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Groove o’ the day: Evolution of Songo – 03

  • August 22, 2018
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Here’s the promised transcription from the previous entry in this Evolution of Songo series— the breakdown from Pero a Mi Manera by Los Van Van, with Changuito playing the drums. For most of the tune […]

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Three-note syncopation rhythms

  • April 29, 2018
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Here are a couple of pages of syncopation rhythms in 4/4. Most of them can already be found in Progressive Steps to Syncopation, in one form or another, but sometimes I want to have certain […]

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Podcast — Episode 6: Todd’s playalong tracks

  • June 22, 2013
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Hey, we haven’t done a podcast in some time, have we? I’ve been doing most of my drumset practicing along with recordings recently— book exercises and everything— and I thought I’d share some of the […]

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