The Twelve Eight Feel

Lesson 5/30 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Blues Drums

The Twelve Eight Feel

The term +" feel" refers to the action of playing twelve eight notes on hi-hat or ride cymbal at a relatively slow tempo. These twelve eighth notes can be thought of as eighth note triplets in * time or a bar of + time.

+ time places rhythmic emphasis on four dotted quarter notes.

Any time signature which places rhythmic emphasis on a dotted note is referred to as compound time.

If the previous example was rewritten in + time it would look like this:

It can be seen that the previous example could be written in either * or + time. Both written versions sound identical. Both can be said to have a + feel.

Note: The dot is explained in detail in Section Five.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Swinging a Groove 3- Sixteenth Notes 4- The Sixteenth Note Triplet 5- The Quarter Note 6- Triplets 7- The Eighth Note 8- Explanation of Notation 9- Second Line 10- The Dot 11- The Eighth Note Triplet 12- Syncopation 13- The Drum Fill 14- Open and Closed Hi-Hats 15- Buzz Stroke 16- Rudiments of music 17- The Quarter Note Triplet 18- Triplet Subdivision 19- Time Signatures 20- The Twelve Eight Feel 21- The Flam 22- The Shuffle Rhythm 23- Repeat Signs 24- The Paradiddle 25- The Tie 26- Note Values 27- Anticipation 28- Understanding Note Values 29- The Paradiddle-diddle 30- The Metronome

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The Twelve Eight Feel