Totally revised and extended, this book shows rolls in 2/4, 4/4, 6/8, and cut-time. For beginner and intermediate players.
Another Drum tutor book from Joel Rothman exploring rhythms with linear patterns. This book is for intermediate to advanced players. The main focus of the book is on linear coordination. ' Over the pa...
With almost 3,000 pages of material, covering the most up-to-date concepts in jazz drumming, Joel Rothman's The Compleat Jazz Drummer is a must for any serious student or professional player.
Coordination exercises are presented within the practical four-measure solos. This format helps to make the exercises more musical and interesting to practice.
All exercises are set within the framework of four-bar solos, allowing the reader to approach the development of technique in a musical way. It's excellent preparation for 'trading-fours.' For beginni...
This book has been written to teach Joel Rothman's tightly structured 'Rhythmic Modulation' approach to practice. This approach has been shown to afford much greater control over the execution of rudi...
For Intermediate-Advanced and Professional Players Increase your skill in reading and playing rhythmic patterns between the cymbals and drums. Intermediate-Advanced level.
Clap Your Hands is for students of any age studying any instrument, who would like a small handbook or practice guide for basic rhythm - one containing hundreds of exercises which can be practised awa...
This book is for music lovers of all kinds. It makes a wonderful and inexpensive gift for friends, family and even yourself.
Joel Rothman's Mini-Monster Book Of Rock Drumming contains hundreds of exercises to develop the basic drum techniques necessary to cope with various forms of rock music. There are two main sections -...
There's hundreds of coordination exercises between the cymbal, bass and snare, using only 1/8 note rhythmic patterns in the bass. For beginning to intermediate students.
Playing a hi-hat splash here and there, on an upbeat or a downbeat, is not too difficult. However, producing a splash at various positions along the beat, and integrating the splash with bass kicks as...
This breakthrough Drum method boldly goes where no other book has gone before. Drum Trek takes you on a journey through (linear) time and deals in depth with linear patterns between the hi-hat and sna...
And now for something truly different - this study breaks totally new ground-it's like no other you've ever seen. Playing through this book represents an expedition into unchartered musical territory...
Just published - another original breakthrough book by Joel Rothman. As the title suggests, the topic of rock & jazz drumming in 3/4 time is covered in depth, with practical coordination exercises tha...
WHAM, BAM, FLAM! The Drummer's Bible of Embellishments. Rudiment embellishments such as flams, drags and ruffs bring a more interesting and exciting sound to their primary note. They're used by drumme...
Most books dealing with playing the bass drum have to do with rock or jazz independence, with exercises showing how to play bass drum kicks in coordination with the cymbal, snare and hi-hat. This stud...
Rock breaks are presented with open rolls starting at different positions along the beat. For beginner to intermediate students.
Joel Rothman's 'Basic Drumming' is the 'go-to' book for beginners, covering the most important aspects of playing rhythms, rolls, reading and time keeping. Used world-wide, this essential book for dru...
The shuffle feel is used in both jazz and rock. Develop your coordination for this important aspect of drumming. For intermediate players.
The Compleat Drum Reader by Joel Rothman and Garwood Whaley is a durable, hardback volume containing almost 3, 000 pages of material, representing the most up-to-date concepts in rock drumming. This b...
This book has been edited and assembled so that the material progresses developmentally from easy-to-read charts to difficult arrangements. Two special sections at the end contain discussion related t...
Here's material dealing with rudiments around the drums, jazz and rock breaks around the drums, as well as cross-sticking around the drums. also included are special exercises for plaing from one drum...
With almost 3,000 pages of material, covering the most up-to-date concepts in rock drumming, Joel Rothman's The Compleat Rock Drummer is a must for any serious student or professional player.
A simplified and less extensive version of Basic Drumming, especially for beginners.
Included in this single volume are five books in one. Develop hand-foot independence for both rock and jazz.
Before the advent of rock music, swing and jazz drummers brought greater prominence to the bass drum by playing bass 'kicks' based mostly on eighth-note triplets. Later, with the ongoing development o...
Here's a summary of common patterns which can be used as beats for rock music. This is especially good for beginning students who want a short cut to the heart of the topic.
One of the most difficult things to do is to play at a slow tempo. complete this book and you will be a master at it. For Intermediate, advanced and professional players
Here's an in depth study of rock in odd meters 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8 and11/8 time
This book shows how groups of fives can be used in rock breaks. It's easiers than you think. For intermediate, advanced, and professional players.
Aimed at total coordination freedom for both handsand both feet, this book incorporates the left foot (hi hat) as a fully independent fourth limb.
This unique study applies a totally new concept to paradiddles within the framework of rock drumming. For intermediate, advanced, and professional players.
Hand-foot independence is developed through musical four-bar solos - perfect for beginning to intermediate students.
An amazing array of possible rock breaks are shown within a relatively short study. Beginner to intermediate level.
This practical book develops technical skill for use in breaks and solos. For beginning to advanced players.
This beginner book contains the basic 3 R's of drumming - Reading, Rudiments, and Rock, in an easy to learn format.
Dozens of basic rock breaks are shown in various possible patterns around the snare and tom toms. Beginner - intermediate players.
At last, an in-depth study showing snare and bass drum combinations to produce intricate and exciting rhythmic patterns for rock breaks and solos. For beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.
Rock Etudes For Drum Set is the companion book to Etudes For Drum Set. In this book, three and four-way coordination between the snare, hi-hat and bass drum is featured within the highly practical fra...
Fortschreitende Übungen auf 62 S. A beginning method covering all the essential timpani techniques, this study will prepare a student to perform standard band and orchestral literature.
Each study in this book contains an abundance of musical elements such as frequent dynamic changes, musical expressions, glissandi, and changes of meter.
This group of unique and musical etudes focuses on every aspect of syncopation for the intermediate and advanced player. Here you will find an extensive set of etudes that include syncopation with qua...
Übungen diverser Rolls, Downbeat, Upbeat, Drags, Doubling, Triplets, Dynamics
The material in The Hardest Drum Book Ever demonstrates five-way coordination with four limbs, a system which which frees the right hand from playing the hi-hat or snare. This allows it to interact rh...
Orchestral Snare Drumming is a selection of short musical etudes that will teach the basics of Snare Drumming. Also included is a special duet supplement.
Rudiment Etudes For Snare Drum is an intermediate level book of studies designed to reinforce the official standard 40 International Rudiments as recognised and endorsed by the Percussive Arts Society...
Cloudy, With A Chance Of Linear Thunder 'Round The Drums is for beginner to intermediate players. 'Linear' simply refers to the fact that no two surfaces are struck together at the same time. The line...
SNARE DRUM ETUDES IN STRANGE & UNUSUAL TIME SIGNATURES is the companion book to his recently published, ROCK & JAZZ DRUMMING IN STRANGE AND UNUSUAL TIME SIGNATURES. This is yet another extraordinary b...
Companion to the Rock Bible, this study covers the topic of jazz coordination in a step-by-step approach which is certain to produce results.
Here it is, for the first time ever a practical book that will teach youhow to play jazz in odd meters. For intermediate to advanced players.
Develop total coordination with four limbs by usingyou left foot (hi-hat) in a completely different way.
This book will show you all the beats necessary to drum with the right feel 'country style.' Good for all players.
This single volume has 164 pages of one, two, and four-measure jazz breaks. There are nine sections, each dealing with a specialized approach to playing jazz breaks. For intermediate, advanced, and pr...
This is the seventh in a series of books that aims to present the most thorough and extensive study in independence between the Cymbal, Snare and Bass ever written. The other books in the series have...
Basic Drum Technique And Beyond is a companion study to the book Basic Drumming. In Basic Drumming all areas are covered, from reading, to rock and jazz, to solos, etc. tailored towards the beginning...
Basic rudiments are shown in a vast array of possible patterns around the drums. Beginner to intermediate level.
Accented 1/8 notes and triplets between the tom-toms and snare, including simple cross sticking patterns. Beginner-intermediate.
Reading, Rudiments And Marching Cadences is a study designed specifically for beginner to intermediate students interested in developing the fundamental reading and technical skills necessary for drum...
Coordination, fills, solos, trading fours and much more. For drummers at all levels.
Duet Yourself is a unique collection of studies for the beginner to intermediate drummer. It contains etudes which include both a snare part as well as a bass drum part. The bass part is significantly...
Each of the etudes in Duet Yourself Book 2 is a duet specifically formulated so that the snare and bass parts can be played separately by two different drummers, or by one drummer playing both parts a...
The ultimate jazz coordination book for intermediate-advanced students and professional players. Jazz Etudes For Drum Set is one of the books in a trilogy designed to develop total independence betwee...
Aimed particularly at beginning students on all instruments, but especially drummers, this book is a virtual encyclopedia of clear and easy-to-read rhythms in quarter time and eighth time.
This is a book of duets for beginner-intermediate students. There are 56 duets, and each one introduces a new element in the breakdown of rhythm, from quarter notes to thirty second notes. Perfect for...
Joel Rothman's Roll Etudes For Snare Drum contains studies in all major time signatures, as well as mixed meters. The études are replete with dynamics, making this the perfect book for intermediate -...
Joel Rothman's 45 Minutes 33 Seconds is not a method book, but a piece of music in its own right. The title of this concerto refers to the time it should take to complete the piece from start to finis...
Joel Rothman's Crazy Mixed-Up Meters contains short études with a step-by-step breakdown of rhythm, first with mixed meters and only changing numerators, then with mixed meters and changing denominato...
A breakthrough book with dozens of brand new rudiments to upgrade and expand the traditional rudiments. These new rudiments represent the future for developing hand control, and a virtuoso technique.
A new kind of coordination for jazz drumming where no two surfaces are struck at the same time. Linear Jazz Drumming is where its at, and where its going, so don't be left behind. Learn to play jazz i...
Want to develop a formidable technique and become a virtuoso drummer? Joel Rothman's Sticking Patterns is for you. This book has been taken directly from Basic Drumming. Included in this study are mix...
The pages in this volume present an extensive array of drum breaks which can be used to 'cut-into' commonly seen offbeat rhythmic figures on drum arrangements. For intermediate, advanced, and professi...
Develop practical facility in the area of snare-bass coordination against a jazz ride beat. A unique design demonstrates hundreds of bass drum variations weaved around an extensive array of snare drum...
