TesseracT songs Archives - Jay Postones Drum Lessons

I’ve created a full transcription for TesseracT’s song ‘Dystopia’ that you can download below, along with the MIDI and Guitar Pro file. I’ve also synced it to a recent performance of the song from a rehearsal.

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Luminary lesson content

You can download the Guitar Pro, drum tab, and MIDI here:

Guitar Pro

MIDI

TesseracT-Luminary Download

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KING lesson content

You can download the Guitar Pro, drum tab, and MIDI here:

Guitar Pro

MIDI

KING Download

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3/2 Polyrhythm – Lesson 4 – How TesseracT use the 3/2 polyrhythm Copy

Loop exercise – Lament
Loop exercise – Messenger
Loop exercise – Luminary

Lesson progress

In this lesson, I’m going to show you where the 3/2 polyrhythm is used in TesseracT’s music, then provide you with some loop exercise examples for … Read the rest

Nocturne Lesson 2 – Verse Groove Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – Ghost Pattern – RLRLL_LL
- Loop exercise
Exercise 2 – Kick drum pattern
- Loop exercise
Exercise 3 – Snare accents
- Loop exercise
Exercise 4 – Build the groove
- Loop exercise
Exercise 5 – Adding more detail
- Loop

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Nocturne Lesson 1 – Intro groove Copy

How to count the intro
Exercise 1 – An important fundamental
Exercise 2 – Kick and snare drum pattern
Exercise 3 – Left foot (pedal hat)
Exercise 4 – Right hand (stack)
Exercise 5 – Cymbal accents
Exercise 6 –

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Nocturne – Lesson 10: Outro, Part 1 Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – Bars 1 to 6, simplified
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 6, detailed
Exercise 3 – Bars 7-12
Exercise 4 – Bars 1-12
Exercise 5 – Ride section
Exercise 6 – Ride section with detail
Exercise

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Nocturne – Lesson 9: Pre-outro Copy

Overview

Part 1 – Pre-Outro

Exercise 1 – Two-bar loop
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 4
Exercise 3 – Bars 1 to 8
Exercise 4 – Ghost note and cymbal pattern
Exercise 5 – Final four bars
Exercise 6

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Nocturne – Lesson 8: Chorus 2 and new fill Copy

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – the end of the chorus
Exercise 2 – Chorus end loop
Exercise 3 – Brain scramble fill
Exercise 4 – 7/8 outro and fill
Exercise 5 – Chorus, outro and fill

Lesson progress

Overview

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Nocturne – Lesson 7: Ride mid-section Copy

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – The first four bars, simplified
Exercise 2 – Bar 5
Exercise 3 – Bar 6 (the fill)
Exercise 4 – Simplified 1-6
Exercise 5 – Adding detail
Exercise 6 – Bars 1 and 2

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Nocturne – Lesson 6: Mid-section Copy

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – bar 1 (bar 52)
Exercise 2 – bar 2 (bar 53)
Exercise 3 – Loop bars 1 and 2
Exercise 4 – Bar 3 (bar 54)
Exercise 5 – Loop bars 1 to 3

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Nocturne – Lesson 5: Chorus (Part 2) Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – the ‘easy’ one
Exercise 2 – Double kick pattern
Exercise 3 – Double kick into the groove
Exercise 4 – the end fill
Exercise 5 – loop it
Exercise 6 – Wrap it up

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Nocturne – Lesson 4: Chorus (Part 1) Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – Ghost note pattern
Exercise 2 – Bar 1 (Bar 28)
Exercise 3 – Bar 2 (Bar 29)
Exercise 4 – Loop bars 1 and 2
Exercise 5 – Bar 3 (Bar 30)
Exercise 6 – Bar

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Nocturne – Lesson 11: Outro, Part 2 Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – The first loop (of three)
Exercise 2 – The second repeat
Exercise 3 – Combine 1 and 2
Exercise 4 – The third repeat
Exercise 5 – 1, 2 and 3
Exercise 6 – Rock beat

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Nocturne – Lesson 10: Outro, Part 1 Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – Bars 1 to 6, simplified
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 6, detailed
Exercise 3 – Bars 7-12
Exercise 4 – Bars 1-12
Exercise 5 – Ride section
Exercise 6 – Ride section with detail
Exercise

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Nocturne – Lesson 9: Pre-outro Copy

Overview

Part 1 – Pre-Outro

Exercise 1 – Two-bar loop
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 4
Exercise 3 – Bars 1 to 8
Exercise 4 – Ghost note and cymbal pattern
Exercise 5 – Final four bars
Exercise 6

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Nocturne – Lesson 8: Chorus 2 and new fill Copy

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – the end of the chorus
Exercise 2 – Chorus end loop
Exercise 3 – Brain scramble fill
Exercise 4 – 7/8 outro and fill
Exercise 5 – Chorus, outro and fill

Lesson progress

Overview

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Nocturne – Lesson 7: Ride mid-section Copy

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – The first four bars, simplified
Exercise 2 – Bar 5
Exercise 3 – Bar 6 (the fill)
Exercise 4 – Simplified 1-6
Exercise 5 – Adding detail
Exercise 6 – Bars 1 and 2

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Nocturne – Lesson 6: Mid-section Copy

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – bar 1 (bar 52)
Exercise 2 – bar 2 (bar 53)
Exercise 3 – Loop bars 1 and 2
Exercise 4 – Bar 3 (bar 54)
Exercise 5 – Loop bars 1 to 3

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Nocturne – Lesson 5: Chorus (Part 2) Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – the ‘easy’ one
Exercise 2 – Double kick pattern
Exercise 3 – Double kick into the groove
Exercise 4 – the end fill
Exercise 5 – loop it
Exercise 6 – Wrap it up

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Nocturne – Lesson 4: Chorus (Part 1) Copy

Overview
Exercise 1 – Ghost note pattern
Exercise 2 – Bar 1 (Bar 28)
Exercise 3 – Bar 2 (Bar 29)
Exercise 4 – Loop bars 1 and 2
Exercise 5 – Bar 3 (Bar 30)
Exercise 6 – Bar

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3/4 polyrhythm – lesson 6 – Deception: Concealing Fate Part 2, by TesseracT

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – Deception (hi-hat & kick)
- Loop exercise 1
Exercise 2 – Deception (3 kick, 2 snare)
- Loop exercise 2
Exercise 3 – Deception (off-beat)
- Loop exercise 3
Exercise 4 – Deception (kick drum workout)
- Loop

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3/4 Polyrhythm – Lesson 5 – Exile by TesseracT

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – Exile (basic beat)
- Loop exercise 1 – basic beat
Exercise 2 – Exile (ghost notes)
- Loop exercise 2 – ghost notes
Exercise 3 – Exile (pedal hat)
- Loop exercise 3 – pedal hat

Lesson

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Nocturne – Lesson 10: Outro, Part 1

Overview
Exercise 1 – Bars 1 to 6, simplified
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 6, detailed
Exercise 3 – Bars 7-12
Exercise 4 – Bars 1-12
Exercise 5 – Ride section
Exercise 6 – Ride section with detail
Exercise

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Nocturne – Lesson 11: Outro, Part 2

Overview
Exercise 1 – The first loop (of three)
Exercise 2 – The second repeat
Exercise 3 – Combine 1 and 2
Exercise 4 – The third repeat
Exercise 5 – 1, 2 and 3
Exercise 6 – Rock beat

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Nocturne – Lesson 9: Pre-outro

Overview

Part 1 – Pre-Outro

Exercise 1 – Two-bar loop
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 4
Exercise 3 – Bars 1 to 8
Exercise 4 – Ghost note and cymbal pattern
Exercise 5 – Final four bars
Exercise 6

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Juno (TesseracT – Sonder)

Juno from TesseracT’s 2018 album Sonder, presents some very challenging sections for any drummer, particularly the kick drum patterns. I’ve transcribed this from a live recording in 2019 in Athens, Greece.

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King (Tesseract – Sonder)

King is the second track off of TesseracT’s 2018 album ‘Sonder‘ – I present here a fully transcribed performance of the song, recorded live in Athens, Greece in 2019.

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Luminary (TesseracT – Sonder)

Luminary is the first track off of TesseracT’s 2018 album ‘Sonder‘. This drum performance was captured live in Athens, Greece in 2019, the first time Tesseract ever performed in the country.

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Lament (TesseracT – One)

The first song from TesseracT’s first album ‘One‘, and perhaps one of the more difficult songs on the album to perform from a drummer’s perspective. Lament was the final track to come together for the album but made … Read the rest

Nocturne – Lesson 8: Chorus 2 and new fill

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – the end of the chorus
Exercise 2 – Chorus end loop
Exercise 3 – Brain scramble fill
Exercise 4 – 7/8 outro and fill
Exercise 5 – Chorus, outro and fill

Lesson progress

Overview

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Nocturne – Lesson 6: Mid-section

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – bar 1 (bar 52)
Exercise 2 – bar 2 (bar 53)
Exercise 3 – Loop bars 1 and 2
Exercise 4 – Bar 3 (bar 54)
Exercise 5 – Loop bars 1 to 3

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Nocturne – Lesson 5: Chorus (Part 2)

Overview
Exercise 1 – the ‘easy’ one
Exercise 2 – Double kick pattern
Exercise 3 – Double kick into the groove
Exercise 4 – the end fill
Exercise 5 – loop it
Exercise 6 – Wrap it up

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Nocturne – Lesson 4: Chorus (Part 1)

Overview
Exercise 1 – Ghost note pattern
Exercise 2 – Bar 1 (Bar 28)
Exercise 3 – Bar 2 (Bar 29)
Exercise 4 – Loop bars 1 and 2
Exercise 5 – Bar 3 (Bar 30)
Exercise 6 – Bar

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Nocturne – Lesson 7: Ride mid-section

Lesson progress
Overview
Exercise 1 – The first four bars, simplified
Exercise 2 – Bar 5
Exercise 3 – Bar 6 (the fill)
Exercise 4 – Simplified 1-6
Exercise 5 – Adding detail
Exercise 6 – Bars 1 and 2

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3/2 Polyrhythm – Lesson 4 – How TesseracT use the 3/2 polyrhythm

Loop exercise – Lament
Loop exercise – Messenger
Loop exercise – Luminary

Lesson progress

In this lesson, I’m going to show you where the 3/2 polyrhythm is used in TesseracT’s music, then provide you with some loop exercise examples for … Read the rest

Lesson 2 – Verse Groove

Overview
Exercise 1 – Ghost Pattern – RLRLL_LL
- Loop exercise
Exercise 2 – Kick drum pattern
- Loop exercise
Exercise 3 – Snare accents
- Loop exercise
Exercise 4 – Build the groove
- Loop exercise
Exercise 5 – Adding more detail
- Loop

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Lesson 1 – Intro groove

How to count the intro
Exercise 1 – An important fundamental
Exercise 2 – Kick and snare drum pattern
Exercise 3 – Left foot (pedal hat)
Exercise 4 – Right hand (stack)
Exercise 5 – Cymbal accents
Exercise 6 –

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