Soul Vaccination

This article is about the main groove pattern that David Garibaldi played on the original recording of the classic Tower Of Power tune, Soul Vaccination.

Example 1 | mp3

The main pattern, as transcribed by David Garibaldi :

Here's another way to look at the same pattern :

 

Example 2 | mp3

Now, the same pattern, but without the bass-drum. Non-accented notes are ghosted :

Also refer to Polyrhythmic Ostinatos part 2 & Polyrhythmic Ostinatos part 3

 

Example 3 | mp3

Now the same basic pattern, but with a simple eighth-note hi-hat ostinato, and also without any ghost notes.

 

16-bar Groove Exercise | mp3 | Read the chart

This exercise serves the purpose of integrating the main basic pattern.

 

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