This book & CD takes the concept of the drum dictionary to a new level: 100 grooves for drums and bass that explore every style of musical performance are written and recorded for maximum impact. The concept of combining the drums and the bass truly makes this a unique and definitive resource for all percussionists.

This Book is designed to teach music styles for drummers in all levels. There are 888 beats plus plenty of applications for them. Beats are chosen carefully, aiming to develop the students musical skills and music styles in the effective ways. Music styles, coordination, motor skills, technique and reading music have been a large part of the criteria while developing this book. Styles in the book are: • 1/8 beats • Triplet beats • Shuffle • Half Time Shuffle • 1/4 beat • 1/16 beat • Funk • Paradiddle grooves • Reggae • 5/8 beats • 7/8 beats • Jazz • 3/4 Jazz • Brazil • Afro-Cuban Rhythms • Brushes

If you love rock beats then this is the book for you! 100 Legendary Modern Rock Drum Beats breaks down the most essential rock grooves, both classic and modern. Regardless of whether you're a fan of classic rock, blues, hard rock, modern rock or prog, you will get a major insight to how all of these styles are played. Beats made famous by the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Police, Rush, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Dave Matthews Band, System of a Down, and more, are presented in standard drum notation and on the accompanying audio. Five bonus beats are included at the end featuring double bass drum patterns. After mastering this book you will be ready to create your own legendary rock beats!

A collection of studies on rock, jazz, and Latin rhythms designed to increase a drummer's versatility. Each study contains basic rhythms plus practical variations---all proven successful in numerous playing situations. Includes John's phrasing techniques which are applied to all the rhythms. With discography and audio, this revised and updated method provides a perfect base for the teacher and student to help focus on the three main genres of music.

Keeping time is the most important function of any drummer. This book covers the playing of odd time signatures which is becoming increasingly important for the drumset player. This book is a continuation of the popular book, A Funky Primer, but is a little more advanced. It contains jazz, Latin-funk and odd-time rock patterns including 12/8, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4, 13/4 and 15/4.

Updated to include 50 additional grooves, this encyclopedic book and two-CD set contains more than 450 musical examples in standard notation, showing grooves and practical variations. Overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles are covered alongside innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, and funk; virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play is in there. This revised second edition also includes an updated bibliography and discography, as well as more historical information about the individual styles.