Offbeat Double 16th Note Right Hands As Open Hi Hats

In this lesson you will be taking the Offbeat Double 16th right hand part for a groove and will be applying some open hi hats. The difficult part here will be your left foot which will be playing a quarter note pattern constantly. It is quite important that you have covered the lesson linked above first to get the basic co ordination and rhythmic aspects of the parts before adding this next layer of complexity. The grooves will also be quite similar to our level 1Offbeat Eighth Note Right Hand Pattern Using Open Hi Hats grooves.

This style of right hand rhythm is very common in funk and reggae but can be used in most musical contexts. The right hand and left foot part in question looks like this:

The right hand for this concept

Listed below are several examples of this concept with groove applied. Offbeat 16th notes have been used so be careful of timing and placement in those grooves.


Example 1

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 2

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 3

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 4

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 5

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 6

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 7

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


Example 8

A groove with double offbeat 16th notes played with open hi hats


TASKS

  • Learn the grooves above up to a tempo of at least 130bpm.
  • Create some 4 bar phrases where this concept is applied to the groove.
  • Construct your own grooves using this right hand pattern.

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