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Soul Vaccination
This page is about one of the groove patterns that David Garibaldi played on the original recording of the classic Tower Of Power tune, Soul Vaccination.

Short extract




Example 1

The main pattern, as transcribed by David Garibaldi:



Here's another look at the same pattern :


 
Example 2

Now, the same pattern, but without the bass-drum. Non-accented notes are ghosted:



Also refer to Polyrhythmic Ostinatos - part 2 & part 3
 
Example 3

Now the same basic pattern, but with a simple eighth-note hi-hat ostinato, and also without any ghost notes:


 
16-bar Groove Exercise

This exercise serves the purpose of integrating the main basic pattern.
Each bar is played twice




Adapted from an article that I wrote for the September 2000 issue of (the French) Batteur Magazine.
© Alain Rieder - All musical examples are granted for your personnal use only.

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