Musical Style #4 - Jazz Rock

Jazz Rock is a style that is similar to 8-beat yet has a little syncopation in it, resulting in a slightly more 'sophisticated' rhythm.

Sometimes Jazz Rock is also called Fusion but some musicians feels that Jazz Rock and Fusion are two distinct styles

Drummers who are tired of the basic predictable 'school-boy' 8-beat style would use this as an alternative.

The syncopated bass drum note at 2 1/2 beat makes it slightly 'jazzy'.

Basically we take a 8-beat style and we syncopate one or two notes and maybe put some jazz-style cymbals in it and presto - we got Jazz Rock !

Therefore i would defined Jazz Rock as a slightly-syncopated 8-beat  with optional jazz-style cymbals.

Do not be deceived by its name Jazzrock. It is not exclusively for jazz or rock music. We can slow down its tempo for slow songs and it sounds just as great !

The video below shows more advanced versions of Jazz Rock