Song List:
About the Author
Introduction
Drumset Notation Key
Different Notation Methods
CHAPTER ONE: Reading Exercises
Basic Terminology
Basic Note Values
Triplet Note Values
How to Practice the Reading Exercises
Ties and Dotted Notes
Long and Short Notes
Sixteenth-Note Rhythms
Triplet Rhythms
CHAPTER TWO: Stick Control Studies
Endurance Exercise
Sixteenth-Note Stickings
Triplet Stickings
Six-Stroke Roll Stickings
Accent Studies
Flam Exercises
CHAPTER THREE: Eighth-Note Rock Beats
Getting Started
One-Measure Rock Beats
Two-Measure Rock Beats
Eighth-Note Bass Drum Exercise
Eighth-Note Rock Beats with Snare Drum Variations
Closed and Open Hi-Hat Beats
Hi-Hat Variations
Ride Cymbal Variations
Syncopated Rock Beats
CHAPTER FOUR: Sixteenth-Note Rock and Funk Beats
Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat Beats
Rock Beats with Sixteenth Notes
Two-Measure Funk Beats
Two-Handed Hi-Hat Beats
Funk Beats with Ghost Notes
Funk Beats with Open and Closed Hi-Hat
Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat Variations
Paradiddle Funk Beats
CHAPTER FIVE: Triplet-Based Grooves
The Blues Shuffle
12/8 Beats
Slow Blues Beats
Rock Shuffles
Half-Time Shuffles
CHAPTER SIX: Afro-Cuban Grooves
The Clave
Cascara
The Mambo
Songo
Guaguanco
Cha-Cha-Cha
Merengue
Mozambique
The Rumba
African Beats
CHAPTER SEVEN: Contemporary Drum Styles
Reggae
New Orleans Beats
The Train Beat
Soca
Reggaeton
Hip-Hop
Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass
Bo Diddley Grooves
7/8 Drum Beats
CHAPTER EIGHT: Brazilian Rhythms
Bossa Nova
Samba
Bai„o
Batucada
CHAPTER NINE: Jazz
The Ride Cymbal Beat
Snare Drum Variations
Eighth-Note Comping Patterns for Snare
Snare and Bass Drum Phrases with Eighth Notes
Jazz Coordination with Triplets
Triplets Between the Snare and Bass Drum
Phrasing Over the Barline
Jazz in 3/4 Time
Jazz in 5/4 Time
CHAPTER TEN: Groove Embellishments
Thirty-Second Note Ideas
Sixteenth-Note Triplets
Conclusion
