Synopsis
Learn everything you need to know to begin drumming.
From basic rhythms to beats and fills, you'll be equipped with all the tools you need to become a confident, skilled, and well-rounded drum kit player.
You'll learn to:
- Read drum sheet music.
- Count rhythms accurately.
- Play a wide range of beats.
- Play effective fills around the kit.
Perfect for:
- Completely new drummers, with or without musical experience.
- Established drummers who wish to learn to read drum sheet music.
- Drum teachers seeking a user-friendly book for beginner students.
The 50 lessons of this book are presented in step-by-step fashion, allowing effective progression without becoming too difficult too soon.
All lessons feature conventional, realistic drum notation, as you'd find in real-life musical scenarios.
With material suitable for all ages, this book covers essential topics for every drummer, regardless of your tastes in music.
Audio examples for every exercise are available to purchase separately – details on how to do this are included in the book.
Written by the creator of Sight Read Drums on YouTube.
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Full lesson list
Lesson 2 – The bass drum
Lesson 3 – The hi-hat and quarter-note time
Lesson 4 – Quarter-note fills
Lesson 5 – The ride cymbal
Lesson 6 – The crash cymbal
Lesson 7 – Eighth notes
Lesson 8 – Eighth-note time
Lesson 9 – The toms
Lesson 10 – Half notes and whole notes
Lesson 11 – Bass and snare variations for eighth-note time
Lesson 12 – Repeat signs
Lesson 13 – Rim clicks
Lesson 14 – Fill length variation
Lesson 15 – Dynamics
Lesson 16 – Sixteenth notes
Lesson 17 – Sixteenth-note fills
Lesson 18 – Single-stroke rolls
Lesson 19 – Fills with foot patterns
Lesson 20 – Accents and rimshots
Lesson 21 – Off-beat eighth notes
Lesson 22 – Off-beat bass variations for eighth-note time
Lesson 23 – Broken sixteenth-notes
Lesson 24 – Four-on-the-snare time
Lesson 25 – Flams
Lesson 26 – Eighth-note triplets
Lesson 27 – Triplet time and fills
Lesson 28 – Shuffle time
Lesson 29 – Swing time
Lesson 30 – Buzz rolls
Lesson 31 – 2/4 time signature
Lesson 32 – 3/4 time signature
Lesson 33 – Opening the hi-hat
Lesson 34 – Sixteenth-note time
Lesson 35 – Dotted notes
Lesson 36 – 12/8 time signature
Lesson 37 – 6/8 time signature
Lesson 38 – Tied notes and pushes
Lesson 39 – Bass variations for quarter-note time
Lesson 40 – Repeat endings, D.C. & D.S. Al Coda and Al Fine
Lesson 41 – Eighth-note time with syncopation
Lesson 42 – Ghost notes
Lesson 43 – Double-stroke rolls
Lesson 44 – Drags
Lesson 45 – Quarter-note triplets
Lesson 46 – Paradiddles
Lesson 47 – Sixteenth-note triplets
Lesson 48 – Eighth-note swing and sixteenth-note swing
Lesson 49 – Five-stroke rolls
Lesson 50 – Slash notation
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