Funk Comping 1

I’ve been messing around with comping in Funk and Rock. What if you could have the same kind of freedom with the interplay of your snare and bass drum (and eventually hi-hat too) to play melodic and rhythmic ideas just like Jazz drummers do? That is the point of this exercise.

It’s a four bar phrase and I’ve written it with (#1) and without (#2) an accompanying cymbal line. The version without a cymbal is provided so that you can make up any cymbal rhythm you wish. The 2nd example shows the cymbal line I think may work fairly well for what I’m hearing. Perhaps you’ll like it too.

Here’s the PDF: funk comping 1