Open-handed Playing

Open-handed Playing
Author: Claus Hessler
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2008
Genre: Drum
ISBN: 9780739054154

This groundbreaking book offers a step-by-step approach for drummers of all styles to learn and apply the concept of open-handed playing on the modern drumset. Based on concepts developed by teaching great Jim Chapin and fusion legend Billy Cobham, Open-Handed Playing not only outlines all the benefits of avoiding the crossing of hands when playing the drumset, but provides an incredibly detailed, complete and approachable method for learning this technique. "There is a wealth of ideas and exercises that offer students inspiration to develop their own approaches and applications." Tom Morgan, Percussive Notes

Open-Handed Playing, Vol 2: A Step Beyond, Book & Online Audio

Open-Handed Playing, Vol 2: A Step Beyond, Book & Online Audio
Author: Claus Hessler
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739084731

A follow-up to the popular first volume, Open-Handed Playing, Vol. 2: A Step Beyond gives you a groundbreaking step-by-step approach to incorporating this cutting-edge style into your playing. By using linear and rudimental approaches, this book will even help a drummer who has always played with crossed hands. This is possible because the presented patterns will be familiar to both right- and left-handed players. This method also provides an incredibly creative and funky set of new tools to build the drumming vocabulary. The included CD features 8 play-along tracks. "This is an interesting and challenging book suitable for the intermediate to advanced player, regardless of their leading hand." - DRUMMER magazine "This is a great resource that will definitely take your drumming up another notch and help untie knots and bad habits we drummers often develop. Four and a Half Stars " DRUMscene Magazine "If you've never considered open-handed drumming before, this book offers a very strong argument for it." -Michael Dawson, Modern Drummer

Drumopedia: A Handbook for Beginning Drumset

Drumopedia: A Handbook for Beginning Drumset
Author: Dan Britt with Dr. Shahmir Kamalian
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2010-09-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0578062461

Dan Britt has been hailed one of the most forward-thinking drummers and educators. After he "drew gasps of delight from the crowd" (Modern Drummer Magazine, 2009) at one of the world's top drum events, The Cape Breton Int'l Drum Fest, Britt dedicated the last year to creating the best possible drum book he can. Drumopedia is the result. Considered "a must have for the forward-thinking drummer" by drumming innovator/great, Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock), in the new 23 chapter study by DrumTVShow Publications, Britt takes you one step at a time through basic notation, common stickings and rudiments, popular rock/pop beats and fills, double bass, fun patterns, and some funk, latin, ambidextrous and linear drumming!

The Drummer's Toolbox

The Drummer's Toolbox
Author: Brandon Toews
Publisher: Drumeo
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2019-11-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1999151941

The ultimate guide to drumming styles by the co-author of the best-selling instructional book The Best Beginner Drum Book. Brandon Toews and Drumeo present... THE DRUMMER'S TOOLBOX! The Drummer's Toolbox presents drummers of all skill levels with the most comprehensive introduction to 100 different drumming styles from the past century. This ultimate guide includes more than 900 groove examples, as well as listening suggestions for 1000 recommended recordings. Throughout the book, drummers will also learn about the history of each drumming style, effective techniques for playing them, and how to break down different grooves limb-by-limb. The Drummer's Toolbox is for any drummer who's serious about expanding their musical vocabulary and becoming more versatile behind the drum-set. You will learn how to play: - Rock: Surf Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock... - Jazz: 4/4 Swing, Up-Tempo Swing, Contemporary Jazz... - Blues: Texas Blues, Chicago Blues, Flat Tire Shuffle... - Country: Train Beat, Two-Step, Rockabilly... - Soul & Funk: Motown, Neo-Soul, New Orleans Funk... - Metal: Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore... - Electronic: Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Trap... - Afro-Cuban: Mambo, Nanigo, Songo... - Afro-Brazilian: Samba, Marcha, Bossa Nova... - Afro-Caribbean: Merengue, Reggae, Zouk... - And many more!

Open-handed

Open-handed
Author: Chris Binchy
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141889780

The place is Dublin. The time is the present. Five characters – two Irish, three from eastern Europe, all seeking success from wildly different starting points – become entangled with one another in a web of politics, property, sex and violence. Chris Binchy’s breakthrough novel is a beautifully observed portrait of a time and place, and a thrillingly paced story of characters brought together by circumstance, ambition and need.

Playing Violin and Fiddle Left Handed

Playing Violin and Fiddle Left Handed
Author: Ryan J. Thomson
Publisher: Captain Fiddle Publications
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780931877421

An compendium of lefthanded fiddling and violin lore, by Ryan J Thomson:This book documents the experiences of over 100 people who play lefty violin, including top professional folk fiddlers, chamber music players, and concert violinists. There's a chapter on where to find a left handed violin or get a right handed fiddle converted to left, including a list of violin makers who are happy to oblige lefty players.Included is a critical analysis of why - It's better to bow with your dominant hand, whether you are a right or left handed person! The myth of the "left hander's advantage in playing right handed" is debunked with numerous logical and common sense arguments!This approach can be applied to viola, cello, and other string players as well. Violists, cellists, and other stringed instrument players can take best advantage of their body's natural inclination, strength, and coordination

Tell Fortunes by Playing Cards!

Tell Fortunes by Playing Cards!
Author: P.R.S. Foli
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2015-09-19
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1329563530

For hundreds of years, men and women have been peering into the future using playing cards, trying to catch a glimpse of what is going on in the world, and what is to come. Now, with the aid of this book, YOU can learn the mysterious secrets of mediums, mystics, and gypsy seers who can see beyond the curve of TODAY into the strange, unsettling world of TOMORROW. Find out about love, life, money, health, fortune, and more! Read Telling Fortunes by Playing Cards! and join the ranks of those who see beyond! Perfect for parties, or learning the secrets of card reading for personal or professional reasons.

They're Playing Our Song

They're Playing Our Song
Author: Max Wilk
Publisher: Easton Studio Press, LLC
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1935212591

Originally published in 1973, when it won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award , reprinted and revised several times since, They're Playing Our Song is a classic oral history of American popular music. Now further updated with new material and new photographs, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in the Great American Songbook of the 20th Century, original, classic and timeless songs and lyrics as popular today as ever.

Ukulele The First Years of Playing for Left and Right Handed Players

Ukulele The First Years of Playing for Left and Right Handed Players
Author: Ian Campbell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-01-07
Genre: Ukulele
ISBN: 1387208837

This book has been written for both Left and Right handed ukulele players, and can easily fit in your uke bag for on the spot reference. The book is organised to include both essential and other chords of each musical key on a single page, making it easier to locate chords in each key of music. All chord boxes, diagrams, and illustrations are included for both Left and Right handed players. The author can be contacted by email - [email protected]