EDS Lesson Seven Phrasing Part 1 (introducing phrasing for fills)
EDS Lesson Seven Phrasing Part 1 (introducing phrasing for fills)
We will start by taking four bars of sixteenth notes and develop playing each of the available accents.
To explain further, have a look at each of the four bars in Example 2, below. You will see that the note to be accented moves along a sixteenth note each bar.
The accented note is signified by the sign (‘/\’) over the top of the note.
You can see that by using a single stroke roll:
Use the multimedia files for Example 2 and try and follow the music through by counting clearly. Do not try and play yet, as we are going to build each bar up on its own before putting all the accents together.
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The accents are played by bringing the stick up high. It is important not to create the accent by hitting hard, but to use the height of the stick to generate the accent.
To help the accent to stand out, play all the other strokes from a low level creating what are called ghost notes. Example 3 is a video of the technique you need to apply to help create the dynamics you need.
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Next: Building the accents
