How to apply Gary Chaffees sticking patterns lesson #1

This is the first in a short series of lessons on how to apply the patterns described in the Gary Chaffee Sticking Patterns book in a more musical way. This lesson demonstrates how a single bar accent pattern (using the 3 part of a 3-2 Son Clave) can be played using a number of different sticking patterns. Send me a message with your email address if you want the pdf file to accompany this lesson.
If folks want further lessons on how to apply these type of patterns I may create more of these lessons.

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Music

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• gary
• chaffee
• sticking
• patterns
• drums

[groovefan101]

Great lesson and great technique! What Gary Chaffee book are your examples from? Do you know anything about his book "Linear Time Playing: Funk & Fusion Grooves for the Modern Styles"?

[COJeepin]

The concept is from the Sticking Patterns book. I just took one bar from a sample reading page out of another book and created a mini-lesson. If you want the written out lesson, shoot me an email.

The linear book by Chaffee is also very good. That, along with his Time Functioning Patterns book will take you though everything you need to know about Linear playing.

[PaNdReX]

oh sry it must be the sticking on his 2nd lesson , but around 1 min is the thing im talking about.

Thanks again

[COJeepin]

Sticking is:

RLrr llRL rrll RLrr

LRll rrLR llrr LRll

I have it all written out if you want to send me your email address I can send you the pdf for this lesson.

[Fantasmo81]

Is Chaffee only learning many different stickings and patterns by heart or is this more musical? I mean not only playing patterns but being able to play like "melodies/rhythms" you have in mind? I hear everybody talking bout chaffee, but to me these books seem to be only a collection of patterns...I like Chester better. But maybe I just didn't understand Chaffee...have you written out Chaffee-lessons online maybe? ...to get a better understandig of his concept?

[Chrishcrawford]

I'd love those sticking patterns! Chrishcrawford@gmail.com

[PositivelyBored]

@joesfph

downstroke tap upstroke tap tap

Always practice out of that book very slowly , 60bpm highest. When you play the accents with the downstroke or full stroke (D, F) exaggerated them.  Play the taps with just a light "squeeze" of the fingers.

[PositivelyBored]

@groovefan101

just get the sticking book (green one) and go with that. All of the others in the series build from there. ALso most important are the 18 different sixteenth-note exercises in the technique patterns book.

[herrkaliyuga]

Yeah .... I like this idea! Thanks for sharing it.

[Percussionfish]

those are variations, permutations and accent displacements from a paradiddle diddle and a 6 stroke roll?

[shanghaiKISS02]

love it! ala mitch mitchell fills... great lesson and technique... very usufull

[joesfph]

in 'stickings' what are the d t u t t notations signifying?

[Moog167]

Superruben-I suggest you check out Billy Ward....he's known for using paradiddles in his playing

[PositivelyBored]

paradiddles are huge, esp leading with lh. make up your own routines as well as the well documented ones. for ex, my own off top of my head: Lrllrr Lrllrr LrLr Rlrrll Rlrrll RlRl