On this page I have listed several examples of simple grooves in 6/8. The way you built grooves in our Introduction To Grooves was to take a rhythm, orchestrate it between the kick and snare then add the right hand. In these examples you are given a rhythm then an idea for groove construction based on this rhythm. These rhythms are built of crotchets, quavers and dotted crotchets. A counting checker box has been provided to make sure you are playing the rhythm correctly. On this page the checker works slightly differently, enter which counts the notes in the rhythm fall on rather than the actual counting. So in the first example you would enter '1 3 4'.
Example 1
Check Your Counting:
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 3 4
Example 2
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 4 6
Example 3
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 3 4 6
Example 4
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 2 4
Example 5
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 4 5
Example 6
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 2 3 4
Example 7
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 4 5 6
Example 8
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 3 4 5 6
Example 9
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Example 10
Check Your Counting:
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The counting for this rhythm is: 1 2 4 6
TASKS
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all grooves up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
- Create your own variations on these patterns. Write as many down as possible.
- Use these patterns as part of a Structured Pattern.