Level 2 · Steady Time · 2-4
Loud bar, soft bar
Dynamics on demand - the volume dial on your ghost stroke.
What you play
B bass · S snare · g ghost · restbar 1 · LOUD
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bar 2 · soft
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65 BPM
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How to play it
- 1Ghost strokes at the top corners, eighth notes, .
- 2Bar 1 loud and confident, whisper quiet. Loud is a bigger motion with the same relaxation; soft is a smaller motion with the same intent.
- 3Count the bars out loud on the first tries.
- 4The tempo must not move when the volume does. That is the whole exercise.
- 5Record about 60 seconds.
Listen forObvious alternation between a loud bar and a soft bar while the tempo and the evenness stay constant.
start 65 · pass 80 BPM · take about 60s
Record a take
I start the click at 65 BPM, count one bar, and stop after about 60s. Phone about a metre away, facing the front plate. You get my notes within a minute of sending it.
Watch out for
- • Speeding up in loud bars, dragging in soft bars
- • Soft bars going mushy - keep them crisp
- • The difference being too subtle. Make it obvious.