Drums

Like Master Studies, this is a workbook of material to use in developing the hands for drumming. Challenging exercises encourage students to learn slow, sensible and accurate practice techniques.

MD Classic Tracks is a learning tool for the contemporary drummer. It contains transcriptions of thirteen tracks (some never before in print!) recorded by some of the most important contemporary drummers in rock and fusion. In these pages, you'll find the exact drum parts recorded on tracks that drummers have been inspired by since their release. Artists featured include Carter Beauford, John Bonham, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Steve Gadd, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, Simon Phillips, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Portnoy, and Steve Smith. Includes great photos and backgrounds on each of these drummer's drummers. Spiral-bound.

Over the past decade, Off the Record has been one of Modern Drummer magazine's most popular columns. Each month it focuses on a well-known drummer through detailed transcriptions and analysis of recordings. Here for the first time is a collection of the best of these articles, highlighting outstanding performances in modern rock, metal, punk, classic rock, funk, and progressive music. Also features several new, never-before-published articles and a disc with over 175 MP3 examples! Drummers included are John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, Phil Collins, Carter Beauford, Chad Smith, Lars Ulrich, Dave Grohl, Matt Sorum, Taylor Hawkins, Dennis Chambers, Alex Van Halen, Stewart Copeland, and many, many more.

Coordinated independence refers to the ability to execute separate rhythms in each hand and foot in a coordinated manner, yet totally independent of one another. This book will teach you this essential part of jazz drumming. Section One covers snare drum independence, Section Two teaches bass drum independence, Section Three puts them both together, and Section Four features helpful combination exercises.

This book is designed to help players gain an extremely high level of coordinated independence for rock drumming performance, thereby freeing all four limbs from dependence on one another. Once the material in this book has been mastered, students will be capable of playing almost any rhythmic figure on snare and bass drum, in combination with six varied hi-hat/cymbal patterns, while the hi-hat foot plays quarter notes, 8th notes, or upbeat 8ths.

Written and produced by funk drumming specialist Jim Payne and recommended by drumming greats Peter Erskine, Stanton Moore, Steve Smith, Zoro, and Bill Stewart, this multimedia package combines a wealth of practical ideas with modern technology to make it easier and more intuitive for drummers to learn new grooves and an essential drumming style. It includes a book with fully notated transcriptions and tips plus two DVDs with more than 200 QuickTime video and MP3 audio clips. In creating this package, Payne composed and video-recorded the grooves before transcribing them. The first half of the book, Sections 1 through 14, is organized in a sequential manner; moving from simple grooves to more advanced permutations. Sections 15 through 21 present additional patterns in a more organic and sometimes random progression. To further facilitate the multi-sensory learning process, many of the beats are shown in both slow and fast versions. The speed of video loops can be further reduced using the standard software in QuickTime, which is very helpful for teachers and students. Although Payne has included beats that support the development of specific techniques that are required to correctly and comfortably perform contemporary funk drumming patterns, another progressive aspect of the project is its relative lack of purely technical exercises. Author Jim Payne has played, recorded and taught drums for many years and is the author of several books on the subject of funk drumming, including Funk Drumming, The Complete Book of Funk Drumming, The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul, and 100 Famous Funk Beats.

This book from Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi will help drummers using a traditional single bass set-up attain the most effective and efficient results from their playing. In a simple and methodical manner, it presents bass drum development exercises using 8th notes, triplets, two common 16th-note figures, straight 16th notes, 16th-note triplets, and 32nd notes. The last section of the book presents five challenging solos using combinations of the previously studied material.

By following the series of progressive exercises laid out here, drummers who already possess a substantial level of solo skills - but who want to add a greater degree of rhythmic and visual interest to their solo work - will better understand the technique, and develop a good measure of facility on their own. This bestselling Modern Drummer book now comes complete with a disc featuring 240 .mp3 examples!

Coordinated independence refers to the ability to execute separate rhythms in each hand and foot in a coordinated manner, yet totally independent of one another. This book will teach you this essential part of jazz drumming. Section One covers snare drum independence, Section Two teaches bass drum independence, Section Three puts them both together, and Section Four features helpful combination exercises. This bestseller by Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi now comes packaged with a disc of 92 examples in .mp3 format!

Now packaged with a CD, this bestselling book is designed to help players gain an extremely high level of coordinated independence for rock drumming performance, thereby freeing all four limbs from dependence on one another. Once the material in this book has been mastered, students will be capable of playing almost any rhythmic figure on snare and bass drum, in combination with six varied hi-hat/cymbal patterns, while the hi-hat foot plays quarter notes, 8th notes, or upbeat 8ths. All examples are played on the accompanying CD.