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Example 4a<br />
Example 8a<br />
Example 4b<br />
Example 8b<br />
Example 5a shows a jazz ride pattern over<br />
snare and hi-hat, while example 5b shows a<br />
jazz ride pattern with snare, bass drum and<br />
hi-hat.<br />
Example 9a combines a rock beat and a<br />
cascara pattern, while example 9b shows a rock<br />
beat and cascara pattern with hi-hat added.<br />
Example 9a<br />
Example 5a<br />
Example 9b<br />
Example 5b<br />
The shuffle pattern is one of the most popular<br />
American drumming styles. It was in the<br />
early ’90s while playing a shuffle pattern with<br />
Dizzy Gillespie that I started adding the rumba<br />
clave to this style of drumming. I call this<br />
“Ignacio’s Shuffle.” Example 6a shows a basic<br />
shuffle beat, and example 6b is a shuffle beat<br />
incorporating the hi-hat.<br />
Example 10a shows a basic funk beat.<br />
Example 10b is a funk beat with hi-hat, and<br />
example 10c combines a funk beat and cascara<br />
with hi-hat.<br />
Example 10a<br />
Example 6a<br />
Example 10b<br />
Example 6b<br />
Example 10c<br />
Example 7 is a 3–2 cascara pattern.<br />
Example 7<br />
Keep in mind that practicing these examples<br />
for independence alone is not enough.<br />
Instead, your goal should be to bring them to<br />
life in a musical context. DB<br />
Example 8a is a rock beat, and example 8b<br />
is a rock beat with hi- hat.<br />
Cuban-born drummer Ignacio Berroa has performed<br />
with Top jazz and Latin American artists.<br />
An in-demand educator, he has conducted master<br />
classes all over the world. Berroa’s first<br />
CD as a leader, Codes, is available on the Blue<br />
Note label. Visit him online at ignacioberroa.com,<br />
or email him at codesdrum@gmail.com.<br />
MARCH 2012 DOWNBEAT 111
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