The Stick Bag Book of Jazz, Funk and amp - Fusion is the ultimate resource for drummers and musicians. It features the most influential styles, rhythms, and techniques-all in one handy, easy-to-use reference guide. From big band to funk, each rhythm from over 30 classic styles is presented in standard drum notation including fills and performance tips. Whether you are a percussionist, producer, ar…

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 dif…

Featuring Bass Drum Kicks For Rock and Jazz. Par ROTHMAN JOEL. As every drummer knows, in today's music it's essential that a high degree of coordination is necessary when it comes to playing bass drum kicks against various rock and jazz cymbal beats. This easy to read book presents just about every combination of bass kicks any drummer is likely to use when playing. It's the most extensive and in…

This volume explores a musical approach to developing jazz vocabulary around the drumset, featuring 60 exercises ranging in duration from short passages to extended solos. The book aims to teach a fundamental understanding of the jazz language, with an emphasis on musical components, such as melodicism, articulation, phrasing, texture, dynamics, and much more. Whether a beginner or seasoned pro, r…

Updated and Expanded The Musical Approach to Learning Drumset. Par MORGENSTEIN ROD / MATTINGLY RICK. Named one of the 25 Timeless Drum Books by Modern Drummer magazine, this book contains hundreds of practical beats and fills, and teaches how to apply a variety of grooves and fills to the performance of songs. The accompnaying audio tracks include demos and 18 play-along songs covering a wide rang…

Par DOWD CHARLES. The Title says it all! This book by Charles Dowd takes you through all the stages to become a great, funky Rock Drummer. Includes Drum notation for hundreds of excercises and drum patterns along with guidance, performance notesand general style tips from one of the world's greatest drummers. Suitable for self-taught beginners or drum students and anyone who wants to hone their ro…

This book from Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi will help drummers using a traditional single bass set-up attain the most effective and efficient results from their playing. In a simple and methodical manner, it presents bass drum development exercises using 8th notes, triplets, two common 16th-note figures, straight 16th notes, 16th-note triplets, and 32nd notes. The last section of the book …

Par MORTON JAMES. This intermediate to advanced-level book is intended for the serious rock drummer. It demonstrated the obvious benefits of being a versatile percussionist. The author asserts that creative drummers come up with new and exiting patterns from having studied various styles of music - those that exert a lasting influence seem to be constantly aware of styles that could influence thei…

Par RICHARDSON DAWN. Are you a kid? Do you want to rock out on the Drums? Dawn Richardson has written the book for you! Kid's Rock Drum Method is full of exercises and beats for the next rock star Drummer. The book is geared towards younger Drummers, but is appropriate for older kids who are beginning too. The book is moderately paced, introducing concepts one at a time for an easy learning proces…

Par WECKL DAVE. Based on the award-winning A Natural Evolution DVD series, Exercises for Natural Playing (book and CD) offers the reader exciting fresh exercises and concepts not covered in the DVDs, as well as material complementary to the series. One of the world's greatest drummers, Dave provides written details, photos, and performance examples on the CD that will help players evolve their tec…

An A-Z Guide to Tips, Techniques and Much More. Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary in this all-encompassing book/audio package for drummers. You'll receive valuable tips on performing, recording, the music business, instruments and equipment, beats, fills, soloing techniques, care and maintenance, and more. Styles such as rock, jazz, hip-hop, and Latin are represented through demonst…

Par COHEN ALEX. Ultimate Progressive Drumming, by Alex Cohen, pushes the boundaries of drum independence and technical complexity while providing foundational training that will help all drummers, regardless of style. Starting with basic independence and balance training on the drums, Cohen moves into groove coordination, melodic phrasing, unison patterns, and weak-foot builders in the early secti…

A Comprehensive Guide For Drummers. Par GRASSMANN WALTER. Big Band Drumming will show you in a step-by-step manner how to improve your chart reading and interpretation competence, how to create the suitable drum part for each jazz big band chart and how to become an even more musical drummer. You will develop a whole repertoire of big band fills. You will learn more about the possibilities of crea…

Unlock the secrets of playing Drums to reveal how to become a successful drummer.This level one book covers five sections: Foundation, Debut, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3. It includes detailed explanations of the techniques required to master any music exam.Throughout the book, you will be encouraged to develop your creativity and individuality as well as enhance both your aural and visual skills …

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 d…