The Post-Bop Drum Book: Audio and Video Included

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The character of Brazilian drumming, and hence much Brazilian music and its influence on global music today, is closely intertwined with the country's rich cultural heritage.

If you haven’t gathered by now, I consider rhythm reading to be an essential practice tool. The ability to read rhythms is so important due to its versatility and how it helps develop coordination and independence. With a focused application of your time and a minimal effort you will have gained the ability to read enough to communicate with a jazz ensemble while sight reading. Without having ever played a song before, you’ll be able to anticipate the changes, set up the band and communicate as if you were telepathic. At the beginning it even gives the very basics of drum notation, and at the end, giving a nice glossary of some of the common drum terms. In my opinion, drum books are still the best source of practice material when it comes to drummers, as they contain new patterns, different techniques, and hand and foot coordination exercises, instead of chasing the next big thing – Gospel Chops, I’m looking at you!

Once you learn the concepts, they are applicable to the drum kit, whether it’s coming up with feels, beats or a solo. Description: No other book will test your independence like this one. In each section, you’ll be given an ostinato to play between two or three limbs. The limbs not involved in the ostinato will play different rhythmic and melodic patterns around the drum-set. Ostinatos For The Melodic Drumset is one of the most challenging books you’ll ever come across. Printing: Printing for books is not available for our eBooks, which are designed as digital-only products. While many of our eBooks have identical print edition versions available, many are available in eBook-only format. Description: 4-Way Coordination will provide you with exercises to help your four limbs work together effectively. Coordination is different from independence – which is the separation between limbs. Some of the topics covered in this book are melodic ( linear) coordination, harmonic (non-linear) coordination, and four-way coordination.

When I started creating online content, there was nothing I wanted more than to help students work through these books. They are already laid out like courses and are created by educators I will humbly admire until the day I die. I literally love these guys and they’ve enriched my daily life for so many years, how could I not want to share their teachings? Leaving them out is the equivalent of teaching an American literature course where I pretend Ralph Ellison and Walt Whitman didn’t exist and instead spend half of our class time building your excitement to buy a copy of my latest romance novel. I know what your thinking– “That doesn’t sound so bad right?” Ha! But I’m trying hard to give you some depth here, so read on. Listening to the jazz greats, practising, playing, taking lessons, going to gigs, studying the history and, yes, seeking advice from books by reputable authors is just the beginning of a long to-do list. Drumming books should also be tailored to your experience level as a drummer—whether you are an advanced player or just starting out. At first glance, Syncopation appears to be a simple snare drum reading book. It begins with beginner level reading and progresses its way to more advanced rhythms, syncopation, and accents. Overall, the beauty of Syncopation is its simplicity. Pay close attention to the spacing between the notes, and keeping the volume of the notes the same, unless there are accents.Grooves covered include Samba, Partido Alto, Bossa Nova, Baiao, Caterete, Maracatu, Marcha and Frevo. Another endless source of ideas and inspiration. So, learning this concept as a beginner removes coordination as an issue in the future. One may wonder why then the book is called a coordination book if we just discussed independence, they both work together.