Offbeat 8th Note Ride Bell Right Hands

In this lesson you will be learning a right hand pattern that is made up of eighth notes played only on the '+' counts using the Bell Of The Ride. This is a simplified version of the Offbeat Open Hi Hat idea presented in an earlier lesson. The right hand part for these grooves will look like this:

Listed below are examples of kick and snare placement under this right hand concept.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

TASKS

1. Learn the groove above at a tempo of at least 120bpm.
2. Create further grooves using this concept.
3. Use these grooves in a longer phrase combined with fills.