Just played Manic Depression and added a Purdie shuffle segment through the song, alternating with another standard rhythm M Mitchell used. Anybody else try this or something similar?
I can imagine that sounding pretty cool. Like superimposing an alternate feel on top of what we expect. Very inventive.
The Purdie halftime shuffle would probably fit over many straight 8 feel tunes just fine. I'm thinking of "My Sharona" just off the top of my head. It works.
Very rarely, and only when I'm feeling it, (and when it would sound cool...and the band can pull it off...) I'll gently force the shuffle feel in a straight 8 feel song for a progression of a solo just for fun and freshness. But that probably doesn't count.
I'm not sure what counts. I "ride" behind the one solo we do on Aretha's "Chain of Fools" with a quarter note cowbell pulse to give it a swamp feel, then we go into "Born in the Bayou" then we go back to "COF" to end it. Does that count?
I did set the lyrics of the Flintstones theme song to the Munster's instrumental theme song once.
being mathematically compatible and being in the same meter doesn't mean it works
go play a 4/4 half time shuffle over the 3/4 Manic Depression ... I just did it ... it sounds like someone either trying their hardest to get fired or chase an audience as far from the stage as possible ... or both
One could play the Purdie shuffle in 12/8 or even 3/4, so it's possible to fit it into other time signatures. Purdie himself plays it in 12/8 on his educational video, and I've seen him play it that way on tunes when I've seen him in person.
One could play the Purdie shuffle in 12/8 or even 3/4, so it's possible to fit it into other time signatures. Purdie himself plays it in 12/8 on his educational video, and I've seen him play it that way on tunes when I've seen him in person.
Maybe you should tell Bernard Purdie that he's wrong when he plays in 12/8, and names it a Purdie Shuffle ;-)
There is a full section about shuffles in my Time Manipulation drum book, and this is well explained.
Just played Manic Depression and added a Purdie shuffle segment through the song, alternating with another standard rhythm M Mitchell used. Anybody else try this or something similar?
There's no guarantee it would sound good in a playing situation, because it always depends on the context, but as en exercise I think it is always interesting.
It would take four bars of 9/8 (or 3/4 with triplets) to play one bar of half-time shuffle.
I try many things that are similar, there is a full section on "rhythmic modulation" in my Time Manipulation Drum Book.
I plan to make better sounding videos (use headphones to hear the bass drum), but here you can hear a few examples:
Maybe you should tell Bernard Purdie that he's wrong when he plays in 12/8, and names it a Purdie Shuffle ;-)
There is a full section about shuffles in my Time Manipulation drum book, and this is well explained.
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