4 over 7 polyrhythm feel

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[drumskillzlessons]

Please note that the title is 4 over 7 polyrhythm "FEEL". This is not an actual polyrhythm unless you take out all the non-accented notes. Listen closely only to the accents I am playing against the bass drum beats. The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to easily play the polyrhythm by working up to it by fading out the non-accented notes to ghost notes and then eventually completely fade them out. All I'm playing is a 7 stroke roll. Enjoy.

[drumskillzlessons]

Semantics. In a Wikipedia search of "meter" you can find the following definition: "polyrhythm refers to the simultaneous use of two or more different patterns, which may be in the same time-signature (Anon. 1999)."

Whether or not I am wrong or right I am glad to know I'm getting people to think about it. Even if to correct me ;).

[Akira0ws]

my brain is bleeding  ..........

[KinGAleX18]

I really don't think you can call this a four over seven, since you're using the sixteenth notes as a basis for comparison. So you're playing four over seven over sixteen. Which makes it much less difficult and less groovy. Yes, you are in some sense playing a four over seven, but do it without the snare, or you're just playing accents on your toms every seven sixteenths.

[PIay3rr]

not poly rhythm but polymeter 

[XpEAnUTBuTtERsUckSX]

It kinda takes you back to the pat your belly\rub your head thing, i cant do polyrhythms other than maybe a 3\4 and 4\4 together.

[musictflo]

Yes it is not pure 7:4, but is fun and not easy to do never the less.

[sylunatic]

tell you what mate fuckin bravo, dont listen to all theese people that piss and moan, i couldnt play it and i used to play drums. you are enjoying what you do and you will get better so never listen to the twats who "think" they know what they r on about, just have some fun and well done drumskillzlessons.

[Jackinthehizzle]

God, these people who post are fucking stupid.

What you're doing is accenting every 7th 16th note. Take away all the unaccented notes, you've got 4 accented notes over 7 bass drum hits. It's not rocket science.

Well done. It gets ugly, of course, when the odd number is on top...

[Mullenfreek]

yeah this isnt a polyrythm. if anything its a polymeter

[jsdrumcapt]

for the people who didnt understand my comment...the bottom number tells what the fundamental groove is based on. for instance 2:3 would be like having a 3/4 measure while playing dotted eighth notes. do you honestly think he is trying to have the 7 as the fundamental groove? or the 4 on the bass?