Level 4 · Sixteenths & Fills · 4-3
Funk displacement
Move a bass off the grid - your first syncopation.
What you play
B bass · S snare · g ghost · rest1
B
&
g
2
S
&
g
3
·
&
B
4
S
&
g
70 BPM
startpass
How to play it
- 1Play the groove from 3-1 , but delay the second bass: nothing on beat 3, bass on the and of 3 instead.
- 2Count out loud so you hear where it lands: one and two and three AND four and.
- 3Leave beat 3 empty on purpose. It is a note you do not play, so feel it pass. That silence is what makes it funky.
- 4Nod your head on the quarter pulse while your hands syncopate.
- 5Record about 90 seconds.
Listen forThe off-beat bass clearly landing between clicks, the rest on beat 3 honoured, and the groove staying steady.
start 70 · pass 90 BPM · take about 90s
Record a take
I start the click at 70 BPM, count one bar, and stop after about 90s. Phone about a metre away, facing the front plate. You get my notes within a minute of sending it.
Watch out for
- • The bass sliding back onto beat 3, which flattens the pattern into 3-1
- • Rushing through the rest
- • Losing the snare on 4 right after the off-beat bass