{"id":5898,"date":"2017-04-03T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=5898"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:29:29","slug":"3-must-know-drum-beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/3-must-know-drum-beats\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Must-Know 5\/8 Drum Beats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZbBymZFFiY\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/Resources\/3-must-know-58-beats.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Sheet Music \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re jumping into this time signature for the first time or just need more ideas for your next jam session, Aaron Edgar has three 5\/8 beats he wants to share with you. These aren&#8217;t going to solve <b>every<\/b> musical situation you come across, but they definitely aren&#8217;t your basic 5\/8 beats either. Hopefully they help you become more comfortable in this time signature, as well as spark some ideas for your own grooves!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at #1! Start by playing 5 eighth notes on the hi hat, then add a snare on beat 3 and another right in between counts 4 and 5. Once you&#8217;re comfortable with that, add in the kick drums!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092452\/581.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092452\/581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"100\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092452\/581.jpg 650w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092452\/581.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092452\/581.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In beat #2, we&#8217;re going to change up how the accent structure works. Instead of having a couple snare drum notes like in #1, we&#8217;re only going to have one placed on beat 5. We&#8217;re also going to move from the hi hat over to the ride cymbal and accent beats 1 and 4 on the bell. Lastly, let&#8217;s sprinkle in a couple ghost notes to add some extra flavor. I recommend leaving the bell accents out until you&#8217;re comfortable with the base groove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092453\/582.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092453\/582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"100\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092453\/582.jpg 650w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092453\/582.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092453\/582.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For this last 5\/8 groove, we&#8217;re going to put the snare drum back on count 3. We&#8217;re also going to change up our hi hat pattern. Instead of having consistent 8th notes through the bar, we&#8217;re going to add an extra stroke between counts 3 and 4. Finally, add those two ghost notes and give &#8216;er a go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092454\/583.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092454\/583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"100\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092454\/583.jpg 650w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092454\/583.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28092454\/583.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for more odd-time ideas and tips, check out these other lessons by Aaron Edgar:<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/must-know-odd-time-beats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 Must-Know 7\/8 Beats<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/odd-time-beats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go-To Odd Time Grooves<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/odd-time-grooves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make Your Odd Time Grooves Better<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download the Sheet Music \u00bb Whether you&#8217;re jumping into this time signature for the first time or just need more ideas for your next jam session, Aaron Edgar has three 5\/8 beats he wants to share with you. These aren&#8217;t going to solve every musical situation you come across, but they definitely aren&#8217;t your basic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4017,4025],"tags":[214,26,441,13,9,408,152],"class_list":["post-5898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beats-and-fills","category-drum-beats","tag-aaron-edgar","tag-drum-beats","tag-drum-grooves","tag-drum-lessons-2","tag-drumeo","tag-drums","tag-free-drum-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5898"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36015,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898\/revisions\/36015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}