In this lesson I will be showing you how the reverse triplet can be applied to grooves in a very similar way to the 16 Beat construction method. This will essentially be a simple orchestration of the reverse triplet with some kicks add underneath. Because the rudiment is played as eighth note triplets the kicks will have a swung feel.
The basis of this groove concept is playing a reverse triplet sticking on the hi hats. On counts 2 and 4 you will then move the right hand over to the snare. Following this you have to jump back to the snare with the same hand which can be a tricky movement. Below I have shown the hands for the common and half time versions of this concept. I have included sticking to clarify how the hands fall.
Before progressing to the grooves below, make sure you are comfortable with the hand placement. The selection of examples that follow all use this sticking and have kicks applied at various points. These start simple and get progressively more difficult. I have excluded any 16th notes to avoid the parts getting to complex, we'll look at that in another lesson.
Groove Example 1
Groove Example 2
Groove Example 3
Groove Example 4
Groove Example 5
Groove Example 6
Groove Example 7
TASK
- Learn all exercises upto a tempo of at least 130bpm.
- Experiment with orchestration and construct your own grooves and fills using this idea.
- Construct some phrase type patterns using the concept presented here.
