Contemporary Rock Styles for the Drums

Break down rock into fifteen important sub-styles with this unique book and CD pack! For each sub-style, students get a comprehensive lesson centering on a fully notated musical chart on the CD. The CD includes a performance demo and then a version without the drums for playing along. With the sound of music in their ears, they can study and practice the technical aspects by performing the rhythms of each style. Each style section includes: historical references and background, useful information and explanations about the sub-style, notated musical examples of the style for drums, additional exercises and alternative variations, important performance tips, discographies and bibliographies, demonstration performance, and play along tracks.