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1990 Drum Lesson with Vernel Fournier Pt. 1/3

1990 Drum Lesson with Vernel Fournier Pt. 1/3

Published on April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 by Ted Sirota

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Here's an introduction and backstory to the lesson I've posted on my YouTube channel with the late, great jazz drummer Vernel Fournier.

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VERNEL LESSON

PART ONE
Drag roll and Dixie rhythms
Introduction of Cymbals
Jo Jones - HH style tip/shoulder
Uptempo cheat technique on HH
Jack DeJohnette
Ike Day / Chicago / Boston
Segregation
Masons

(12 min)
Sitting/technique/playing from wrists
Open roll/press roll
Double Strokes
Calf skin heads.
Snare drum angle / tilt

(28 min audio improves)
Feet - one & three vs four on the floor
Time/Space/Universe/Haley’s Comet
Symphonic Musician vs Jazz Musician
“Space” Music / gigs
Coltrane
Charlie Parker

PART 2
Poinciana/Autumn Leaves/Love For Sale beat(s)
Cymbal positioning
Cymbal time
“Repetition of pulse”
Student playing Now’s The Time
My question around 22 min
Israel Crosby
The Drummer’s Job
Art Blakey / Gene Krupa / Buddy Rich / Big Sid
Paul Barbarin
Copying others
Drum tuning
Dixie demonstration with cymbal (35 min)
Early drumset
Snare/African origin
March demonstration
Double Strokes - only If you can’t stick it, bounce it.
Clarity/control
“Makin’ Whoopie” / brushes / tap dancing
Hand/Feet exercise
Student time playing/evaluation
Everything in jazz in loose nowadays, when it should be tight
“Congressional Medal of Honor”
Approach to jobs
Ride cymbal - dotted eighth sixteenth vs triplet notation

PART 3

Poinciana continued
Keep innovating
Vernel’s Bossa Nova
Latin
Shake Dance / Strip Joints / Sing Sing Sing / Krupa
Shuffle / Sam Woodyard / Art Blakey
Marches - demo/solo
“Everything comes from the march. Everything.”
Think like a horn player
“Donna Lee”
Play musically
Brushes
Technique shows off, you don’t have to
Ear training exercise
Advice to young cats
Don’t deny the roots - don’t bullshit
Life experience
Family & drums
I hope you learned something today fellas.

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