{"id":18826,"date":"2019-09-24T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T16:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=18826"},"modified":"2022-08-19T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:02:31","slug":"the-jazz-drum-soloing-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/the-jazz-drum-soloing-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jazz Drum Soloing Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IgOK7-8Cwdc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The drum set is just one avenue for musical communication. Steve Lyman shares his wisdom in this 47-minute lesson, &#8220;The jazz drum soloing formula.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn how to &#8220;deepen your storytelling capacity&#8221;, develop the ability to choose your narrative, and ultimately draw people in. Steve reveals his formula, which combines these four mechanisms (or components) into drum solo vocabulary:<\/p>\n<p>1. Melodic: Deepening your melodic playing<br \/>\n2. Rhythmic: Building deep\/challenging rhythmic connections<br \/>\n3. Textural: Creating soundscapes and dynamics for visualization<br \/>\n4. Harmonic: Layering vertically<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re matching the pitch of your drums to a melody, orchestrating sticking patterns around the kit in different subdivisions, building textures, or anchoring rhythms with &#8216;chords&#8217;, this lesson will help you develop the language you need to create meaningful jazz solos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Index:<\/strong><br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Pulsar&#8221; by Chase Baird<br \/>\n5:35 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n6:34 &#8211; Drum solo #1<br \/>\n9:25 &#8211; Overview of the four mechanisms<br \/>\n12:42 &#8211; The melodic mechanism<br \/>\n20:49 &#8211; The rhythmic mechanism<br \/>\n27:39 &#8211; The textural mechanism<br \/>\n31:53 &#8211; The harmonic mechanism<br \/>\n34:00 &#8211; Combining these concepts<br \/>\n42:00 &#8211; Drum solo #2<br \/>\n45:15 &#8211; Drum solo #3<\/p>\n<p>If this lesson resonated with you, check out Steve&#8217;s jazz drumming course on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/edge\">Drumeo Edge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Steve:<\/strong><br \/>\nSteve Lyman is an American jazz drummer, composer and educator. As a performer, Lyman has enjoyed sharing the stage with some of the leading voices in jazz and contemporary music, including Aaron Parks, Jon Batiste, Gilad Hekselman, Nir Felder, Julian Pollack, Chase Baird and many more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve plays:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craviottodrums.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craviotto Drums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/remo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remo Drumheads<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.istanbulmehmet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vater.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vater Drumsticks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Steve:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stevelymandrums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stevelymandrums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevelymandrums.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Lyman reveals his four-part formula for writing jazz drumming solos that tell stories and draw people in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":18998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18826"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19033,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions\/19033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}