The New Basics: Rock Drums
A Totally Different, Fun Way to Learn
By Pete Sweeney
Drumset Book & CD
Item: 00-39262
$15.99
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Learning to play drums is not about studying---it's about playing---so it should be FUN! If you're looking to rock out, do you want to spend hours trying to figure out how to read music, and then slave away at rudiments? We didn't think so. No, we think you should rock out right away. Start with simple concepts like setting up and tuning your drums then move on to learning basic beats, fills, and even the techniques of some of the greatest drummers of all time. In short, this is not your dad's drum method. Pick up those drumsticks, open this book, and PLAY!
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Contents
| Title | |
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| GETTING TO KNOW YOUR DRUMSET | |
| Setting Up Your Drumset | |
| Tuning Your Drums: Two Methods | |
| Cross-Tensioning | |
| Clockwise Tensioning | |
| HOLDING THE DRUMSTICKS | |
| Matched Grip | |
| Traditional Grip | |
| Practice Tip | |
| COUNTING & NOTE VALUES | |
| Counting Exercises | |
| Basic Note Values | |
| Notes | |
| Eighth Notes | |
| The Staff, Measures, and Drum Notation | |
| Using a Metronome | |
| Metronome Exercise | |
| Basic Drum Notation | |
| EIGHTH-NOTE-BASED ROCK BEATS: BASIC PATTERNS | |
| Introducing the Hi-Hat | |
| Eighth-Note Rock Beats | |
| The Quarter Rest | |
| The Eighth Rest | |
| Two-Measure Beats and Introducing the Floor Tom | |
| The Ride Cymbal | |
| Two Ways to Play the Ride Cymbal | |
| The Half Rest | |
| EIGHTH-NOTE HI-HAT BEATS | |
| Open and Closed Hi-Hat | |
| Half-Open Hi-Hat Beats | |
| Stepped Hi-Hat | |
| Hi-Hat Played with Left Foot | |
| SIXTEENTH-NOTE ROCK | |
| Sixteenth Notes | |
| Note Value Comparison | |
| Practice Suggestions | |
| SIXTEENTH-NOTE HI-HAT & CYMBAL BEATS | |
| ROCK DRUM FILLS, FOUR- & EIGHT-BAR FORMS | |
| Eight-Bar Forms | |
| Measure Repeat | |
| Crash Cymbal | |
| Tom-Tom | |
| Four-Bar Forms | |
| Fill Tips | |
| Getting Around the Set | |
| Practice Tip | |
| Adding Rests to the Fill | |
| Sixteenth-Note Fills | |
| Hand & Foot Combinations | |
| TRIPLET ROCK | |
| Slow Blues | |
| Shuffle Rock | |
| FOUR TUNES | |
| Eighth-Note Rock Blues | |
| Funk Rock Tune | |
| Heavy Rock Tune | |
| Shuffle Blues | |
| A Few Final Words |
Additional Information
| Series: | The New Basics |
| Author: | Pete Sweeney |
| Instrument: | Drumset |
| Format: | Book & CD |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Item Number: | 00-39262 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-8887-4 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-8887-6 |
| UPC: | 038081439174 |
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