An invaluable reference guide for drummers of all genres, this Snare Drum Rudiments Chart features the 40 international drum rudiments with a short description and the patten in drum notation.The 40 Snare Drum Rudiments are essential playing for any drummer, as they form the basis of more extended and complex patterns. From the Single Stroke Roll to the Triple Ratamacue, these are fundamental parts of modern drumming, from rock to jazz, and make an excellent inclusion to everyday practising.With the expansive folding design of the Snare Drum Rudiments Chart, the wealth of crucial information contained within is available practically and conveniently. The short description helps you to understand the rudiments, while the notation tells you exactly how to play it. With 40 rudiments, the chart covers everything from basic to complex rolls, single and multiple paradiddles, flams and more complex permutations of these. Also included is a helpful diagrammatic image of a snare drum, detailing its anatomy, as well as showing the two standard drum stick grips.The Snare Drum Rudiments Chart is packed with 40 fundamental snare drum patterns that are essential for drummers of any genre to know. / Batterie

With few study books in existence for the Snare Drum Progressive Technical Studies fills a large gap. As a prominent Snare Drum player himself Guy Lefèvre (1931-2004) produces well-informed studies for the instrument. The first volume of Progressive Technical Studies is intended for beginners of Drum studies. The diversity of these short and progressive rhythmic studies will ensure the student will rapidly advance in their learning of the instrument. Exercises should be addressed slowly with particular attention given to the precision and regularity of the beats. Lefèvre's 40 pages of exercisesin the first volume of Progressive Technical Studies for the Snare Drum are essential to developing percussionists.

George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the original classic often called the bible of drumming. In 1993 Modern Drummer magazine named the book first in its list of 25 Greatest Drum Books of all-time.In the words of the author it is the ideal book for improving 'control speed flexibility touch rhythm lightness delicacy power endurance preciseness of execution and muscular coordination ' with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand.This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced-level rhythms moving through categories of single-beatcombinations triplets short roll combinations flam beats flam triplets and dotted notes and short roll progressions.