"A good odd time player is just a drummer who is comfortable with it. If you stop and think about it, almost all of us are good 4/4 players. I mean none of us get uneasy when we are told that a tune we will be playing is in 4/4. But let someone say it is in 7/8 or 9/8 etc. and some of us get border line queasy for God's sake!!! Why? We simply don't do it enough. The music of our culture is predominately written in 4/4 time. It is what we grew up listening to. Aside from a few Sting tunes, try and name some odd time tunes you hear on American Pop Radio. Good Luck!! The bottom line is , if you want to be a good odd time player , play in odd time A LOT!!! It's that simple. Just think. If you lived in India and they told you the next tala you would be playing was in 4/4 time, you'd be getting that same queasy feeling!! "
Fran Merante
Can't find instructional practice material on odd time playing in your local music store?? You need look no further!!!
Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy. What do these drummers have in common? They among others have a great feel for playing in odd time. Is it something they are born with? No. The fact of the matter is, they are comfortable playing in odd time because they play it A LOT!! The styles of music they play demand it! It is no different for ANY of us. If we play in odd time enough, we can become just as comfortable with it. The problem is finding the odd time material to practice with. NOT ANYMORE!! With my odd time package for drums, you will have enough material to be well on your way to establishing a comfort zone for playing in odd time!!
Disc 2 is the odd time loop disc. This takes your odd time playing skills to the next level. After you practice your grooves to the click, Its time to use them in tunes!! There are 13 different odd time music loops in various styles to play to. Each loop is recorded at 3 different tempos so as your skills improve, you can up the speed!! The loops are appriximately 2 min. in length each and with the help of your repeat function on your CD player you can practice to them for as long as you like!! No more looking for odd time tunes at the right tempo and sytle to play to!! Complete with Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, and Horns!! You supply the drums!!
Contains the same material that is taught to my students for learning to play in odd time. It has great counting techniques as well as easy to understand concepts for playing in odd time. 90% of the battle is understandeing the odd time concept. It is explained here in a simplistic eye opening way. No longer will you cringe when you hear, "this tune is in odd time". From now on you will embrace these tunes with the confidence you will gain from the methods you will learn in this text!! In this step by step approach complete with audio examples, you will learn how to play comfortably in odd time signatures and also to take ANY 4/4 groove and turn it into an odd time Groove in the time signature of your choice!! Pair this up with the 4/4 Fat Back exercises in my "Drum Machine/Metronome CD Package for drums" and develop literally hundreds of odd time grooves!! The beauty of this is not only will you learn the concepts, but you will also be able to apply them to music with the Odd Time Loop Disc!! This is pretty POWERFUL!!!!
Odd Time Loop Disc
Click links to hear examples!!!
*Metronome marking reflects the quarter note*
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5/8 Fusion 75 bpm 2) 5/8 Fusion 88 bpm 3) 5/8 Fusion 100 bpm 5) 5/8 Pop 94 bpm 6) 5/8 Pop 105 bpm 7) 7/8 Funk 78 bpm 8) 7/8 Funk 90 bpm 9) 7/8 Funk 107 bpm 10) 7/8 Songo 70 bpm
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7/8 Songo 82 bpm 12) 7/8 Songo 96 bpm 13) 7/8 Rock 90 bpm 14) 7/8 Rock 105 bpm 15) 7/8 Rock 120 bpm 16) 9/8 Funk 82 bpm 17) 9/8 Funk 92 bpm 18) 9/8 Funk 103 bpm 19) 11/8 House 84 bpm 20) 11/8 House 96 bpm |
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11/8 House 108 bpm 22) 5/4 Swing 100 bpm 23) 5/4 Swing 120 bpm 24) 5/4 Swing 145 bpm 25) 5/4 House 88 bpm 26) 5/4 House 100 bpm 27) 5/4 House 112 bpm 28) 7/4 Rock 100 bpm 29) 7/4 Rock 115 bpm 30) 7/4 Rock 128 bpm |
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7/4 Jazz 110 bpm 32) 7/4 Jazz 128 bpm 33) 7/4 Jazz 154 bpm 34) 7/4 Funk 93 bpm 35) 7/4 Funk 104 bpm 36) 7/4 Funk 120 bpm 37) 9/4 House 90 bpm 38) 9/4 House 102 bpm 39) 9/4 House 114 bpm |
Odd Time CD / Odd Time Click Track CD
The first 15 tracks are audio examples that go along with the enclosed text.
For time signatures where the quarter note receives one beat, a regular metronome OR the Metronome CD from my first package, "Drum Machine/Metronome CD Package for drums" may be used for a click.
*Metronome marking reflects the quarter note*
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Example 1 2) Example 2 3) Example 3 4) Example 4 5) Example 5 6) Example 6 7) Example 7 8) Example 8 9) Example 9 10) Example 10 11) Example 11 12) Example 12 13) Example 13 14) Example 14 15) Example 15
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5/8 click 60 bpm 17) 5/8 click 68 bpm 18) 5/8 click 76 bpm 19) 5/8 click 84 bpm 20) 5/8 click 90 bpm 21) 5/8 click 98 bpm 22) 5/8 click 106 bpm 23) 5/8 click 114 bpm 24) 5/8 click 120 bpm 25) 7/8 click 60 bpm 26) 7/8 click 68 bpm 27) 7/8 click 76 bpm 28) 7/8 click 84 bpm 29) 7/8 click 90 bpm 30) 7/8 click 98 bpm |
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7/8 click 106 bpm 32) 7/8 click 114 bpm 33) 7/8 click 120 bpm 34) 9/8 click 60 bpm 35) 9/8 click 68 bpm 36) 9/8 click 76 bpm 37) 9/8 click 84 bpm 38) 9/8 click 90 bpm 39) 9/8 click 98 bpm 40) 9/8 click 106 bpm 41) 9/8 click 114 bpm 42) 9/8 click 120 bpm 43) 11/8 click 60 bpm 44) 11/8 click 68 bpm 45) 11/8 click 76 bpm
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11/8 click 84 bpm 47) 11/8 click 90 bpm 48) 11/8 click 98 bpm 49) 11/8 click 106 bpm 50) 11/8 click 114 bpm 51) 11/8 click 120 bpm |
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