- More thoughts on slow drumming
- Reflections on Learning
- My play excerpt at the Playwright's Festival
- Robert Wallace and Total Rhythm
- Reaffirming a committment
- State of Grace
- The Holy Trinity of Music's Appeal
- Cold weather and drumming don't mix
- Cheb-i-Sabbah and the spirituality of the musical moment
- Refound: The English Beat's "I Just Can't Stop It"
Five Sisters
Time Signature:
4/4
Chart:
I created this rhythm based off of a simple arrangement of short repeating patterns. The five sisters are the five notes played in different intervals - you can add several more layers to this to diminishing (in my opinion) effect. I was aiming for somehting of the hyper-fast West African 2/4 rhythms; giving the call-and-response accents makes this a 4/4, but still feels incredibly fast.
| Part\Count | 1 | i | n | a | 2 | i | n | a | 3 | i | n | a | 4 | i | n | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trash (bass) | Ox | O | x | O | x | O | O | x | O | x | ||||||
| Bucket | O | t | O | O | t | O | X | O | O | t |
Notes:
- The first note of the bass is a flam with both bass and stick.
- The "touch" (t) of the bucket is on the bucket base, but off the center to give it a softer tone.
