I was messing around with my stride and found that if I combine my stride with the rhythms unique to New orleans get a whole new feel to my music.
I was blown away by how different my music sounded.
try these two rhythms in your playing just add chords to the rhythms and play the same voicings but move your bass around Root five mostly with some added seventh and thirds on the syncopaed beats
the count is what you should say in your mouth or your head or tap with your foot
the stars underneath is the hits you make with your left hand
your right hand can play quarter notes eight notes or sixtennth notes or licks
the first rhythym is a typical new orleans feel
Play an F chord in your right hand while you move the left hand to these notes
one & TWo & Three & FOur &
* * * * *
F C F C E (D)
so in case you dont understand your left hand can play the root on one
the the five on two the one on the three and the and of three
and
Rhythym two is an alternate I use this one when walking up to the five or when I do my 2-5 1
Play a gmin7 over the g and a Bb triad over the C and Fadd over the f
One & tWo & Three & & FOur &
* * * * *
G G C C F
I use the first rhythym on my one chord and my four chord but I use a stride style with this Check out the post labled new orleans stride style
now it is time to do the second line rhythym this is what you use when you are ready to do the drive
the second line rhythm is very important to new orleans music it is the back of the parade where the music is much more punchy and syncopated but you can get real mileage out of it
this beat covers two measures and is like a clave
One & two & Three & FOur & One & two & three & four
* * * * *
F C D F C
remember the notes are not the chords they are the bass notes
your chord will be F over the C and D notes
the only exception is the 2-5-1
in the second example there you will play Gmin7 or G7
C7 or Bb/C
and F major 9
if you want to see how I apply stride to this concept check out the post new orkeans stride
