Polyrhythmic Theory : The Polyrhythms Series Prequel

[mrmoose1337]

Im a little confused on that second beat you came up with. You said 3 as in 3 quarter notes of 3/4. So how did you accent the 32nd notes with 32nd note triplets if it was 3/4. My confusion points me in the direction that it should be accented every 6th 32nd note, instead of every 3rd. Sorry if this is a confusing question to, you don't have sheet music of this do you?

[aaronedgardrum]

@mrmoose1337 Hey man! Thanks for the question and I'm sorry it was confusing :)

First up, there's no triplets in that example at all. It's straight up ordinary 32nd notes. Which means we have eight notes per quarter. In 3/4 that results in 24 notes within the bar. To make eight equally spaced accents in that we have to play every third one. So take it really slow, kick on each quarter note and accent every third 32nd note which will give you eight equally spaced accents over three pulse notes!

[aaronedgardrum]

@mrmoose1337 I'll transcribe it real quick and post a link to the transcription in the description for the video, gimme a few minutes to get it uploaded

[aaronedgardrum]

@mrmoose1337 Alright, the transcription is the first link under the video. Hope this helps!! Let me know if you have any further questions. :)

[mrmoose1337]

@aaronedgardrum Well damn makes alot more sense to me on paper. I really appreciate the time transcribing it man.

[aaronedgardrum]

@mrmoose1337 No problem! I'm glad I was able to clear it up for you :)

[geoff1424]

yeaahh sickness!

[aaronedgardrum]

@geoff1424 :D !

[Originalsmokey]

@aaronedgardrum it went great thnx, been usin those ideas a lot, well trying to, coming along good tho...nice advice man ill try that out !

[aaronedgardrum]

@Originalsmokey Awesome!! :D

[Originalsmokey]

Hey man, ,,

Just been watching your videos...needed a lil motivation before my 4hr recording session (:

im likin the djent poly's(Y)

Quick Question - How did you get so good?

[aaronedgardrum]

@Originalsmokey That's awesome man! How'd the session go!? :D As for the "how" umm, I guess just a lot of hard work and trading any shred of a social life to be a music geek 99 times out of a hundred!

[patrickbarrios407]

fuck man you are doing something no one else has done before!.... i think. and i got that 7, 7, 7, 15/16 groove! muhahhaha so fun!!! thanks bro!

[aaronedgardrum]

@patrickbarrios407 Thanks man! I'm pretty sure this in particular has been done before. I'm just trying to break it up a little differently so everyone can understand! :D

[DrummerEtc]

Killer, keep it up!

-Stephen T.

[aaronedgardrum]

@DrummerEtc Thanks bro!

[etpetnel]

Great, I love polyrhythms, they are really worth having in our repertoire.

Unfortunately, there is the math (or arithmetic) side to it that some of us struggle to grasp, or don't take the time to get to grips with. In the end though, it's just about taking a bit of time to understand, it's not "rocket science".

Once we put that effort in, and hear the results, like in those examples you played, it's very satisfying. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series. Thanks again.

[aaronedgardrum]

@etpetnel yeah man, totally nailed it! :D

[deathwurst]

thank you very much

[pedrojuan999]

dude,just checked out your site and it looks sick ...wondered when your gonna post up some loops?cant wait!

[aaronedgardrum]

@pedrojuan999 Ahh thanks man! I actually forgot that section was up there, I'm not sure if I'm actually going to put anything in there. I got all excited about the idea when I first had it, but I don't know if it qualifies as a priority with so much on my plate right now. It's totally possible though!

[aaronedgardrum]

Awesome! Thanks for the comments, dudes! As for the not playing drums in this video, don't worry, that won't happen often! I just wanted this video to be all about explanation, I figured flashy cool examples of the polyrhythms might distract from what I was trying to get across :P

[TheCommonDelusion]

Oh, btw man.. I miss your drum examples, this is a topic really hard to understand.. and even more for people like me that doesnt play drums hehe, but I kinda get the idea :)

as always.. great video

[LukeSnyderMusic]

This is awesome stuff man, because its gonna force me to move far outside of my comfort zone. Even just 5 over 4 is already something I pretty much never touch upon. Thanks for that explanation, makes things a bit simpler.

[stover81291]

subscribed and anxious! thanks for taking the time to make these vids Aaron, much appreciated! i'm just starting to adventure more into polyrhythms and these vids are really gonna open doors for me even tho it might take a bit to absorb it all.

[TheCommonDelusion]

Good video man :)