In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Carmine Appice Ultimate Realistic Rock, Modern Drummer is reprinting this classic section of Carmine’s book. In this section Carmine introduces two essential rhythms to rock drumming, and teaches us how to play and integrate them into great sounding and funky rock beats. Rock drummers rely heavily on 16th notes. The count for a set of four 16th notes is 1, e, &, a. Each set of four sixteenths is equal to a quarter note: A 16th note rest has the same value as a 16th note, a 16th note or a 16th rest are both worth a quarter of a beat. A rest can be placed anywhere in the figure. In this figure count 1,e, &, a but hit only the last three notes Eighth note rests can also appear and take up the space equal to two sixteenth notes. This section also […]

July 2022 Issue