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- Hello, guys. Welcome back.
This is Gabor "Gabs" Dornyei here at the Drumeo studios.
Today I'm going to teach you a groove
that is recorded by everybody's favorite,
the great Vinnie Colaiuta,
on a Sting number called "7 Days."
Let's get to the groove.
So the first application will be the top line of the chart
that you can see on the bottom of the screen.
This is probably the most simple way
you can play a five four groove.
Okay? So "Seven Days," the song is in five four.
Now, you're going to play quarter note to the high hat,
beat one on the bass drum, and beat four on the snare.
Just like this. One, two, three, four five.
One, two, three, four, five. One.
(mumbles) (drumming)
In the second line of the notation,
you find the first little bit tricky thing,
that we're going to accent
every second note on the right hand.
Now the reason for that is because Sting wanted the audience
to feel that the song is in four four,
while actually, the meter is in five four.
So, your accents will fall
on the one, two, three, four, five,
one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, five,
one, two, three, four, five, one.
Okay? And then, as the next step,
in the next line you can see
a dotted quarter note and an eighth note bass drum,
which is happening throughout the whole song, okay?
So that will be this. One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five. (drumming)
So now you have the basic groove
with the original bass drum pattern happening,
and the accent in the four four.
Now we're going to start adding the eighth notes,
very quickly on the high hat.
One, two, three, four, five, no accent so far.
(drumming)
One, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, five.
Now, the same thing with the original bass drum pattern.
(drumming)
Your third chart will show the accent in a four four feel,
but played as an eighth note.
One, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, five.
(drumming)
Same thing with the final bass drum pattern.
(drumming)
Okay, so now that we have the main groove
that Vinnie plays throughout the song,
with the accented eighth notes in groups of four,
sometimes he also opens the high hat,
or plays the accent on the bell.
What I'm going to demonstrate now
is what if you opened high hat on the accented notes,
and leave the following eighth note out.
So you would have the ... (drumming)
But that's going to happen over a five four groove,
so altogether you have this. One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five. (drumming)
The second line of the same notation
is the opposite version of the high hat openings.
It would be something like this.
One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five.
(drumming)
So the next one. Check out the fifth notation below.
It's a shuffle beat that Vinnie plays
on the right bell occasionally,
and some splashes, as a fill,
sort of a build up toward the choruses.
Now, the shuffle beat would be this.
One, a two, a three, a four, if we were in four four.
Right, because we're in five four,
the shuffle note's going to fall
into completely different places.
This is pretty advanced, so check this out.
(drumming)
And in your last clip today,
we're going to start something
that is an addition to this groove.
Well, we're going to play
the shuffle beat on the right cymbal bell.
Keep the high hat happening on the two and four.
We should cross over the bar.
Let's say in the first bar it's going to be a two and four.
Second bar is going to be one, three,
and fifth quarter note,
but the kick drum pattern remains the same.
So, at the end of the lesson,
you're going to have the right foot
and the left hand playing in five four.
The left foot goes in four four.
And the right hand plays actually in three eight,
which is the shuffle beat.
Okay, so altogether you're going to have this.
(drumming)
I hope you guys enjoyed this lesson on "Seven Days."
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