Beat Juggling Tutorial - Skip Step Half

DJ Wes's Beat Juggling Tutorial Part 7a - The Skip Step, slowed down to half speed for comprehension.

The Skip Step is basically a fast and more advanced version of the 'Off Rocking' technique. What off rocking usually does over the course of an entire phrase, the Skip Step does in only 4 beats. Essentially you Off Rock the snare on record one, repeat the same pattern immediately on record two, but need to throw a well placed drag in there to keep it on tempo. It's hard to explain, but Ill try however keep in mind this happens *quick* - almost every beat is manipulated.

- Drop record one at the beginning of the phrase, and *immediately* offrock the snare on record two both before and after the snare playing out on the record one. To say it more clearly - there will be three snare notes. The first will be your off rock snare from record two. The second will be the snare playing out on record one. The third snare will be another off rock from you. If you do it correctly you'll hear a ba-da-bum like the cheesy drum fill you hear after an old-time joke.

- Immediately after you rock the bad-da-dum using the snare on record two, grab the snare on record one, and repeat that bad-da-dum sound using only that single snare on record one. How?:

First sound (bad): Forward stab the snare
Second sound (da): Drag the snare back
Third Sound (dum): Stab the snare again and let it play out

Then repeat the whole thing. Easy right?

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