Linear 'R L L F' Syncopated Full Bar Groove In 6/8

The grooves in this lesson will all be full bar Linear Patterns using the 'R L L F' sticking in the time signature of 6/8. You will be presented with various different construction ideas around this part, some touched on in previous lessons. Make sure you have covered the linked lesson on the basic R L L F pattern and can play it at a decent tempo, around 130bpm and above would be good. It may also be worth looking at our 4/4 Linear 'R L L F' Full Bar Grooves lesson too.

The grooves will be built from the accented version of the exercise, so there will be plenty of Ghost Notes but you will be moving the first stroke of each grouping to an alternate part of the kit in most cases. Hi hats have been used in a lot of examples on this page but you could move this to any part of the kit you like. Short, sharp sounds are best to prevent the subtle ghost notes being lost.

Most of these patterns will have a syncopated feel as you are playing groupings over four notes over a compound time signature. It may take some getting used to but will make for some very interesting parts.


With A Straight Compound Time Feel

A version in a waltz feel


Accent Beat 3

Accenting beat 3


Accent Beat 5

Accenting Beat 2


Accent Beat 3 And 5 To Simulate A Waltz Feel

Accenting beat 1


Switch The Orchestration And Accent Beat 1

Accenting beats 1 and 3


Accent Beats 1 And 3

Accenting beats 1 and 2


TASK

  1. Using the 2 minute rule, get the grooves up to a tempo of at least 130bpm.

Ideas For Variation

Listed below are some simple ideas to experiment with to create further versions of this groove.

  • Add additonal bass drums. Doing this will mean the groove is no longer 'linear' but still creates some cool sounding parts.
  • Switch around where the hi hats and snares fall.
  • Open some hi hats.
  • Add in ride bells.
  • Alter which beat of the bar you start the pattern on.
  • Use this groove for half a bar, fill the other half with another groove idea.
  • Use this groove as part of a two bar pattern.

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