Drums - Kit Playing

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

Mick Berry, Jason Gianni

This monster guide to popular drum styles offers approximately 400 musical examples in standard drum notation showing rhythm grooves and practical variations, and provides overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles. 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.

The two CDs contain performances of the musical examples in the book, which is designed with a lay-flat binding for easy use.

Example topics:
1. blues
2. rock
3. jazz
4. swing
5. Afro-Cuban
6. Brazilian
7. klezmer
8. zydeco
9. funk
10. bossa nova
11. polka
12. dixieland
13. surf
14. disco
15. more!

181 pgs, 8.5" x 11", 400 examples, includes two CDs
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