Counting Dotted Crotchets On The Left Foot In 6/8

For this 6/8 groove lesson you will be taking the idea of keeping a count with the left foot, such as in this lesson on Counting Crotchets On The Left Foot in 4/4, and applying it to grooves in the time signature of 6/8 by counting dotted crotchets. This lesson should be fairly straight forward as you are just adding in a slow left foot count to existing patterns but you may need to spend some time playing the patterns slowly to get the co ordination between the two feet working.

Listed below are various 6/8 grooves with a left foot dotted crotchet count. Note that when the right hand is playing as a dotted crotchet the left foot will be matching its rhythm.


Groove 1

A 6/8 groove with the left foot counting dotted crotchets


Groove 2

A 6/8 groove with the left foot counting dotted crotchets


Groove 3

A 6/8 groove with the left foot counting dotted crotchets


Groove 4

A 6/8 groove with the left foot counting dotted crotchets


Groove 5

A 6/8 groove with the left foot counting dotted crotchets


TASKS

  1. Using the 2 minute rule, get all grooves up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
  2. Create your own variations on these patterns. Write as many down as possible.
  3. Use these patterns as part of a Structured Pattern.
  4. Go through our level 1 and 2 6/8 grooves lesson and add in this left foot pattern. Some lessons are linked below.

Lessons

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