Liberty DeVitto_Sean J. Kennedy: Camp Jam: Rock Solid: Drums
A Systematic Approach for Learning Rock Drumset
drumset (DRUMS)
Liberty DeVitto_Sean J. Kennedy: Camp Jam: Rock Solid: Drums
A Systematic Approach for Learning Rock Drumset
drumset (DRUMS)
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Rock Solid: Drums is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to improving not only your drumming, but your overall musicianship too! Topics include drum rudiments, effective listening, reading music, improving coordination, narrowing the gap between strong and weak hands, learning essential rock beats and fills, and creating the most effective drum beats for songs. Also contains play-along tracks featuring a real band, with over five hours of music, tips, and suggestions on the MP3 disc, performed by Liberty DeVitto and Sean Kennedy. Suitable for all levels, the Rock Solid techniques will allow drummers to expand their creative potential and be ready to rock in no time!
Contents
- About the Authors
- The Studio Band/Production Credits
- Preface
- Play with Passion! (Liberty DeVitto)
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Some Creative Ideas for Practicing the Top-10 Sticking Patterns
- Listening
- Reading
- The Nuts and Bolts of Musical Notation
- Fundamental Rudiments for the Rock Drumset
- Notation Key
- Practice Tips
- Section 1: Exercises and Grooves
- Quarter-Note Bass Drum Patterns
- Solo No. 1. Money Maker
- Eighth-Note Bass Drum Patterns
- Solo No. 2. Photos: Two Cents Apiece
- Quarter-Note and Eighth-Note Bass Drum Patterns
- Solo No. 3. Right Back
- Syncopated Bass Drum Patterns: Quarter Notes and Upbeat Eighth Notes
- Solo No. 4. Randemonium
- Eighth Note and Eighth-Note Upbeat Bass Drum Patterns
- Solo No. 5. Standing on Katella
- Fills 1 (Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes)
- (Sixteenth Notes)
- Solo No. 6. Backstage Pass
- Fills 2 (Quarter Notes
- Eighth Notes and Sixteenth Notes)
- Section 2: 12/8 Time and Triplets
- 12/8 Time
- Triplets
- Shuffles and Fills
- Section 3: Early Rock
- Swing and Other Styles
- Odd Meter
- World Grooves
- Section 4: Play-along Tracks
- Zonk
- Rough House
- Sunset at Belmar
- Out of Nothing
- Rotten Little Kid
- Mirage
- Chrome Plated
- Queen Anne's Revenge
- Excerpt from the CD liner notes for Queen Anne's Revenge
- Epilogue: A Few Parting Comments from Liberty DeVitto
- Appendix
- Alternate Hi-Hat Foot Patterns
- Alternate Snare Drum Patterns
- Ride-Pattern Variations on the Hi-Hat and Ride Cymbal
- Practice Loops
