< PreviousModern Drummer September 2022 98 Realistic 9/8 Time C ontinuing 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 Re- alistic 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 a bar. The count is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, sev (7,) 8, 9. Remember saying SEV instead of seven makes it easier to count so that all the counts are one syllable. Once again, keep counting out loud so that the time becomes automatic and you can feel each downbeat naturally! Count this over and over... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, sev (7,) 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, sev (7,) 8, 9, etc. With each count, remember to play your bass drum on the count of one (downbeat) in order to feel comfortable with 9/8, just like the way we practiced in the 7/8 section. Once again, the eighth note gets a full beat and the sixteenth note gets half a beat. You should have the idea by now. If not, go back to last month’s 7/8 text and review. Another way to think is that 9/8 is the same as playing one bar of 4/4, except now you add one more eighth note and count 1 &, 2 &, 3 &, 4 &, 5. The count stops on the 5th beat... There is no & of 5! The count starts over again after 5 and then goes immediately back to 1. Go for it... Good luck! 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The Bass drum is 14x28 Black Lacquer with De Luxe gold hardware. The snare drum is a Ludwig 5x14 engraved Black Beauty with De Luxe gold hardware. The (very rare) Ludwig Console Trap Table holds a variety of instruments. We see a set of 3 Ludwig Soloblox (Ludwig’s very rare version of temple blocks,) two Chinese toms and a 15” Chinese gong. The “tree” of cymbals includes a sizzle cymbal, a Chinese cymbal, and a Zildjian splash. The cymbals are completed with bock-a-da-bock hand cymbals and a Ludwig “Charleston” snowshoe pedal. The traps include a fan of tuned cowbells, a ratchet, wood blocks, several sound effects, a train whistle, cyclone whistle, and a cuckoo whistle. This would have been an above standard professional drum kit for a working drummer that was playing in orchestras, vaudeville, and theaters for silent films in the 1920-30s. If you would like to experience this set in person, and even play it! Visit the Northup Drums Museum. We are open by appointment 607-434-4769. www.northupdrums.com 1928 Ludwig Black Beauty Moose Drum Trap Set By Tim Northup September 2022 Modern Drummer 103Modern Drummer September 2022 104 Ginger Baker’s Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 2015 Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp Kit In 2015 Ginger Baker took part in that year’s edition of the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, where campers are mentored by legendary rock musicians- with whom they get to perform at the end of the camp. Citing the pain of arthritis at his then age of 76, Ginger stated that it would be his last performance on a drum kit. The kit shown here is the one that Ginger played at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. It’s a Drum Workshop Collector’s Series kit with an Ivory/Ebony exotic wood finish. It includes 8x10 and 10x14 rack toms; 11x14 and 13x16 suspended floor toms; 14x20 and 14x22 bass drums; and a 6 ½x14 Edge snare drum combining wood and metal shell sections. The custom kit made for Ginger to play at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is as unique as Ginger was himself. Shallow bass drums in two different sizes, extremely flat positioned rack toms, and a one-of-a-kind Ivory/Ebony exotic wood finish. In another unusual move, both rack toms are above the right bass drum, rather than centered between the bass drums. This kit is featured in the book Crash: The World’s Greatest Drum Kits, available at moderndrummer.comenter for your chance to win A free cabin and to be a professional drum tech for a day with KISS drummer Eric Singer enter today at : moderndrummer.com / roadie october 24-29, 2022 | los angeles to cabo san lucas & ensenada, mexico CONTEST WINNERS MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. OPEN ENTRIES AUGUST 1 TO SEPTEMBER 15, 2022. WINNER TO BE CONTACTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2022. FULL LINE UP AND CRUISE DETAILS AT THEKISSKRUISE.COMCongratulations Danny Carey Winner, Progressive RockNext >