‘Pop It In The Top’ is a funk track written in the style of American R&B band Tower Of Power. It features snare ghosting, linear funk beats and doubles.

Within this piece there are a variety of different grooves that reflect elements of Tower Of Power drummer David Garibaldi’s playing and those of other drummers who have played with the group over the years. The piece starts with a simple beat that throws in some 16ths and eighths between the hands in the second bar, an idea that is revisited later in the piece. There are also more ‘linear’ grooves that use different sticking and hand and foot combinations rather than a constant eighth- or 16th-note hi-hat pattern. Although these are more challenging to play, it is essential that they flow well and sit just as comfortably as the less complicated beats do.

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