Blast Beats In 6/8

In this lesson you will be exploring different blast beat construction methods within the time signature of 6/8. These grooves will be slightly different other blast beats as they will be in a compound time signature rather than a simple one. The physical movements of these parts will be the same, the accent placement will just differ slightly.

Listed below you will find the three main blast beats in 6/8 with various different right hand ideas. I haven't included all possible combinations so do some experimenting with different construction ideas. Some interesting parts can be created by tweaking the orchestrations slightly too. I have used some syncopated rhythms, it is worth noting that these are the same rhythms as in 4/4 but applied over the new time signature. In theory this is straight forward but it changes the part drastically.


Constant 16th Note Blast Beat

A 6/8 blast beat


Constant 16th Note Blast Beat With 16th Note Decoration

A 6/8 blast beat


Constant 16th Note Blast Beat With Dotted Eighth Right Hand

A 6/8 blast beat


Subdivided 8th Note Blast Beat

A 6/8 blast beat


Subdivided 8th Note Blast Beat With Syncopated Right Hand

A 6/8 blast beat


Subdivided 8th Note Blast Beat With Quarter Note Right Hand

A 6/8 blast beat


Reverse Subdivided 8th Note Blast Beat

A 6/8 blast beat


Reverse Subdivided 8th Note Blast Beat With Syncopated' Right Hand

A 6/8 blast beat


Reverse Subdivided 8th Note Blast Beat With Dotted Eighth Right Hand

A 6/8 blast beat


TASK

  1. Learn the examples above to a tempo of at least 200bpm.
  2. Experiment with the orchestration of the grooves, remember that percussion items are also a good option.
  3. Experiment with different lengths of groove.
  4. Apply the grooves to songs and phrases as either a fill or groove.
  5. Experiment with the same construction ideas in different time signatures.

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