The four bar phrases presented in this lesson continue exploring the 'AAAB' Structure, this time focusing on playing in Swing Time Groove. The intention here is to improve your familiarity with the structure, your ability to play in swing and increase your options for fills. In all exercises the Swing Time Short Hand notation is used.
If you haven't already, it would be worth working through the lesson linked above on swing time grooves as well as our lessons on Fills In Swing Time, The Single Stroke Triplet and Triplet Fills.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
TASK
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all phrases up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
- Create your own versions of these patterns.
