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Stick Stuff 16 – Polychords
Polychords This snippet comes from a project I have been working on. It’s a recording of various larger pieces – partially orchestrated – which were directly or indirectly inspired by music of my favorite Rock bands. This piece is called Pink Floyd and has been influenced by ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. Admittedly some of…
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Stick Stuff 15 – Stick-O-Lypso
Stick-O-Lypso I was just starting to practice snare drum rudiments on the Stick when I came up with this example. Rhythmically it switches off/on beats from measure to measure from one hand to the other. This example has been used verbatim in the ‘Most Excellent Weirdness…’ behind the sax solo. Stick Stuff
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Stick Stuff 14 – Salsa in 10
Salsa in 10 Obviously this is not really a Salsa although the baseline has some sort of resemblance with a traditional ‘tumba’. For a more skillful player it might be possible to play the chords in a montuno-like rhythm. Stick Stuff