PROGRESSIVE BEGINNER DRUMS Drum Music Book Tutor with DVD and CD 
Explains and demonstrates all the essential sounds and techniques used in modern drumming styles. Includes music fundamentals, co-ordination and rhythm studies and making effective use of the whole drum kit LESSON 1 - Understanding the drum kit
- Sitting position
- How to hold the drum sticks
- How to read the music
LESSON 2 - Note and rest values
- The whole note, the Whole rest
- The Half note, the Half rest
- The Quarter note, the Quarter rest
- Building a drum beat
LESSON 3 - The Eighth note
- Rock beats
- The Eighth rest
- Snare drum control
- Bass drum control
LESSON 4 - Playing fills
- Using the crash cymbal
- 12 bar blues
LESSON 5 - The triplet
- Bass and snare drum variations
- Fills using triplets
- The shuffle rhythm
- Notating swing rhythms
LESSON 6 - Sixteenth notes
- Fills using sixteenth notes
- Two handed funk
- Sixteenth note variations
LESSON 7 - Accents
- Accents using different surfaces
- The paradiddle
- Dynamics
- Dynamic independence
- Ghost notes
LESSON 8 - Using the left foot
- Jazz beats
- Side stick
- Playing the open hi hat
LESSON 9 - The three four time signature
- The twelve eight time signature
- Swinging sixteenth notes
- Solo in twelve eight time
LESSON 10 - Playing with a band
- Working with a bass
- Working with a guitar
- Guitar, bass and drums
- Musical form
- Understanding music
- Melody and scales
- Treble clef and treble staff
- Harmony and chords
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