Cowbell Groove Exercises: 2 Bar Grooves

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Cowbell Groove Exercises: 2 Bar Grooves

2006 lessons of Juan van Emmerloot

Juan van Emmerloot 09-05-2006 02:32

When you managed to play around with the previous lessons, it is time to move on a bit and try some 2-bar grooves; try to memorize the grooves that are printed and keep playing them until you feel a consitent groove going.

The little snare rolls in excercise 4 and 6 add a nice feel to the types of grooves we are examining here. They tend to sound more latin-funky once you play them like you see in the video and the transciption.

The dynamics in excercise 4 is just an example; you might want to try using dynamics with the other grooves in the score as well.

Overall, I've put some great grooves together for you, that will always sound very musical as long as you don't play them too fast!
Keep on playing them consistantly and get into the groove! Watch the video in which I explain how to work around the grooves.

Tip: try to remember to keep playing the off-beat pattern with the Hi-Hat.

This lesson has two additional videos:

Examples and explanantion of this lesson
A nice, but necessary reminder of what you should not forget while studying.

Click the media tab to watch the videos that go with this lesson.

Good luck and have fun!
Come back soon for more Cowbell Groove lessons!

Juan

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