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BASICS – Five-Stroke Glue

The world’s greatest drummers have often laid the foundation of their grooves and fills with the five-stroke roll. It can act as a connective tissue that binds musical ideas together. Think about Steve Gadd’s hypnotic marching rhythms, Carter Beauford’s slick linear drumming, and the grooves of any session drummer since the Motown era—the five-stroke roll was omnipresent.
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May 2016 Issue

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