Joel Rothman Publications

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...

A unique beginning book which integrates reading, technique, and memorization of familiar tunes in a surefire approach to learning. All basic keys are used, and the student is prepared completely for...

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...

A simplified and less extensive version of Basic Drumming, especially for beginners.

Totally revised and extended, this book shows rolls in 2/4, 4/4, 6/8, and cut-time. For beginner and intermediate players.

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...

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 -...

This book is for music lovers of all kinds. It makes a wonderful and inexpensive gift for friends, family and even yourself.

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...

Rock breaks are presented with open rolls starting at different positions along the beat. For beginner to intermediate students.

The shuffle feel is used in both jazz and rock. Develop your coordination for this important aspect of drumming. For intermediate players.

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 jazz drumming, Joel Rothman's The Compleat Jazz Drummer is a must for any serious student or professional player.

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.

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