Essential Drum Fills

Double Bass Drum Techniques Hand & Foot Coordination Drum Fills and Warm-Up Exercises-Powerhouse rock drummer Ray Luzier takes you through an in-depth study of the art of double-kick drumming with clear step-by-step explanations and a host of exercises.Ray reveals details of essential techniques including:Warm upsAccent and double stroke roll exercisesHand and foot coordination exercisesIndependence motion and ostinato exercisesDouble bass drum techniques grooves and fillsBuilding bass drum speedRay also demonstrates exactly how to put it all to work in an enthralling live performance featuring Billy Sheehan Toshi Hiketa and Kesuke Nishimoto.

100 Essential Drumset Lessons contains exercises examples and advice that drummers of all abilities will find useful. Featuring over 300 demonstration and play-along audio tracks this informative guide includes instruction on playing in a wide range of styles-from basic rock and funk to metal and advanced swing. Fills metric superimposition odd time playing and soloing concepts are all covered with helpful technical exercises. 100 Essential Drumset Lessons also gives advice on productive practicing techniques and five Drumset audition solos are included for use at all-state auditions music festivals and recitals.

Volume 2-With very few studies exisiting for the Snare Drum 20 Studies for Snare Drum fills a very large gap. Professional percussionist Frédéric Macarez compiles the studies with a wealth of experience. Many of Macarez''s studies are inspired by symphonic repertoire while others are influenced by rhythmical difficulties synonymous with the instrument. Still others prepare the performer for less conventional uses of the instrument. Focus in the second volume of 20 Studies for Snare Drum is given to the systematic study of individual technical problems inspired by symphonic repertoire. Macarez''scompilation 20 Studies for Snare Drum is essential to the technical progression of advanced Snare Drum players.

Andols Herrick longtime drummer for Chimaira presents this unique book/DVD pack essential for heavy metal drummers.The topics covered include: double bass beats; hand exercises; time signature manipulation; the blast beat; drum & cymbal fills; and more. Each concept is thoroughly explained and notated in the book and then demonstrated up close by Herrick himself on the accompanying DVD.

Taste Time Technique & Timbre-A must-have DVD for all lovers of great drumming and the Big Band sound as drummer Ed Shaughnessy and conductor-arranger Clem DeRosa take you through a kaleidoscope of Jazz styles.From swing to Latin these guys are two of the very best in the business! Through live performances demonstrations and insightful discussions based on decades of professional experience they reveal: The four 'T's: the essential role of Time Taste Technique and Timbre in performanceThe secrets of effective brushwork fills and dynamicsSwing shuffle Latin and ballad drumming techniquesEvery concept is illustrated with some unstoppable big bandperformances followed by concise analysis and drum kit close-ups.

Private Lessons Series-This book provides note-for-note transcriptions of the Drum lessons on the accompanying instructional video which can be accessed online at halleonard.com via a unique code in the book. In the video Ray Luzier takes players through an in-depth survey of modern rock drumming techniques and styles. Through clear step-by-step explanations and exercises he reveals details of essential techniques including: warm ups accents and double stroke rolls hand and foot coordination independence motion and ostinato double Bass Drum techniques grooves & fills building Bass Drum speed and more. Ray demonstrates how to put these skills to work during excitinglive performance footage featuring fellow David Lee Roth Band alumni Billy Sheehan (Bass) and Toshi Hiketa (Guitar) and live footage from Japan featuring Keisuke Nishimoto.

With few study books in existence for the Snare Drum Progressive Technical Studies fills a large gap. As a prominent Snare Drum player himself Guy Lefèvre (1931-2004) produces well-informed studies for the instrument. The first volume of Progressive Technical Studies is intended for beginners of Drum studies. The diversity of these short and progressive rhythmic studies will ensure the student will rapidly advance in their learning of the instrument. Exercises should be addressed slowly with particular attention given to the precision and regularity of the beats. Lefèvre's 40 pages of exercisesin the first volume of Progressive Technical Studies for the Snare Drum are essential to developing percussionists.

With very few studies exisiting for the Snare Drum Keiskleiriana 1 fills a very large gap. Deriving from orchestral Snare Drum parts these Delécluse studies have been developed to cover aspects such as technical and rhythmical difficulties. Keiskleiriana 1 is compiled by Jacques Delécluse a French percussionist and composer. For many years Delécluse has been a soloist in the Orchestre de Paris and more recently founded an ensemble of Keyboard percussion instruments which bears his name. As an experienced percussionist himself and with much invaluable experience Delécluse's Keisleiriana 1 for Snare Drum is well-informed and essential to aspiring percussion players.

Play jazz with tremendous facility and authentic vocabulary. Learn to develop your own sound perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels and improvise dynamic fills and solos taught in the tradition of Alan Dawsonand other Berklee luminaries of drum education.This approach to jazz drumming presents a unique blend of four-way coordination comping vocabulary and soloing/improvisation concepts infused with world rhythms. It willhelp you to develop a deep practical understanding of how to play jazz drums and to develop your own personal sound and style.

Improve your performance increase your playing power build up your rhythm and control... all with the help of this superb book and CD pack. Learn the essentials of rock rhythms including bass and snare drum variations drumfills syncopated rhythms and much more.

The most in-depth study of breakbeat drumming in print! The style is divided into thirteen essential elements with each element discussed in its own chapter. Hundreds of exercises and beats give the reader ample opportunity to practice the elements which when assembled will give the drummer the ability to integrate a complete language of incredibly funky concepts into his or her playing.Over 90 transcriptions of beats and breaks provide the reader with a window into hip-hop/breakbeat drumming. Included are some of the most sampled beats in music history including information about the original song and later songs that used the sample. Also included is a historicaloverview of hip-hop and breakbeat drumming as well as biographies of many of the 'architects' that helped design the culture.The 'Click Track Loops' chapter provides an incredibly challenging system for practicing the breakbeat/hip-hop elements and other grooves against various patterns programmed into a drum machine. These will help the reader attain new levels of tightness precision and groove in their drumming.The CD features MP3 files with examples of select exercises beats and eight-bar phrases from the book. It also contains five play-along instrumental tracks (with and without drums). There is also a bonus sample library featuring 30 individual drum/cymbal sounds. Bonus Sections include Beats With Drops Fills and Dubstep.

DVD With Small Booklet-An enjoyable easy to follow drumming method for the complete beginner. Explains and demonstrates all the essential sounds and techniques used in modern drumming styles. Includes music fundamentals co-ordination and rhythmstudies and making effective use of the whole Drumkit. Includes 64 page bookNo previous musical knowledge or experience necessarySuitable for all agesEasy to follow lesson bylesson formatLearn to read music as it relates to the DrumsLearn to play using all the Drums and cymbals around the Drumkit.Learn how to invent your own Drum beats and fillsLearn how to playwith other instrumentsLearn to play drumbeats in a variety of styles including Rock Blues Funk and JazzAll of the exercises sound great and are fun to play

Par COROZINE VINCE. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 of the 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, and bass.Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass piano parts,making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues and pentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swing eighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context of accompanying a soloist (comping): in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazz soloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book.If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time you complete it! Includes access to online audio. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts, making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swingeighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping) - in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazzsoloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Etude / Piano