The material in Sessions Volume 1 is drawn from the educational system used at the Agostini Paris school incorporating sessions with musicians. Many passages in this book refer to System Drums No. 1 in the same series.

25 Partitions Progressives pour Batterie-With few study books for Drums in existence Stage Session provides a series of prolific studies for the instrument filling a vital gap. Accompanied by a CD this progressive book effectively focuses on progression on the instrument with emphasis on collective performance. Compiled by seven prominent drummers of our day and with music specially composed by renowned pianist Lionel Melot the second volume contains 31 pages of music in Fusion Latin Trinaire Hard Rock and 5/4 Binaire styles which will enable the pupil to progress in their instrumental study. Stage Session is an indispensable complement totraditional teaching of the instrument.

Drum Set 3 completes our innovative percussion series with practical techniques, indispensable advice, and an impressive variety of Latin rhythms presented in an easy to follow format. Instructor Gerson Reyes teaches you to further develop the techniques you learned in Volumes 1 and 2, demonstrating popular rhythms like the mambo, vallenato, cha-cha, ranchera, rock and many more. By the time you finish this course, you'll be playing like a professional! You will learn: Cumbia, Merengue, Ballad, Salsa, Bolero, Rock, Vallenato, Waltz, Cha-Cha, Ranchera, Mambo and Zapateado rhythms. / Batterie

Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II is an advanced instruction book which specializes in four areas of drumming: shuffle swing six-eight and odd time signatures. It contains over 200 drum fills plus challenging material relative totoday's music all arranged in four-measure exercises. Drummers who use this text will improve their timing technique dexterity and learn a wealth of rhythms for the demands of modern drumming. Drum fills are also included oneach page. Author Jim Ryan meticulously blends beats and fills throughout 85 pages of drum music. This is an excellent book for teachers with advanced students. Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II was created with material to stretchthe limits of one's capability. A metronome should be used when practicing and try to repeat each exercise many times to achieve ideal benefits. Watch your band mates perk up when you throw in one of these beats or fills into asong! Use Volume II as part of one's practice sessions and you'll find practical material for use in becoming a well-rounded drummer for the world to hear. The newly included CD enhances the book with: • 200 drum beatsand fills to help students become proficient with the exercises. 65 minutes of drumming is added to the package! •A click track is provided at the beginning of each exercise for play along. • Each chapter is recorded indepth • Drum beats and fills were recorded at moderate tempos so that drummers can play and read • Drum tuning on this CD makes it easier to reference drum to drum fill patterns. With this CD you can differentiate betweenall 3 toms in the book. This makes the drum fills more understandable when one listens to the CD.

If you want to learn the art of trading ?fours? The Drummer?s Cookbook Volume II will help you put it all together. This book takes you through the entire process from developing a vocabulary to real world application. Today?sworking drummers are asked to play fills and fours at a variety of different tempos each requiring a different vocabulary. The author breaks down the process into three general tempo zones: moderate bright and extreme. Developyour own musical vocabulary by studying the tools of the trade: uneven note groups rhythm fragments implied tempo changes ghost notes quarter note triplets and more. Then put it all together by learning the format for fours.Learn to think in phrases: three beat groups call and response and symmetric and asymmetric phrases. Study the standard 32 bar AABA jazz format and learn the how why and when of trading fours. Finally all these skills can bepracticed with several hundred two and four bar solos in each of the three tempo ranges.

Drum Play-Along Volume 16-With Drum Play-Along Volume 16: Blues you can play your favourite Blues songs on the Drums quickly and easily.Just follow the Drum notation listen to the CD to hear how the Drums should sound then play along using the separate backing tracks.The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch.Drum Play-Along Volume 16: Blues includes All Your Love (I Miss Loving) Boom Boom I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man The Thrill Is Gone and more.

Drums Movie Session – Vol.2 is a volume that will help you to get ready to be involve in a collective performance. On the music of Lionel Melot it was composed by M. Boudoux R. Chassin C. Gastaldin et al. and features a CD to provide an audio backup. The volume includes the 25 pieces with the following genres: Western Action Suspense Series Great Show and Contemporary. This really progressive book proposes five grade of difficulty: level 8 level 9 level 10 level 11 and level 12. The CD includes each title at different tempi according to each level to get the players used to it. DrumsMovie Session – Vol.2 completes the first volume and is part of a series of book including the 'Studio Session 1 & 2' the 'Stage Session 1 & 2' and the 'RN’B Session' among others.

Drum Play-Along Volume 35-Play your favourite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along series. Just follow the Drum notation listen to the audio to hear how the Drums should sound then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. Now including Playback+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right. This unique volume includes sound-alike audio recordings featuring Gregg Potter and the Buddy Rich Alumni Band. Drum Play-Along Volume 35 features 8 songs including: Birdland Dancing Men Groovin' Hard Keep the Customer Satisfied Love for Sale Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Nutville and Mercy Mercy Mercy.