Purdie shuffle
Purdie shuffle noun: a style of rhythm in popular music incorporating precise half note, backbeats, and grooves.
Noun
Purdie shuffle (plural Purdie shuffles)
- A style of rhythm in popular music incorporating precise half note, backbeats, and grooves.
- The Purdie shuffles below use diddles with ghost notes.2022 December, Max Freeman, The Big Drum Book: Applications of Rhythm & Groove for Drum Set, Max Freeman Music, →ISBN, page 155
- Thirty-five or forty years later, every drummer in the world has to learn the Purdie shuffle.2024 April 11, Menzie Pittman, “23: Bernard Purdie”, in The New Musician: The Art of Entrepreneurship in Today's Music Business, →ISBN, page 359
- Synonyms:
- ghost note shuffle
Synonyms of Purdie shuffle
Forms of Purdie shuffle
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Origin of Purdie shuffle
Named after jazz and R&B drummer Bernard Purdie.
Questions about Purdie shuffle
- What does Purdie shuffle mean?
- Purdie shuffle means a style of rhythm in popular music incorporating precise half note, backbeats, and grooves.
- What part of speech is Purdie shuffle?
- Purdie shuffle is a noun.
- What is the plural of Purdie shuffle?
- The plural of Purdie shuffle is Purdie shuffles.
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