Continuing Modern Drummer’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Carmine Appice’s Ultimate Realistic Rock book, this month we present one of the bonus sections that was included in Ultimate Realistic Rock, and not included in the original text of Realistic Rock. Last month Carmine walked us through how to play in 7/8 and presented us with a bunch of rockin’ 7/8 grooves. This month he’ll do the same in 9/8. Carmine makes playing in odd times as easy as playing in 4/4. With his help, odd time signatures are no longer a challenge. Realistic Rock 9/8 Timing Last month we talked about playing in 7/8, now that you have finished the 7/8 exercises, it is time to add the two eighth notes we talked about and have some fun with 9/8. In 9/8, just like 7/8, the eighth notes are counted as one beat. There are nine eighth notes to […]

September 2022 Issue