Chords for Bill Bruford mini-lesson - Triplicity Rhythm

_ _ But let's go back to the original figure, which you remember was four notes and three. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ And we put flams in front of that. _
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_ Let's put it up on the hi-hat. _ _ _
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That would feel good over a steady kick. _ _ _ _
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_ [Cm] _ So these are now sister rhythms. _
At both times you're [F] hearing, [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ which is buried in that rhythm, but it's also up here in this one.
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_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ Now we have two parts of a composition.
Up here is part A. _
Over here, when a pulse changes, part B.
You have the rhythmic basis for an A section and a B section of a tune.
_ This became the piece on the current Earthworks CD entitled The Sound of Surprise.
And the tune