Independence on the Drumset: Drums: Instrumental Tutor

Ricky Sebastian provides an easy-to-follow course for drummers of all abilities that will improve your coordination and independence at the kit.Whether you play Rock Jazz Funk or World music the exercises within this book will provide a route to tighter rhythms and and more confident technique. Complete with a supporting CD of examples.Chapters include:Solo and fill applicationsHand/foot coordinationWarm-up exercisesBrazilian rhythmsLatin groovesCajun and Zydeco

In this information-packed DVD master jazz drummer and clinician Peter Magadini reveals the essential ingredients of jazz drumming. Inspirational live performances concise explanations demonstrations and exercises provide a comprehensive overview of traditional and contemporary jazz drumming styles and techniques including: Playing the jazz ride cymbal Playing with a ‘two’ feel The ride cymbal and independence Jazz form and structure Latin and Latin-Jazz patterns Samba Cascara and more Techniques for improvising on the drumset Playing fours and eights: how to trade solos with the band Brush technique Interpreting drum charts inall styles Jazz-Rock Fusion

A Fresh Approach to the Drumset will give you a solid foundation to take your drumming to the next level! Whether you're a beginner intermediate or advanced drummer you'll benefit from the simple step-by-step approach forlearning technique independence music reading and grooves.Topics covered:Rock Beats and FillsHand & Foot TechniqueCoordination and IndependenceReadingMusicUnderstanding Song ConstructionR&B Jazz Latin Styles and more!Including MP3 CD packed with 41 Play-Along Tunes (with and without drums) and over 400 Demonstration Tracks!

Terry Bozzio is a drummer with a completely unique sound and approach to the drumset. His perfectly refined musical sense and innovative use of stacked cymbals meticulously tuned toms and an array of special effect instruments has elevated the modern drumset to a new level. Terry's brilliant synthesis of rock jazz aand classical influences has been heard with missing Persons U.K. and the Frank Zappa band. In Solo Drums Terry presents his overall approach to the drumset as an orchestra in itslef and performs three incredible solos employing various techniques and concepts that he explains in full detail. With ostinatos polyrhythms single-stroke rolls andplaying in odd meters Terry demonstrates the tools he uses to realise his groundbreaking take on the drumset in a solo context. Other topics covered include double bass drums hand technique and a study of Terry's drum part for Missing Persons' U.S. Drag. Terry also outlines exercises to strengthen chops and independence and offers an explanation of grip and stick control.

Tips Techniques & Ideas to Help You Find Your Own Drumming Style-Bring world rhythms and sounds into your drum set playing. Learn the three ways that the drum set plays in world music settings: a standard kit as part of a percussion section a standard kit alone and an expanded drumset that includes world instruments such as tambora. This systematic approach includes demonstrations and practice grooves for meringue and other Dominican rhythms which you will learn to bring into funk jazz andother styles. Exploring these possibilities and learning these techniques will help you to develop your personal voice as a drummer. Learn to: Play drum set in a percussion ensemble Incorporate world rhythmsand sounds into a standard drum kit. Expand your drum set to include other instruments. Create drum parts that are appropriate to the style and ensemble. Improve your independence Play odd meters and more.

Can you learn how to swing? Yes and this book will show you how giving you a huge vocabulary of creative triplet grooves and fills to play in every style. The book does this by taking common comfortable 16th-note patterns and adapting them into a triplet feel. The results are amazingly musical and refreshingly creative and will give any drummer tons of new ideas to play within any swing-based groove.Jeff Salem covers many concepts including solidifying your basic triplet grooves in various styles moving around the drumset with triplets incorporating the bass drum into your fills creating interesting triplet grooves using 16th note-based rhythms applyingparadiddle concepts to triplet grooves and fills incorporating rests into your swung phrases and more.In the later chapters the triplet rhythms presented are applied to fills that can be used in blues R&B rock and hip-hop settings and are also applied specifically to jazz concepts to broaden your independence and vocabulary in a traditional swing setting.An introductory section with basic triplet feels and a listening guide is designed to start beginning-level drummers on the right path to understanding swing-based styles.The book comes complete with an MP3 CD presenting play-along tracks in many styles which are designed for you to apply the concepts learned in the book. The disc also includes demonstrations of nearly every example in the book.