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.Jazz Drumming Transitions addressesthes musical challenges and provides help with:Changing smoothly between various Afro-Cuban/Brazilian feels to a swing feelSoloing over different types of ostinatos (vamps)Practising metric modulations and tempo changesTransitioning from traditional big band swing charts to contemporary jazz ensemble compositionsSwitching from sticks to brushes (or vice versaChanging from one tempo to anotherThe three included CDs provide dozens of examples and songs for practising the skills learned in the book.

Play jazz with tremendous facility and authentic vocabulary. Learn to develop your own sound perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels and improvise dynamic fills and solos taught in the tradition of Alan Dawsonand other Berklee luminaries of drum education.This approach to jazz drumming presents a unique blend of four-way coordination comping vocabulary and soloing/improvisation concepts infused with world rhythms. It willhelp you to develop a deep practical understanding of how to play jazz drums and to develop your own personal sound and style.

This new DVD from Tommy Igoe focuses on developing and maintaining the physical tools that are essential for every drummer and drumming application: their hands.At the heart of this life-changing career-extending system is the three-tier 'Lifetime Warmup' originally conceived in the 1950s by Tommy's father Sonny Igoe. Featuring basic intermediate and advanced levels the Lifetime Warmup is a challenging routine that weaves its way through standard drum rudiments and motions. This nearly four-hour DVD includes Tommy demonstrating the basics of his system:Matched and Traditional gripFulcrum ConceptsRebound StrokesSingles andDoublesCheck PatternsThe Five Families Of RudimentsYou also get a group demonstration with five of Tommy's students including all three versions of the Lifetime Warmup. Included are a free colour-coordinated wall sized Lifetime Warmup poster and a compact fold-out guide courtesy of Evans Drumheads as well as a printable 60-page eBook with instruction and exercises. Created by one of today's most successful and progressive drum educators Great Hands For A Lifetime brings the no-nonsense inspiring approach of the Groove Essentials series to hand technique and provides a proven alternative for drummers who wish to discover the full potential of their hands and stay healthy drumming over the decades to come.

Chana West Africa is the source for many rhythms throughout the world. In this book ethnomusicologist and drumset artist Royal Hartigan with the help of Ghanaian Master Drummers Abraham Adzenyah and Freeman Donkor have adapted West African rhythms to the drumset. Concentrating on four rhythmic groups -Sikyi Adowa Gahy and Akom- each chapter introduces the traditional instruments and rhythms of each style. Each drum and bell pattern is then adapted to its appropiate voice on the drumset. This step-by-step organic approach allowas each drumset example to speak to you increasing your rhythmic understanding of West African drumming music and culture. Theaccompanying CD features a Ghanaian drumming ensemble as well as selected drumset adaptations.

This historical collection contains 78 tunes including some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favourites. Each arrangement features harmony style marks and Guitar chords. The music issupplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music For Fife And Drum was compiled by a professional fifer and intended for the military Fife in B-flat. This book offers tunes from theRevolutionary and Civil War eras with suggested Snare and Bass Drum parts as well as chord progressions. It also contains a wealth of Fife history and resources. The author Walter Sweet is the son of the well-known American Fifemaker Ralph Sweet of Connecticut. This book includes access to online audio.

Take your snare drum playing to the next level with Essential Snare Drum Techniques! This superb DVD presentation will give the viewer an extensive insight into the art of snare drum technique. Learn to use traditional grip and how it applies to sticking patterns. Gain valuable insight into rudimental studies and how to maintain your snare drum technique. Discover the Moeller system and its application to snare drum technique. Enjoy advanced rudiments and have fun with stick tricks. Simon Mellish has been a professional drummer for over 15 years and runs a drum teaching practice called Percussion Works. He has also authored two books and written many articles about snare drum technique, and is a regular contributor to Drummer Magazine. / Batterie / Dvd

Inside The Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind Drum method that uses traditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazz ensemble as the vehicle to study beats musical form ensemblephrasing articulation and interpretation. For each arrangement there is 'talk through' information explaining how the composition is played as well as transcriptions of key beats and melodic information that connects the'written Drum part' to the music. The 248 page book includes a 2.5 hour audio available online and an hour long video demonstrating every exercise in the text. Also included are anecdotes and interviews with legendary big banddrummers and arrangers such as Louie Bellson Jake Hanna Phil Wilson Mark Taylor and Bob Curnow.

Can you learn how to swing? Yes and this book will show you how giving you a huge vocabulary of creative triplet grooves and fills to play in every style. The book does this by taking common comfortable 16th-note patterns and adapting them into a triplet feel. The results are amazingly musical and refreshingly creative and will give any drummer tons of new ideas to play within any swing-based groove.Jeff Salem covers many concepts including solidifying your basic triplet grooves in various styles moving around the drumset with triplets incorporating the bass drum into your fills creating interesting triplet grooves using 16th note-based rhythms applyingparadiddle concepts to triplet grooves and fills incorporating rests into your swung phrases and more.In the later chapters the triplet rhythms presented are applied to fills that can be used in blues R&B rock and hip-hop settings and are also applied specifically to jazz concepts to broaden your independence and vocabulary in a traditional swing setting.An introductory section with basic triplet feels and a listening guide is designed to start beginning-level drummers on the right path to understanding swing-based styles.The book comes complete with an MP3 CD presenting play-along tracks in many styles which are designed for you to apply the concepts learned in the book. The disc also includes demonstrations of nearly every example in the book.

In bewährter Tradition teilt sich diese Play Along-Ausgabe die Titelliste mit ?Bass Along - 10 Classic Rock Songs Continued? (BOE7867) und ?Guitar Jam Along - 10 Classic Rock Songs Continued? (BOE7868) um somit den Spielerinnen und Spielern im Freundeskreis oder der Musikschule sowohl individuelles als auch gemeinsames Spiel derselben Lieder zu ermöglichen.Die Classic Rock-Songs dieses Bandes stammen unter anderem von Linkin Park Chris Daughtry oder Queens Of The Stone Age. Die Songs sind jeweils als Leadsheet mit den verschiedenen Songteilen und den entsprechenden Schlagmustern notiert. Dadurch lässt sich derAblauf wesentlich schneller erfassen und man kann sich ganz auf das Schlagzeugspiel konzentrieren.Die Backing-Tracks haben eine ausgezeichnete Soundqualität. Auf der entsprechenden CD ist jeder Song als Vollversion mit Gesang und als Play Along-Version ohne Drums enthalten. Inhalt: Wherever You Will Go (The Calling); The Reason (Hoobastank); Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen); Hollywood Hills (Sunrise Avenue); The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret (Queens Of The Stone Age); Feels Like Tonight (Chris Daughtry); Can't Stop This Thing We've Started (Bryan Adams) What I've Done (Linkin Park) Talk (Coldplay) All You Zombies (The Hooters)

Drum Styles from Around the World Series: Drum Atlas Category: Percussion - Miscellaneous Educational Books and Manuals Format: Book & CD Instrument: Drum Discover the rich traditions, history, origins, and pioneering artists of exciting drum styles from around the globe. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques used in some of the world's most remarkable music. All the music in this book is arranged for the drumset and will enlighten every drummer—from beginners to advanced players. Volume 1 of this series features the diverse music from six distinct parts of the world. From the catchy rhythms of Cuba to the complex patterns of India, this book will give you all the tools you need to infuse your playing with a new and unique flavor. An MP3 CD with hours of music is included to demonstrate all the examples in the book.

Poursuivant dans la tradition de la Construction rythmique d'une Salsa Tune, ce DVD explore les divers éléments rythmiques en musique du monde. Steve Thorton apporte ses années d'expérience à un paramètre individuel avec Latin Percussion, Inc. foundetin Cohen, comme ils discutent comment reconstituer une section rythmique pour 4 distincts airs de musique du monde. Steve détails 4 différents rythmes - Samba, 6/8, Calypso et Inang. Vous voir et entendre exactement quelle partie du chaque musicien interagit avec les autres. ll apprendre comment chansons avec une vaste gamme de produits de LP de couleur. Les invités spéciaux : Little Johnny Rivero et Luisito Quintero. Particularités: 2 Extra performances vidéos - chapitre sélection - Performance seule sélection - musicien Bio Pages. / Batterie Et Percussions

The title of this piece is inspired by a prime swimming and snorkeling location within the Baja Mexican corridor of Los Cabos. (There is actually no authentic steel band tradition in that region, but the location seems ideal for pan!) It was written for Ken Broadway and the University of Florida's Sunshine Steelers pan group. / Batterie