August 2015
New Addition to the “Developing a Groove™” Drumming Series - Mission: Impossible 5/4 and 8/4 Grooves and Fills studies
16/08/15 18:11 Filed in: Developing a Groove™ | 4 Limb Independence
Once again the latest episode of the blockbuster action franchise “Mission: Impossible” has reinforced our familiarity with one of the two most famous 5/4 compositions in the history of popular music.
First to achieve widespread popular acclaim was the song “Take 5”. This ternary jazz composition, written by Paul Desmond and performed with the Dave Brubeck Quartet needs little introduction.
In contrast, the theme from the Mission: Impossible TV series is a tremendous platform on which to build proficiency in the execution of a binary 5/4 drumming groove.
In the first Mission: Impossible feature film, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. (both members of the band U2) created a “remix” version which introduced an 8/4 time variation of the original 5/4 motif. Both time signatures have since become a mainstay in all 5 of the films.
The study flows provided as part of virtuosoDrummer.com’s “Developing a Groove™” Series exploit both of these timings from the perspective of the Groove as well as Fills.
In keeping with the direction and purpose of the virtuosoDrummer.com website, all 4 limbs are developed in the execution and performance of these drumming charts.
Also note that the charts make use of the “grand staff” as a 4-limb drumming notation convention. This is done in order to clearly convey the separate limb performance intentions written into the patterns.
Check them out!
Mission: Impossible - 5/4 time
Mission: Impossible - study flow 01
Mission: Impossible - study flow 02
Mission Impossible - 8/4 time
Mission: Impossible - study flow 03
Mission: Impossible - study flow 04
First to achieve widespread popular acclaim was the song “Take 5”. This ternary jazz composition, written by Paul Desmond and performed with the Dave Brubeck Quartet needs little introduction.
In contrast, the theme from the Mission: Impossible TV series is a tremendous platform on which to build proficiency in the execution of a binary 5/4 drumming groove.
In the first Mission: Impossible feature film, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. (both members of the band U2) created a “remix” version which introduced an 8/4 time variation of the original 5/4 motif. Both time signatures have since become a mainstay in all 5 of the films.
The study flows provided as part of virtuosoDrummer.com’s “Developing a Groove™” Series exploit both of these timings from the perspective of the Groove as well as Fills.
In keeping with the direction and purpose of the virtuosoDrummer.com website, all 4 limbs are developed in the execution and performance of these drumming charts.
Also note that the charts make use of the “grand staff” as a 4-limb drumming notation convention. This is done in order to clearly convey the separate limb performance intentions written into the patterns.
Check them out!
Mission: Impossible - 5/4 time
Mission: Impossible - study flow 01
Mission: Impossible - study flow 02
Mission Impossible - 8/4 time
Mission: Impossible - study flow 03
Mission: Impossible - study flow 04
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