Sick Drummer Magazine

In this groove I use a trick that is great for making 4/4 grooves "feel" like they are in an and odd meter. I divided the bar of 4/4 into sixteenth notes. Instead of keeping them in 4 groups of 4 I group them in two groups of 5 and one group of 6 (5/5/6). This creates the "un-easy" feeling even though we are still in common time. First learn the grouping by playing it on the hi hat (audio example #1) using a hand to hand sticking and then the alternate sticking. Then practice the full groove (audio example #2) slowly at first gradually building up speed. Audio example #3 is the groove up to speed with some variations.

 

 

 

Audio Example 1: