Drumstick Control is a snare drum technique method for the drumset player. The book introduces and explains the accented stroke types and combinations both popular and necessary for today's contemporary drummer. All the PAS International Drum Rudiments that contain accents are covered with logical drumset applications (time keeping, fills and solo ideas). This book is a comprehensive technical method organized in a realistic, step-by-step process that focuses on developing stick proficiency through an independent, 'hands-separate' approach. The exercises included represent a thorough rudimental manual with practical drumset application, while providing the framework for hand development, endurance and speed training, as well as ideas for 'chop' maintenance for life. / Batterie

For Recitals Contests And Fun-A Drum book for any drummer tired of the same old drumbeat books and any Drum instructor looking for challenging and musical solos. Popular Mel Bay educational Drumset author Rob Leytham has written a book ofeight Drumset solos that will challenge the drummer to new musical heights which will amaze judges at contests audiences at recitals and Drum instructors in private lessons. A must for any serious drummer! Companion audiodownload available online.

Par RICHARDSON DAWN. Are you a kid? Do you want to rock out on the Drums? Dawn Richardson has written the book for you! Kid's Rock Drum Method is full of exercises and beats for the next rock star Drummer. The book is geared towards younger Drummers, but is appropriate for older kids who are beginning too. The book is moderately paced, introducing concepts one at a time for an easy learning process. Audio download accompanies the book as well, and is available online. / Niveau : Facile / Méthode / Batterie

Par BRIGGS FRANK. This book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles, Frank Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more. Frank Briggs states, 'He believes the more you know about different styles and the inner workings of time and phrasing, the better your ability to contribute to the music at hand. The clearer you see the parallels or the common threads that tie these concepts together, the more freedom you will have to express yourself.' This package includes the companion DVD: Re-edited from the original masters, this DVD offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-one play-along tracks, CueLink(tm) and a metronome make this DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. This DVD features complete performances of Red Moon, Home, Along the Mohawk, Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drum Set Book (nearly every page in the book is performed... including page headers and pattern numbers for easy reference). / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Batterie

A Visual Guide to Personalizing Your Setup-Aimed at drummers of all styles and levels this DVD featuring extreme metal drummer Derek Roddy provides an enlightening and fun discussion of common issues facing every drummer. It discusses the ins and outs of setting up and getting comfortable on your drumset. Joined by a panel of 3 other professional drummers Derek delves into detail on important (yet often overlooked) topics such as seat height position/angle of the drums using your available space on stage setting up your pedals creating an ergonomic setup proper positioning of your hardware placement of the hi-hat how to position your toms and even the importance and proper use of adrum carpet. Everything you've always wanted to know about creating your ideal setup is included on this DVD! This casual and entertaining program will provide all drummers with useful tidbits that can be put to direct use on your next gig or practice session. As a bonus the program includes footage of Derek playing along to 5 tracks and an improvised drum solo. Running time: 1 hr. 20 min.

In Double Pedal Gold - the latest multi-media release from Hudson Music - drummer author and educator Joe Morton presents hundreds of challenging exercises that provide double-pedal players with a straight-forward yet incremental method to develop double-pedal technique. The exercises facilitate the use of single and double-strokes in both 16th- and 32nd- note bass drum patterns and include of twenty solo compositions for the drumset that incorporate the techniques learnt in the book. Also included is a companion CD loaded with examples of many of the exercises and solos as demonstrated by the author. Leading drummers and drum publications from ModernDrummer magazine to Gregg Bissonette and Zoro have certified Double Pedal Gold as the 'Gold' standard of double-pedal books.

A Lifetime of Live Performance-Taking Center Stage is the definitive print retrospective and musical documentation of the career of one of the greatest rock drummers of all time Neil Peart of Rush. Originally conceived as a companion to the groundbreaking 2011 3-disc DVD set of the same name this book combines astonishingly detailed musical transcriptions historical writing instructional text and a beautiful collection of photographs to create a book that every drummer and every fan of Neil and Rush will want to add to their collection.At the heart of the book are note-for-note musical transcriptions of 17 songs that are included on the Taking Center Stage DVD. Thesetranscriptions are exclusive to this book since they are taken from the performances on the DVD documenting how Neil currently approaches the songs. Some of the tracks included are “Tom Sawyer ” “Red Barchetta ” “The Spirit of Radio ” “Free Will ” “Subdivisions ” “Time Stand Still ” “Marathon ” “La Villa Strangiato ” “The Trees ” “Caravan ” “BU2B ” “Far Cry ” and many others. But this is much more than a mere transcription book.The book is divided into chapters corresponding to each and every Rush tour from the time Neil joined the band in 1975 up to the present. Each of these chapters contains extensive text discussing the musical approach of the band at the time the construction of the drum parts and Neil's set up. Accompanying this are exquisitely detailed diagrams of each of Neil's drumsets produced after extensive research into the exact instruments that were used on every tour.Tying everything together is a beautiful collection of dozens of photographs taken over the past 30 years including exclusive shots from the archives of Fin Costello and Andrew McNauhgtan which show Neil and his drums in vivid detail. The book also contains color reproductions of just

Tips Techniques & Ideas to Help You Find Your Own Drumming Style-Bring world rhythms and sounds into your drum set playing. Learn the three ways that the drum set plays in world music settings: a standard kit as part of a percussion section a standard kit alone and an expanded drumset that includes world instruments such as tambora. This systematic approach includes demonstrations and practice grooves for meringue and other Dominican rhythms which you will learn to bring into funk jazz andother styles. Exploring these possibilities and learning these techniques will help you to develop your personal voice as a drummer. Learn to: Play drum set in a percussion ensemble Incorporate world rhythmsand sounds into a standard drum kit. Expand your drum set to include other instruments. Create drum parts that are appropriate to the style and ensemble. Improve your independence Play odd meters and more.

All drummers from the very beginner to the working professional will at one time or another experience certain 'gaps' in their education or drum knowledge. Drumming Facts Tips and Warm-Ups is a book written to fill-in these'gaps'. It is not a book filled with exercises but one filled with information that all drummers inevitably seek out. This book gives the drummer advice about everything from tensioning and tuning the drums selectingdrumsticks drumheads and cymbals to playing a groove working with a metronome playing rolls correctly and in meter bass drum and hi-hat techniques practicing tips and warm-up exercises. Whatever the reader's level ofdrumming expertise this book will have something of value. Companion CD included.

Par LEYTHAM ROB. A doit avoir pour tous les joueurs de tambour vouloir prendre leurs tambours à ce niveau extrême de la performance. Popular Mel Bay drum auteur d'instruction, Rob Leytham a écrit cinq solos de surdos et trois pièce mécaniques qui sont amusants et difficile à jouer. Instructeurs adoreront ayant des matériaux nouveaux et dynamique pour les récitals et concours. Les cinq solos de surdos sont écrits dans différents styles : Rock, le mozambique, fusion de 5/8, 6/8 afro-cubains et un solo de contrebasse Heavy Metal qui apportera un auditoire à ses pieds quand effectué. Avec trois pièce mécaniques, le batteur peut effectuer et solo à une chanson Rock classique, une chanson de Noël et un Ensemble de percussions (y compris le score) qui est inspiré par la musique de tambours du monde. Un livre amusant et stimulant pour le batteur intermédiaire vous cherchez quelque chose d'extrême. * Ecrit par populaire auteur de pédagogique du tambour de Mel Bay, Rob Leytham. * Solos écrits dans différents styles : Rock, Afro-Cuban, Mozambique, Fusion et Heavy Metal. * Solos frais et dynamiques pour les récitals et Mus... / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Solos / Recueil / Batterie

Volume 1 shows Rene Creemers and Wim De Vries both drummers and Dutchmen as The Drumbassadors. Stylistically they combine European African and American grooves sounds and melodies in there own unique way. Besides using different kinds of sticks Rene and Wim use their fingers and sing and rap words with only one goal in mind; to feature the drum kit as a musical instrument with unlimited possibilities. Their musical creative and virtuoso approach to the drumset shows through clearly on this DVD.

Basic Method for Drumset-Met deze succesvolle methode leert de drummer op een ongekende manier ?real-time? drummen. In Real Time Drums worden diverse stijlen zoals rock shuffle jazz en latin behandeld en geoefend met ondersteuning van de meespeel-cd. Beginnende drummers krijgen zo de bagage mee die ze nodig hebben: informatie over de notatie en de belangrijke aspecten van verschillende stijlen en technieken evenals achtergrondinformatie oefentips aanwijzingen voor variaties en fills en een eerste aanzet tot improviseren.

Terry Bozzio is a drummer with a completely unique sound and approach to the drumset. His perfectly refined musical sense and innovative use of stacked cymbals meticulously tuned toms and an array of special effect instruments has elevated the modern drumset to a new level. Terry's brilliant synthesis of rock jazz aand classical influences has been heard with missing Persons U.K. and the Frank Zappa band. In Solo Drums Terry presents his overall approach to the drumset as an orchestra in itslef and performs three incredible solos employing various techniques and concepts that he explains in full detail. With ostinatos polyrhythms single-stroke rolls andplaying in odd meters Terry demonstrates the tools he uses to realise his groundbreaking take on the drumset in a solo context. Other topics covered include double bass drums hand technique and a study of Terry's drum part for Missing Persons' U.S. Drag. Terry also outlines exercises to strengthen chops and independence and offers an explanation of grip and stick control.

Hands & Feet-'This book is designed for the intermediate/advanced drummer to improve musical technical control and reading ability and presents several rhythmic styles such as funk jazz and Latin. I'm not trying to educate you on the 'correct' Cuban or Brazilian grooves but have used this music as an inspiration for different phrashings and concepts. In the notes you can find book recommendations to explore the styles fully.Please feel free to use the material creatively like repeating bars when you feel like it. You can also use the pieces for advanced sight reading but I suggest that you take time to look carefully at the dynamics and stickings. All the stickings are basedon a right handed player (please reverse them if you are left handed).The basic concept is to have rhythmic compositions with basic classical notation and technique that you can play on a drumset or on a practice pad with your feet stompin' at the floor. The first part is snare and bassdrum with hi-hat foot suggestions. Later in the book hi-hat (with stick) and snarerim are added.The advantage of these concepts is that playing through these etudes is very closely related to what is going on in modern music. Especially important for players in Jazz Rock and Latin but also very useful for a classical percussionist who needs solid music training.The last part of this book is a few pages of technique studies and rhythmic concepts that is related to the compositions. The purpose is not to include all basic strokes and principles (there are already many great books for that) but to show you some concepts that I have found useful and special through my years of playing and teaching.'                            Michael Axen

Drumset 101 is a contemporary approach to playing the drums by veteran authors Dave Black and Steve Houghton. Inside, aspiring drummers will find in-depth, easy-to-understand introductions to such topics as groove patterns, snare drum and bass drum independence, and drum fills in context. The book contains written charts for every tune, and a play-along CD with 40 multi-stylistic tracks that can be used to strengthen time keeping, improve ensemble playing, clarify phrasing and expand the player's knowledge of styles.