Absolute Beginners: Drums: Drum Kit: Instrumental Tutor

Drums-This easy-to-follow Drum DVD tutor will take you step by step from first day exercises to playing along with a professional backing track! Clear pictures and demonstrations along with jargon free commentary to guide you through... Setting up and looking after your kit Tuning your drums Correct use of sticks and stroke technique Reading drum music and understanding rhythm Co-ordinating your bass drum snare hi-hat crash and ride cymbals Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know to start playing fast!

Absolute Beginners: Electronic Drums is a comprehensive introduction to playing the Electronic Drums, from the history of the instrument to playing your very first grooves and beats. Covering a variety of genres with clear pictures, practical advice and easy-to-use audio downloads, this is the essential introductory book for anyone wanting to learn this fantastic instrument.The content of Absolute Beginners: Electric Drums is uniquely focused on Electronic instead of Acoustic Drums, allowing you to take advantage of the increasing popularity and versatility of this innovative instrument. The book takes you through the history of the drums, through its many advantages to setting up your kit. Then you'll learn basic things like posture and how to hold the sticks, before getting into basic rhythms, extending the beat using the different parts of the kit and real grooves in a number of styles (Rock, Hip Hop, Funk and Disco). The accompanying Audio Download is accessible through the card that's included in the book, and it includes over 60 audio tracks that feature demonstrations and backing tracks of each of the exercises that are in the book. This makes learning much easier, more fun and will get you playing along with music as quickly as possible.From the very first time you play your Electronic Drums, Absolute Beginners will guide you through step-by-step with large images, clear explanations and very helpful hints that will get you playing and sounding great in no time at all. The Electronic Drums have an ever-increasing presence in all genres of music, and this Absolute Beginners book lets you take advantage of this and learn how to play them from the very beginning. Perfect for players of all tastes, this book demonstrates why the Electronic Drums are so adaptable to modern playing and also makes learning them as easy and clear as possible. / Batterie

The Modern Band Method series provides a guided lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and many popular songs by the biggest artists of the day! This drum method works in tandem with the other instrument methods in the series, allowing students to play the same songs together as a full band! Drum lessons include: · How to hold your drumsticks · Proper hand and feet techniques · Limb independence · Reading notes and rhythms · Rudiments · Rock, pop, Latin, funk, hip hop and island grooves · Articulations and timbre explorations · Auxiliary percussion instruments · Composing a song · Writing lyrics

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!

Media Type : DVD+Chart Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Rock Number of pages : 4 Learn the basics of rock drumming from one of the greats! Grammy Award winning drummer Danny Gottlieb demonstrates concepts and exercises designed to develop skills essential to rock drumming. Entertaining, informative, and complete with exercise chart, this 65-minute DVD will inspire all drummers, ranging from the absolute beginner to players with a desire to improve their skills.

Budding drummers start here with this terrific tutor pack, telling you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your sticks. Check out the CD containing audio versions of the exercises in addition to full-length accompaniment tracks for you to play along with. / Percussions

Grundlegende Technik spielend lernen!. Par BERG ANDREA. Supposedly rudiments are the basis for playing the drums at all . . . . but for students who are not so advanced, it’s an absolute mystery why they have to struggle with these boring technical exercises when all they really want to do is just play. Thisbook can be introduced early in the instructional process or used supplementarily if youre learning on your own. As soon as the first contact with notation has been made and youre playing your first grooves, you can then have fun jumping into theworld of rudiments. To this end, this book is separated into two Tours. Tour 1 contains simple exercises for the beginner, Tour 2 is directed at the advanced student who extensively knows and plays the rudiments. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Technic / Recueil / Batterie et Percussions

10 Jazz Standards - Authentic Jazz Playalong. Par HAMPTON ANDY. Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong series, This volume brings together Gershwin, Porter, Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz. It Don't Mean a Thing features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire, idiomatically arranged for the intermediate (grades 4-6) Clarinet player. Melody, lyrics and chord symbols are provided, offering opportunity for improvisation, with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide and biographical note to each song in the collection. In addition, the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano, bass and drums for truly authentic performance. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Jazz / Recueil / Clarinette et Piano

10 Jazz Standards - Authentic Jazz Playalong-Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong series This volume brings together Gershwin Porter Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz. It Don't Mean a Thing features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire idiomatically arranged for the intermediate (grades 4-6) Alto Saxophone player. Melody lyrics and chord symbols are provided offering opportunity for improvisation with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide and biographical note to each song in the collection. In addition the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano bass and drums for truly authentic performance.