Drum Styles from Around the World Series: Drum Atlas Category: Percussion - Miscellaneous Educational Books and Manuals Format: Book & CD Instrument: Drum Discover the rich traditions, history, origins, and pioneering artists of exciting drum styles from around the globe. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques used in some of the world's most remarkable music. All the music in this book is arranged for the drumset and will enlighten every drummer—from beginners to advanced players. Volume 1 of this series features the diverse music from six distinct parts of the world. From the catchy rhythms of Cuba to the complex patterns of India, this book will give you all the tools you need to infuse your playing with a new and unique flavor. An MP3 CD with hours of music is included to demonstrate all the examples in the book.

Category: Percussion - Drum Set Method or Collection Format: Book & 2 CDs Instrument: Drum Set Included in Modern Drummer magazine's list of the 25 greatest drum books, Advanced Funk Studies will help you take your groove to the next level. With author and renowned drummer Rick Latham as your guide, you'll learn hi-hat, funk, and fill patterns. Many of the ideas in this book are derived from some of the most famous and proficient funk drummers. The accompanying audio CDs provide examples of the exercises.

This book demonstrates the role of the left foot as an important facet of learning to play drumset. You'll learn to develop better timing and consistency through a series of exercises designed to improve four-way coordination. The book covers a wide range of topics from basic music reading and notation to advanced beats and fills. Both rock and jazz styles are highlighted including exercises to help enhance double bass drumming technique and promote independence. The accompanying CD features 50+ tracks demonstrating many of the exercises in the book.

Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and more-For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funkpatterns including odd linear groupings and more.These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach.Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and all the artists from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008: Will Calhoun Ndugu Chancler Gavin Harrison Simon Phillips Thomas Pridgen Dafnis Prieto Derek Roddy Todd Sucherman Bill Stewart and Billy Ward.

Drummer session man teacher and Classic Drummer columnist Bart Robley has compiled the most essential rudiments that form the basis for all of his work. These exercises are not only great for beginners who need a solid foundation but also perfect refreshers for intermediate to advanced players. By the time drummers are done with this book their playing will come together into rhythms that can be used in a wide variety of playing situations.

Master the rudiments and put a razor's edge on your technique with Dave 'Bedrock' Bedrosian. He covers how to play and practice 40 different rudiments; single and double stroke rolls; diddle rudiments; flams and drags; multiple bounce rolls; and more.   Printable .pdf rudiments sheets are included. Daily practice with this DVD will produce results in 30 days or less!Valuable instruction on how to play and practice more than 40 different rudiments!Single stroke rollsDouble stroke rollsDiddle rudimentsFlams and dragsMultiple bounce rollsSwiss rudimentsAdvancedflamsAdvanced drags and more.

In this DVD Dave explains and demonstrates how to practice to develop the most out of your playing. All the topics discussed are explained and demonstrated on the drum pad and then on the drum set. Lastly they are brought to life with exciting live recordings of the Dave Weckl Band and a special acoustic group put together for this video. The musicians featured include Buzz Feiten Brandon Fields Tom Kennedy Jay Oliver Ernie Watts and Steve Weingart. The Video will allow you to see and hear Dave explain and demonstrate warm-ups hands and feet development independence practice and Swiss triplet playing. The section on time and motion studies will open your eyes andears to a new way of building time into all of your playing. After covering ear protection Dave describes and demonstrates the difference between survival practice which helps you become a great supportive drummer and Advancement of the Art practice which helps you stretch the limits of the instrument.

Enrich your drumming with world rhythms and sounds. World music presents many learning opportunities and challenges especially for drums and percussion. Learning grooves from Africa Latin America South America and otherregions will make you a more complete musician and give you more ideas for creating your own sound and solos.Many jazz greats have been inspired by world traditions: Miles Davis John Coltrane Herbie Hancock JohnMcLaughlin and so many others. Follow in their footsteps and discover how to use these elements to inspire your own music.You will learn to:Incorporate world instruments into a standard drum kit.Coordinatestick foot hand techniques to enrich your palette of articulationsPlay dozens of world groovesTake inspiration from world grooves for your own improvisationsPerform advanced concepts such as odd time signatures andmetric modulationBe prepared for many creative musical situations through knowledge of more styles and greater mastery of drumming fundamentalsThe accompanying CD includes groove examples and play-along tracks of MarkWalker's original music featuring guest artists including Paquito D'Rivera!Mark Walker is a multiple-Grammy Award winning artist who is currently a member of Oregon and the Paquito d'Rivera Quintet. He is an associateprofessor of percussion at Berklee College of Music.

On this second amazing DVD session Danny Gottlieb surveys the techniques of the great musicians - Buddy Rich Mel Lewis Gary Chester Airto Moreira John McLaughlin Pat Metheny and Mark Egan - who have helped him become a 'complete all-around drummer.' The lesson is filled with invaluable tips important advice and inspiring musical ideas for all learning players. Numerous hands-on exercises will help you develop the essential percussion techniques you'll need to play your best. Danny teaches big band beats and advanced drum set techniques that will set you up for all styles of music. He takes apart a variety of Brazilian grooves (samba bossa nova partito alto etc.) and imparts a fascinating lesson in counting and playing complex rhythms using the Indian syllable method. Finally bassist Mark Egan joins Danny for a discussion of how a bassist and drummer successfully work together. They close the DVD with some sizzling duets to illustrate their long-time working method for creating blues and jazz grooves. The songs they perform include DePraw Blues Willie's Blues and Waterfall Cafe.

Advanced Etudes And Duets Student Book. Par FIRTH VIC. A widely used collection of etudes and duets for the more advanced percussionist. The etudes in this book are on several state and festival lists and are appropriate for collegiate auditions as well./ Recueil / Batterie et Percussions