A hemiola is two bars in triple time articulated as three bars in duple time, not this. So your John Wooten clearly doesn't have a clue and you may want to change your material BUT It is indeed a good exercise when you're starting out or for warm ups.
Hemiolas are not speed changes, they are putting a different time signature into another one. For example putting 4/4 into 3/4 it would look like this:
^ ^ ^
1 2 3 1 2 3
^= accents 1 2 or 3= the count.
so as you can see it switches every time first its on 1 and 3 then on 2
@BarrenB I repeat.......the term hemiolas (speed changes) comes directly from the John Wooten Roll Off Productions instruction book!!!!! speed changes refers to the speed in which the singles increase as they fill in the 4/4 time. You cannot play the singles at the same speed if you are playing groups of 7 compared to groups of 3, 4 or 5. This excercise in 4/4, the tempo stays the same throughout. Tempo, and speed are two different words.
Love this video. But maybe instead of speed changes they should be labeled as subdivision changes. the most important part is that there are no speed changes, only subdivision changes. Keep doin what your doin, you sound great.
@xdoseonex Yeah, I see where you're coming from, but they are explained as speed changes as far as the singles are concerned but I stress that the TEMPO in 4/4 doesn't change. This is from a drum corps style instruction book by John Wooten Roll Off Productions.
i have the drummers rudimental reference guide which says that hemiolas are speed changes, but my drum teacher told me that hemiolas are when you play an odd accent pattern that gives off an odd time feeling but the time signature stays in 4/4
Awesome! I usually don't see people doing these with any other subdivision besides quarters, eighths, sixteenths, etc. and their respective triplets. The 5s, 7s, 9s, etc. are tough for sure!
Nice vid. Thanks! Reminds me that I should do that more often. I usually include the 1, 2, 3 in there but leave out the (useless IMHO) 5,7,9,10,11,13 that some purists put in! BTW not sure hemiola is 'speeding up' check wiki/Hemiola. Thanks again.
A hemiola is two bars in triple time articulated as three bars in duple time, not this. So your John Wooten clearly doesn't have a clue and you may want to change your material BUT It is indeed a good exercise when you're starting out or for warm ups.
Xynok111 1 year ago
Hemiolas are not speed changes, they are putting a different time signature into another one. For example putting 4/4 into 3/4 it would look like this:
^ ^ ^
1 2 3 1 2 3
^= accents 1 2 or 3= the count.
so as you can see it switches every time first its on 1 and 3 then on 2
BarrenB 1 year ago
@BarrenB Sorry for some reason it didnt space out the accents... they should be on 1 and 3 the first time then on 2 the second time.
BarrenB 1 year ago
@BarrenB I repeat.......the term hemiolas (speed changes) comes directly from the John Wooten Roll Off Productions instruction book!!!!! speed changes refers to the speed in which the singles increase as they fill in the 4/4 time. You cannot play the singles at the same speed if you are playing groups of 7 compared to groups of 3, 4 or 5. This excercise in 4/4, the tempo stays the same throughout. Tempo, and speed are two different words.
dtdrummerlady 1 year ago
@dtdrummerlady Ha, you told him.
TheSoulOfGenius 1 year ago
they aren't speed changes, because the tempo stays the same, the beats are just displaced.
gingerleyham 1 year ago
Love this video. But maybe instead of speed changes they should be labeled as subdivision changes. the most important part is that there are no speed changes, only subdivision changes. Keep doin what your doin, you sound great.
xdoseonex 1 year ago
@xdoseonex Yeah, I see where you're coming from, but they are explained as speed changes as far as the singles are concerned but I stress that the TEMPO in 4/4 doesn't change. This is from a drum corps style instruction book by John Wooten Roll Off Productions.
dtdrummerlady 1 year ago
i have the drummers rudimental reference guide which says that hemiolas are speed changes, but my drum teacher told me that hemiolas are when you play an odd accent pattern that gives off an odd time feeling but the time signature stays in 4/4
enickma9 1 year ago
Awesome! I usually don't see people doing these with any other subdivision besides quarters, eighths, sixteenths, etc. and their respective triplets. The 5s, 7s, 9s, etc. are tough for sure!
remedyz0802 2 years ago
hemiolas are not speed changes
nepalnt21 2 years ago 11
I agree
dtdrummerlady 3 years ago
not only for drummers
colonnaf 3 years ago
I got the exercise from the "Drummers Rudimental Reference Guide" by John Wooten, Roll Off Productions. That's what it was called in there.
dtdrummerlady 3 years ago
Nice vid. Thanks! Reminds me that I should do that more often. I usually include the 1, 2, 3 in there but leave out the (useless IMHO) 5,7,9,10,11,13 that some purists put in! BTW not sure hemiola is 'speeding up' check wiki/Hemiola. Thanks again.
drummercouk 3 years ago
cool exercise
Imsocool1004 3 years ago
only we just go quarters, quarter note trips, eigths, eigth note trips, sixteents, and sixteenth note trips
sjman409 3 years ago
By adding 5's and 7's it makes it much more of a challenge and a greater understanding of drumming.(smile) Try them, it'll be fun and educational.
dtdrummerlady 3 years ago
i already started trying them out :)
sjman409 3 years ago
thats funny, my drumline instuctor just taught us this like 3 months ago.
sjman409 3 years ago