For this groove concept you will be further exploring the idea of displacing the snare. This time you will be moving it one 16th note later in the bar, putting it on an 'e' count. The idea will be similar to that presented in our Displacing The Snare 1 16th Note Back lesson, but obviously it will be moved the opposite way. This is a cool concept as a standard groove but it works equally well as a variation for a two bar pattern or as a fill idea for larger phrases.
As in the previous lesson, you will be covering three ideas. One where only beat 2 is displaced, one where only beat 4 is displaced and one where both snares are moved. For each idea you will be shown various groove patterns using the concept and at the end of the lesson a short piece has been given.
Displacing Beat 2
Let's start by displacing just beat 2 in a standard common time groove. A simple version of this is shown below. Note that a 16th note rest is placed where the snare used to be.
Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the new snare placement then have a go at some of the variations below. Moving the snare in this way frees up the 'a' count before to have a snare stroke on it, this can create some interesting patterns as it emphasizes the displacement further.
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Displacing Beat 4
Next let's try displacing just beat 4. These patterns will be very similar only the displacement happens in the second half of the bar.
Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the new snare placement then have a go at some of the variations below.
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Displacing Beats 2 And 4
Now let's displace both backbeat snares.
Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the new snare placement then have a go at some of the variations below.
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
TASKS
- Learn the grooves above up to a tempo of at least 140bpm.
- Create further variations on these patterns.
- Create some 4 bar phrases where this concept is applied. Experiment with different uses of this idea within the phrase.
Example Piece
The short piece below demonstrates the practical application of this concept.