This year Modern Drummer has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Carmine Appice’s groundbreaking book, Ultimate Realistic Rock. In the last few months, we have included Carmine’s beats based around quarter notes, eighth notes, accented bass drum notes, and sixteenth notes. In the next few months we will print some excerpts from the more advanced sections of the book. This month we will include an excerpt from Carmine’s section on playing in the 7/8 time signature. This is one of the sections that was added to the new Ultimate Realistic Rock. As you will see, in the new odd time section of the book, Carmine makes playing in odd times as easy as playing in 4/4. Odd time signatures are no longer a challenge. Realistic Rock 7/8 timing Welcome to the odd time signatures of Realistic Rock. In this section we will learn how to play in the 7/8 time […]

August 2022 Issue