Quintuplet Lessons Free 02 – Quintuplets Linear Drumming Patterns – 3+7

Quintuplets Linear Drumming Grooves

Looking for some cool new linear grooves in Quintuplets? Then this is a video for you. 

We’ll be playing a short linear phrase consisting of a 3 note grouping and a 7 note grouping while counting Quintuplets. In this case as 3+2 Quints but try them while counting 2+3 as well.

The transcription is down below. First things first, the Preliminary Exercises.

Counting Quintuplets

First let’s look at how to count this Quintuplets Linear Drumming pattern. We won’t be using a seemingly neutral five syllable word like Hippopotamus or something similar. Instead you’ll learn the two distinctly different ways of counting (feeling) the 3-2 and 2-3 Quintuplets. 

3-2 => 1jtnt2jtnt3jtnt4jtnt (pronounced as wah - yuh - tuh - nuh - tuh)

2-3 => 1tnjt2tnjt3tnjt3tnjt (pronounced as wah-tuh-nuh-yuh-tuh)

I’ll explain why you want to use this way of counting and make a very clear distinction between the two in a video coming in the following weeks or months, along with many other videos on Quintuplet playing. 

If you don’t want to wait then just become a member and get the Sub 5 book and access to the accompanying Online Lessons, MIDI and Rudiments in Quintuplets.

The Sticking Pattern

We use a Single Stroke pattern and a Paradiddle-Diddle with a bass drum note in front of it to make it a group of 7. This is a less standard way to use a Paradiddle-Diddle sticking, so I hope you enjoy it.

These are the two Stickings we use in this quintuplets linear drumming pattern:

3: BRL

7: BRLRRLL

Legend

B = Bass Drum

R = Right Hand

L = Left Hand

Transcription

Here is the transcription for the YouTube Lesson about Quintuplets Linear Drumming. This is the very brief explanation. If you want a more detailed explanation simply look beneath the transcription.

In a nutshell, this lesson consists of mainly 7 things:

1. Sticking/Grouping - The pattern of 3 + 7

2. Counting it as 3-2 Quints

3. Orchestrating it on toms and cymbals

4. Groove it - Adding the backbeat on 2 (and 4)

5. Dynamics - Playing all soft notes except for the 2 (and 4) on snare

6. Asymmetric Dynamics - RH accented and orchestrated, LH unaccented except for the 2 (and 4) on snare

7. Asymmetric Dynamics - LH accented and orchestrated, RH unaccented

Then I also do some combinations of form so you see what can be done by alternating patterns.

Details

Here's a more detailed description of the exercises in the transcription of the Quintuplets Linear Drumming 3 + 7 YouTube Lesson.

1. The pattern of 3 + 7

The sticking here is BRL for the group of 3 and BRLRRLL for the group of 7. I strongly suggest you count this as 1jtnt (3-2 Quintuplets).

2. Orchestrating the Right Hand (RH)

RH on Floor Tom, LH on Snare. No dynamics yet.

3. Orchestrating the Left Hand (LH)

RH on Floor Tom, LH on Tom 1 and the backbeat on beat 2 on Snare. No dynamics yet.

4. Orchestrating on Cymbals

RH on Ride Cymbal, LH on hi hat and the backbeat on beat 2 on Snare. No dynamics yet.

5. Dynamics - Backbeat Accent

RH + LH play ghost notes on the snare. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

6. Orchestrating RH

RH plays ghost notes on Floor Tom, LH stays on Snare. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

7. Orchestrating on Cymbals

RH plays ghost notes on Ride Cymbal, LH plays ghost notes on hi hat. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

8. Orchestrating on Cymbal/Snare

RH plays ghost notes on Ride Cymbal, LH plays ghost notes on Snare. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

9. Asymmetric Dynamics

RH plays accents on Floor Tom, LH plays ghost notes on Snare. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

10. Orchestrating on Hi Hat

RH plays accents on Hi Hat, LH plays ghost notes on Snare. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

11. Orchestrating on Toms

RH plays accents in a Counter Clockwise Triangle starting on Floor Tom, Tom 2, Tom 1. LH plays ghost notes on Snare. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

12. Asymmetric Dynamics + LH Orchestration

RH plays ghost notes on Floor Tom, LH plays accents on Tom 1. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

13. Asymmetric Dynamics + LH Orchestration

RH plays ghost notes on Floor Tom, LH plays accents on Hi Hat. The backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

14. Asymmetric Dynamics + LH Orchestration

RH plays ghost notes on Floor Tom. LH plays accents in a clockwise motion starting on Floor Tom, Snare, Tom 1 and Tom 2. Using this orchestration the backbeat on beat 2 is accented and played on Snare.

Form

Form and structure can really elevate ideas and patterns to become musical ideas. Try combining exercises and play them in forms of 4 bars, or form 2 bar phrases etc.

If you want to learn more about Form or any of the other 24 CORE Principles of Drumming and Rhythm I highly recommend getting the 3D Drumming System.

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MIDI

I suggest you try playing these along to MIDI as well. If you become a Skillz Free Member you’ll get access to the free MIDI samples. IF the YouTube video gets enough shares and likes, that is, so please share it as often as you can. 

The free MIDI samples will include Fireflies both in 3-2 Quintuplets and in 2-3 Quintuplets. But if you don’t like to wait….

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Have some Quintuplet Fun!

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