Carmine Appice – Rudiments to Rock – A Basic Drum Method for Playing Today’s …
This book begins with the most basic fundamentals of drumming and then gradually progresses by introducing various rudiments until the student is ready for the drumset. The basics in reading, hand control, various triplet feelings, and standard rock beats are presented. Focused toward developing and coordinating hands, feet, and mind.
How to Build Drum Grooves Over Bass Lines – An Easy Guide for Expanding Your …
This addition to the « How To… » series demonstrates how a drummer and bass player should interact with and respond to each other in different musical styles. Each section of the book presents a bass guitar line in the style of a specific genre, which is then followed by four different drum grooves. These mini-lessons achieve two goals: 1) they illustrate what a drummer should listen for in a bass line; and 2) they demonstrate how to build and execute proper drum grooves. Each exercise builds a drum groove by orchestrating which drum(s) can be played around that rhythm. You can use each exercise as a building block that leads to the fourth (and final) groove of each section. Includes over 200 audio tracks!
Benny Greb – The Language of Drumming: A System for Musical Expression – A Sy…
Included along the way are new hi-hat groove variations, dozens of ghost-note exercises, and a complete system for mastering odd groupings (3, 5, and 7) in your playing.