Displacing Snares In Grooves - One 16th Note Forwards

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.

A simple groove where beat 2 has been displaced

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

A groove with beat 2 displaced

Variation 2

A groove with beat 2 displaced

Variation 3

A groove with beat 2 displaced

Variation 4

A groove with beat 2 displaced


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.

A simple groove where beat 4 has been displaced

Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the new snare placement then have a go at some of the variations below.


Variation 1

A groove with beat 4 displaced

Variation 2

A groove with beat 4 displaced

Variation 3

A groove with beat 4 displaced

Variation 4

A groove with beat 4 displaced


Displacing Beats 2 And 4

Now let's displace both backbeat snares.

A simple groove where beats 2 and 4 have been displaced

Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the new snare placement then have a go at some of the variations below.


Variation 1

A groove with beats 2 and 4 displaced

Variation 2

A groove with beats 2 and 4 displaced

Variation 3

A groove with beats 2 and 4 displaced

Variation 4

A groove with beats 2 and 4 displaced


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.

A short piece using this concept

Lessons

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