Drum Control - Four Voice Coordination for the Drums

Drum Control by Roy SeGuine
FOUR Voice Coordination for the Drums

All Four Voices

mm = 40 -80	Choose Duples or Triples
Ride:		Change
Snare:		Change
Bass:		Change
Hi-Hat:		Change
	65,536 combinations

Voices Soundboard

Two Voice Breakdown

a)	Ride:
Snare:

b)	Ride:
Bass:

c)	Ride:
Hi-Hat:

d)	Snare:
Bass:

e)	Snare:
Hi-Hat:

f)	Bass:
Hi-Hat:

Three Voice Breakdown

The Grid

g)	Ride:
Snare:
Bass:
		Hi-Hat plays The Grid or Four Bar Melody

h)	Ride:
Snare:
Hi-Hat:
		Bass plays The Grid or Four Bar Melody

i)	Ride:
Bass:
Hi-Hat:
		Snare plays The Grid or Four Bar Melody

j)	Snare:
Bass:
Hi-Hat:
		Ride plays The Grid or Four Bar Melody

Practice each three voice pattern above and cycle through The Grid at right using the free limb.
Then try playing the Four Bar Melody below with the free limb against a three voice pattern.

Duples

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3	-	x	-	-
4	-	-	x	-
5	-	-	-	x
6	x	x	-	-
7	x	-	x	-
8	x	-	-	x

9	-	x	x	-
10	-	x	-	x
11	-	-	x	x
12	x	x	x	-
13	x	x	-	x
14	x	-	x	x
15	-	x	x	x
16	x	x	x	x

Triples

1	-	-	-
2	x	-	-
3	-	x	-
4	-	-	x
5	x	x	-
6	-	x	x
7	x	-	x
8	x	x	x

Four Bar Melody