Progressive Rock Drumming explores many of the techniques used by the founding prog drummers and shows how drummers can create their own drumset parts based on these techniques, while also demonstrating how multiple and very different drumset parts can be created for the same music. While this book explores some advanced techniques, it also teaches the reader how to create original and inventive drumset parts without the need to play in a demanding virtuosic style. The book addresses a wide variety of progressive rock styles, including such subgenres as symphonic, classical, fusion, neo-progressive, progressive metal, Rock In Opposition (RIO), and space rock. The package includes access to audio of demo tracks as well as play-along tracks (with and without drums) for nine songs in various prog rock styles. The book includes charts for all of the songs that have written-out drum parts as well as condensed band parts to help one see how the drum part relates to the song, resulting in a very musical approach to progressive rock drumming. / Batterie

Par BRIGGS FRANK. This book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles, 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. Frank 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.' This package includes the companion DVD: Re-edited from the original masters, this DVD 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 DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. 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). / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Batterie

Par KOLSCH OLIVER. This book shows the most important elements of modern drumming in an easy and clear way. A detailed description and assembly instruction of the drum set allow an easy start for the beginner. In the second part, the beginner learns about the fundamental rhythms and their variations and finally about the most important rhythm variations from different musical styles. In addition, the rudiments that should be included in each drummer\'s vocabulary are presented. Many easy-to-follow exercises and rhythms can be found on the included CD. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Batterie

Par PAYNE JIM. This is the most complete presentation of today's popular funk drumming style available. This book takes you from the very roots of rock and rhythm`n'blues drumming to the highly complex, multidirectional funk styles of today. He also details certain subtleties heretofore only a seasoned veteran would understand. While most drum instruction book concentrate on developing technique, reading ability, or independent coordination, this unique book accurately documents what is hip in rock`n'roll drumming today. The contents are geared to prepare the student for survival in a live playing situation. The book is a valid representation of what people want to hear from a drummer in a working situation - live or in the studio. It contains exercises drawn from many different influences covering coordination, rhythms, patterns, and phrasing. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Funk - Methods / Méthode / Batterie

This fantastic new addition to the rudimental literature for snare drum offers traditional-style rudimental solos presented in not-so traditional ways. These Solos are fun to play and are sure to challenge even the finest drummers!Features jazz-influenced rudimental solos-each with flexible tempos - inspired by legendary drummers plus a three-page Rudimental Interpretation Chart. Perfect for contests or competitions!

Hands & Feet-'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

Get started straight away with this colourful and easy-to-follow guide to Hand Drum playing. Learn the basic techniques and rhythms that you need to for such unusual and versatile instruments as the Djembe Conga and Dumbek. Percussion expert John Marshall gives you a guided tour of dozens of different Drums provides you with the basics of percussion reading and the breaks down some characteristic complex rhythms so that you can develop your coordination at your own pace.The accompanying CD is packed with examples so that you can be sure you've got those new sounds and beats exactly right!

Steve Gadd Gaddiments. In this, the first drum book he has written, music legend Steve Gadd presents a series of rudimental passages inspired by his experience in drum corps and his love of the rudiments. Each of the etudes is based on a classic or contemporary rudiment, or on Steve's personal variations. He takes the phrases and then displaces them to begin on different subdivisions of the beat, thereby creating new, challenging patterns from the basic sticking. All of the solos are written in musical phrases that reinforce the player's understanding of the importance of phrasing as a key element of musicianship. The book has been painstakingly hand-engraved at Steve's request, to bring a comfortable and classic look to the pages. The layout of each page was also designed specifically by Gadd to create an easy yet musical flow to the reading. The book is also spiral-bound making sure it lays flat. These features are reflective of a man who has read thousands of charts in the studio on some of the most important recordings of our time. Accompanying the book is a full set of videos with Steve demonstrating each etude using the method he used to write the book: Playing with his rubber-tip practice sticks on a piece of wood. Even in this situation, Gadd's legendary groove and musicality shine through. Drum set, drum corps, and classical drummers will find an instant classic in these pages, with elements that will improve your technical ability, musical phrasing, groove, and your rhythmic vocabulary using the challenging technique of displacement that Steve bases the book upon. STEVE GADD is one of the all-time legends of drumming, having appeared on thousands of recordings in every major style in which the drumset is played, with artists who comprise a literal who's-who of contemporary recording artists, including Chick Corea, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Al DiMeola, Al Jarreau, Stanley Clarke, Chuck Mangione. He is also an established producer and bandleader of the Gadd Gang and the Steve Gadd Band.

How do you play a calypso? Where do the blues and hip hop styles originate from and what different variations of metal music are there? DrumCoach aims to answer all of these questions and more.DrumCoach is designed to optimize your game and get you playing. This comprehensive guide leads you safely through the most important and interesting musical styles with over 300 rhythms, 80 style typical drum fills and more than 120 backing tracks from all over the world.DrumCoach features input from some of the hottest names in drumming, including Flo Dauner (Fanta 4 Voice of Germany), Marcel Bach (German Rock and Pop Awards: Best Drummer, Best Instrumental Soloist), Yogi Jockusch (musical percussionist in 'Tarzan', 'The Lion King', 'Mamma Mia') and more. Important historical information about each style is included and playing tips are given.This book is written in German. / Batterie

If you're just starting to play drums this method is absolutely made for you. First Drum Grooves will help you to play your first Drum beats and fills without delay and let you feel the immediate enjoyment of playing music! When playing those first beats the idea is not to blow people away but rather to play simple and rhythmically accurate things. In short to be a real musician... even if you are a beginner drummer for now.  As you progress through this book the featured beats and fills will become richer and more advanced page after page going from quarter notes to eighth notes triplets and sixteenth notes. By following the logicalprogression of this method you will be able to learn and make progress while actually playing. Each of the featured 40 tunes comes in 5 different tracks on the accompanying MP3 CD organised as follows: Drums only at normal and slow tempo then the same Drum beat played with its accompanying track and finally the play-along track only also at normal and slow tempo... so that you can learn and play at your own pace according to your level and your skills. This book includes more than 6 hours of music in total! If you're just starting to play Drums this method is absolutely made for you. First Drum Grooves will help you to play your first Drum beats and fills without delay and feel the immediate enjoyment of playing music! When playing those first beats the idea is not to blow people away but rather to play simple and rhythmically accurate things. In short to be a real musician... even if you are a beginner drummer for now.  As you progress through this book the featured beats and fills will become richer and more advanced page after page going from quarter notes to eighth notes triplets and sixteenth notes. Byfollowing the logical progression of this method you will be able to learn and make progress while actually playing. Each of the featured 40 tunes comes in 5 different tracks on the accompanying MP3 CD organised as follows: Drums only at normal and slow tempo then the same Drum beat played with its accompanying track and finally the play-along track only also at normal and slow tempo... so that you can learn and play at your own pace according to your level and your skills. This book includes more than 6 hours of music in total!

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. In German.

Par BRIGGS FRANK. 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 the Complete Modern Drumset CD, 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. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / All Styles - Technic / Méthode / Batterie

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Rock & Jazz Number of pages : 112 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. The companion CD presents eight play-along tunes with and without the drums.

Inside My Psychobook 100 Double Bass Pattersn-Double bass drum technique has transcended the realm of heavy metal drumming and is now a mainstay in drum set music at-large. Famed Brazilian drummer Aquiles Priester has compiled 100 different exercises and patterns to bothstrengthen fundamentals in double bass drum technique and expand the creativity of drummers who employ double bass drum technique. Includes audio of each example.