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.

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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

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Example 3

Another variation of the same pattern

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Example 4

This is to show the analogy with a 3-2 son-clave pattern
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Example 5

This is to show the analogy with a traditionnal Bossa-Nova pattern.
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16-bar Groove Exercise

This is a workout for the pattern seen in Example 3.
Each bar is played twice

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Tower Of Power - T.O.P.


Russ McKinnon: Drumset
Track 01: Soul With A Capital "S"

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