Ralph [RZ] wrote:TheSystem wrote:
also i am not a drummer so i learned what galloping is. that was new to me.
I don't know if that is actually a common term. I use it because it is descriptive in that it is based on the hoof pattern of a galloping horse, which most people would instantly recognize.
At leats in spanish the name is "galopa". I assume in other languages it is similar.
To TheSystem: actually this is a concept regarding rythmics, not only drumming. Think following:
Imagine four 16ths notes played in a row (I write a = for a 16th note and a | for an 8th note):
= = = = they together use the same amount of time of a 4th note.
Now, tie the two first 16ths:
| = = thas is a gallop (it sound like a galloping horse, like Ralph points out).
Now tie the two last 16ths:
= = | that is an inverted gallop.
Now tie the first three 16ths:
| . = I don't know the english name, but we call it "saltillo" (something like "little jump"). Note that there is a dotted 8th.
Now tie the last three 16ths:
= | . We call that "saltillo inverso", inverted saltillo.
Now tie the two center 16ths:
= | = That is the "sÃÂncopa".
Regards.