So this rhythm is difficult because one, it’s in a ternary feel and two, because we seem to feel, as westerners, that beat ONE is where it’s not. Remember, the eighth notes are in groups of threes. The most important part to get are the claps that are on each beat and the kicks being on the second eighth note of beats 2 and beats 4. Snare or toms will be on 3rd eighth note of beat one and and second eighth note of beat 3. Here I’ll try to write it here in case it helps people who have never played this groove (took me a while! ;)) 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . hihat or claps . . s . . . . s . . . . snare . . . . k . . . . . k. kick Not easy to do the right spacing but doing my best! Some great drummers to check out for this kind of groove: Karim Ziad and Mokhtar Samba who wrote a great book on some northern and west African grooves: www.mokhtarsamba.net/copie-de-home?lightbox=dataItem-j0l4rh8i Thanks for sharing this!! Great music!!
Such complex rhythms. You just blew up my brain.
spot on hahahaha love the explanation much love from morocco
So this rhythm is difficult because one, it’s in a ternary feel and two, because we seem to feel, as westerners, that beat ONE is where it’s not.
Remember, the eighth notes are in groups of threes. The most important part to get are the claps that are on each beat and the kicks being on the second eighth note of beats 2 and beats 4. Snare or toms will be on 3rd eighth note of beat one and and second eighth note of beat 3.
Here I’ll try to write it here in case it helps people who have never played this groove (took me a while! ;))
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . hihat or claps
. . s . . . . s . . . . snare
. . . . k . . . . . k. kick
Not easy to do the right spacing but doing my best!
Some great drummers to check out for this kind of groove:
Karim Ziad
and
Mokhtar Samba who wrote a great book on some northern and west African grooves:
www.mokhtarsamba.net/copie-de-home?lightbox=dataItem-j0l4rh8i
Thanks for sharing this!!
Great music!!
also I've been that the subdivision is kinda fluid, at least I don't know how to notate it... any ideas?