dwsabianguy
Senior Member
I started transcribing this tune two months ago as a quarantine project and finally got a take I’m happy with!
BTW, how do you have your toms arranged? It looks like (from L-R) 12", 13", 10", 16", 8". Is that correct?
Nice playing Ryan! Especially the licks at 5:00, 5:25 and 5:32. Slowing it down I'm still having a hard time following.
I'm just sitting at the edge of my bed and my first thought is (I haven't listened to the tune in over a week, so):That lick, like a lot of Steve Gadd’s playing, starts with the kick drum, which is playing dotted eighths. 1, a, (2) &, (3) e, 4, then the & of four. The RLR part is kinda sorta not really exactly in time, but the kick drum is.
|1.e.&.a.2.e.&.a.3.e.&.a.4.e.&.a.|
|..RLR...RLR...RLR...RLR...RLR...| (distributed over the toms)
|B.....B.....B.....B.....B...B...|
|1.e.&.a.2.e.&.a.3.e.&.a.4.e.&.a.|
|..R.R...R.R...R.R...R.R...R.R...| (distributed over the toms)
|B.....B.....B.....B.....B...B...|