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Level 3

Motown

31/5/2019

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The Motown style of music came of out Detroit (colloquially know as Motor Town due of the large auto manufacturing industry) in the 1960 out of the studio founded and run by Berry Gordy Jr.  While there are numerous drummers heard across Motown’s record catalogue, three Detroit-based drummers in particular tracked the majority of the label’s hits: William “Benny” Benjamin, Richard “Pistol” Allen, and Uriel Jones.

Benny Benjamin can be heard on tunes such as Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want),” The Temptations’ “My Girl,” Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight (Everything’s Alright),” as well as many others.

Some notable hits featuring Allen’s drumming include “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” by the Four Tops, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye, and “Baby Love” by The Supremes.

You’ve undoubtedly heard his drumming before on songs such as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (both versions - by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1967, and Diana Ross in 1970), “Ain’t That Peculiar” by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder’s “For Once In My Life,” and “Cloud Nine” by the Temptations.

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    Contents
    Chapter 1
    ​Popular Music - an overview

    Rudiments - intro
    ​1.  Single Stroke Roll     
         Multiple Bounce Rolls
          Double Stroke Rolls
          Open Rolls
          5, 6 and 7's
          9,  10, and 11's
         13,15, and 17's
    2.  Diddle Rudiments
    3.  Flam Rudiments
         Part 1
         Part 2

    4.  Drag Rudiments
    Moeler Technique
    Warm Up  Routine - Adv
    ​
    Chapter 2
    Jazz 1 - Adding the SD
    Jazz 2- Adding the BD
    Jazz 3 - Putting it together
    - Reading the Hits
    3/4 Jazz
    Greatest Jazz Drummers
      Doxy

    Chapter 3
    Latin Music
    Cha-Cha
    Afro-Cuban Instruments
    Sway
    Mambo
    Bongos
    Conga
    Conga Songs
    Brazillian Instruments
    Bossa-nova
    Samba
    6/8 Afro Cuban
    ​
    Chapter 4
    Country
    Gospel
    ​Turn On Your Love Light
    Motown
    I Can't Help Myself
    Funk it Up!

    Chapter 5
    Odd time Signatures
    -  Money - Pink Floyd
    -  Odd time Sting Songs
    Double Bass Drum
     - Rhythmic Scale
     - 4 way Coordination
    Double Bass Drum Songs
    Overture 1928 Practice ex

    Chapter 6
    Putting it All Together
    Composing

    ​

    Categories

    All
    Creating
    Funk

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