ISBN 9781610650717. Latin rhythms abound in this book! Beats, charts and examples are given for the mambo, cha-cha, xongo, calypso, merengue, samba, bomba, and rumba, as well as Afro-Cuban beats and patterns. Percussion notation is included for conga, timbale, clave, bongo, drumset, bongo bell, guiro,cha-cha bell, shaker, large and small cowbells, tambora, agogo, surdo, pandeiro and cuica. Audio available online.

ISBN 9781619115156. 8.5 X 11 inches. This book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles, author 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. 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." The music is challenging and suitable for the advanced drummer. Styles include odd meters, metric modulation, tuplets, funk, Latin, mid and up-tempo swing, and fusion.This set includes access to online audio. which is a play-along for drums with full stereo versions of the music charts included in the book. Sketch, Electric, Red Moon, Home, Funky Track, Jazz Swing, and 32 Bar are recorded with drums and without drums (the tracks without drums include a click track) so that the student can listen and play-along. Solo sections are included on most of the tracks. Instrumentation is drums, bass, keyboards and sax. The companion video online:Re-edited from the original masters, this video 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 video the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. This video 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).

ISBN 9781609743628. This book is the perfect aid to help beginning to advanced drummers learn four-way coordination, or limb independence. Chapter One teaches students many eighth note drum set patterns, each one building on the one before. Chapter Two adds sixteenth note bass drum patterns to the eighth note hand patterns learned in Chapter One. The patterns are further reinforced by having the student play them in four-bar phrases. The student should not simply play the pattern written on the page, but should make it groove and come alive with emotion!

ISBN 9781513455808. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This book constitutes a no-nonsense approach to mastery of the modern drumset. It is written in standard drumset notation for the intermediate to advanced player who wants to emulate today's top drummers. Drumset for the 21st Century includes seven sections. The first six sections detail modem rhythms and patterns: rudimental studies and applications, linear and layered patterns, ostinatos, Latin-style patterns, double bass, and odd time signatures. Each is followed by a drum solo incorporating the patterns studied in the section. Section 7 consists of play along charts to be used with the recording included with the book to give you the opportunity to play many of the new patterns in a simulated studio situation. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781619115293. 8.5 X 11 inches. Beginning drum books can make or break a student's desire to learn the instrument. This book was conceived by a seasoned professional with the idea of developing a collection of exercises that effectively balance simplicity to hold the student's interest. The techniques have been tried and tested through the author's many years of teaching beginning rock drumming. The end result of the author's efforts is a book that specifically addresses the rock drum kit as used in today's pop music. This comprehensive, progressive method provides all the concepts and guidance needed to develop solid basic rock drumming skills. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781513459561. 8.75x11.75 inches.

The Groove Schoolbook is a complete guide to the most common drum set patterns used in rock, pop, funk, and shuffle music. It is also a handy source of more than 2500 possible technical combinations that will prepare a drummer for the stylistic variety of the most common grooves in modern drumming. Written in standard drum set notation, the book can be used by students and drummers of all ages, levels, and backgrounds. It can also be used by professionals as a reference book, or by anyone preparing for a university percussion program. The books intricate and interesting patterns will help students develop ambidexterity and four-limb independence. Includes access to online audio. Hailed by Billboard Magazine as one of the best Latin-American drummers nowadays, Randolf Jimenez is a respected drummer, percussionist, composer and educator who has worked with many Grammy and Latin-Grammy award-winning artists and musicians. He is also an outstanding drum instructor in the Toronto area. Visit: www.randolfjimenez.com I love this book because it starts with a basic foundation for beginning students and advances into patterns that all drummers of different levels can use musically. Walfredo Reyes Jr.Drummer with Chicago, Santana, Traffic, Cristina Aguilera. Visit: www.walfredoreyesjr.com.

ISBN 9781610654388. Contains a series of pieces for beginning drum set players arranged in order of difficulty. Emphasis is placed upon presenting musically meaningful works instead of endless exercises. Acquaints young players with the demands of reading a drum set score. A great variety of styles is explored through these solos. Audio download available online.

ISBN 9781609749170. Drumming made accessible for the complete beginner! This easy to follow book teaches basic drum set percussion concepts progressively, so that is you stick with it, you will have a good foundation upon which to further build your musicianship. Four learning tracks are presented in the book: Technique- including the grip, sticking, and methods used to achieve musical sounds, as well as the principle of learning good habits from the beginning. Reading-basic reading principles are introduced in this book in logical sequence. Writing-by actually notating the rhythms you find challenging, you'll develop an increasingly intimate awareness of the note and rest values if which they are comprised. Application-after basic principles are introduced, you'll have the opportunity to apply them in musical context. Recommended for the beginning drummer of any age. You Can Teach Yourself Drums progressively introduces drum set basics, from setup and basic sticking patterns to syncopated grooves and fills. Access to audio and video downloads available online.

ISBN 9781610659703. Double Basics is a book intended for beginner to intermediate drummers that want to master the art of double bass drumming. At the beginning of the book, there are daily double bass strengthening workouts, as well as double bass fill ideas. There are photos for technique and posture as well. Two additional pages of hand patterns are included so that students who have completed the book can go back through playing the new hand patterns to the written bass drum patterns. The exercises in this book are measure-long exercises, presented in two-bar repeating phrases. This presentation allows the student to see how the end of the pattern relates back to the beginning.

ISBN 9781610655293. This beginning method book presents an overview of today's contemporary drum rhythms and styles. Rather than focusing on one musical genre, Drumset 101 is a compilation of fundamental coordination exercises that can be applied to many different styles. This book aims to fill the void that has long existed for drum teachers and beginning students, providing one text for all beginning students instead of requiring the purchase of several books covering different styles. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781619117600.

Basic drum set coordination can be learned very quickly using vocal sounds instead of written notes. Drums from Day One is an adaptation of the proven asolfegea technique to the drum set. aSolfege,a (singing musical notes with syllables) has been used for hundreds of years by teachers of virtually every other musical instrument. The traditional way of beginning the drums by studying and analyzing written drum notation and applying various notes to the four limbs is a complex task that takes a good deal of time. Although reading and writing music will also be covered in this book, beginners can get started much faster with the asolfegea system. This is not a aquick fixa or a promise to make you a drum expert in one day, but this method has been tested and proven with hundreds of students over the years and it is very efficient and offers immediate results. The student will learn to play 8 songs in all the basic styles: Rock, Blues, Shuffle and Funk. The songs are especially designed and graded for beginners, and are recorded with and without drums on the companion audio. Includes access to online audio containing recorded examples of all the exercises in the book.

ISBN 9781610653077.

Blues Drums Play-Along Trax, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting play-along that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. All of the examples are minus the drums. You can place in whichever drum pattern you feel is appropriate or use the recommended notated example in the book. Includes access to online audio recording of the 15 jam tracks examples (played by author Kevin Coggins) along with the background music.

ISBN 9781619117228.

Understanding Groove is a thorough and innovative analysis of groove created by master drummer and highly acclaimed teacher, Nucleo Vega. This book will show you how to achieve a deeper feel and more consistent groove by bridging the gap between your physical and auditory awareness. Topics covered: whipping, Moeller technique, syllables, verbal loops, shapes of groove, nuances, speed perception, technical aspects, beat placement, poly-tempos, consistency, two- level concept, balance and many more. Includes online audio and online video with duration of 61minutes.

ISBN 9781610650700. Rob's goal in writing this book is to develop many of the skills necessary for the beginning to intermediate snare drummer. Each new concept is introduced with a page of exercise followed by short etudes that include the material being studied.Rob has taken the liberty of including what I feel is the best sticking combination for some of the exercise. I recommend the right hand lead system. If the students develop this consistent approach to sticking, they will have a good working system that will enable them to execute difficult passages and smoothly and accurately. Audio available online.

ISBN 9781610652193. The Drum Set Styles Encyclopediais a non-comprehensive introduction to essential styles and time-feels for drummers. This book and online audio package is presented in an encyclopedia-like format and features over 50 must-know styles and time-feels. Each chapter presents a different style with helpful and informative background information, useful playing examples and specific recommended listening examples for each feel. The styles and time-feels include: Funk, Hip-Hop, Go-Go, Reggae, Blues, Latin, New Orleans, Texas Shuffle, Chicago Shuffle, Half-Time Shuffle and Odd Meter. This is a must-have resource for drummers of all levels; perfect for the aspiring freelancer or versatile-minded player. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781610656016. Intended for the beginning drum student, this book contains many essential reading and playing skills for the snare and drumset. These studies are integrated in a logical, sequential order. For example, a new rhythm is introduced and studied on the snare drum, then later applied as a beat and then a fill. The same rhythm will appear later in the book for review and then in one of the play-along tunes. This way each concept is reinforced and utilized in different ways. Because of the need to stress the importance of dynamics and their role in the proper execution of playing a piece, dynamic markings are included in many of the snare drum exercises. The author has gone to extreme measures to provide a fun and humorous way of learning to play drums while at the same time implementing the fundamental tools necessary to be a proficient musician. Includes access to online audio that presents eight play-along tunes with and without the drums.

ISBN 9781610653114. 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 of eight 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! Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781609741891. A drum set instruction manual for beginning to intermediate students aimed at perfecting the drummer's timing. When used as part of a regular practice routine, this book will improve timing and provide ideas on creating your own fills. Provides practical application for playing the entire drum set including the small, medium and floor tom. You will be surprised at the many combinations you can create from the written parts of this book. Author's Website - www.druminstructor.com.

ISBN 9781619113749. This book provides concepts and daily routines to help players gain facility on their instrument by improving technique and avoiding injury. The exercises can be used as a warm-up or as full-speed technical studies. The exercises focus on developing balance between the limbs and improving synchronicity between the hands and feet while stressing the importance of counting. It is useful for musicians of any level. The exercises are presented in a simplified, easily accessible notation rather than standard notation. This book will work for any size drum set including a double bass drum set.

ISBN 9781610654456. Covers a wealth of coordination studies in a wide variety of styles, including funk, reggae, Latin, fusion, and a number of odd-meter drum styles. The author enumerates the various aspects of drumming which are critical to solid musicianship, shows how these aspects relate to each other and to playing, and demonstrates how, by evaluating our capabilities, we can strive toward a musical balance in our playing. The downloadable online audio is in a stereo play-along format. The goal is fluid, relaxed playing.

ISBN 9781610659116. Over 150 exercises focusing on keeping steady 16th notes between the hi hat and snare while laying an ostinato on the bass drum. Companion audio included.

ISBN 9781610650571. For beginning drum students of all ages, this book progresses quickly but methodically, beginning with simple rhythms and sticking patterns, and concluding with advanced rhythmic and stylistic study. The etudes contain a part for bass drum. The book contains 35 lessons and 28 etudes. Also included is information on snare drum maintenance, tuning, drumsticks, drum heads, snares, etc.

ISBN 9781610651127. A Natural Development in Drumming Technique is based around helping you develop equal strength, dexterity, and coordination with your right and left hands. The fulcrum muscle development technique will give you a better, more relaxed grip with your sticks and more precise accents without tension in the arms. There are 40 rudiments along with added inversions. This book will expand your knowledge of rudiments and can prevent you from injury in hands and arms. Includes access to online audio.