Styles And Phrasing

KEITH CARLOCK
ABOUT
KEITH CARLOCK
Keith Carlock is a US-American jazz and fusion drummer who is not only
renowned for his collaboration with Sting and Steely Dan.

Keith was born in Clinton/Mississippi in 1971 and started playing drums at the
age of 5. In high school he played in the jazz band, the show choir and the drum
corps. He intensely dealt with rock, R&B and soul, played along with records by
John Scofield, Michel Camilo and The Meters, among others, and joined several
top 40 bands. Because he practiced continuously and for hours, his parents
installed a soundproof room in the garage for him.

In 1989 he received music scholarships to Miami, North Texas and Berklee, but
decided to study jazz drums at North Texas State University in Denton because
he wanted to study with Ed Soph. This, as well as the Moeller technique he
learned there, changed his drumming technique fundamentally.

After having worked as a studio and live musician in the Dallas/Fort Worth region
for several years, Keith moved to New York in 1996. Since then he has worked
with such greats as James Taylor, John Mayer, Diana Ross, The Blues Brothers,
Grover Washington, Jr., Mike Stern, Harry Belafonte, Toto and many more. In trio
with Wayne Krantz and Tim Lefebvre, he performed at jazz events in New York
City and European jazz festivals for six years. 

In 2009 he released an instructional DVD “The Big Picture: Phrasing,

Improvisation, Style and Technique“ and in the same year he was voted best
drummer in the fusion and pop categories in Modern Drummer’s readers poll.

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DESCRIPTION
STYLES AND PHRASING
Keith Carlock is well known for his deep groove and super smooth fills. Using
rudiments to create amazing fills has become one of his specialities. If you want
to learn about his method of approaching different musical scenarios as well as
his ideas on how you can create your own patterns and rhythms, this course is for
you.

CURRICULUM
LESSONS
1) Warm-Up Routines 4
2) Bass Drum Exercises 5
3) Fun With 12/8 7
4) Shuffle Grooves 8
5) Rudiments Applied To The Drums 10
6) Soloing And Phrasing -

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LESSON 1 Styles And Phrasing
WARM-UP ROUTINES
1 Warm-Ups
Singles On Each Hand

Adding A Flam

Alternating Singles

Flam Accents

Flam Drag

Five Stroke Roll With A Flam

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LESSON 2 Styles And Phrasing
BASS DRUM EXERCISES
2 Bass Drum Exercises

Groove Example With Ghostnote-Pattern

Ghostnote-Ostinato

1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9)

10) 11) 12)

13) 14) 15)

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2 Bass Drum Exercises
Different Hi-Hat-Pattern

Example 9

Example 9 Split Between Bass Drum And Hi-Hat

Example 9 Split Between Hi-Hat and Bass Drum

Example 9 With Hi-Hat only

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LESSON 3
Styles And Phrasing
FUN WITH 12/8
3 Fun With 12/8
12/8 Feel With 4 On The Floor

Transition Into 6/8

6/8 Funk Feel

3/4 Funk Feel



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LESSON 4
Styles And Phrasing
SHUFFLE GROOVES
4 Shuffle Grooves
Texas Shuffle

Chicago Shuffle

Jazz Ride Shuffle

Jazz Ride Shuffle With Stepped Hi-Hat Offbeats



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4 Shuffle Grooves
Purdie Shuffle

Purdie Variation

Purdie Variation With Hi-Hat Lifts

Rock Shuffle

Rock Shuffle With Hi-Hat Lifts

Rosanna Shuffle

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LESSON 5
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RUDIMENTS APPLIED Phrasing
THE DRUMS 
5 Rudiments Applied To The Drums
Paradiddle-diddle

K K + Paradiddle-diddle

K K + Paradiddle-diddle Orchestration

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