2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 1

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1 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 1 9 pages 63 examples Chapter 8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles This chapter explores ways drumming can be performed in ten worship styles. You'll hear the drums played alone (separately) and then as part of a rhythm-section mix consisting of acoustic and electric guitars, and an electric bass. The next chapter will focus on the other instruments (the guitars and bass) playing the same examples. 1. Eighth Note Rock 6. Country Two Beat 2. Dotted Eighth Note Rock 7. Bossa Nova 3. 50's Rock Shuffle 8. Reggae 4. Rhythm & Blues Rock Shuffle 9. Eighth Note Ballad 5. Minor Blues Rock Shuffle 10. Sixteenth Note Ballad Each style begins with a talking explanation and a performance by professional drummer David Owens (davidowensdrums.com). Listen carefully how he explains the drumming techniques. Learn his vocabulary so you can talk to drummers. Memorize, too, the nonverbal, nonsense syllables he uses to imitate drum patterns (for example, "boom-gat, boom-boom-gat" for Eighth Note Rock). Multidimensional communication! The tracks occur in the following order: (1) talking explanation; (2) drums alone, audio and notation; (3) drums within the rhythm section mix. If you are a drummer, you may want to play along, and reproduce on your own drum set the "drum only" examples. Nondrummers can try tapping the rhythms or playing the chart progressions in accompaniment to the tracks. Sometimes there are two or three drumming variations for a given style. For instance, there may be a "straight" version (which subdivides the beat into twos), as well as a "shuffle" version (which subdivides the beat into threes or triplets). The chord progressions for each style are written out. The abbreviation "mm" refers to the number of measures. Drum Legend

2 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 2 1. Eighth Note Rock. Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for two performances below. 8.1B Drums only, tight to washy. mm. 1-4 tight hi hat, even 8 th notes; mm. 5-8 slightly open hi hat mm sloshy, washy hi hat 8.1C Mix 8.1D Drums only. Same, but quarter notes accented. 8.1E Mix Electric Bass Rhythms: 8.1F Chord Progressions for Eighth Note Rock 2. Dotted, Eighth Note Rock Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for two performances below. 8.2B Drums only: mm. 1-4 tight hi hat, even 8 th notes mm. 5-8 slightly open, even 8 th notes mm ride symbol, & chips with left foot on hi hat 8.2C Mix 8.2D Drums only. mm. 1-4 accented hi hat with shank of drumstick on edge of closed hi hat;

3 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 3 8.2E Mix. tip of stick on top for unaccented notes mm. 5-8 washy hi hat mm ride symbol Electric Bass rhythms: 8.2F Chord Progressions for or 8.2F Chord Progressions for Dotted, Eighth Note Rock 3. 50's Rock Shuffle Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for two performances below. 8.3B Drums only mm.1-8 shuffle using shank of stick, hitting edge of high hat for accented notes, and tip of stick hitting top of hi hat for unaccented notes mm ride symbol 8.3C Mix 8.3D Drums only, snare: mm.1-8 quarter notes on hi hat and ride mm shuffle ghost notes on the snare; still using rim shots for the back beats on 2 and E Mix (I don't hear the ghost notes!) 8.3F Chord Progressions for 50's Rock Shuffle 4. Rhythm & Blues Rock Shuffle Quarter Note = A Drum explanation A. 8.4B Drums only

4 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 4 mm.1-8 no shuffle playing real straight mm off beat hi hat, shuffle feel on fills mm alternation of ride and hi hat on off beats, with ghosting shuffle on snare. 8.4C Mix 8.4D Drum explanation B. 8.4E Drum only. mm. 1-8 shuffle starting on hi hat mm ride cymbal off-beat chips with left foot on hi hat mm bell of ride cymbal for down beats accents on quarter notes, using shank of stick 8:4F Mix 8.4G Drum explanation C. 8.4H Drum only with a more Rock feel. mm.1-8, tight hi hat; shuffle on bass drum; ghost notes on snare; mm washy hi hat mm , digging into ride cymbal with shank; washy ride sound

5 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 5 8.4I Mix 8.4J Chord Progressions for Rhythm & Blues Rock Shuffle 5. Minor Blues Rock Shuffle Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for two performances below. 8.5B Drums only. mm.1-12 shuffle on hi hat & to ride, bass drum on 1&3, snare on 2&4 mm shuffle on ride cymbal 8.5C Mix 8.5D Drums only mm shuffle on snare using ghost notes; high hat & ride is straight mm ride cymbal is straight; shuffle feel throughout comes from the snare.

6 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 6 8.5E Mix 8.5F Chord Progressions for Minor Blue Rock Shuffle Mix 6. Country Two Beat Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for two performances below. 8.6B Drums only. mm. 1-8, train groove; 16 th notes on snare, accenting 2&4 with rim shot; bass drum on 1&3; hi hat on 2&4 mm. 9-16, accents on snare mm , ride cymbal airs it out 8.6C Mix 8.6D Drums only. mm. 1-8, straight quarter notes, RH on hi hat mm ghosting notes with LH, RH on hi hat mm ride cymbal on RH, ghosting with LH

7 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 7 8.6E Mix 8.6F Chord Progressions for Country Two Beat 7. Bossa Nova Quarter Note = A Explanation for one performance. 8.7B Drums only mm. 1-8 hi hat mm ride cymbal, chips with L foot on hi hat; LH cross sticks on snare (emulating a clave) 8.7C Mix 8.7D Chord Progressions for Bossa Nova 8. Reggae Quarter Note = A Explanation for two performances (no explanation of 2nd performance). 8.8B Drums only. Shuffle. mm. 1-8 bass drum on back beat 3 mm bass drum on 1, snare on 3, with off-beat hi hats mm four on the floor (bass) ala Ska groove

8 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 8 8.8C Mix 8.8D Drums only. No shuffle. Straight 16ths. 8.8E Mix 8.8 Chord Progressions for Reggae 9. Eighth Note Ballad Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for three performances below. 8.9B Drums One only. Good for verse. Straight hi hat. 8.9C Mix 1 8.9D Drums Two only. Good starting a ballad. Less use of bass drum (more airy sound). 8.9E Mix 2 Example 8.9F Drums Three only. Good for chorus. Bigger, heavier sound. Ride cymbal. Back beat on snare with rim shot. Fills are busier. 8.9G Mix 3 8.9H Chord Progressions for Eighth Note Ballad 10. Sixteenth Note Shuffle Ballad Quarter Note = A Drum explanation for two performances below. 8.10B Drum only, with shuffle feel mm. 1-8 strong back beat with some LH ghosting on snare; starts with hi hat, then ride cymbal with RH, while LH foot

9 2010 Barry Liesch ch8 Drumming Guide for 10 Worship Styles 9 plays off-beat chip with hi hat 8.10C Mix 8.10D Drum only, with no shuffle. Straight. Demonstrates how wrong it is for drums to play "straight" while the other instruments play a "shuffle." 8.10E Mix 8.10F Chord Progressions for Sixteenth Note Shuffle Ballad.