the ballad

The ballad is played in a slow to very slow tempo, I choose to illustrate ballad with a 16th note groove on the hi-hat played by only the right hand, see lesson #13. In exercise #2 the sidestick sound is preferred to the snare drum sound to lightenth the backbeats (2&4). In exercises #3 and #4 the bass drum is anticipating the downbeats (1&3) giving more depth to the pattern.

EXERCISE #1

Tempo = 64bpm ; count in = 123+4+

ballade-ex01

|1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-||
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx||
SD |----o-------o---||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #2

Tempo = 64bpm ; count in = 123+4+

ballade-ex02

|1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-||
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx||
SD |----x-------x---||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #3

Tempo = 64bpm ; count in = 123+4+

ballade-ex03

|1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-||
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx||
SD |----x-------x---||
BD |o------oo-------||

EXERCISE #4

Tempo = 64bpm ; count in = 123+4+

ballade-ex04

|1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-||
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx||
SD |----x-------x---||
BD |o------oo------o||

EXERCISE #5

Tempo = 64bpm ; count in = 123+4+

ballade-ex05

|1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-||
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxx----||
T1 |--------------o-||
SD |----x-------oo--||
BD |o------oo-------||

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