Lessons, Week 50

Zeroing in on one year.

I thought we were going to do followup on rumba clave and son clave...but instead he had me go through paradiddle exercises with right hand on high hat and left hand on snare.

RLRRLRLL
LRRLRLLR
RRLRLLRL
RLRLLRLR
LRLLRLRR...etc

There were also moving accents...and triplets. He played a recording of Elvin Jones using it in a jazz context...and another recording in a funk context. The accents are hard to do...as is doing the exercises up to speed and keeping the overall volume low except the accents. Not the hardest thing I've tried...but it would take practice to do it well.