{"id":18854,"date":"2019-09-27T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T16:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=18854"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:34:59","slug":"keith-carlocks-signature-lick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/keith-carlocks-signature-lick\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Carlock&#8217;s Signature Lick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PiQSuKWFLrg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this quick tip, Keith Carlock breaks down his favorite lick &#8211; one he says he adapted from Elvin Jones, and has become something of a signature.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a simple paradiddle-based pattern: two notes on the bass drum, right hand left hand, and a roll to finish it: KKRLRRLL<\/p>\n<p>The key to getting the dynamic hill-and-valley sound is to put the emphasis on the first four notes (KKRL) and keep the following roll quiet. Keith refers to that first kick-kick-right-left section as the &#8216;accent&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>From there, you can start mixing it up around the kit to make it more interesting. You can also make the roll longer. Try doubling it up: KKRLRRLLRRLL<\/p>\n<p>You might change out the paradiddle-diddle for other rudiments if you want to make it your own.<\/p>\n<p>Use this lick in fills, in solos, as a transition, or maybe at the end of a song where you want to play a powerful flurry of notes. There are so many ways to adapt it, and even Keith is still finding new ways to play it. Now it&#8217;s your turn. Take it away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Carlock breaks down his favorite lick. It&#8217;s actually really simple and can be adapted for solos, fills, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":19000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4017,4025],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18854"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25396,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18854\/revisions\/25396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}