BEATS - "Intermediate - Jazz Drumming Clinic" Tablature

Jazz Lessons
Tabbed By:Stuart Thursby
Copyright Stuart Thursby 2001
P.S. This is a jazz riff, Part 1 meant for starters, Part 2 for
Intermediate and Part 3 for Advanced Swing And Jazz Players.

Part 1 -- Beginner Jazz Rythm

This is a basic Jazz rythm, just a ride and Hi Hat(With foot, not
striking with a hand)

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O

Now let's add in the snare drum on 2 and 4

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD o o o o o o o o

Now, we'll be adding the bass drum on 1 and 3

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD o o o o o o o o
BD o o o o o o o o

This is a basic Jazz Riff, with a bass drum, snare drum, hi hat
and ride all included

Part 2 -- Intermidate Jazz Rythm

Now, to make better use of the kit, we will start off with easy fills,
and move onto harder ones. !!NOTE-It is recommended that you do 3 bars
of time and 1 bar of fills, until you master that aspect!! Also, In a
Jazz Kit, there is only one tom, plus a snare and floor tom. TM is that
'middle tom'. CR stands for Crash Cymbal.

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD o o o o o o o o
BD o o o o o o o o
TM oo
CR O

Now, we'll move into a harder, yet still a simple, Jazz Fill. Remember,
3 bars time, one of fills. Ft stands for Floor Tom.

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD o o o o o o O o o O
BD o o o o o o o
TM O o o
FT o
CR O

Here, my friends, is a Complete Jazz 4-bar Rythm. 2 of time, 2 of fills.
In this rythm, during the fills, I just kept the Jazz Ride-HH Rythm there
just for reference, and to help keep your speed and tempo, plus accuracy,
there.

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD o o Ooo O o o O ooOoOoooO
BD o o O o o O O O O
TM Ooo
FT O
CR O O

Part 3 -- Advanced Jazz Drummers

In this final part, I will bw writing 3 seperate 'mini-lessons' of Jazz Drum
Soloing. Each mini-lesson won't have any designated number of bars of time
and fills, just drumming.

Mini-Lesson No. 1

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD O o o OoooOooo O O O O O
BD o o o o o oo oo oo o
TM o o
FT oo oo oo o o
CR O O O

Mini-Lesson No. 2

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD OoooooooOooOoooO o o o oOO oO OOOOOO OO O O oO
BD o o ooo oooo o oo oo o oooo o oo oo O
TM o oo o o o o o o
FT ooo o o o o o oo o
CR o o O

Mini-Lesson No. 3

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RI O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo O oo
HH O O O O O O O O
SD O O OooOOoO O
BD O o o OO o oo oo o O
TM o o o o o o o
FT Ooo o o O o o oOoo Oooo OoOoOo Ooo
CR O O o O OOO O o oooo o oo o o o O

Well, this concludes my little 'clinic' on Jazz and Swing drumming.
Hope you enjoyed and learned from it.

Swingin' Stuart Thursby