Drum Accents.

[Mysteryman]

I was getting a drummer to help me with a simple beat. I was playing just trying to keep a basic count on the high hats. He said I needed to accent certain beats on the high hat. If Im just beginning do I really need to do that or should I stick to just keeping time for now?

[SabianKnight]

I was getting a drummer to help me with a simple beat. I was playing just trying to keep a basic count on the high hats. He said I needed to accent certain beats on the high hat. If Im just beginning do I really need to do that or should I stick to just keeping time for now?

To cop the correct "feel" you will need to play the accents. The "feel" varies song to song genre to genre though. You don't play sixteenth hats in country the way you do in soul or rnb or hip-hop or or rock. Do concentrate on the timing/spacing  and evenness of the notes first. THen make sure you have a distinct variance in the levels of the accented and unaccented notes.

[Mysteryman]

Cool thanks Sabe. It was a little hard concentrating on keeping the beat and at the same time accenting. I was thinking if learning accents first is important than this guy maybe right so I dont have to backtrack.

[SabianKnight]

Cool thanks Sabe. It was a little hard concentrating on keeping the beat and at the same time accenting. I was thinking if learning accents first is important than this guy maybe right so I dont have to backtrack.

It's a control thing. It devolops from practicing avarious stick heights and volume dynamics. You have to be able to do this stuf at will, naturally without thinking.  Practice this with the metronome.