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Soul With A Capital "S"
Example 1
This pattern can be heard in the studio version of Soul With A Capital "S", a Tower Of Power song.
I took this song as an example, but it is in fact a pretty standard drumset pattern, that can also be heard in many other songs.
Example 2
Here's a variation of the same pattern
Example 3
Another variation of the same pattern
Example 4
This is to show the analogy with a 3-2 son-clave pattern
Example 5
This is to show the analogy with a traditionnal Bossa-Nova pattern.
16-bar Groove Exercise
This is a workout for the pattern seen in Example 3.
Each bar is played twice
Tower Of Power - T.O.P.
Russ McKinnon: Drumset
Track 01: Soul With A Capital "S"
© Alain Rieder - All musical examples are granted for your personnal use only.
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