One of my students wanted to learn a Dennis Chambers groove from a short clip on youtube: Fatback Groove Lesson. This is a great groove from his DVD, Dennis Chambers: Master Drummer.
Before we got to the end of the clip, I paused it and remarked how consistent his hi-hat was. I attributed it to the arm motion involved. I transcribed what Dennis was doing, we started working on the groove, and then we finished watching the clip. Near the end, Dennis pointed out the exact thing that we had been working on — the hi-hat! It’s something that I’ve seen many of the masters do while playing. It was way cool for me to see it, explain it, and then hear Dennis explain the exact same thing.
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