John Pickering: Drummer's Cookbook
Drums (DRUMS)
John Pickering: Drummer's Cookbook
Drums (DRUMS)
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About
Take your creativity to another level with this book! Rock music is, or should be, a form of personal expression. This text was written to encourage and develop the drummer's ability to create and develop his own ideas from a solid foundation. This is one in a series of books that deals with rhythmic improvisation, one of the most important aspects of rock drumming. Topics covered in this book are: The Rock Feeling, The Variations and Development of a Basic Figure, Rhythmic Improvisation, Solos, and Cymbal Variations with the Right Hand. Recording by Frank Briggs. Includes access to online audio.
Contents
- Further Information on:
- I. The Rock Feeling: An explanation of some of the different feels or grooves used in rock featuring exercises showing three basic high hat patterns
- II. The Variations and Development of a Basic Figure: A method of obtaining variations from a basic figure by
- A. Changing the tonal structure of a figure
- B. Changing the rhythmic structure of a figure
- III. Rhythmic Improvisation: A study of the concept of improvising rhythmically
- A. Chapter One- Variations of a basic beat, containing a series of eight, 8-bar solos derived from the exercises in this chapter.
- B. Chapter Two- Variations of a basic beat, again with a series of eight, 8-bar solos built from the exercises in this chapter.
- C. Cymbal Variations with the Right Hand Offers a few exercises demonstrating the technique of varying the rhythm of the right hand
