Overview
In this lesson, we’re going to cover the section leading up to the Outro of Nocturne. This consists of two distinct beats that I’m going to break down into Part 1 and Part 2.
Lesson Progress
Part 1 – Pre-Outro
Exercise 1 – Two-bar loop
We’re going to loop the first two bars (bar 116 and 117) as together, they form the basic beat template for the rest of this section.
Loop exercise
Exercise 2 – Bars 1 to 4
Let’s add on the next two bars and get this pattern looping. The third bar is the same as the first, so we can already play this. The fourth is slightly different so let me show you how to play it.
Loop exercise
Exercise 3 – Bars 1 to 8
The good news is that we already know how to play the next three bars on this pattern as they’re the same as the first. The eighth bar introduces a simple fill which I’ll show you how to play in this video.
Loop exercise
Exercise 4 – Ghost note and cymbal pattern
We’re going to play up to bar 127 now – where there’s a fairly complex twelve-note run between the kick, crash and snare.
Loop exercise
Exercise 5 – Final four bars
Just four more bars to go in this section. The first bar has a short cymbal pattern, which comes straight out of the fill in the previous bar, followed by another bar which has a couple of extra crash accents to get used to. None of this is crazy-tricky but it may take a few repetitions to get used to.
Loop exercise
Exercise 6 – Everything so far!
Now we’re going to loop the twelve bars we’ve learned in this lesson. There are a lot of slightly different patterns to get used to here, so remember to take your time and learn at your pace – overload or cognitive burnout is real so take your time and work on turning these patterns into effortless movements around your kit – even if that means changing some of the cymbal accents to a different instrument.
