General Percussion Reference and Methods

Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the '90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:? A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 ? Great performance music with planned first concert. ? Even more great tunes, motivating students to practice and stay in band. ? Special Rubank® Studies ? Better pacing, sequencing and reinforcement. ...

Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the '90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:? A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 ? Great performance music with planned first concert. ? Even more great tunes, motivating students to practice and stay in band. ? Special Rubank® Studies ? Better pacing, sequencing and reinforcement. ...

A TECHNIQUE BUILDING program for any band - Also for INDIVIDUAL STUDY or small groups - BOOK 3 of the Essential Elements 2000 beginning band system - FEATURES: KEY CENTERED SYSTEM - 9 Major and Related Minor Keys - Scales, Etudes, Short Chorales, and Music Technique Exercises - INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT STUDIES - For EVERY instrument, demonstrated by a professional soloist - CD in each student book - Includes accompaniments on real instruments, not s...

Measures of Success was created to ignite musical curiosity, to unite conceptual knowledge with performance skills, to foster understanding of the many ways that people share and interact with music, and to assess each student's continued musical growth. While there are differing opinions on starting systems, directors agree that the music itself is the most important component of a method. Every exercise in Measures of Success has been sequen...

This outstanding book includes the best from the two original titles in the Drum Lessons with the Greats series. In addition to the in-depth lessons in the book, two lesson-matching CDs are included so every percussionist can study and hear the grooves, fills, techniques, and concepts of Tim Alexander, Kenny Aronoff, Gregg Bissonette, Peter Erskine, Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, Steve Smith, and Dave Weckl. These dynamic players reveal their secrets ...

In this multimedia package, Dom Famularo and Rob Hirons show you the path to creating a complete vocabulary of funky and effective contemporary drumset grooves. By using one-beat components arranged in different orders, the book will have you playing modern-sounding grooves right away. What really sets the book apart, however, is the clear explanation of the motions needed to execute these patterns---information that has never been included in a ...

This unique book combines Books One and Two and has been designed to provide the student and teacher with a comprehensive method to assist the student in becoming a well-rounded percussionist. Learn drum care, drum tuning, stick and drumhead selection as well as rudimental style, corps style (by Jay Wanamaker), and orchestral style playing fundamentals. Each page is designed as a complete lesson with materials combined at the end of each lesson i...

A comprehensive guide to: notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps and more!

This book, from acclaimed percussionist Clark Tracey, provides an easyto follow and comprehensive introduction to playing Jazz Drums. Theauthor offers a unique insight into various playing methods andtechniques including following scores, unusual time signatures, soloing,advice on equipment, as well as an entire chapter dedicated to brushtechniques. The book is accompanied by a CD containing audio and videodemonstrations, play-along tracks, and e...

A New Approach to Learn Traditional Afro-Cuban and Latin American Rhythms on Drums This bilingual book presents a new systematic approach to playing Latin American rhythms. It'll help you develop your coordination and independence, and play superimposed rhythms. Designed for drummers who are eager to take their playing to the next level, the book is divided into 16-week lessons – making it perfect for use as a semester course for high schoo...

Alfred's Kid's Drum Course is a fun method that teaches you to play rhythms and songs on a variety of drums and sound sources, including many simple, inexpensive objects found around your home. With an accompanying CD that always lets you hear how the music should sound, each lesson is explained in plain language that's easy to understand. Plus, you get to learn from three irresistible drum experts - a clever, classical dog, one cool cat, and a f...

A System for Musical Expression Following up and expanding on the concepts presented in his best-selling DVD of the same name, Benny here brings forth a wealth of practice material for drummers of all styles and levels, presented in a beautifully illustrated book with a timeless, classic look. The Language of Drumming Book teaches a complete system for achieving freedom of expression on the drumset. Benny's approach is a practical method that is ...