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- Contents -

About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started
   The Blues Drumset
   Holding the Drumsticks
   The Metronome

Chapter2: Basic Notation and Theory
   Drumset Notation Key
   Notes and Rests
   Note Value Chart
   Measures and Repeat Signs
   Noteheads and Stems
   Time Signatures
   Different Notation Styles
   Whole Notes, Half Notes, Quarter
   Notes, and Their Corresponding Rests
   Quarter-Note Exercise
   Constructing a Beat Using Quarter Notes
   Four Basic Drum Rudiments

Chapter3: Eighth Notes and Rests
   Eighth-Note Snare Drum Exercises
   Basic Eighth-Note Blues Beats
   Basic Eighth-Note Fills
   Eighth-Note Beat/Fill Combinations

Chapter4: Sixteenth Notes and Rests
   Sixteenth-Note Snare Drum Exercises
   Combining Quarter Notes, Eighth Notes, Sixteenth Notes, and Rests
   Basic Sixteenth-Note Blues Beats
   Sixteenth-Note Groupings
   Sixteenth-Note Grouping Fills

Chapter5: The Triplet
   Eighth-Note Triplets
   Quarter-Note Triplets
   Sixteenth-Note Triplets

Chapter6: Basic Blues Beats

Chapter 7: The Blues Train Beat
   Orchestrating the Train Beat
   Around the Drumset
   One-Handed Train Beat
   More Orchestrations

Chapter 8: More About Straight and Swing Feels
   Combining Straight adn Swing Feels

Chapter 9: Funky Blues
   Eighth-Note Rhythms
   Sixteenth-Note Rhythms
   Working the Hi-Hat
   Funky Blues Grooves


Chapter 10: Swing Sixteenths, the Rimshot, and Ghost Notes
   Swing Sixteenths
   The Rimshot
   Ghost Notes

Chapter 11: Slow Blues Grooves
   6/4 Time Signature
   6/8 Time Signature and Fills
   12/4 Time Signature and Fills
   12/8 Time Signature and Fills

Chapter 12: Right-Hand Lead

Chapter 13: Tuning and Getting the Blues Sound
   How to Install a Drumhead
   Tuning for the Blues
   Getting the Blues Sound

Chapter 14: Some Blues Greats
   Robert Johnson
   B.B. King
   Buddy Guy
   Stevie Ray Vaughan

Chapter 15: Advanced Blues Shuffles
   The Rock Shuffle
   Shuffles with a Half-Time Feel
   The Double Bass Shuffle and Fills

Chapter 16: Advanced Grooves
   Linear Grooves

Chapter 17: The Bo Diddley Beat
   Fills for the Bo Diddley Beat

Chapter 18: Paradiddles and Flams
   The Paradiddle
   The Flam
   Flam and Paradiddle Combinations
   Flam and Paradiddle Fills

Chapter 19: The Double-Stroke Roll
   The Thirty-Second Note
   The Double-Stroke Roll
   The Pinch Technique
   Time to Burn

Chapter 20: Odd Time Signatures
   Odd Time Signatures
   7/8 Time
   7/4 Time
   5/4 Time
   5/8 Time
   9/8 Time
   11/8 Time

Chapter 21: Single and Double Bass Drum for the Blues
   Single Bass Drum
   Double Bass Drum

Chapter 22: Blues Structure and Dynamics
   The 12-Bar Blues
   Intros
   The Verse
   Accenting the First Beat
   The Chorus and the Ride Cymbal
   Head Signals
   Jamming the Blues
   Listening
   The Groove

Chapter 23: Cross-Stick Technique

Appendix
   Getting Ready for a Gig
   Doing a Soundcheck
   Onstage Equipment
   Studio Equipment
   Transporting and Storing
   Your Drums Safely
   Conclusion and Listening Guide