Musical Time: A Source Book For Jazz Drumming
Drums (DRUMS)
Musical Time: A Source Book For Jazz Drumming
Drums (DRUMS)
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A modern comprehensive guide to the nuts and bolts of real Jazz drumming. Ed Soph guides you through the exercises, techniques and disciplines required to become an exciting and challenging rhythm player and improvisor. This step-by-step course teaches you to... Set up your kit and practice more effectively The Ride pattern Quarter-note and Double-eighth note exercises The shuffle and combination ride patterns Non-repetitive patterns Double-eighths on the Snare and Bass drums Off-beat combination and exercises The accompanying CD is packed with examples, plus some superb playing by a professional trio to how you how the ideas can work and develop. A corresponding DVD is also available: use catalogue number HUD700689.
Contents
- What This Book Is About
- The Play-along Tracks and How To Use Them
- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2: Some General Ideas About Set-up
- Section 3: The Ride Pattern
- Section 4: Preliminary Quarter-note Exercises
- Section 5: Subdividing the Wuarter Notes of the Ride Rhythm: The Shuffle
- Section 6: Combinations of Quarter Notes and Double-eighth Notes
- Section 7: Playing Combinations of Singles and Doubles to Create Non-repetitive Ride Patterns
- Section 8: Non-repetitive Ride Patterns with Double-eighths (Shuffle) on Snare and Bass Drums
- Section 9: Single Eighth-note Offbeat Exercises (The Third Note of the Eighth-note Triplet)
- Section 10: Single Offbeat Eighth- and Quarter-note Combinations
- Section 11: Accent Technique Exercises
- Section 12: The Challenge
- Discography
- About Ed Soph
