With Online Audio and Video-Frank Briggs' Complete Modern Drum Set offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher planewhile improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation displaced beats polyrhythms and more. Briggs states 'the more you know about different styles and theinner 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 expressyourself.' 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 onlineaudio. 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 trackswithout drums include a click track) so that the student can listen and play-along. Solo sections are included on most of the tracks. The 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-oneplay-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

Media Type : DVD Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Complete Number of pages : 115 Re-edited from the original masters, this companion DVD to Mel Bay's Complete Modern Drum Set Book 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, CueLinkâ„¢ and a metronome make this DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. Addressing a multitude of styles such as jazz, Latin, rock, R&B, African and more, Frank Briggs presents masterful performances and concepts to 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. 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). Most of the styles include musical examples so you can hear what the patterns sound like in context. Quick moving and packed with information, the DVD covers: The 40 International Rudiments; African beats; Polyrhythm; R&B, Funk, Rock, and Jazz; Odd Meter; Reggae, Latin, and Fusion; Shuffles and Second Line; Linear Patterns; Playing Over the Bar Line; Metric Modulation; Superimposed Meters; and more.

Media Type : Book CD DVD Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : You Can Teach Yourself Number of pages : 96 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. The companion video is included. Thorough and easy to understand, this exciting percussion DVD loaded with useful information. Recommended for the beginning drummer of any age, You Can Teach Yourself Drums progressively introduces drumset basics from setup and basic sticking patterns to rock and funk grooves and fills involving syncopation. CD also included.

Music Minus One Drummer-A band with a great female lead singer is a winner. This book showcases the styles of legends such as Etta James Aretha Franklin Linda Ronstadt Gloria Gaynor Blondie and others. Tunes are true to the original tempo key and parts. In songs where there are multiple guitar or keyboard parts we demonstrate how to pick out the most important ones. Each book is customized for the individual instrument with instruction on determining those parts. You will find the signature parts of each song notated along with helpful hints on everything from sounds to style. Each song has a complete chord chart with measure numbers so that we can help you find where the licks happen in context.This book/CD pack is perfect to use as an educational tool a play along product or a rehearsal partner. Songs: At Last · Chain of Fools · Dancing in the Streets · Heatwave · I Will Survive · One Way or Another · Respect · We Are Family · When Will I Be Loved? · You're No Good.

Turn those standard 26 rudiments into mind-blowing groovers fills and solos. All that rhythmic sophistication you hear in the playing of great drummers can easily be broken down into its basic elements: the rudiments.Rudiments are the drum language a basic vocabulary of rhythms that drummers arrange and rearrange when they play grooves solos and fills. This book shows you how to apply the rudiments to the drum set in all styles of music.When you start combining the hands and feet orchestrating different parts of the rudiments between the various drums and cymbals on your set you'll start to make inspired music. Fifty illustrated grooves are reinforced withthe accompanying CD; hear how the rudiments sound when you apply them to the drum set. Discover how these basics become the foundation for all grooves and moves including: Single and double strokes Stroked rolls DragsFlams Paradiddles double paradiddles paradiddle grooves and fills Combinations Your choices of accents tempos style and feel are what will ultimately make the rudiments into music. Learning and internalizingthem will help you expand your vocabulary to play creative grooves fills and solos. Use Rudiment Grooves to create an infininte number of combinations in any style and at any tempo. Rick Considine is anAssociate Professor at Berklee College of Music. He was a former percussion instructor and drum set conductor at Drummer's Collective in New York.

A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer-Tommy Igoe presents THE groove encyclopedia for the 21st Century overflowing with over six hours of music and 88 play-along tracks for drummers of all abilities.Groove Essentials represents a quantum leap in play-along packages for the developing drummer. Tommy Igoe provides a comprehensive guide to over forty beats rhythms and styles ranging from Rock and Funk through Jazz Hip-Hop and R&B to world and speciality grooves including Calypso Baiao Samba Batucada and lots more! Every rhythm is explained in detail with all required techniques a full musical context and two professionally recorded backing tracks featuring some of the hottest musicians of NewYork City.Beginning drummers will enjoy playing the simple rock beats with a real band giving you a chance to play the drums with good solid time utilizing four-way coordination.Intermediate drummers will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing some good swinging Jazz.Advanced and professional drummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on Jazz shuffles waltzes and more.Each example is supported by professional-standard charts and the backing tracks are presented in MP3 format allowing them to be used on Mac PC iPod and portable MP3 systems.

French Language version of Tommy Igoe's groove encyclopedia for the 21st Century! With over six hours of music and 88 play-along tracks for drummers of all abilities.Groove Essentials represents a quantumleap in play-along packages for the developing drummer. Tommy Igoe provides a comprehensive guide to over forty beats rhythms and styles ranging from Rock and Funk through Jazz Hip-Hop and R&B to world and specialitygrooves including Calypso Baiao Samba Batucada and lots more! Every rhythm is explained in detail with all required techniques a full musical context and two professionally recorded backing tracks featuring some of thehottest musicians of New York City.Beginner drummers will enjoy playing the simple rock beats with a real band giving you a chance to play the drums with good solid time utilizing four-waycoordination.Intermediate drummers will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing some good swinging Jazz.Advanced and professionaldrummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on Jazz shuffles waltzes and more.Each example is supported by professional-standardcharts and the backing tracks are presented in MP3 format allowing them to be used on Mac PC iPod and portable MP3 systems.

This book and DVD set presents a wealth of information based around hand technique that also covers rudiments musical phrasing and much more. Based around Smith's current use and analysis of matched-grip Drumset technique. Video text and notation come together in this package to clearly explain and demonstrate four distinct grips that Smith has identified and developed in his own playing. Each grip is thoroughly explored in its basic motions on the snare drum and then translated to drumset applications and phrases. Going beyond hand technique the book includes dozens of challenging and fun rudimental phrases that are used toapply the grips but that also build phrasing ideas vocabulary and chops. Ergonomic Drum setup Moeller motions and other topics are also covered accompanied by plenty of exciting solo playing from Smith. The book is packed with insights and practical ideas of how a drummer can develop the building blocks of a usable and hip-sounding vocabulary that has nearly limitless applications. The accompanying DVD contains matching videos for all the lessons included in the text. Each lesson is clearly numbered and titled making it easy to work with text notation and video together as you study these concepts. The video files are also available online for download or streaming using a unique access code in the book.

A modern comprehensive guide to the nuts and bolts of real Jazz drumming. Ed Soph guides you through the exercises techniques and disciplines required to become an exciting and challenging rhythm player and improvisor. This step-by-step course teaches you to...Set up your kit and practice more effectivelyThe Ride patternQuarter-note and Double-eighth note exercisesThe shuffle and combination ride patternsNon-repetitive patternsDouble-eighths on the Snare and Bass drumsOff-beat combination and exercisesThe accompanying CD is packed with examples plus some superb playing by a professional trio to how you how the ideas can workand develop. A corresponding DVD is also available: use catalogue number HUD700689.

'Mongonucleosis' was recorded in 1974 by the popular rock band Chicago for the album Chicago VII. Though it was never one of their 'hits,' this driving Latin influenced jazz-rock jam tune became one of Chicago's most enduring instrumental numbers, performed many times by the band both live and on several recordings. This arrangement for steel band is an amalgam of several live versions. It features an open pan solo and finishes with a rousing percussion break that should have everyone dancing in the aisles. / Batterie

Jouez vos chansons favorites facilement et rapidement grâce à ces volume de la collection Drum Along 10 songs. Chaque chanson est présentée sous forme de fiche détaillée sur laquelle tous les rythmes de celle-ci sont notés en transcriptions standards. Suivez la partition, écoutez le CD pour entendre comment la batterie doit sonner, et jouez par dessus. Le CD inclus est jouable sur tous les lecteurs de CD mais a été spécialement conçu pour les utilisateurs d'ordinateurs (PC ou Mac) avec lesquels vous pourrez ajuster le tempo de chaque chanson sans changer la tonalité - idéal pour les débutants. Titres : Would [Alice In Chains] - Points Of Authority [Linkin Park] - Take A Look Around [Limp Bizkit] - Alive [Pearl Jam] - Pain [Soulfly] - Enter Sandman [Metallica] - The Boys Are Back In Town [Thin Lizzy] - The Pretender [Foo Fighters] - Belly Of The Beast [Anthrax] - The Number Of The Beast [Iron Maiden] / Batterie

Media Type : DVD+Chart Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Rock Number of pages : 4 Learn the basics of rock drumming from one of the greats! Grammy Award winning drummer Danny Gottlieb demonstrates concepts and exercises designed to develop skills essential to rock drumming. Entertaining, informative, and complete with exercise chart, this 65-minute DVD will inspire all drummers, ranging from the absolute beginner to players with a desire to improve their skills.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 48 This book will explain and illustrate the majority of finger techniques which can be combined into various finger systems. It starts with the most basic fundamentals and takes the reader through a logical pyramiding progression of techniques leading to the development of the ability to use the fingers to assist in multiple strokes and/or to maintain a constant, almost perpetual motion with each hand.