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Stomach Grapes

This groove was composed spontaneously at the drum kit. To me it is a great example of how a simple change to a straight-time groove can establish an entirely new feeling.

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1/4 = 110 bpm
4 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 
-     O       O         O    o  O
4 o  o      o   o o  o      o  o

The simple change here is in the second measure: the snare is permutated one-eighth to the right, playing on the ands of 2 and 4. Ghost notes, not transcribed here, fill up the spaces and propel the groove. Listen to the MIDI or MP3 files for a quarter-note ride interpretation, which has a less subtle, more cutting feel.

Patronize these links, man:

Virtual Drummer loop
MIDI
MP3

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updated: 2004-02-22 22:49:16

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Stomach Grapes