Geometric Phrasing Lesson #5 - Henrique De Almeida
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2024
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Geometric Phrasing Lesson 5
October 05 - 2023
NOTE:
This lesson is part of a full course / series on Geometric Phrasing Concepts.
This is part of the course entitle “ The Ultimate Hand Technique Workshop”
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Tony Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Smith, and many other great drummers who studied at Berklee, and like me, studied with both Alan Dawson and Gary Chaffee, will play using movements and motions such as the one presented here.
In this lesson today we continue to dive in a little deeper with the materials from this course and expand the Geometric Phrase exercise from Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 into phrasing & movements. This will facilitate flexibility in orchestration and will develop dexterity and comfort with the geography of the instrument. It will help moving around the drums in new ways.
Today, we will be working with an entire 4-bar phrase.
Some of you here, will be familiarized with the historical book, by Ted Reed - “Progressive Steps to Syncopation for The Modern Drummer.” We will be using that book to borrow some ideas for our musical phrase.
I was introduced to the Ted Reed Syncopation book by the legendary teacher Alan Dawson, in the mid to late 1980’s later in my studies with the great John Ramsay, we also used the book “Modern Reading Text in 4/4” by Loue Bellson.
My “Geometric Phrasing” concept is intended to be used many ways. One of the many ways I use it myself it is to warm up not only physically but mentally as well.
Sometimes when I have a few minutes to work on something, and it is not enough time to really go deep into hours of practice, I might come up with a musical phrase. It can be a 2-bar phrase, or 4-bar phrase or even 8-bar phrase etc. Then I try do come up with ways to flip leading right and leading left. Then run the entire phrase on the positions presented on Lesson 1 a few days ago (see link below for Lesson 1)
So, today I will be reading a 4-measure phrase from the Ted Reed book, and I will be implementing some of the concepts I learn from Alan Dawson regarding rhythm interpretation.
Alan many times gave me jazz coordination exercises that involved playing every 8th note as a “short” sound, and every quarter note, doted quarter, and tied notes as a “long” sound.
He showed me many ways to do that I believe just in swing jazz feel we work on 32-ways to interpret a jazz phrase, plus other ways in other styles.
So, I will be playing the 4-bar phrase today moving to the 9 positions, but will be using some of the Alan Dawson rhythmic interpretations concepts:
1- Every 8th note = “short” sound on accented snare drum
2- Every other note, like quarter notes, doted quarter, tied notes = “long” sounds, and will be played either on floor tom, or high tom, or cymbals with bass drum.
3- We will keep a flow of rolling sextuplets going through all this.
Note: Position one is on the snare drum and booth hands are on the snare so, in the very first step, there is no short-long just accents.
If you did not watch the previous 4 lessons, I recommend you take those 4 lessons first:
#1 - Geometric Phrase Lesson 1 - link:
• Geometric Phrasing Les...
#2 - Geometric Phrasing Lesson 2- link:
• Geometric Phrasing Les...
#3 - Geometric Phrase Lesson 3 - link:
• Geometric Phrasing Les...
#4 - Geometric Phrase Lesson 4 - link:
• Geometric Phrasing Les...
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Hope you enjoy this lesson!
Have fun with this!
H-TDSC
Henrique De Almeida -Professor / Berklee College of Music
Music Director - The Drum Set Coach Academy
Author, Drum Set Artist & Clinician/Sonor Drums/Vic Firth/LP/Evans drumheads/HQ Pads/Earthworks Microphones/Carl Fischer/Berklee Press/Hall Leonard/Hudson Music
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This is the stuff!
Steve ! I have learn from you back in the Day brother, reach out let's connect! Big fan! I believe I have one of your DVDs from years ago!b hit me up on FB or TheDrumSetCoach.Com
Nice!
This reminds me of "the 3 camps"
3 camps oh yes!!!
Sounds good. I have the same drums. What heads are you using in that vídeo? Thanks!
Thank you, 12" SD Evans G1 Coated, 13" SD Evans G1 Coated, 8" and 10" TT Evans Black Chrome, 13" & 14" FT Evans Hydraulic Blue, 16" BD is a Remo Power Stroke clear but I don't like this head, might change to a coated head soon...
Why call it "geometric"? clickbait?