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Cross-Rhythmic Exercise in 7/8 - 2

Another polyrhythmic exercice in 7/8, with six or three-note groupings. This is from a new drum book that I'm writing and which is called Melodic Possibilities.
  • This coordination exercise is a six-measure cycle.
  • The accent pattern resolves every twelve sixteenth notes (and there are fourteen sixteenth notes in each measure).
  • I played the two lines once as written, and then once again but doubling the unaccented notes.
  • I played a wood block with my left foot, but you can also play the hi-hat or the bass drum or both.
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