File this in the same category as the recent “extended shuffle” stickings page— it's a unified set of patterns based on a simple idea, organized to make them easy to improvise with. They're not new patterns, but we haven't seen them collected as a single idea before.
These are right hand-accented, alternating stickings ending with a RRLL— or a RRL with the odd-numbered patterns. Get a feel for the premise by playing the first pattern on the first five lines— they all lean heavily on the strong beats. The last three patterns are really just inversions of the extended shuffle patterns, but I've included them so you can play them as an extension of this basic idea.
Practice tips:
- Play them as 8th notes, 16th notes, or triplets in any time signature.
- They are for soloing, for playing texturally, or for playing an ECM-type feel.
- It's easy to play them fast, but they're meant for all tempos.
- Play the hands on different instruments/sounds, and improvise moving them around the drums.
- Play with the RH on a cymbal, with the bass drum in unison.
- Add/vary accents with the left hand.
- Try other stickings with the same accents, as in my harmonic coordination method. Best to start with straight alternating, and single-handed.
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