Jazz · hard · 150 BPM
Jazz Ride with Comping Drum Beat
The full straight-ahead jazz vocabulary: the swung ride pattern with hi-hat on 2 and 4, plus independent snare and bass-drum comping accents that fall on the swung off-beats. The kick 'feathers' lightly rather than driving. This is the conversational interplay a jazz drummer plays behind a soloist.
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What this teaches
Develops four-way independence by layering syncopated snare and bass comping under the ride pattern.