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Andy Gander – Rhythmic Doctor from Down Under

In North America, unfortunately we rarely think about the tradition of drumming from other countries. Some of us have studied the evolution of English drumming. And if we have really dug deep maybe we have started to investigate the traditions of African, Brazilian, or Cuban drumming. But what about Australian drumming? Andy Gander is a top Australian drummer and educator. In this interview he introduces us to the idea of Developing a Polyrhythmic Idiolect (Idiolect is a linguistic term that basically means “individual voice,”) Tuplet based rhythms, (a tuplet is a rhythm or grouping that divides the beat into a different number of equal subdivisions like 5 or 7,) and the tradition of outstanding and influential Australian drummers like Greg Henson, Alan Turnbull, David Jones, Virgil Donati, Mark Kennedy, Greg Tell, Mark Riley, Rick Eastman, Chris Tarr, Hassan Hodgkinson, Gordon Rytmeister, Darryn Farrugia, Gerry Pantazis, Graham Morgan, Peter Blick, Ken […]
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March 2024 Issue

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