Use the “HALF SWING” to make your groove danceable
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2024
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If you’ve felt like your groove is stiff, robotic, and no one wants to dance to it, then this lesson is for you!
You can stick to straight-feel or swung feel if you like, but Without exploring the “HALF SWING,” you’ll never really tap into the funky, swampiness that really gets a band (and audience!) jamming hard.
I’ll show you exactly what this really is, give you some fun song examples, and break down exactly how to master the “half swing” feel yourself today and get your audience dancing. YOU CAN DO THIS!
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I don't hear half swing in western music so this was hard to understand, until I heard African music. There it is very prominent, and kind of magical how it comes together. Some musicians play in triplets, some play straight, some in between and they all meet on the downbeat, it gives a flowing sense to the rhythm.
I’m a beginner and that was a great lesson Thanks
What an awesome lesson! Thanks Stephen. Stevie's current drummer, Stanley, did an amazing hour long Drumeo appearance and then did a mini-lesson breaking down 'Superstition' - both are available on youtube.
Great Lesson!
So like the swing knob on Caustic, you can set it anwhere in between. Thanks for the tips. Mostly I'm guitar and piano. With drums, I've dabbled all my life but finally focusing. Your channel helps a lot. 👍
Very helpful , thanks
Misery Signals - Controller album is full of these feels.
Not exactly 'dancy' but a good example of more fluent, less rigid playing when in alternate time signatures
Hey Stephen, thank you! Nice video of a more advanced topic, I like the Logic examples to illustrate what straight, swung and in between can look like. Whilst working on complete lock-in with my limbs, I’ve also started added these swung and half-swung notes, mostly for blues songs. But recently I thought to try them on some rock songs too, exactly for the reason that I want more people to dance. :-) I also like the Dilla style stuff ie other time stretching displacements of mostly the hi hat whilst keeping kick and snare straight - of course only if someone else in the band also does this otherwise it just sounds weird.
One Nation Under A Groove, by P Funk, Dennis Chambers played drums for them starting in 1979
That's cool, thank you.
Especially for DAW layouts =)
Interesting examination of the degrees of swing-feel using a computer (none of which actually sounded right to me though!). On Tuesday (first gig for years) I had to play Jerry Butler's Thank You Early Bird and Aaron Neville's The Greatest Love. Not my favourites necessarily but good and differing examples.
Interesting nuances.
When listening to the 10 or so mp3 tracks you linked, I thought there must be an error in the uploads-- except for the tempo changes, they seemed to all sound exactly the same. Likely my ears at fault, the hat subtleties are pretty much indiscernable.
But after watching n listening to the whole lesson, it all came together.
Thank you👍
I was just blessed with a Ludwig drum set base 2 times on top floor Tom snare.
No symbols, no hat. Have a seat, everything is PDP.
Well done, Stephen. These things don’t get enough attention. ‚I wish‘ by Stevie Wonder is a very good shout, I had a lot of fun covering that one a while ago. The hihat pattern feels almost straight to me too. Almost, but not completely ;)
Chilli Peppers - Californication; Meters - Cissy Strut (as mentioned), lots of Steely Dan (Purdie Shuffle) eg Babylon Sisters
Pass me by - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. That one count as half swing?
❤
Two other examples come to mind: “What’Chu Gonna Do When She Says Goodbye” by Pablo Cruz, and “Sowing the Seeds of Love” by Tears For Fears.
I hear drum notes/beats “phonetically” as in there is an actual sentence being spoke as I play….This has helped when trying to explain a certain feel or drum fill without being able to do proper notation etc….
“Blappitz da bresh beppy” or “focks da flock flocka” 😛
groove at the top legit feels hot
Stanton Moore says your playing "in-between" straight and swung.
PS: Downloaded files sound better! So it's just me. Will be useful, thanks.
Some of the 70's AVERAGE WHITE BAND tracks are about as funky/groovy as anything out there
Stevie Wonder plays drums???
Fun fact it was actually guitarist Jeff Beck (RIP) on the drums for superstition :)
Stevie is a prodigy. He plays damn near everything
Think New Orleans...that's all
School boy crush. Average white band.
Bro, I say this with concern and respect… you need to eat a sandwich brother.. and a glass of milk
Get a life
I’m a beginner and that was a great lesson Thanks