Portraits in Rhythm: 50 Studies for Snare Drum Review

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(More customer reviews)This book contains 50 solos that each work a different aspect of playing.One must pay special attention to note length and placement.It works timing and different feels of classical music.This pieces are meant to be played as orchestral pieces, not marching.Make sure all rolls are buzz and pay attention to if they are tied to a downbeat or not.It is an excellent book to work on every aspect of snare playing.Try to play the pieces for someone with musical knowledge so they can tell you if your interpretation of the solos are correct.

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One of the classic snare drum books in print today! This publication presents the reader with challenging and stimulating material for the intermediate and advanced percussion student. Contains 50 musical solos and brief performance notes.

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Alfred's Drum Method, Book 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)The product was just what I was hoping for, and the reason I made the order. It came on time (actually early) and has been perfect for my needs. Thanks so much, and God bless you!
Dick Grout

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The ideal beginning snare drum method. Book 1 covers Rudimental Studies, Roll Studies, Contest Solos, and Bass Drum and Cymbal Techniques. Book 2 covers Traditional Rudimental Style, Corps Style, Orchestral Style, Accessory Instruments, and Multiple Percussion Techniques. The Video tapes include demonstrations and performances by the authors.--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Primary Handbook for Snare Drum Review

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(More customer reviews)You don't have to be a snare drummer in a marching band to benefit from the exercises in this book. All drummers have to know how to count rythym/beats and these exercises help develop that skill very well. I usually play with the book on my own first (so that I am considering notes and rests myself and figuring them out), then I play the same piece with the accompanying CD which are played at a good pace that challenges you to really be reading the music, but not so fast that you feel like you'll never get it. I like to find a piece that I can't play accurately all the way through the first time, then play it about 10 times with the CD, until I am playing it accurately. Then later I come back to that piece and see if I am still hitting it right. Anyhow, I strongly recommend the exercises in this book for drummers of all levels - coming back to the basics now and then even when you think you've got it down already just serves to strengthen your skills.

By the way, there are two versions of this book on Amazon, one with and one without the CD. It is definitely worthwhile to have the CD and it is not "cheating" to play along with it. You'll see that when you try to do it - it's just more like playing along with another drummer, which is great practice.

I have a growing library of drum books and this is one I come back to over and over.

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A comprehensive and musical beginning method that includes rudiments, reading, duets, repetition exercises, multiple drum studies and composition assignments.

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Big Band: Drum Play-Along Volume 9 Review

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(More customer reviews)BE FOREWARNED, THIS IS NOT A PLAY-ALONG!!!!
I was tremendously disappointed, I already have excellent recordings of big band tunes! This is labeled a "Play-Along" which would indicate music minus drums.Perhaps even like the Rock books in this series with one example track with drums and one performance track without drums.How hard would that have been!!!Really feel shisted by Hal Leonard on this one.ITS NOT A REAL PLAY-ALONG!Save your money and buy a great recording of one of the great old big bands!

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Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Songs: I've Got You Under My Skin * In a Mellow Tone * In the Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Route 66 * Stompin' at the Savoy * This Can't Be Love * Until I Met You (Corner Pocket).

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Christmas Favorites - Drums: Big Band Play-Along Volume 5 Review

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(More customer reviews)CAUTION! DO NOT THINK THESE BIG BAND PLAY-ALONGS ARE LIKE THE OTHER HAL LENOARD PLAY-ALONG SERIES. YOU ARE PLAYING ON TOP OF ANOTHER DRUMMER! HECK I HAVE A THOUSAND CDs I CAN DO THAT WITH!

Maybe they should have added the publishers description below to clearify this.

These revolutionary play-along packs let you sit in with a professional big band, WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF PLAYING SOLO. They're perfect for current players who want to practice their chops and for those former players who want to get back in the swing!
Each volume includes: easy-to-read, authentic big band arrangements; professional recordings of all the big band instruments, INCLUDING THE LEAD PART; book/CD packs for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, guitar, piano, bass and drums.

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Play along with a real big band with this great book/CD pack. The book features authentic big band arrangements of 10 holiday classics in easy-to-read parts and the CD has great, professionally recorded accompaniments. Songs include: Baby, It's Cold Outside * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * My Favorite Things * Silver Bells * White Christmas * and more.

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Modern Rock Drum Beats and Loops (Sound Library) Review

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(More customer reviews)I enjoyed the modern drum loops so much I ordered the classic one too. Great studio and composition tool.

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Great for amateur recording musicians as well as professional recording studios, this pack includes all of the building blocks necessary for composing and recording a complete drum part in a variety of styles. 101 basic beats are featured, plus hundreds of variations, such as intros, fills, accents, endings and a complete set of "one-shots" on CD-ROM. Files are in standard .wav format for use with any looping program, including Sonic Foundry's ACID and Fruity Loops. As a bonus, packs also include an audio CD with 99 tracks for demo and play-along, and a book with standard notation.

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Master Technique Builders for Snare Drum: Actual Daily Practice Routines Undes by Anthony Cirone Review

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(More customer reviews)The book is divided into exercises by different world famous percussionists and each writer gives a brief text on why they believe each exercise is important.I am looking forward to using this book with all of my students.The format is clear and easy to follow.Great book for anyone who is looking for exercises to strengthen their performance.

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The actual daily practice routines used by professional symphonic and jazz drummers. The many variations of basic rudimental patterns make snare drum practicing a joy.

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Drum Set Warm-Ups: Essential Exercises for Improving Technique (Berklee Guide) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is absolutly the best book on the market for developing drum
set technique.It is so much fun to work through the exercises.It takes
practice for these excersises to be put to their full potential but you
will see results fast.I noticed a big improvement in my playing,
especially my drum fills and my speed and accuracy.i have been playing
drums for over 6 years and i have used many drum books in the past, but
none compare to this.i recommend this book to anyone.

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Step away from the practice pad! Legendary drummer Rod Morgenstein reveals his innovative warm-up method designed to limber up your entire body. Features exercises to develop and improve your speed, power, control, coordination, independence, accuracy, endurance and agility. With this book, you'll gain a greater facility and command of the drum set, along with an increased feeling of confidence."The definitive text for improving technical facility on the drum set." - Ron SpagnardiEditor/Publisher, Modern Drummer

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Brazilian Rhythms for Drum Set and Percussion Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a good book for anyone interested in learning (or adding to their knowledge) Brazilian Rhythms.
Easy to follow, the author spends some time explaining the history behind the music, but more time teaching various rhythms.It's good to see the percussion rhythms first and then shown applications to drum set.

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Spice up your percussion rhythms and grooves with this book/CD pack by Brazilian native Alberto Netto! Learn to play the most popular and influential Brazilian rhythms on both traditional percussion instruments and on the drum set. The vital techniques and styles covered include: hand percussion; Samba; Forro; Carnaval rhythms; Afro-Brazilian rhythms; sacred music and more. Includes a glossary of Brazilian Portuguese terms and instruments, and a CD to help both the novice and experienced player perfect this rhythmic language.

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Thomas Lang - Creative Control: Book/CD/DVD Pack Review

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(More customer reviews)If your a pro or advanced drummer you will eat this up (Terry Bozzio comes to mind). If your a beginner, you'll learn the power of practice makes perfect. After viewing many drumming dvds, this particular one got my attention. Thomas has taken practicing rudiments to another level. The production and direction of this video is top notch. Thedrums sound incredible and camera angles are great. I highly recommend this dvd. Yes, he may discourage you with his speed but it is all the result of hours of practice which anyone can achieve if you wish to do so.It has motivated me to break out the practice pad and brush up on my coordination.Can't wait to see the newest dvd.

JC

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Thomas Lang presents a completely innovative and inspired practice regime, and system for helping you develop incredible drumset technique, that will forever change your approach to drumming. Lang's awesome speed, control, finesse and unparalleled interdependence will inspire you to hone your drumming chops so that you can play more effectively in any musical context. Thomas also offers blazing solos and performances in many different styles, including a definitive version of "The Black Page," the Frank Zappa tour de force. Special DVD Features: All of the solos, fills and exercises available in separate audio files in the ACID format (for PC) and REX format (for Mac), which will allow you to change the tempo without effecting the pitch * Looping function for continuous play, making it easier to absorb and master each one * Bonus live performance footage and live drum solos * PDF files of transcriptions of many of Thomas' exercises and performances, including "The Black Page," a photo gallery, and more. Running Time: Over 5 hours! This pack features the instructional book/CD pack AND the DVD.

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Best of the Dave Matthews Band for Drums (Play-It-Like-It-Is) Review

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(More customer reviews)I started Rapunzel the first day I got this book.I've been playing Carter's stuff for awhile, listening to him for years, and I play alot like him.I can listen to his stuff and play it note for note.I figured buying this book would speed up the dechipering of his nasty hi-hat work.Man I was dissapointed.The guy who tried to tab out Carter's playing doesn't get half the notes that are played.Ghost notes are missing, bass hits are added, and some measures are in the wrong time signature or on the wrong beat all together.I know the guy was listening to the same version of the same song as I because he's close to accurate, but then again, close isn't "note for note" or "play it like it is." All in all, this guy either doesn't play the drums, or he drums as bad as the two beat drummer from AC/DC and doesn't know a damn thing about rhythm.I would do this book all over again with me at the headphones, pencil in hand...this transcriber is a joke calling it "note for note" accurate.

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Note-for-note transcriptions of Carter Beauford's great drum work on 10 DMB hits: Ants Marching * The Best of What's Around * Crash into Me * Don't Drink the Water * Rapunzel * Satellite * So Much to Say * Stay (Wasting Time) * Too Much * What Would You Say.

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Guide to Standardized Drumset Notation Review

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(More customer reviews)WOW - I should have looked my own book up here much earlier. To make a few comments:

Insufficiently Authoritative?? - that hurt! I have a DMA in percussion performance from Indiana University. I am the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Arizona. I have a number of works published: over a dozen musical compositions, three books, and over 400 published articles. This book was the result of over two years of research for my DMA document. The entire document and rationale of why certain recommendations were made, was over 900 pages long. I honestly feel that my background and research makes me an authoritative figure on this topic. I started writing music calligraphy back in 1973, and have worked with computer-based notation since Professional Composer came out on the Mac in 1984.

These recommendations were not decided by some arbitrary means. The claim that these recommendations are contrary to standard practice is simply wrong. This book was created by making a very thorough analysis of the notation used in over 200 drumset examples, both using precise notation - such as actual transcriptions and drumset method books, and improvisatory notation - such as big band and studio drum charts. In addition, over 25 books on contemporary notational standards were analyzed in respect to drumset notation. The final recommendations were nothing more than an acceptance of what is currently being done the most. HOWEVER, some recommendations were made in order to help drumset notation work for a small 5-piece kit, or a kit the size of Terry Bozzio's!

"Theta" claims that some of the instructions are "absurd", but please keep in mind that requirements change depending on what the composer is trying to do. For a short example, having one cross-stick rimshot on the snare is an easy notational example - Theta suggests using an "X" on the snare space. That's fine, but what if you want to use that same technique on a tom tom? Using the "X" for that technique now means that it can easily be confused with the cymbal. Not a big problem if you've only using two cymbals, but what if your kit includes 8 toms and 8 cymbals. Then the book's recommended notation makes much more sense.

Concerning the statement that the "standardization" has yet to be implemented - I put forward the FACT that the book has been adopted by: The Percussive Arts Society and the PAS Publishers Committee, Hal Leonard Publishing, Alfred Publishing, Studio 4 Publishers, Meredith Music Publications, Modern Drummer Magazine, Drum! Magazine; as well as the Finale and Sibelius notation programs - to name just a few influential organizations. Hell, I wrote the section in the Sibelius manual for drumset notation. I was also a beta tester for Finale for over two years, working exclusively on their drumset notation capabilities.

To make a comment to Max Parish's suggestion to use "my own Guide", is exactly the reason why this research was done in the first place! So that everyone didn't create their own notation from scratch. The book also goes so much further than simply recommending the proper line or space for a particular instrument. The main purpose was.... Here's something that works for every type of musical situation, let's just all adopt it and we'll be much better off.

If you're looking for a book that HAS been and CONTINUES to be a standard for drumset notation, then this is the book. Check it out and you'll agree.

Here's what Peter Erskine said about the book: "...I hope and recommend that ALL composers, arrangers, authors of pedagogical studies and drummers read, digest and use this long-awaited standard of drumset notation. Norm Weinberg has done contemporary music a great service with this book..."

Here's what Ron Spagnardi (founder of Modern Drummer) said about the book: "After much research, Norm Weinberg has carefully refined and clarified the current, most common methods of drumset notation. If everyone who writes for drumset adopts these guidelines, the ambiguities inherent in much current drumset notation can be alleviated."

Here's what Joe LaBarbera (one of Jazz' top composers and arrangers) said about the book: "This book is a must for all arrangers and orchestrators. I wish this text had been around years ago when I was trying to make sense of the collective, 'hand-me-down' drum notation of the day. Let's have a big drum roll for Norm Weinberg!"

Here's what George Gaber (percussion performer, educator, and PAS Hall of Fame recipient) said about the book: "Authors, publishers, composers and performers are now liberated to communicate in a common notational language. What a triumph to release us from the 'medieval' practice of slash marks with the term ad lib."

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One of the biggest challenges for anyone attempting to notate a drumset part is that there is no absolute "standard" in terms of what makes up a drumset. Through this book, the Percussive Arts Society provides guidelines to aid performers, teachers, students, composers, arrangers, orchestrators and music engravers in producing clear drumset parts for a variety of uses. These guidelines cover the majority of situations and provide basic principles to help people arrive at logical solutions to unique circumstances. Topics covered include: general notation, drums, cymbals, noteheads, voicing, improvisational notation, and more.

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Practical Guide to Percussion Terminology Review

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(More customer reviews)Amazon lists Anthony Cirone as the author of this excellent little reference book. Actually, despite Cirone's valuable contributions, the principal author is Russ Girsberger, until early 2006 the ensemble librarian of the New England Conservatory in Boston.

I own a lot of percussion reference books, but this is the one I always reach for first. It's hard to beat.

David Daniels

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Confused with the growing list of percussion instruments and terms? This new Meredith publication provides both definitions and an artistic interpretation of how each term is applied to the literature. A great source for conductors, composers, performers and students.

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Gene Krupa Drum Method Review

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(More customer reviews)The Gene Krupa Drum Method, published in 1938, was an important book when it comes to understanding the history of drum set playing. As Gene Krupa studied with Sanford Moeller, the Gene Krupa Drum Method brought valuable insight into the "Moeller Technique". The present edition of Gene Krupa Method contains detailed explanations with photographs of stick grips as well as instructions for the Upstrokes and Downstrokes specific for the "Moeller Technique". There are also sections on drum rudiments, especially rolls and paradiddles, and drum set playing. However, in this reprint on Alfed Publishing, almost half the original book has been excluded, meaning the military beats in the original edition, such as The Three Camps and Downfall of Paris, as well as swing classics like Sing, Sing, Sing. If this reprint is the only Krupa book you can find, and you are interested in drum history and the "Moeller Technique", I recommend it. However, if you can get hold of a copy of the original book from 1938, so much the better! Tormod Kayser, M.Mus, Norway

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This method features transcriptions from the video Gene Krupa: Jazz Legend. The first section of the book presents Krupa's drum method which combines individual snare drum techniques with basic drumset applications. The second section contains transcriptions of Krupa's performances from the video.

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Advanced Concepts (Manhattan Music Publications) Review

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(More customer reviews)This great book by the co-chair of New York's Drummers' Collective, Kim Plainfield, is a well-organized excursion into more advanced drumming concepts.With sections on incorporating rudiments into fills, building limb independence through linear grooves and world rhythms, and numerous suggestions for using basic "source rhythms" as launching pads for soloing or grooving ideas, Plainfield's book will likely broaden your drumming horizons, as it has mine.The book comes with two CDs in which Plainfield demonstrates the various techniques and exercises, and at the same time displays his remarkable drumming skills.

The book is intended for serious players who yearn for greater skill--so, while intermediate players will likely find more immediate applications of the book's contents, relative beginners who are willing to think should find the book helpful in generating ideas beyond commonplace Rock figures, while more advanced players may discover some new perspectives on various techniques and feels.Advanced Concepts ably points the way to more intelligent, smoother, eye-opening drumming, and will aid any drummer in becoming a much better musician.

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This is the first book that deals with the necessary drum techniques and practices for today's music. With this 93-page book and 90-minute recording comes an eight-page pull-out chart of additional exercises. An outstanding value!

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Velocity Warm-Ups for Jazz Vibraphone Review

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(More customer reviews)Charles Dowd has done a fantastic job of organizing practical, every day, important warm ups, and technique builders into one excellent book.
This book is written for the vibraphone and I mention that because so many mallet technique books are "catch all" books meant for the marimba, xylophone, vibes etc.
I believe that in this book you'll find many useful ideas that will make a difference in your playing.

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Eighty-eight patterns for jazz improvisation. These technical exercises utilize jazz scales and modes which develop technique through practical harmonic concepts.

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