Style : Funk

16th Note Groove on the Hi-Hat

Funk music is a good way to learn 16th note groove played on the hi-hat using RLRL sticking (single stroke roll). The right hand plays the snare drum on two and four; the left hand plays, on the snare drum, the second and/or the fourth 16th of the beat.
Sticking : the circle and the black dot are repectively for right and left hand.

To go further with this lesson you can play the etude "Granite" available at The Shop.

EXERCISE #1

Tempo = 102bpm ; count in = 1234

funk-ex01

|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-||
HH |xxxx-xxxxxxx-xxx||
SD |----o-------o---||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #2

Tempo = 102bpm ; count in = 1234

funk-ex02

|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-||
HH |xxxx-xx-xxxx-xxx||
SD |----o--o----o---||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #3

Tempo = 102bpm ; count in = 1234

funk-ex03

|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-||
HH |xxxx-xxxx-xx-xxx||
SD |----o----o--o---||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #4

Tempo = 102bpm ; count in = 1234

funk-ex04

|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-||
HH |xxxx-xx-x-xx-xxx||
SD |----o--o-o--o---||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #5

Tempo = 102bpm ; count in = 1234

funk-ex05

|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-||
HH |xxxx-xxxx-xx-xx-||
SD |----o----o--o--o||
BD |o-------o-------||

EXERCISE #6

Tempo = 102bpm ; count in = 1234

funk-ex06

|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-||
HH |xxxx-xxxxxxx----||
T1 |--------------o-||
SD |----o-------oo-o||
BD |o-------o-------||

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