Improve Your Groove I – Rob Flax

If you want to create a danceable groove in your playing, you need two things: a steady pulse the listener can feel, and (for most styles of American music) a propulsive “backbeat” on beats 2 and 4. In this workshop Rob will show you tips and tricks to develop your subdividing skills, internalizing your own sense of pulse, and make sure that every note you play lands “on the grid,” i.e. subdivision of the pulse into smaller and smaller chunks (Tracy Silverman calls these tiny chunks “groove-ons,” as the smallest particle in the grid).