Chris Allison - Rhythmic Explanation of Plini's 'Salt + Charcoal'

[@voidlexis]

Hey Vsauce! Chris Here. Septuplets are cool, makes music interesting just like this song, but what's a septuplet?

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

I really need to check out this Vsauce guy..

[@edlrocks12591]

That part at the end where you're playing 4's on the ride bell while still keeping the septuplets with everything else is my favorite part. I think that every section in every instrument in this song is incredible! Keep up the good work, Chris!

[@evanleigh5806]

Yo man just saw you live in orlando a few days ago, this is definitely my favorite song on the EP. I was the guy that said sunhead was in 29/16 and Plini told me and my brother we won a new car ;) keep up the great work man, keep groovin to Plini’s madness

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Plini just informed that your car is on it's way...

[@evanleigh5806]

Chris Allison Drums Maybe I should get him a car...

[@pw0106]

so cool! totally need a playthrough

[@knocky3659]

Man! When you counted before the song start you made me experience the song in an entirely different unique way, awsome!

[@Neuri]

Thanks for this dude! Your drumming is gunna be heard far and wide 😁

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Thanks for checking it out & for the generous words pal!

[@drumdaddy205]

I would love more videos from you. That plini album is my favorite at the moment. Amazing performance

[@Tesswrench111]

Saw you live in Hong Kong last year. Absolutely mesmerising playing.

[@eloydrums]

Brutal groove Bro

[@allnewmaterials7]

thanks so much for this! i'd love to hear your explanation on flaneur as well someday!

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Thanks for checking it out Will! Might throw one together for Flaneur too - there's a certainly a few interesting rhythmic concepts in that tune too.

[@DaveGoodman]

Brilliant! 💗

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Thanks Dave!

[@JGBDYT]

Exactly my expectations ! Great ! Love

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Thanks for checking out the vid Justin!

[@JGBDYT]

@@ChrisAllisonDrumsMy pleasure ! You have a new subscriber. I saw you playing with Plini and Mestis, there was arch echo too it was at Nantes in France. Best live of my life !

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

@@JGBDYT I remember that gig - was a super fun night! Thanks for coming out!

[@timgrove3927]

Powerful wardrobe change in there my man.

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Who needs consistency in videos, right?!

[@citylights2765]

Love your playing brother!

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Too kind Ben!!

[@citylights2765]

@@ChrisAllisonDrums You're awesome! Hope to watch you guys live soon!

[@AmoghRao8]

PLAYTHROUGH PLEASEE

[@user-hg3lz8kw2e]

I wish that more people had subscribed to you! You post some really inspiring content on your channel! P.S. Now I'm even more excited to see you with Plini and Simon, but also Tesseract and BTBAM on November 9th in Cologne! 🤘 Also, if I get this right, is "Sunhead" written in Septuplets as well? Although the song feels like some odd time signature first, the parts at the end, where you play the stack in half notes (e.g. at 3:32 or 4:37), makes the whole song seem to be just in an odd subdivision (like septuplets)? Thanks in advance :)

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Many thanks - glad you are getting something from these videos! Can't wait for the Tesseract/BTBAM/Plini run - it's going to be a super rad time! As for Sunhead, it uses a 16th note rhythmic bed for the entire tune & for the most part, it's in 29/16. The parts you're referencing are just me trying to make 29/16 feel like 4/4 - a la Elliot Hoffman from Car Bomb - but it's still in 29.

[@user-hg3lz8kw2e]

​@@ChrisAllisonDrums Thank you for your answer! That will definitely help me now! I didn't even know to that point that there was something like a 29/16 time signature! One never stops learning...

[@edlrocks12591]

Could you give some examples of songs that use nonuplets and 11-uplets?

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

The Black Page by Zappa uses pretty much every subdivision. I feel this part of this song as 11tuplets - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKevh3yLbcR2rs0 (excuse the plug). I'm sure Car Bomb probably mess with that stuff to varying degrees. I'm guessing the new AAL material will probably have some nontuplets on there somewhere. There's probably plenty of other examples but I am not really aware of them at the moment.

[@jacobpotts7954]

Do you have the drumless tracks of all the songs on the EP? I’d like to create my own beats over the tracks 😁

[@yanickdrums2689]

This ride sounds amazing and would perfectly fit my style of playing! Which one is it?

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

That is my 22" K Light Ride; it goes everywhere with me!

[@sammorgan7914]

Hey Chris, you mentioned in the description that full transcriptions of the Sunhead EP were in the works, where can we get those?

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

Hey Sam, the drum transcriptions should be out in the first quarter of 2020!

[@johnhajewski1343]

This makes my year! Because that’s how long it will take me to understand fully. In Salt I hear the 3 + 4... and I really hear the implied 4/4 (claps, ride bell). You know who would love this? Chick Corea and Al DiMeola...

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

@@johnhajewski1343 the funny thing about those claps is that they start on the second septuplet, meaning they never land on beat one..

[@johnhajewski1343]

@@ChrisAllisonDrums but if it is still in 7/16, won't the clap end on 2, 6, 3, 7, 4, 1, 5 and start over?

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

@@johnhajewski1343 sorry, I meant it starts on beat two, not the second septuplet - my bad. So if we think of it all in 4/4, the claps basically outline a 7 over 4 polyrhythm but starting on beat 2. Or if we're thinking in bars of 7/16, the claps start playing every 4th 16th note on beat one of the second bar of the four bar 7/16 loop - which reads much confusing than it actually is 😂

[@matthewgerald1786]

What kind of sonor do u use? I like that

[@ChrisAllisonDrums]

I used a Delite kit in this video - they discontinued this line when they released the Prolite drums a few years ago. They are pretty much the same kit though. I also have a SQ1 kit which is amazing! Definitely worth checking out!