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Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. But kit drummers are increasingly difficult to ignore. While exponents of the drum kit are frequently mocked in popular culture, they are also widely acknowledged...

Through a series of graduated exercises, the secrets of how to play riffs, fills and breaks are opened up to the beginner and the whole concept of drumming laid bare.

More than eighty years have passed since Edgard Varèse’s catalytic work for percussion ensemble, Ionisation, was heard in its New York premiere. A flurry of pieces for this new medium dawned soon after, challenging the established truths and preferences of the European musical tradition while setting...

Welcome to EMUSIK Drums for beginners. This book was designed to give a fun and simple approach to playing the drum kit at beginner level. No matter what your age, if you’d like to get started on the drum kit, this book is for you.

Each of the 17 songs from Abbey Road are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles. Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe the song’s origins and inspiration, what The Beatles themselves said about it, what was unique...

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the conga drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning, and hand strokes. There are also many exercises, examples of Latin rhythms, and even some history of the instrument. Written by best-selling Mel...

Built around the life and teachings of master percussionist, Michel Merhej Baklouk, this book has been designed as a biographical tribute, a teaching manual, and a resource guide for anyone wishing to develop a deeper understanding of the role that percussion plays in Near Eastern Arabic music. This...

A collection of 78 tunes containing some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favorites. Each arrangement features harmony, style marks and guitar chords. The music is supplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music for Fife and Drum was compiled by a professional...

(Musicians Institute Press). This private lesson with Musicians Institute instructor Dallan Beck will teach you how to get a professional sound when recording drums in the studio and on stage. Topics covered include: microphones, sound processors, drum components, room and accent mics, different drumming...

This is a comprehensive presentation of hundreds of snare drum studies addressing such technical issues as single and double stroke combinations; sixteenth and triplet combinations; open and closed roll progressions; combinations in ¾ time; closed rolls; flams and triplets; and much more.  This...

"Cahier Rock notebook " is an overview of Pop/Rock rhythms most used by drummers. Excerpt of "Drummer's GUIDE de la batterie". More than 150 Rock exercises. Extrait de la méthode de batterie « Drummer’s GUIDE de la batterie » le « Cahier Rock notebook » se veut un survol des rythmes Pop/Rock les plus utilisé par les batteurs. Plus de 150 exercices sur le Rock.

This work book contains beats for some of the Summers biggest tracks.  Not every beat you will learn here is exactly what you hear on the track. It may be that the beat has been simplified  or may be just one beat of many in the song.  It may be that the beat is helping...

This djembe work book has been written for small or large djembe groups, just for fun or if following a curriculum. The standard is harder than easy with the option to swap beats for harder ones. The book is formatted in a way you can pick and mix to create a lesson and there is enough material for...

Percussion is an attempt—in the author’s words—to make sense of "senseless beating," to grasp how rhythm makes sense in music and society. Both a scholar and a former professional drummer, John Mowitt forges a striking encounter between cultural studies and new musicology that seeks...