Drum Set Method Books

With this book and its online audio examples, students will learn to develop their own sound, perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels, and improvise dynamic fills and solos. Additionally,

Here's an opportunity for drum set players to explore an aspect of their instrument that is too often overlooked: playing and soloing melodically. The ten play-along recordings of drum and bass grooves in

While many of the 500 patterns in this book can be applied to just about any musical style, the author has grouped the fills into the specific genres in which they would likely appear. Styles include rock,

Jazz Drumming is designed to help today's rock, pop, and R&B drummer learn the jazz idiom quickly and efficiently. It is an inclusive and in-depth study of how to authentically perform

This volume explores a musical approach to developing jazz vocabulary around the drum set, featuring 60 exercises ranging in duration from short passages to extended solos. The book aims to teach a

On the Beaten Path: Jazz is an essential exploration of 12 world-renowned jazz drummers, their influences, the music they made famous, and the gear they played. Authentic transcriptions and

Peter Retzlaff and Ian Froman provide an overview of jazz playing from early small group jazz right up through post-bop and ECM styles. Retzlaff's section contains a complete approach to ride cymbal

Essential Drum Fills is a collection of fills that renowned drummer Peter Erskine has enjoyed hearing and/or playing over the years.  The book includes over 500 drum fills in a variety of

Without a rhythm section and ensemble to play with, it is easy for a drummer to make errors without knowing it. The Jazz Drummer's Reading Workbook provides written sequential