The Shuffle Rhythm

Lesson 2/62 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Drumming Method

The Shuffle Rhythm

The Shuffle Rhythm is based on the cymbal pattern playing continuous dotted eighth and sixteenth notes giving the whole beat a "swinging" or "bouncing" feeling.

Normal eighth note patterns look like this:

Shuffle rhythm patterns look like this:

After practising each exercise individually try playing all the way through from Ex. 145-153 without dropping.

Drum Solo 4

In Drum music (for simplification) the cymbal pattern is commonly written like this

However, if played as written, it would sound jerky and would not flow.

what is actually played by most drummers is this

This is done in order to produce a more even flowing feel, Hence, the shuffle beat may also be written using this triplet cymbal Pattern (see Triplets in the next lesson and Ex. 339 and 340).

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1- The Bossa Nova 2- INTRODUCTION 3- Time Signatures - Simple and compound time 4- Rudiment No. 7 The Single Paradiddle 5- Rolls 6- Rudiment No. 10 The Seven Stroke Roll 7- Rudiment No. 12 The Ten Stroke Roll 8- Rudiment No. 14 The Thirteen Stroke Roll 9- Rudiment No. 16 The Double Paradiddle 10- Rudiment No. 18 The Drag (or ruff) 11- Rudiment No. 23 The Single Ratamacue 12- The Four Stroke Ruff 13- + Time 14- Latin American Beats 15- The Mambo 16- Rudiment No. 4 The Flam Tap 17- Introduction to Jazz and independence 18- Advanced Independence Studies 19- Jazz Fills Using The Swing Beat 20- Rock Beats Using Sixteenth Notes On The Hi-hat or Cymbal in * Time. 21- Disco Beats 22- Disco Beat Variations 23- LESSON FORTY-SIX 24- Rock Beats Using Sixteenth Note Triplets 25- Syncopated Rock Beats 26- Additional Beat Studies 27- Introduction Fills 28- Tuning 29- Groups 30- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS 31- Drum Rudiments 32- Right and Left Hand Exercises 33- Quarter Notes and Rests 34- Eighth Notes 35- LESSON FOUR 36- Snare Drum Studies 37- Syncopation 38- ^ Time 39- Sixteenth Notes (Or Semi Quavers) 40- Exercises Around The Drums 41- Fills 42- Eighth And Sixteenth Note Combinations 43- Advanced Fills 44- Dotted Eighth And Sixteenth Notes 45- Rudiment No. 2 The Single Stroke Roll 46- Accents 47- Sixteenth Note 48- The Triplet 49- The Shuffle Rhythm 50- Quarter Note Cymbal Patterns 51- Rhythm Review 52- Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth Note Rock Beats 53- Sixteenth Note Rests 54- Dotted Notes 55- Rudiment No. 17 The Flam paradiddle-Diddle 56- Troubleshooting 57- Copying Beats And Fills From Recordings 58- Seating 59- Choosing The Drum Sticks 60- Practice Pads 61- Holding the Drum Sticks 62- Rudiments of Music

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The Shuffle Rhythm