Alfred's Beginners Drumset Method Review

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(More customer reviews)as a struggling midlife crisis drumming student, it has been difficult finding "THE" one book from which to learn and reinforce "the basics" of drumming.After about a dozen purchases (or two), I found the Alfred Drumset Method Book.

There are a LOT of methods for teaching drumming, and many methods for learning.

I started drumming about 18 mos ago - about a year after my 10 year old son started snare drum classes in school - with a 90 year old semi-retired jazz drummer (father of a friend of mine - he still had 32 students up to July 2005 - retired due to a stroke but he still helps me out occasionally when I visit) and his methods were great, but the books he used were upwards of 60 years old (Roy Burns' Elementary Drum Method, Joel Rothman's Rolls Rolls Rolls, Ted Reed's Progressive Steps to Syncopation, Stone's Stick control), heavy on rudiments, marching rhythms, and he'd play vibes while I and my son took turns playing rock, shuffle and jazz grooves w/ him.I've heard his students over the years and his methods worked, but as an adult, physician, post-post graduate I was looking for another method outside of the way he was presenting it to me.

What works about the Alfred book for me is this:simple 4/4 rock grooves, introductions of simple progressive bass,snare, tom changes around the set which reinforces independence and fills, a visual and kinesthetic introduction to fills and 4 bar riffs and a similar treatment of jazz rhythms.It's done in a way that builds rapidly to a finished product where learning the components separately wasn't giving me the satisfaction I was looking for.Kind of like learning how to drive by being given a five minute review of the controls and then driving around a parking lot versus taking an auto mechanics course for six months before seeing what a finished car looks and feels like.

Somehow this makes sense to me where "Drumming for the Complete Idiot" and similar books didn't work.Or maybe it was torturing myself with those other books for so long that now with the Alfred Method, it all comes together.My son and I are playing together across the basement (he has his set, I have mine) and learning from each other.When he needs books, I've got them, and he uses the Alfred book too, but it's time to find another teacher for one on one.

The Alfred Drumset Method, a good investment.But unless you're a real self-starter, find a teacher who will work with you with it.

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This innovative method is a practical approach to playing the drumset. Students start their first lesson by playing an actual beat! The book is divided into two sections: "Rock" and "Jazz". In each section students learn the use of the hi-hat, ride cymbal, snare drum and bass drum in their respective styles. A play-along cassette or CD isavailable for corresponding drum charts.

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