ISSUE #40 \__\__\___THE____/__/__/ Apr 5, 2000 _____________TEMPO DISPATCH _____________ Newsletter For Drummers and Drumming Enthusiasts Copyright Bill Powelson 2000 all rights reserved. ____________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'__________ Tips * Tricks * Hints * Ads * Freebies * Lessons * _________NOW 2,800+ SUBSCRIBERS!___________ FREE DRUMMERS NEWSLETTER From:  Bill Powelson's HOMESTUDY INSTITUTE OF DRUMS On The Web * Where Beginners Learn FREE http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/bphome01.html E-MAIL: drums01@att.net _____________________________________________ Removal Instructions For instant REMOVAL, simply hit reply and type REMOVE on the subject line. _____________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS: What is in this issue? 1. Feature Article:      Adapting 'Ruffs':  Making Funky, Funkier! 2. Advertisements 3. Drum Instructors Wanted! 4. Hidden Website News (For paid members) 5. Humor ______________________________________ |__________FEATURE ARTICLE___________|           ADAPTING 'RUFFS':  Making Funky, Funkier     Last month we focused on the 'press' or 'crush' roll.      This lesson will hopefully compliment and help perfect those same techniques.     This month we'll focus on the 'Ruff' as it was briefly described in last months issue . . . WHAT'S A 'RUFF'?     The 'Ruff' (or sometimes called the 3-Stroke Roll) is one of the most important rudiments on the N.A.R.D. rudiment charts.      To learn more about ALL the rudiments and the N.A.R.D., you may obtain complimentary copies of the charts . . . by visiting this URL. http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/rudexpln.html ....................................................      If you have trouble figuring out how to download the free rudiment charts, send me a note and I'll explain in detail.      In short, just follow the hyperlinks on the page above . . . then 'Right Click' and finally, 'Save As'. ....................................................       HOW TO PLAY RUFFS: (. . . Reviewing last months lesson)     First, we'll review the 'Ruff' for those who missed last months issue . . . THEN, I'll show you how it may be used to spice up all your rock beats . . . and make them FUNKY.  This works with the Basic 8th Rock beat (Dancebeat #3) and nearly ALL of the 4.3 Billion variations that exist within that beat structure. SPECIAL NOTE TO BEGINNERS .........................     To learn the VERY IMPORTANT Dancebeat #3, see: www.studydrums.com/drummers/dapp01.html ...................................................   NOW, ON WITH THE LESSON . . .        The RUFF is two 'crushed' notes (played quickly) with one hand, as ONE movement . . . followed by an 'almost' simultaneous SINGLE note played by the other hand. DO THIS NOW (on a snare or practice pad)     *  Throw a right hand 'crush' to the head of the drum/pad.  Make it growl by gripping the stick tightly between the thumb and first finger (only), squeeze it and lay it into the drum . . . making a brrrr sound.)     *  Follow the 'crush' (almost simultaneously) with one single note played with the left.  This left-hand note needs to be right on the heels of the right hand 'crush', so that 'Burp' sound is produced.  Maybe they should have called this the 'burp' roll, haha, or . . . the 'Brroom' roll as you'll see in a minute.     You'll have a total of three notes that are played so rapidly, they'll sound like one.  'Brrrap', 'Brrrap'.     It'll sound like the drum is saying 'Rruff' or 'Brrap'. MASTER THIS!!!!!     * NOW, reverse the pattern . . . Lead with your LEFT-HAND . . . crushing . . . and following through with a single right-hand note (making the same Rruff sound.)      You've just learned to do alternating Ruffs!  Practice them for 30 minutes or so.  Get GOOD with them!    NOW . . . WE'RE READY FOR THIS MONTHS LESSON:     What good is a roll or technique . . . if we don't have a GREAT way to use it . . . !?          The LEFT-HANDED 'Ruff' is one of the most impressive and useful FUNKY licks in the book.  You'll love this if you master it and put it into your trick bag. E-Z STEPS:      1.  Play a left-handed 'Ruff' to the snare . . .      2.  Do it again but play a bass-drum along WITH that last (right-hand) note of the 'LEFT-Ruff'.      3.  NOW, MOVE YOUR RIGHT-HAND to the hi-hat and play  the same LEFT-Ruff again . . . including the new bass drum note.  The bass will connect along with that final right-hand note now being played on the hat. START WITH THE LEFT hand and 'crush' . . . FOLLOW THROUGH TO THE HAT, WITH YOUR RIGHT and a simultaneous bass.      You'll hear a 'Brrooom' sound . . . like someone trying to kick-start a stubborn motorcycle . . . THE PAY-OFF!      NOW . . .  the neat part!  Do it again the same way but use that bass/hi-hat note as the downbeat (first note) of ANY dancebeat you already know how to play.      It is probably best to use this with a simple 8th rock beat first . . . Do that, as a primer.      Yes . . . you 'could' attach this left-ruff to the beginning of EACH REPETITION of the beat . . . but that may be really hard to do at first.       In the beginning, it will probably be best to just play it once as you kick off with a steady, normal beat. Later, you will want to learn to inject this trick into any beat in progress.       It'll sound like this with 8th rock, 'Brroom-a-chic-a-, Brroom-a-chick-a'       Roll the Rs as you say it, then imitate that sound as you play the whole thing.   X   X   X   X    HH (Right hand) ll        S        Snare (l)eft: Notice crushed lefts   B                Bass (Right foot) If the above fonts seem displaced . . . you'll need to convert your font to .9 Courier New.       LATER . . . try to drop this trick randomly into a beat (any beat) in progress.  The idea is to play it prior to any downbeat (. . . or ahead of the first bass drum note of any beat pattern.) FOR THE MORE ADVANCED . . .             * Try this lick with ANY & ALL beats.  It can make your Funky Fatback beats come to life!        * Try it with 16th 4/4, and most Blues Beat variations too.       * It's also awesome to attach this trick to every repetition of Shuffle or Waltz (especially Jazz Waltz.)        * Once you gain speed with it . . . try dropping it occasionally into Quarter Rock and Cut-time.       Right now, you may get the feeling that some of those latter adaptations are humanly impossible . . . but they aren't! BUILD IT GRADUALLY BY USING IT:       The trick is to add this idea to your routine 8th Rock bag first.  As you use it routinely in your jams with recorded music, it will gradually become perfected.  One day soon . . . it'll just begin happening inside the more difficult beats like Shuffle or Cut-Time. IT WILL BECOME ONE OF YOUR FAV LICKS!       This WILL become one of your favorite and most impressive licks if you master it. It'll be worthy of every minute of time you devote to learning it. That's a promise! I have 1000s of private students who will back me up on this.  They rave about it all the time.      NOT ONLY THAT . . . The BEST part of this lesson goes unnoticed . . .       WHY . . .?      As you master and use this left-ruff, you are perfecting 'crush' effects with that stubborn left-hand.  This means . . . you'll also be perfecting your 'crush' rolls too at the same time, without those long-boring-hours on the practice pad.       This lesson is hard to put into words. It comes off a lot easier and better when seen & heard in the live lessons.  I hope to have it on video at the website, just as soon as broadband arrives and modem speeds increase a little more.      Meanwhile . . . think, Brroom . . . and a stubborn motorcycle needing spark plugs.      Haha, it's Bike-Week here in Daytona.  I'm in 'motorcycle mode' this month. _____________________________________________________ ORDER MY COMPLETE, 70+ LESSON, ONLINE DRUMMING COURSE, FOR ONLY $49 (In US funds) To order now, with your credit card, from anywhere in the World . . . go here: https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html ................................................. MESSAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS . . . The credit card companies will perform any necessary currency conversions automatically. BUT . . . IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE CURRENCY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US DOLLARS AND ANY OTHER COUNTRY . . . 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