Developing Melodic Language on the Drums

Developing Melodic Language on the Drums
Author: Wayne Salzmann II
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2019-08-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781689177108

Developing Melodic Language on the Drums will help you develop your own concepts for playing time and soloing. The techniques introduced will give you the keys to create improvisations over the context of a phrase, form, tune, or style. Using standard melodies to create improvisations allows you to be innovative while staying rooted in the musical tradition. This is a tried and true method to develop authentic jazz language, and will have you playing musical time and solos with thoughtful phrasing over the form relatively quickly. Audio & Video downloads available at WayneSalzmann.com

Jazz Drumset Etudes

Jazz Drumset Etudes
Author: Jake Reed
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 147062477X

This volume explores a musical approach to developing jazz vocabulary around the drumset, featuring 60 exercises ranging in duration from short passages to extended solos. The book aims to teach a fundamental understanding of the jazz language, with an emphasis on musical components, such as melodicism, articulation, phrasing, texture, dynamics, and much more. Whether a beginner or seasoned pro, rock drummer or classical percussionist, the book will enhance every drummer's ability to play more musically.

Ostinatos for the Melodic Drumset

Ostinatos for the Melodic Drumset
Author: Rob Leytham
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2010-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609741498

This book is designed to take the drummer to new heights in limb independence and melodic thought. with the use of repeated patterns played between 2 or 3 limbs on the drum set (the Ostinato), the drummer plays melodic rhythms and phrases around the toms with the available limb(s) over the ostinato. with over 60 pages of Ostinato exercises plus 4 challenging solos at the end, there is no other book like it.

4-Way Coordination

4-Way Coordination
Author: Marvin Dahlgren
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 59
Release: 1999-10-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457466406

Proficiency as a drummer has always come from great hand dexterity. However, with the introduction of modern drumming techniques, it has become increasingly necessary to gain complete independence of both the hands and feet. With various rhythmic exercises in easy-to-read notation, 4-Way Coordination is designed to guide the drummer from simple patterns to advanced polyrhythms. Through the study of this method book, the student will gain invaluable listening skills and techniques that will provide insight to drumming in all styles.

Berklee Jazz Drums

Berklee Jazz Drums
Author: Casey Scheuerell
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1540021661

(Berklee Guide). 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 Dawson and 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 will help you to develop a deep, practical understanding of how to play jazz drums, and to develop your own personal sound and style. You will learn to: * Deepen your sense of swing and overall timing * Understand the ride cymbal's critical role in jazz time-keeping * Apply the rudimental language of jazz * Develop your independence, via some of the great Alan Dawson's signature exercises and "The Rudimental Ritual" * Play brushes and brush patterns * Improvise captivating drum set solos * Incorporate world rhythms into jazz * Read and interpret drum charts

The Best Beginner Drum Book

The Best Beginner Drum Book
Author: Jared Falk
Publisher: Drumeo
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2018-09-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1999151917

If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

The Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony

The Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony
Author: Joe Mulholland
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480360856

(Berklee Guide). Learn jazz harmony, as taught at Berklee College of Music. This text provides a strong foundation in harmonic principles, supporting further study in jazz composition, arranging, and improvisation. It covers basic chord types and their tensions, with practical demonstrations of how they are used in characteristic jazz contexts and an accompanying recording that lets you hear how they can be applied.

Drummer's Guide to Fills

Drummer's Guide to Fills
Author: Pete Sweeney
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2008-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739052709

Offers advice for adding fills in various styles of music and includes exercises and counting tips to improve stick control and precision.

Advanced techniques for the modern drummer

Advanced techniques for the modern drummer
Author: Jim Chapin
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780757995408

The classic jazz independence book is now new and improved and with online audio! Jim Chapin, known as the Father of Jazz Independence," has written one of the most popular drumset books of all time. This classic work should be in every drummer's library as there is always something new to learn and develop from this masterful book. Whether for a beginner or an accomplished drummer, this system will greatly improve independence and coordination, sticking, power, speed, and endurance on the drumset. Dedicated to Sanford Moeller, this book proves Jim's teaching techniques like no other."

Inner Drumming

Inner Drumming
Author: George Marsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Drum set
ISBN: 9781883217891