Seth Goldberg: Developing Your Own Jazz Feel
Drums (DRUMS)
Seth Goldberg: Developing Your Own Jazz Feel
Drums (DRUMS)
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Developing Your Own Jazz Feel is a great book for beginning and intermediate players. It covers the basic 4/4 and 3/4 swing patterns on the drum set, brush strokes in standard time signatures, how to groove with the bass player, developing limb independence and many more truly practical things any player needs to know in order to play Jazz. The whole subject of playing with a band is articulately discussed by a drummer with great practical experience. This book will help you learn to play like pros.
Contents
- Introduction
- Drum Key
- Section I
- - Drum Set-up
- Hand Position
- The Swing Feel 4/4
- Quarter Notes with the Left Hand 4/4
- Adding the Bass Drum
- The Swing Feel 3/4
- Quarter Notes with the Left Hand 3/4
- Adding the Bass Drum
- Eighth Notes with the Left Hand 4/4
- Eighth Notes with the Left Hand 3/4
- Adding the Cross-Stick
- New Bass Drum Rhythms
- Adding the Tom-toms
- New Hi-hat Rhythms
- New Ride Cymbal Rhythms
- The Up-Tempo Feel 4/4
- The Up-Tempo Feel 3/4
- Section II
- - Brushes in 4/4
- Ballads
- Medium Slow Through Medium Up-Tempo
- Up-Tempo
- Adding the Bass Drum
- Brushes in 3/4
- Ballad
- Medium Slow Through Medium Up-Tempo (a)
- Medium Slow Through Medium Up-Tempo (b)
- Up-Tempo
- Section III
- Playing with the Band
- The Blues
- AABA Form
- Stylistic Interpretation
- Groovin' with the Bass Player
- Playing off the Melody
- Section Identification
- Big Band / Small Combo
- Listening
- Last Thoughts
