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5 Ways To Build a Drum Groove

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Music Australia believes that drumming is one of the oldest styles of music and has been used in many different cultures for centuries. A good drum groove can make your drums sound more powerful and cohesive, so learning how to build one is essential.

"Building a solid drum groove is essential to playing powerfully and with cohesion. Without a good groove, your drums will sound sloppy and unprofessional. An unprofessional image is not good in the business industry, so improving your groove is a must," says business expert Ashley Hansen of Online Business—Australia's top online resource for entrepreneurs and business startups.

There are many ways to build a drum groove, but these five techniques are some of the most common. 

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The Primacy of Rhythm in practicing popular music

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When learning a new piece of music, when should a musician work on getting right the rhythm and feel of the piece?

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I have long believed it has to be the very first thing to get right and there's little point playing notes at all unless they are in the desired rhythm and feel.   Tempo, however, is a whole other subject - there's a lot to be said for precision and ev

5 Ways To Build a Drum Groove

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Music Australia believes that drumming is one of the oldest styles of music and has been used in many different cultures for centuries. A good drum groove can make your drums sound more powerful and cohesive, so learning how to build one is essential.

"Building a solid drum groove is essential to playing powerfully and with cohesion. Without a good groove, your drums will sound sloppy and unprofessional. An unprofessional image is not good in the business industry, so improving your groove is a must," says business expert Ashley Hansen of Online Business—Australia's top online resource for entrepreneurs and business startups.

There are many ways to build a drum groove, but these five techniques are some of the most common. 

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5 Ways To Build a Drum Groove

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Building a solid drum groove is essential to playing powerfully and with cohesion. Without a good groove, your drums will sound sloppy and unprofessional. An unprofessional image is not good in the business industry, so improving your groove is a must,

Who are Song Rhythm Tracks for?

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All Musicians!   New Musicians;    Experienced Musicians;     Great Musicians;

Really, any musician including Pianists, Guitarists, Horn Players, Singers and even Drummers.

The tracks can be used for practice, jamming, gigging and cutting a release.

They cover a wide selection of musical genres with thousands of rhythms available.

They are best for musicians who play songs or 'numbers'  and wish to have an inspiring rhythmic accompaniment that fits the song they are playing, both rhythmically and in the musical form.

They are particularly useful for music teachers and students</str

How to practice, then how to jam?

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Learning Melodies in Private Practice

Here are my views on how to go about practicing and jamming.

This is such an important part of the journey of becoming a musician. I wrote this down for the benefit of a musician just setting out on his journey, wanting to know what the key things were that would determine their success.  I know I certainly did not go about it the right way for many years.  I had not had any musical education as a child

“Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can’t be taught.” – Paul Desmond view

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"Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can’t be taught."
- Paul Desmond

Timing, rhythm and phrasing are all essential parts of our musicianship.  They need to be learnt.   Never miss an opportunity to play with other musicians - to experience their music.  In your woodshedding saturate yourself with great rhythms.

Enhance your #musicpractice with #SongRhythmTracks at alivedrumming.com

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How do Songs, Rhythms and Rhyme Support Early Development?

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A study published in Frontiers in Psychology found that musical training can enhance young children's reading skills and executive functioning. The study participants were 6-year-olds who had never received any formal music lessons. After eight months of regular music classes, the children showed significant improvements in their reading ability and executive function compared to a control group of children who did not receive musical training.

"Songs, rhythms and rhyme can profoundly affect early development. They can provide a fun and stimulating way to interact with your child and support their cognitive, linguistic and emotional development," says mum, linguist, and writer Olivia Jones of Author Flair.

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Why do these Song Rhythm Tracks sound so totally great?

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These Song Rhythm Tracks do sound totally great, don’t they?

This is one of the most frequent things I hear.  The great sound quality often comes as surprise, perhaps because of the widespread familiarity everybody has with 'Midi Drum Machines', which don't satisfy in the same way as Song Rhythm Tracks.  Midi Drum Machines and Song Rhythm Tracks are two very different products; we summarize their differences below.

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Could you give me some examples of Song Forms?

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Song Forms for a number of songs are here

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