Category: Groove of the week

Woo Hoo! We’re back after 3 months! Here’s groove of the week #53: This week’s groove is a layered/linear hybrid. The idea is to take a commonly played layered groove and create a linear version of it & then play the two back to back. You might not play this 2 bar pattern as a…

Open Hi-Hats, No Bass Drum… are you sure? This week’s groove is a 2 bar pattern which features a busy bass drum pattern in the 1st bar and then just hi-hats and snare in the second bar. The two bars provide a nice contrast to each other and sounds like two sides of a conversation.…

Here’s this week’s groove: This week’s groove takes a funky snare and bass pattern and adds the bell of the ride cymbal and the tom toms to provide some colour. To hear a similar groove in action, check out song “Everlasting Now” by Prince with the late, great John Blackwell on drums. Get the Groove.…

We’ve reached week #50! Let’s celebrate with some cowbell! This week’s groove is a linear groove. The last time we played a linear groove was groove of the week #35. Linear grooves are when we don’t play two surfaces together at the same time. They can present timing and accuracy problems because you’re not playing…

This week we’re taking a favourite rock beat and adding a couple of finishing touches. Check it out! I always find it amazing how just adding a four stroke ruff here and a couple of accents there can completely change the feel of a groove. Let’s learn the groove. Get The Groove Let’s start by…

The Stack Is Back! I’m not sure where this groove came from. I was messing around with inverted paradiddle grooves and orchestrating them around the kit and some how it morphed into this groove which uses double paradiddles, paradiddles and an inverted paradiddle. It sounded good to me, so here it is! Get The Groove…

Here’s Groove Of The Week #47: We’re keeping things simple this week. We’re taking a common groove and just adding some open hi-hats to it to make it sound funkier. Let’s get to learning! Get The Groove Let’s start of with the basic groove we’re changing up: This groove has been featured in many songs…

Let’s get off-beat with this week’s groove. This week’s groove features an off-beat hi-hat pattern played over one of my favourite bass and snare patterns. Let’s check it out. Get The Groove The starting point for this groove is to play the bass and snare drum pattern with an 8th note hi-hat. Hopefully you can…

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Let’s go! This week’s groove is a funky 7/8 groove. This is our first foray into odd time signatures with groove of the week. The 7/8 time signature is one of the most popular odd time signatures and is one of the easiest to learn. Let’s learn this…

Here’s a funky shuffle for groove of the week #44. That’s one funky groove right there. The challenge with this groove is keeping a a consistent shuffle feel in the right hand and placing the bass drum accurately within the groove. Let’s check it out. Get The Groove Let’s start by looking at what is…