미국의 드러머이자 작가였던 조지 로렌스 스톤(George Lawrence Stone 1886-1967)의 제자이자 역시 또한 훌륭한 드러머인 배리 제임스 Barry James와 조 모렐로 Joe Morello가 함께 쓴 드럼 레슨 교본입니다.
조지 로렌스 스톤의 고전 "스틱 컨트롤 Stick Control"에 대해 저자들이 스승이었던 스톤에게 직접 들었던 수업과 강의 내용을 바탕으로 책에 수록된 예제들에 대해 더 자세히 설명하고 있어 스틱 컨트롤의 좋은 부교재로 활용할 수 있습니다.


- Contents -

Introduction by Vic Firth
Background
Joe Morello on George Lawrence Stone
Barry James...About This Book
Acknowledgements
Words of Wisdom from George Lawrence Stone
The Basic Principles of the Stone Method

LESSON 1. Handholds and Strokes
LESSON 2. What Is a Rudiment?
LESSON 3. The Metronome
LESSON 4. That Light Touch on the Drumhead
LESSON 5. You Need a Professional Drum Teacher
LESSON 6. Rolls in General (Attack and Release)
LESSON 7. Flexibility in Rolling
LESSON 8. The Ruff/Drag and Buzz Ruff
LESSON 9. The Two-Beat Roll Versus the Buzz Roll
LESSON 10. Sight-Reading
LESSON 11. Practice Pointers for the Buzz (Multiple-Bounce) Roll
LESSON 12. Crescendo Using the Seven-Stroke Roll
LESSON 13. Paradiddles for Practice
LESSON 14. Playing Faster Paradiddles
LESSON 15. Flams and Drags (Ruffs)
LESSON 16. More on the Flam Tap and Flam Accent
LESSON 17. How High the Hat
LESSON 18. Sextuplets Versus Triplets
LESSON 19. The Side Triplet
LESSON 20. Interpreting the Single and Double Drags
LESSON 21. Alla Breve
LESSON 22. The Finger Roll
LESSON 23. Left-Hand Velocity
LESSON 24. Breaks and Solos
LESSON 25. Embellishments with Grace Notes
LESSON 26. Dotted Notes
LESSON 27. Musical Temperament
LESSON 28. Phonetics
LESSON 29. Timing Short Rolls
LESSON 30. Counting the Numbered Rolls and the New Numbered (Compound) Rolls
LESSON 31. Words of Wisdom/Answering a Few Questions
LESSON 32. Stick Twisters

Conclusion: Why All This Groundwork?
Appendix
Photo Gallery