Drums

Use your imagination to incorporate these rudimental etudes into new patterns that you can apply to the drumset or tom toms as you develop your hand technique with the Snare Drum Rudiments, your hand and foot technique with the Drumset Rudiments and your polyrhythmic technique with the Polyrhythm Rudiments. Adopt them all into your own creative expressions based on ideas you come up with while practicing. The recording includes demonstrations of the rudiments and four drum solos utilizing all of the rudiments.

In this book and CD package, Frank Katz demonstrates a variety of grooves and fills for use in funk, fusion, rock and R&B. Styles such as hip hop, jazz, Latin and Caribbean music are also represented. Many examples show how various patterns can be put together in limitless combinations to satisfy the needs of any drummer. As a special bonus, excerpts from several tunes are included, showing how various patterns can work within complete musical contexts.

This drum guide teaches exercises and grooves based on such Brazilian rhythms as baio, samba, maracatu and frevo. Its purpose is not only to present these traditional rhythms, but also to provide tools to stimulate creativity on the drums. The CD contains 40+ tracks all of the examples in the book, five complete tunes, and play-along tracks. This practical guide of ideas and grooves will surely enrich your musical vocabulary!

Combining a variety of jazz ride cymbal patterns with coordination and reading exercises, Creative Timekeeping develops true independence: the ability to play any rhythm on the ride cymbal while playing any rhythm on the snare and bass drums. It provides a variety of jazz ride cymbal patterns as well as coordination and reading exercises that can be played along with them. Five chapters: Ride Cymbal Patterns; Coordination Patterns and Reading; Combination Patterns and Reading; Applications; and Cymbal Reading.

Here are 365 fantastic warm-ups - one for every day of the year! Covers essentials such as: rudiments, patterns, weak hand builders, triple strokes, finger control, odd-time and much more. Drummers will improve their speed, dexterity, accuracy, coordination, and dynamic control, while developing their stylistic repertoire. The CD includes every exercise, 20 foot ostinatos that can be used as play-alongs, and five brush examples. It's also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the tempo without changing pitch.

Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. 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, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Breathe Eclipse Money Time Us and Them.

Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. 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! Includes: Break on Through to the Other Side Hello, I Love You (Won't You Tell Me Your Name?) L.A. Woman Light My Fire Love Me Two Times People Are Strange Riders on the Storm Roadhouse Blues.

A 52-week, one-exercise-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining drum technique. Players of all levels - begin to advanced - will increase their speed, coordination, dexterity and accuracy. The two CDs contain all 365 workout licks, plus play-along grooves in styles including rock, blues, jazz, heavy metal, reggae, funk, calypso, bossa nova, march, mambo, New Orleans 2nd Line, and lots more!

The Drum Book tells the story of the rock drum kit, from the moment Ringo Starr began to thrash his Ludwigs to the diverse styles of today's players. This expanded and updated edition celebrates in loving detail the music and the drummers that inspired change and invention, and in doing so, changed the sound of music forever.