became the timpanist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he played drumset and even was a leader of a popular big band? You can read MORE about Vic Firth online:

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ridecymbal

ridebell


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Bassghostnote

snare snarerimshot

snarecrossstick

snareghostnote

tom1 tom2 floortom

cha-chacowbell

cowbell


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44 y>y y>y y>y y>yœ œ ≈e œ ≈ œ œ y œ œ y>y y>y y>y y>yœ œ ≈e œ ≈ œ œ .y œ!

44 y y y y y y y yo

.œ y .y œ œ œ œ y+y y y y y y y.œ y .y œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

44 y yoy+y y y y yœ .y e œ œ ≈ œ y y y y y y y y y≈ e œ .y e œ œ y y e


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common ones every drummer should know.R&BThese grooves are all over the radio! Listen to whether they are played straight or with a slight swing feel and how this canchange the groove and therefore the song. Play these with only one hand on the hi-hat for a completely different texture than the16th note rock grooves.

R&B/Hip-Hop Grooves

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ridecymbal

ridebell


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Bassghostnote

snare snarerimshot

snarecrossstick

snareghostnote

tom1 tom2 floortom

cha-chacowbell

cowbell


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44 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y yœ .œ œ œ œ y y y y y y y y y y y y y y yo

œ .œ œ œ œ œ

44 y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y.œ œ œ œ ‰ Jœ œ .œy>y y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y y>y.œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ( œ)

44 y>y>y>y>

œ y œ y œ œ y œ yey>

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‰ Jœyœ œ y œ œy œey œ

44 .y+y .y y .y y .y y .y y .y y .y y .y y. .œ œœ œ . .œ œ .œ œ≈ . œ .y y .y y .y y .y y .y y .y y .y yy

oœ œ .œ œ≈ . œ‰ Jœ œ

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common ones every drummer should know.JAZZMastering the elusive “swing eighth note” is essential for playing jazz. To get started, simply phrase all your eighth notes like triplets.

For example, the ride cymbal pattern is written: but is played:

These first 5 grooves are good examples of a steady swing beat with various snare drum comping. Don’t forget your dynamics:the ride cymbal is strong, the hi-hat is tight and snappy, the bass drum is very soft (called “feathering”) and your snare drum“comping” rhythms are clear, but not as loud as your cymbal pattern. Listen to great jazz drummers to hear their interpretation ofswing. As always, listening is your best teacher!

Jazz/Swing Grooves

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y ‰ y y 3

y ‰ y

44y y y y y yœ ‰ jœ Óœ œy œ œy

y y y y y yœ ‰ jœ Œ œœ œy œ œy

44y y y y y yœ œ ‰ jœ Œœ œy œ œy

y y y y y y‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ Œœ œy œ œy

44y y y y y yœ œ Œ œ ‰ jœœ œy œ œy

y y y y y y‰ jœ Œ œ œ Œœ œy œ œy

44y y y y y y‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ ‰ jœœ œy œ œy

y y y y y yÓ ‰ jœ Œœ œy œ œy

44y y y y y yŒ ‰ jœ Œ œœ œy œ œy

y y y y y yŒ ‰ jœ ‰ jœ œœ œy œ œy

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ridecymbal

ridebell


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Bassghostnote

snare snarerimshot

snarecrossstick

snareghostnote

tom1 tom2 floortom

cha-chacowbell

cowbell


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43 y y œ y yœ œy œ

y y œ y yœœ œy œ

44 yoy+y+yoy+y+

œ Œ œ Œ yoy+y+yoy+y+

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443yœ>‰ œ

3yœ ‰ yœ3yœ>‰ œ

3yœ ‰ yœœ œy œ œy3yœ>‰ œ

3yœ ‰ yœ3yœ>‰ œ

3yœ ‰ yœœ œy œ œyjazz shuffle

two feel

jazz waltz

jazz waltz

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Featuring Quicktime audio and video clips of Tommy Igoe performing each groove as well as giving his unique insight into its application.

webrhythms

rudiments

media vault

15 lessons designed to help you learn to read rhythms! Even advanced players can test their rhythm-reading skills with our “pro-challenge” audio files!

Learn the 40 P.A.S. Standard Rudiments! We have video clips of Dr. John Wooton performing each rudimentin the “open-closed-open” style, as well as play-along audio files and exercises to help you master the rudiments!

Updated each week with video clips and audio interviews of your favorite Vic Firth artists! From drumset to drum corps, it’s the best the web has to offer in “educational entertainment”!

While you’re there, check out all of our educational features!

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common ones every drummer should know.WORLDMany grooves from all over the globe are traditionally played by multiple musicians on percussion instruments, not on a drumset.We are borrowing those percussion parts and creating grooves for the drumset for one player. Be sure to listen to the real musicfrom each country to understand the original intent of these “world” grooves.

World, Ethnic

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& Specialty Grooves

44 y+yoy+yoy+yoy+yo

œ œœ œ œœdisco

44 y y y yœ œ œ œ

classic two-beat

You can use the two-beat on almost anything!Country, hard rock, broadway musicals, dixieland, polkas, rags and more. It’s a very versatile little groove.

new orleans2nd line 44 œ

>œ œ œ>œ œ œ>œ œ>@ œ œ œ> œ@.œ œ ‰ Jœ ‰ Jœ œ .œ

30reggae one-drop44 Œ y

>y>yf( )^y>yf>

Ó œ Œ y( ) y> y> yf^( ) y> y>Ó œ Œ (JAMAICA)

44 œ f^f f œ

>f f œ œ

>œœy+ œyo œy+ œyo44 y y y

oy y yoy y yoy y yo

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calypso(CARIBBEAN)

soca(SOUL-CALYPSO)

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sambafast

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samba

batucada

merengue(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

C yf y yf>y y yf y

>yf.œ Jœ .œ Jœy yf y

>yf y yf yf

>y.œ Jœ .œ Jœ

44 yf y y yf y y yf y.œ Jœ .œ Jœy y yf y y yf y y.œ Jœ .œ Jœ(BRAZIL)

samba slow/medium

(BRAZIL)

44 yf yf y y f y y y f y y yf yf yœ y œ œ y œ œ y œ œ y œ(BRAZIL)

44 y e ye y y e ye y y e ye y y y y yyœ y œ œ y œ y œ œ y(BRAZIL)

44 œ@>œ œ œ^œ! œ œ œ> y œ y œ

^œ! œ œey+ œyo ey+ œyo (BRAZIL)

3844 œ>ef>œ>f œ>f œ>œ>œ>œ>

œy œy œy œyœ>ef>œ>f œ>ef œ>œ>œ>œ>

œy œy œy œy

44 t tf t tœ œŒ y œ Œ yt tf t tœ tœ œŒ y œ Œ y

39cha cha chá

(AFRO-CUBAN)

40bolero(BALLROOM RHUMBA) 44 œ

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R R Lœ y œ y œ

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Featuring Quicktime audio and video clips of Tommy Igoe performing each groove as well as giving his unique insight into its application.

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songo

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mozambique

salsa(WITH 2:3 SON CLAVE)

mambo(AFRO-CUBAN)

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46tango(ARGENTINA)

47 beguine(MARTINIQUE)

44 t tf t t tœ tœŒ y œ Œ y‰ t tf t t tœ tœŒ y œ Œ œy

44 t y^t œ œ

>t œ>œ>t œ y

^.y œ y œ .y œ y œ(AFRO-CUBAN)

86 t>

tf>t>œ t>t>f t>œ tœ>

.y ..œy .y ..œy (AFRO-CUBAN)

44 y y œ y y œ y y y y œ y y œ yy œy y œy (AFRO-CUBAN)

44 y yf yf y y yf y yf ≈ y f y‰ . Rœ Œ ‰ . Rœ ‰ Jœ

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ridecymbal

ridebell


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Bassghostnote

snare snarerimshot

snarecrossstick

snareghostnote

tom1 tom2 floortom

cha-chacowbell

cowbell


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