Beats & Grooves

Advanced - A Semi-polyrythmic Bell Pattern(Drums tabs)

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Cb1 - Cymbal Bell One (preferably played with right hand, well, unless 
      Your left handed)
Cb2 - Cymbal Bell two 
  S - Snare drum
  B - Bass drum

Time Sig: 4/4

-This is a rhythm I came up with.  I got the idea for the bell pattern from a recording a friend of mine did.  This isn\'t REALLY polyrhythmic, but I am using the term loosely, because the bass drum is sort of doing its own little thing, separate from the bell pattern.  It\'s to be played at a tempo of around 153 for a cool groove.
-By the way, the bells are to be played in a basic triplet pattern (RLL RLL RLL RLL), in case you were confused by the way I attempted to type this out.  This wasn\'t easy to type out clearly, so, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them in the corrections section.
 
   
      3   3   3   3    3   3   3   3  
Cb1|x---x---x---x---|x---x---x---x---|\\
Cb2|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x| \\
  S|--------O-------|--------O-------|  Repeat :)
  B|o-----o-----o---|--o-----o-----o-| /
   |1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a|1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a|/

This bell rhythm sounds really cool with just about any other bass pattern as well, I just posted this one because of its slight polyrhythmic value, so free feel to experiment and have fun :).  Peace.

Fish.

	        

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