From the course: Drum Set Lessons: On the Beaten Path
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"Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker
From the course: Drum Set Lessons: On the Beaten Path
"Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes, blues beat follow the vocal line or the guitar line a lot closer than just playing a normal beat, so this is a good example of that, this the great Al Duncan playing a song called Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker, and it goes like this. One, two, one, two, three, four. (drum beat) So, now let's break down this beat. All that's really happening is the one is silent, and you're playing on beats two, three, four, and one, okay? With the kick and the high hat, let's play that first, and it goes like this. One, two, one, two, three, four. (drum beat) Now, we're gonna take that same beat that we just played, but we're gonna add in the snare drum on beats three and four of the first measure, and on beat one of the second measure, so it sounds like this. One, two, one, two, three, four. (drum beat) Now, we're gonna play just one little pickup note to kinda launch the beat in, and it's the third note of a set of triplets, so triplet it's the let, okay, of beat one, so let's see how…
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Introduction to level 236s
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The 12/8 time signature3m 39s
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"You Shook Me" by Led Zeppelin3m
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"Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" by B.B. King1m 9s
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"Revolution" by The Beatles1m 17s
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"Who Do You Love?" by George Thorogood & the Destroyers4m 35s
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"Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker1m 59s
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"I Want to be Loved #2" by Muddy Waters2m 13s
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"Manish Boy" by Muddy Waters2m 30s
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"Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs1m 41s
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"At Last" by Etta James, example 12m 1s
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"At Last" by Etta James, example 22m 10s
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"Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughan3m 24s
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"Pride and Joy" by Stevie Ray Vaughan3m 1s
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"Move It on Over" by George Thorogood & the Destroyers3m 14s
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