In the Beat of Chris Dave: En studie av Chris Daves trumspel och metoder med fokus på analys, transkribering och integrering 2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]

Abstract [en]

How can one integrate Chris Dave’s drumming style into one’s own playing? What will happen when I study Chris Dave in detail? What will happen with my musical expression when I study his approach to time? How does my groove affect the ensemble? My work is based on what happens with my artistic expression and my playing after thoroughly studying Chris “Daddy” Dave’s artistic expression and creative playing style. A master-drummer and pioneer that many try to follow. By studying interviews, research papers, concerts and performances, transcriptions, exercises and Dave’s own methods, this work investigates how a drummer can approach his very specific playing-style. The findings suggest interesting insight into Dave’s playing, such as his use of motivic development in comping, his use of micro timing and how one can implement and further develop his ideas and methods into one’s own playing. This work also opens further areas of exploration and shows a way of analysing that can be applied on any musician of interest worth studying.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages

2025. , p. 24

Keywords [en]

Chris Dave, drums, jazz drums, groove, beat, time, timing, artistic expression

National Category

Music

Identifiers

URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-5804OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-5804DiVA, id: diva2:1958309

Educational program

Kandidatprogram musiker

Presentation

2025-03-18, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Kungasalen, Valhallavägen 105, Stockholm, 18:00 (Swedish)

Supervisors

Examiners

Note

Repertoar:

”All Matter”- Robert Glasper, Bilal (2009)

”Think of One”- Thelonious Monk, Robert Glasper (2009)

”Fuck Yo Feelings”- Robert Glasper, Yebba (2019)

”Better Than I Imagined”- Robert Glasper, HER (2022)

”Foreverland”- Keyon Harrold, Laura Mvula (2024)

Ensemble:

Sebastian Jokela – trummor

Jakob Einarsson – elbas, kontrabas

Emanuel Wickström – keyboard, ambience

Milos Lindegren – piano

Siri Klinth – sång

Maja Gardemark – sång

Miranda Pérez Hernvald - sång

Länk till examenskonsert:

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Available from: 2025-05-14 Created: 2025-05-14 Last updated: 2025-09-10Bibliographically approved

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