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Gospel Instruments => Gospel Drummers => Topic started by: cj_keyboard_playa on June 17, 2006, 05:42:18 PM
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Wassup LGM Drummers, if any of yall no me i dont really come in here much so i dont if this has been posted or discussed before but i wanna ask yall..
"What are the roots and good concepts of a good drum solo"?
I just wanna no from yall ur imputs and ides.....
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If it is a solo done with in a song then it should be built upon and refer to the melody of the song and should keep that as a constant motif. It should have a structure to it and tell a story if it is say 8 bars or longer. 2-4 bars should be phrases that interact with the other musicians. Solos are conversations or speeches they are not a lick fest.
A solo is only as good as your vocabulary on the musical subject at hand. If you are in the middle of a 6/8 song then the vocabulary of your solo should be in accordance to 6/8 and 12/8 structure and be triplet based and build on polyrhythms.
You should kept constant and consistant time throughout the solo even if it is implied throughthe rhythmic phrasing. Nothing worse than talking to someone whom asks as if they are "high"... Meaning your playing should not be spastic in the time/cadence.
Music and drumming is about communication. If you are not articulate then don't take a solo because you have nothing meaningful to say "musically" and it will show.
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Sabian hit the nail on the head.
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THANKS SABIAN!!