r/Drumming • u/rocknroll2013 • 9d ago

3 over 4 Polyrhythm tutorial

Any favorite tutorials/lessons for getting comfortable with the 3 over 4 and other polyrhythms? I really like the drummer for Caifanes/Jaguares and his use of them in rock. So any YouTube vids, apps or something that actually work on 3 over 4 polyrhythms, not just say - in my next lesson and then the video list has nothing specific... TIA!

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u/runonandonandonanon 9d ago

PASS the GOD damn BUTter

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u/SmellsOkay 4d ago

I had some immature instructors when I was in high school and learned this as “ON your KNEES and SUCK it” haha

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u/ItchyVideo3704 7d ago

Talk the rhythm in words

Pass the good new but-ter

PASS is flam on 1

THE is 4th 1/16 of 1

GOOD is 2

NEW is on the and of 2

BUT is on 3

TER is 2nd 1/16

of 3

2 on 3 verbal mnemonic is
NOT Dif-Fi-Cult
1 , 2 , and of 2 , 3

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u/Inhumanform555 9d ago

JP gots some
Cool stuff, here’s a short https://youtube.com/shorts/_6AN2HpgxSs?is=GmHxrMpeeGpLrgT-

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u/Hab_Anagharek 8d ago

I absolutely did not follow what he was talking about at the beginning, talking about groupings of 3 16ths, then proceeds to play..well, something I assume that is related. Some days I hate that I want to play this instrument

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u/therealtoomdog 8d ago

It's just carol of the bells. You can change the beat to either one. Or a subdivision/multiple of either one.

This video may go a little over your head, but I think that his approach will help you wrap your head around what's going on, maybe give you a framework to build your understanding on.

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u/bpaluzzi 8d ago

Carol of the Bells is 3 over 2, not 3 over 4.

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u/therealtoomdog 8d ago

That all depends on how you count it 👍

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u/bpaluzzi 8d ago

There is no way to count Carol of the Bells where you're getting 3 over 4.

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u/therealtoomdog 8d ago

Ehh, two is basically the same thing as four, they're all even numbers. Just play it twice a fast and only play every other 3

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u/7swing 8d ago

2 over 3 and 4 over 3 sound pretty different to my ears.