I worked up this one for an R&B show, but we ended up not playing it. Sucks because I worked hard to get it with one hand. It's a workout at 85 bpm. What Jeff Porcaro was doing at up to 99 bpm is next level stuff.
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For example, my band recently learned Georgy Porgy where Porcaro is playing 16ths with one hand on the hats at 96 bpm. I can’t keep it up throughout the whole song yet, so I’m playing 16ths with two hands. Ugg, hate to do it but a boys got to do what he’s got to do….
Do whatever you need to do to the make song groove for the audience and your band. Most people will never know the difference of what type of sticking you are using, but they will know if it’s not grooving.For example, my band recently learned Georgy Porgy where Porcaro is playing 16ths with one hand on the hats at 96 bpm. I can’t keep it up throughout the whole song yet, so I’m playing 16ths with two hands. Ugg, hate to do it but a boys got to do what he’s got to do….
For example, my band recently learned Georgy Porgy where Porcaro is playing 16ths with one hand on the hats at 96 bpm. I can’t keep it up throughout the whole song yet, so I’m playing 16ths with two hands. Ugg, hate to do it but a boys got to do what he’s got to do….
Years ago I came up with an alternate way to do one-handed sixteens (I've always had slow hands), similar to the "1_&a" approach. It's a paradiddle pattern based on a Latin rhythm that only uses the left hand for a few notes on the hi hat, but has a very similar feel to straight 16ths. To my ear, it has more flow than just playing 1_&a, or playing alternating 16ths. It can be played tight and crisp, or really loose and swampy. And if you play the right hand on a cowbell or ride cymbal bell, you get a nice Latin flavor.
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For example, my band recently learned Georgy Porgy where Porcaro is playing 16ths with one hand on the hats at 96 bpm. I can’t keep it up throughout the whole song yet, so I’m playing 16ths with two hands. Ugg, hate to do it but a boys got to do what he’s got to do….
Now I'm gonna have to try that pattern with the hi hat hitting at the same time as the snare. That would certainly give it more the right sound.This is almost like the pattern I like that I poorly explained earlier in the thread, except I go ahead and play the right hand on the hats along with the snare, so I'm playing a maximum of 5 notes in a row. I do think part of sound is not hearing the hats cut out on each snare hit. It's still not the same as all one hand, but it sounds cool in its own way, and is a lot of fun.
Its funny you mention Toto as I have yet to wrap my brain around Jeff's Rosanna shuffle which of course is hybrid Purdie, Bonham, Bo Diddley beat.For example, my band recently learned Georgy Porgy where Porcaro is playing 16ths with one hand on the hats at 96 bpm. I can’t keep it up throughout the whole song yet, so I’m playing 16ths with two hands. Ugg, hate to do it but a boys got to do what he’s got to do….