
Last time I checked there was one copy left at Byron Hoyt in San Francisco. Tabla players learn each pattern by syllables first and then - once they have the syllables secure - apply the pattern to the drums.Ī Bay Area drummer named Jack Van der Wyk picked up on this concept, applied it to drum set, and wrote a method book called Choom Boonk. Posted by Mark Secosh at 11:57 AM 1 comments Īn Indian music school in the Bay Area taught sitar, tabla, flute, and other instruments and introduced to its students a system of syllables similar to our solfege (do re mi) for learning notes and rhythms.

Likewise, any b syllable followed by a rest can be lengthened to ba etc., and any ba syllable can be shortened to b or lengthened to baa etc. where there's room, even into the next measure. A Basic Rhythm has n degrees of syncopation.Īny do syllable below can be shortened to d or lengthened to doo etc.

A pattern marked by an asterisk * indicates a Basic Rhythm with no syncopations.

The patterns represent one bar of 8th notes (jazz) or a half bar of 16th notes (funk) in 4/4 time. The table below gives us a way to demonstrate basic and syncopated rhythms vocally.
