The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco

The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco
by Mick Berry, Jason Gianni

The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco
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Author: Jason Gianni, Mick Berry
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-01
ISBN: 1884365329
Number of pages: 181
Publisher: See Sharp Press

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Book Review: Exceptional ,Comprehensive, a great resource
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an exceptional book & cd, that can educate students & refreshing professionals as to the many different styles of drumming. It gives examples of possible artists who play a certain type of music that would require a certain drumming style or "groove" as the term has come to be . If for example you want to know more about how to play "funk" or certain jazz types of music, this book explains as well as providing several examples of wriiten notation , and artists to listen to who play this style, then you can hear examples on the cd. Highly reccommended-Bob M.

Summary of The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco

This guide to popular drum styles offers approximately 400 musical examples in standard drum notation showing grooves and practical variations, and provides overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles. Among the many styles and subsidiary styles covered are blues, rock, jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, klezmer, zydeco, funk, bossa nova, polka, Dixieland, surf, and disco. While this resource and two-CD set can serve as a simple encyclopedia for those who need to know how to play a particular style, suggestions on varying the beat patterns for those who want to explore further and create their own patterns are also included. In addition, the two CDs contain performances of the musical examples in the book, which is designed with a lay-flat binding for easy use.

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