SKU: BT.CM60109

ISBN 9783940161062.

This giant collection of drum duos starts with easy pieces and progresses to music with complex rhythms and styles. Volume 2 presents 101 duos from intermediate to advanced with eight double bass duos, where the individual partsin each duo have comparable levels of difficulty so that drumsets 1 and 2 can easily be interchanged.

All duos are excellent recital pieces, each lasting approximately 2 minutes. Includes a play-along MP3-CD covering morethan seven hours of music with two different tempi for each duo.

SKU: HL.14002373

ISBN 9788759810637. English.

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.

SKU: AP.50639

ISBN 9781470656522. UPC: 038081575278. English.

A follow-up to The Weaker Side and a great practice companion to Stick Control and Accents and Rebounds, Accenting the Weaker Side by Nina Pará, Stephane Chamberland, and Dom Famularo is a core workout to get your weaker drumming limb up to strength and able to play any accented pattern you choose. The book is designed as a long calisthenic workout in which each example is to be played for one minute. With 30 exercises per page, there is a year's worth of weekly workouts. Video demonstrations are included.