Hey Gang,
This week I've been mucking around with
a rolling pattern. I'm not going to notate it, rather it's better
that you just listen and play along. The routine of shifting from
one rhythm to the next is pretty essential stuff in terms of drum
practice, and in this instance it's more important that you just
practice whatever rhythms you enjoy playing, shifting as you please
from one to the next.
I use the rolling pattern that I begin
with, then shift to a Saiidi (always a favourite), then back to the
rolling pattern with some variations, then onto a Chiftatelli...
To quote the popular meme, 'with all
this shit going on...', I've not been drumming much. I play ukulele
nearly every day because it is a source of never ending joy that I
cannot put down. Or, as I put it in a poem, written some years
ago....
*
Ukulele Trouble
the ukulele doesn't care about your
troubles
just strum those lost-on-the-highway
blues
those lonely-crowded-party blues
those lonely-crowded-party blues
just play your heart's-sadness-away
blues
just sing a song-to-unmake-the-devil blues
just sing a song-to-unmake-the-devil blues
just play it again-and-again-and-again
blues
the ukulele doesn't care about your
troubles
but it will listen to you anyway
*
So whatever you've been doing with your
time during this unusual time, I hope that you are being moved by
rhythm, even if that rhythm is not played on your drum. I hope that
you are dancing, even if it's not your body that is doing the
dancing. I understand that it's difficult to motivate to play the
drum outside the circle.
I guess we have to find the circle
inside ourselves.
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