Drums Etudes

Can you learn how to swing? Yes, and this book will show you how, giving you a huge vocabulary of creative triplet grooves and fills to play in every style. The book does this by taking common, comfor...

Outta Sight Funk and R&B Patterns for Drums by Andrew D. Gordon, author of more than 30 instructional books, is designed to help drummers and drum programmers improve their funk drumming technique wit...

Written by Guy Lefevre, Progression is a set of short pieces for Drums on a music composed by Stéphane Moucha, for beginners and intermediate players. It is accompanied by a CD featuring 24 titles, to...

Originally published in 1933, this book has become a classic to all snare drum teachers concerned with developing their students' reading skills. This revised edition omits out-of-date pages while kee...

This guide, containing the Percussive Arts Society's 40 International Drum Rudiments, begins by addressing the seven essential rudiments necessary to perform all the other rudiments, and continues by...

Play at First Sight is a unique and comprehensive approach to help improve sight-reading skills. It will strengthen your ability to recognize rhythms quickly and perform them as confidently as possibl...

Rhythms and Techniques with Application for the Drum Set This manual introduces the percussionist to Brazilian instruments, rhythms, techniques and history. Includes complete applications for the drum...

This book addresses the common problem of proportionally unequal abilities between a drummer's dominant and weaker muscle sets in drumming technique. The strategic exercises are designed to develop th...

Drumstick Control is a snare drum technique method for the drumset player. The book introduces and explains the accented stroke types and combinations both popular and necessary for today's contempora...

Coordination occurs when your body movements allow you to strike the elements of the drumset at a precise moment in time. The Coordination Code uses a unique system of notation to teach your body to a...

This book can be used as the basis for any form of drumming in classical music as well as in jazz and pop. It takes drumming technique from very early single note exercises to fairly advanced concert...

A non-rudimental approach to the teaching of snare drum. This is a companion book to The Orchestral Mallet Player and The Orchestral Timpanist. /

Patterns is one of the most comprehensive drum methods available. Covering a wide range of materials, the books can be used in any order, or in any combination with one another. They are a must for de...

Patterns is one of the most comprehensive drum methods available. Covering a wide range of materials, the books can be used in any order, or in any combination with one another. They are a must for de...

An introduction to linear time playing. The first section contains basic exercises for linear playing skills: voice coordination, dynamic balance, accenting, and more. The second section deals with th...

A professional rhythm workbook researched from commercially released records as played by today's top studio drummers. The styles covered include commercial funk rhythms, reggae (authentic and funk),...

It's Your Move is about achieving maximum potential as a player. The book gathers questions that have been asked of Dom Famularo during his private teaching career for 30 years, which includes many ma...

It's About Time is the answer to statements you hear such as don't rush, don't drag, and play in the pocket. The most important element in playing the drums is your time and feel. The exercises and pr...

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.

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

A very interesting collection of studies and tips about this distinctive Caribbean style. Meant for players of intermediate (and up) abilities.

Have you ever heard a drum hook that just makes you want to stop what you are doing and dance? Now you can learn to play beats just like the your favorite drummers. This book and accompanying audio pr...

Beyond Stick Control is the book that offers the snare and drum set player various eight bar solos to develop hand technique and hand/foot coordination. The book is divided into four sections: Part A:...

Difficult study of scores in 12/8 signature. Should be played with record nº 2.