Well, I have a brand new excuse not to blog as much as I would like. I'm currently enrolled as a grad student in community music at Laurier. To say it's a lot of work would be a massive understandment, and I've just begun!
Anyway, It looks like it's time for another rant. There is a LOT of information online about drumming that presents as having the only answer, THE way of doing thing things etc. The latest issue I've seen this come upon is the jazz ride cymbal beat.
Some say you MUST play it with 4 equal quarter notes to the measure, a la Jimmy Cobb.
There are others who say you must accent two and four on the ride cymbal.
Notice in the former you can even see Ben Riley's hand lifting higher to accent two and four on the ride.
Others insist Elvin's accenting of the skip beat is the way to go.
Who is right? ALL OF THEM!
I haven't even gotten into making the ride cymbal more clipped ( like Kenny Clarke ) or more straight 8th ( like Billy Higgins ).
In short, how many ways should you learn to play the ride cymbal? AS MANY AS YOU CAN! Especially if you're a developing player, learning to articulate the ride rhythm a bunch of different ways will help you find out which way works best for you , and is usually tempo and style dependent.
Don't limit yourself, and play your heart out!
Now, back to qualitative analysis! :)
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