Krakatoa - Styles - Fusion - Krakafusion
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Background
The Krakatoa Song-Building Class & Community Band made this up by “Fusing” different principles of drumming together (Beat, Back-Beat, Pulse, Off-Beat/Up-Beat Feel, Double-Off-Beats, Pick-ups, and Build-ups) and many different Styles. It’s rather quite “confusing”, so we called it “Krakafusion”.
Song's Accompaniment Style-Guidelines - See also Accompaniment Role-Guidelines:
Listen to an audio clip of the "Mother" Drum Groove for practicing:
Click here to see the Chord Chart.
Key: E5 G5 A5 E5
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 3 4 + |1e+ 2 3 + 4 |
Song's Drum & Percussion Style-Guidelines - See also Instrument Role-Guidelines:
Listen to the Steadier Time-Keepers (Shakers, Metal-Cowbell, Tambourine, Wood, then Rasp) to keep together. Don’t get thrown off by the Up-Beats that some play. Listen for the Build-up in the “Father” Drum to signal the end of the Phrase.
Role 1 "Father" Drum Style-Guidelines:
I suggest the following to bring out the 2-Pulse Feel (counts 1 & 3), Back-Beats (counts 2 & 4), Build-up to count 4 in 2nd Bar and the Pick-up notes at the end:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a | Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 2 3 4 + |1 2 3 + 4 |
|b c b c |b c b b c bb | b = bass, c = click sticks high
|r r |r r r r l | right-handed: r = right, l = left
Role 2 Steady Time-Keepers Style-Guidelines:
Shakers:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 |
|R l R l R l R l |R l R l R l R | right-handed: R = loud Right, l = softer left
Tambourine:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 2 3 4 + |1 2 3 4 |
|s s s s s |L s L s | s = short stroke, L = long (roll) stroke
Rasp or Guiro:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 3 + 4 |1 2 + 3 4 |
|s s L s s L |L s s L s | L = long-scrape, s = short-scrape
|u u d u u d |d u u d d | u = up-stroke, d = down-stroke
Metal – low-pitched Cowbell:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 | ¼-note Beat to keep everyone together.
Wood, bringing out the Off-Beats, creating an Up-Beat Feel – See also Role 5 below:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 |
|s l s l s l s l |s l s l s l s | s = soft, l = loud
Role 3 "Mother" Drums Style-Guidelines:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 3 4 + |1e+ 2 3 + 4 |
|b o s b s o |ooo c b b f | b = bass, o = open, s = muted slap, c = clap, f = muted flam
|r l r r r l | r l r r l lR | right-handed: r = right, l = left
Role 4 "Child" Drum Style-Guidelines:
I suggest the following to contrast the “Mother” Drum and create Phrasing:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
|1e 2e 3e 4 +a|1 2e 3e 4 | Beat+echo, P/up notes to count 1, Build-up to count 4 in Bar 2
|r r d d r r d dd|d dd dd d | r = rim, d = drum
|r l r l r l r r l |r r l r l lR | right-handed: r = right, l = left
Role 5 Advanced Time-Keepers Style-Guidelines:
I suggest the following, using Metal to contast Role 2 Wood above:
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Count 1/16-note Subdivisions
| + + a + +a| +a +a +a | Off-Beats & Double-Off-Beats
Role 6 "Master" and Solo Drum Style-Guidelines:
I suggest the following: Good luck finding any holes to fill! Listen to different instruments, one at a time, and either Support or Dialogue with them. Try adding to the confusion by adding a Triple-Subdivision Feel (1/4, 1/8, or 1/16-note Triplets, Shuffles, Swing patterns) for a really Polyrhythmic tension. Play “off” the Soloists.