This book clearly explains a musical approach to expressing yourself on the drumset by the use of polyrhythms and odd phrasings. With step-by-step examples as well as numerous transcriptions of ideas as played by some of the top drummers in the world, it outlines a clear and concise path towards a more complete understanding of polyrhythms as applied to the drumset. Chapters are broken down into rhythmic categories starting with six against four, and ending with four against three. Each has precise explanations as well as audio accompaniments to aid students as they work on the material. Also included in each section are well-thought-out practice tips that help avoid the frustrations that one may face when working out complex rhythms. Patiently working through this book will greatly enhance your musical vocabulary as well as demystify the world of polyrhythms.
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Straight-Ahead Jazz Drumming provides a step-by-step method devoted to unlocking the mysteries of the jazz drummer's role as an accompanist. Author Jeff Jerolamon has gone beyond the mere coordination patterns that comprise most jazz drumming books to combine informative text, realistic musical examples, and audio tracks that clearly and methodically detail such topics as how to: develop a good, traditional cymbal beat; adorn the cymbal beat with comping figures; play and use basic tension figures; play the cymbal in a contemporary (post 1960) fashion; adorn the contemporary cymbal concept with the rest of the drumset; resolve tensions (resolution points); build excitement behind a soloist; and more. Straight-Ahead Jazz Drumming is excellent for self-study, studio lessons, and college curriculum use.
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This book, a second in the series of three, is the result of the need expressed by percussion educators for repertory for the student who is making the big step from the snare drum to the drum set. All of the etudes are based on one of the standard flam exercise.
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This group of unique and musical etudes focuses on every aspect of syncopation for the intermediate and advanced player. Here you will find an extensive set of etudes that include syncopation with quarter and eighth notes, eighth and sixteenth notes, and triplets. Moreover, the etudes are presented in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/4 3/8 and 5/8 time. Never before has there been such an in-depth presentation of the topic. If you want to develop greater skill in reading syncopation, this exceptional book is a must in the library of any serious drummer.
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Learn to Play Drums Today
Are you a lefty interested in playing the drums? Do you want a reliable method to follow with step-by-step instructions? Look no further! Learn to play the drumset with this comprehensive beginner's guide from Hal Leonard, the name musicians trust to learn any instrument. Whether you are just picking up the instrument or looking to build a solid foundation, The Hal Leonard Drumset Method - Left-Handed Edition will teach you everything you need to know to start playing.
Trusted Method for Self-Learners & Music Teachers
This book will guide you in: drum setup and fundamentals; tuning and maintenance; basic music reading; coordination and basic techniques; 8th notes, 16th notes, dotted notes, and triplets; drum fills; and more. It is full of helpful resources such as diagrams, photos, and practice tips to ensure a smooth progression. Designed for students learning on their own, or those under guidance of a teacher, this approach provides clear instruction and engaging lessons. Make learning simple and fun with basic beats for many different styles of music.
Audio & Video Access Included
This edition includes a unique access code to hours of audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video lessons by drum master Gregg Bissonette! Files are for download or streaming. The audio is enhanced with Playback+ tools that let you loop sections, adjust tempo and pitch, and tailor your practice experience.
Start your musical journey with a guide you can trust–and a method that's helped countless players make music with heart.
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In this book/CD pack, Jim Ryan presents over 500 beats and fills that can be used and adapted for all styles of music. Specialized areas include odd meter, fusion, funk, shuffle, and swing rhythms. The accompanying CD demonstrates several examples from each area.
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Progressive Rock Drumming explores many of the techniques used by the founding prog drummers and shows how drummers can create their own drumset parts based on these techniques, while also demonstrating how multiple and very different drumset parts can be created for the same music. While this book explores some advanced techniques, it also teaches the reader how to create original and inventive drumset parts without the need to play in a demanding virtuosic style. The book addresses a wide variety of progressive rock styles, including such subgenres as symphonic, classical, fusion, neo-progressive, progressive metal, Rock In Opposition (RIO), and space rock. The package includes access to audio of demo tracks as well as play-along tracks (with and without drums) for nine songs in various prog rock styles. The book includes charts for all of the songs that have written-out drum parts as well as condensed band parts to help one see how the drum part relates to the song, resulting in a very musical approach to progressive rock drumming.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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This addition to the “How To...” series demonstrates how a drummer and bass player should interact with and respond to each other in different musical styles. Each section of the book presents a bass guitar line in the style of a specific genre, which is then followed by four different drum grooves. These mini-lessons achieve two goals: 1) they illustrate what a drummer should listen for in a bass line; and 2) they demonstrate how to build and execute proper drum grooves. Each exercise builds a drum groove by orchestrating which drum(s) can be played around that rhythm. You can use each exercise as a building block that leads to the fourth (and final) groove of each section. Includes over 200 audio tracks!
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This bundle includes both the book and DVD by Pat Petrillo, one of today's most prolific drummers. Designed for drummers of all levels, this pack is a complete curriculum for developing technique, groove ideas, and a fill vocabulary. The book contains all of the material on the DVD, plus extra “Rudiment Combos.” The MP3 CD is computer-ready, and also plays on MP3-capable CD players. Languages: English, German, Italian
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Drumset Syncopation picks up where beginning drum methods leave off, providing the intermediate drumset player with practical studies that can be applied to real-life playing situations. Built on the syncopated rhythms that form the basis of popular music, the book explores beats and fills in a variety of styles, including: basic rock, funk, bossa nova, samba, reggae, blues, shuffles, country/gospel and jazz. This indispensible book is filled with info that will take you from the practice room to the stage!
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The ability to move around the drumset with speed, control endurance and accuracy is an extremely important asset for today's drummer. Drumset Control offers a progressive series of exercises designed to help drummers attain a substantial level of technical facility on the kit. The format for Drumset Control is simple and direct. The book begins with basic triplet patterns around the drums, followed by 16th notes, 16th-note triplets, and 32nd notes. Each section is further divided into groupings, beginning with one grouping of each note value and progressing to four consecutive groupings. A selection of sticking patterns is applied, and these offer a wealth of possibilities for moving around the drumkit. Examples of two-bar patterns and fill-ins are also included.
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Motion Studies for Drumset is packed with exercises that will enable one to develop a high degree of fluency getting around the drum kit when playing fills or solos. These musical exercises explore some of the infinite possibilities relating sound to a variety of motions to develop freedom of movement on the drums. Covers: Clockwise and counterclockwise motions; Paradiddle inversions; Vertical, horizontal and diagonal inversions of paradiddle-diddles; windmill patterns; Rock, jazz and Latin applications. The book includes access to audio tracks (for download or streaming) with most examples played at slow and fast tempos.
Jeff Salisbury teaches drumset at the University of Vermont and is a faculty member of KoSA Percussion Workshops. He has performed, toured and recorded with artists including Albert King, Cold Blood, Linda Tillery, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and others.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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Snider thoroughly explains and demonstrates the traditional rhythmic patterns found in bossa nova, rumba, samba, and other Latin styles in this book/CD pack. He also shows how these patterns can be applied to many other styles of music such as rock, funk and pop, opening up a new world of possibilities for drummers in any genre.
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Master teacher Joe Porcaro leads you through odd time signatures with simple-to-understand breakdowns of complex meters in many styles including jazz, funk, rock, Afro-Cuban, and many more! Odd Times contains great new ideas for samba, cha-cha, songo, and bossa nova. This excellent collection of rhythmic ideas is a must-have for every serious drumset player, and is also recommended for composers looking to discover new rhythmic ideas as well as to understand complex meters. The enclosed CD contains 99 tracks clarifing many of the exercises in the book.
2011 Drummies! runner-up award in drumming book category presented by Drum! magazine.
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As contemporary jazz changes and incorporates new styles into its mainstream, today's drummers are often faced with new stylistic challenges. This guide will help any drummer learn how to make smooth transitions between different feels and tempos, as well as become comfortable with modern swing styles and time keeping practices. Drummers will also become familiar with big band chart reading in styles other than traditional swing, which is vital in small group situations and contemporary jazz ensembles. This book is a must-have compendium of crucial tips and tricks for drummers who want to stay on top of their game.
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Independent Cymbal Rhythms is designed to free up your ride cymbal and hi-hat playing so you can achieve greater rhythmic variety in your grooves. The over 500 exercises in this book are also designed to develop endurance, coordination, flexibility and finesse of movement. The book includes: patterns based on quarter-, eighth- and sixteenth-note grooves • triplet and 12/8 grooves • alternating hi-hat grooves for funk and rock • syncopated cymbal and hi-hat patterns • grace notes on hi-hat • grooves that will work for rock, jazz, funk, Latin, blues and techno. These exercises will help you achieve your full potential as a drummer.
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This book, the third in the series of three, is the result of the need expressed by percussion educators for repertory for the student who is making the big step from the snare drum to the drum set. All of the etudes are based on one of the standard paradiddle and Ratamacue rudients.
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Rhythm Guides: Jazz Funk and Fusion is the ultimate handy resource for percussionists, producers, arrangers and songwriters. Anyone needing quick reference to a wide range of drumming styles, rhythms and techniques will find this easy-to-use book and CD package invaluable! Here you'll find notated examples in the style of many world-class jazz drummers – and of course the accompanying CD lets you hear exactly how they sound! Jazz, Funk and Fusion also includes a discography of all the drummers featured and a handy brushes tutorial, making it the essential accessory for any percussionist!
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Culled from Bill Bachman's popular “Strictly Technique” articles in Modern Drummer magazine, this book will help players develop hands that are loose, stress free, and ready to play anything that comes to mind. The book is for everyone who plays with sticks, regardless of whether you're focusing primarily on drumset, orchestral percussion, or the rudimental style of drumming. Divided into three main sections – Technique, Top Twelve Rudiments, and Chops Builders – the book is designed to get you playing essential techniques correctly and as quickly as possible. Also includes a bonus section two-hand coordination and independence. Other topics discussed include various grips and fulcrums, free strokes, the alley-oop, downstrokes, taps, upstroke, and the Moeller whip stroke.
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This money-saving pack combines the Hal Leonard Drums for Kids book with online audio with Sam Zucchini's Drumming for Kids so kids will have everything they need to start making beautiful beats!
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This drum guide teaches exercises and grooves based on such Brazilian rhythms as baião, samba, maracatu and frevo. Its purpose is not only to present these traditional rhythms, but also to provide tools to stimulate creativity on the drums. The CD contains 40+ tracks – all of the examples in the book, five complete tunes, and play-along tracks. This practical guide of ideas and grooves will surely enrich your musical vocabulary!
To see the author give a sample lesson, click here.
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Learn As You Play provides everthing you need from the first lesson up to the intermediate level. A well structured course of exercises, studies and pieces ensures a solid foundation in technique and musicianship for students of any age. Styles taught include: pop, rock, Latin and swing, and many concert pieces are compatible with Learn As You Play Tuned Percussion and Timpani (48011098), allowing the student to play duos, trios or larger ensembles.
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This book is meant to help the drummer who has legitimate technique to develop more independence between his hands and feet. It also encourages use of interesting tone colors, acquiring a desirable sounds, and playing integrated on all traps.
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Rhythm Guides: The Drummer's Sourcebook is the the ultimate resource for drummers and all other musicians. It features the most influential styles, rhythms and techniques – all in one handy, easy-to-use reference guide. Also included is an accompanying CD. Whether you are a percussionist, producer, arranger, or songwriter, a strong knowledge of these rhythms will add to your overall versatility as a drummer and musician. Rhythm Guides: The Drummer's Sourcebook covers blues, bolero, funk, gospel, hip-hop, reggae, rock, samba and much more! Also includes advice on tuning, a maintenance section, and the CD includes all the examples featured in the book.
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Suitable for both individual and group study, this volume is for the absolute beginner to the intermediate level. Includes drum rudiments and techniques, sight-reading, and style study for orchestral playing, pop, rock, Latin and swing, with easy-to-understand exercises. The 12 units are in progressive order.
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In Dubstep Drumming, world-class educator Donny Gruendler walks you through today's most popular dubstep grooves, winding hi-hat patterns, and DJ-esque textures for the drumset. Clear drumset-based demonstrations, exercises, play-alongs, and practice methods help you faithfully replicate these items quickly and efficiently. Also presented are a detailed historical study, an outline of dubstep production methods, and acoustic kit sound modification technique.
Click here to see the PASIC 2013 dubstep clinic by Donny Greundler on YouTube.
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