다양한 펑크 드러밍의 세계로 독창적이고도 흥미로운 방법으로 안내하는 책/CD 교본입니다.
박자를 유지하는 기본 레슨에서부터 시작해서 리니어 드러밍과 같은 고난도 테크닉을 사용하는 싱코페이션 비트와 필까지 다루고 있습니다.
초보자에서 상급자까지 모든 레벨의 드러머들을 위한 이 책에는 펑크 드러밍을 그렇게 흥미롭고 도전해보고 싶은 장르로 만든 수많은 스타일들이 수록되어 있습니다.
뉴올리언스 펑크, R&B, 소울과 70년대 펑크, 모던 얼터너티브 펑크, 드럼 앤 베이스, 힙합 등의 다양한 펑크 스타일이 소개되어 있습니다.
The Meters, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, The Funk Brothers, Booker T. & the MG's, Tower of Power, Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Red Hot Chili Peppers 등의 위대한 펑크 아티스트들의 리듬과 스타일도 실려있습니다.
훌륭한 펑크 드러머가 되기 위해 필요한 모든 것이 망라되어 있는 거의 유일한 교본이라 할 수 있습니다.
부록 CD에는 교본에 실려있는 예제들의 데모가 실려있습니다.


- Contents -

About the Author
Introduction
   What is Funk?

Chapter 1: Getting Started
   Drumset Notation Key
   Holding the Drumsticks
   Matched Grip
   Traditional Grip

Chapter2: Basic Terminology
   The Staff, Measures, and Time Signatures
   Note Values
   Triplet Note Values
   Note Value Table

Chapter3: Reading Exercises
   Ties and Dotted Notes
   Long and Short Notes
   Sixteenth-Note Rhythms

Chapter4: Eighth-Note Funk Beats
   Getting Strarted
   Bass Drum Exercise
   Different Types of Drumset Notation
   Bass Drum Variations
   Two Eighth Notes with the Bass Drum
   Two-Measure Syncopated Funk Beats
   Closed and Open Hi-Hat
   Closed and Open Hi-Hat Beats
   Accented Hi-Hat Rhythms
   Accented Upbeats with the Hi-Hat
   Upbeat Hi-Hat Rhythms
   Ride Cymbal Bell Beats
   The Stepped Hi-Hat
   Hi-Hat Beats

Chapter5: Soul and R&B Music
   Motown
   Boogaloo
   Al Jackson, Jr
   Locking in with the Bass Player
   Breakdown Section

Chapter6: Introduction to Sixteenth-Note Beats
   Sixteenth-Note Beats
   One-Handed Sixteenth Notes on the Hi-Hat
   Bass Drum Variations
   Sixteenth-Note Bass Drum Rhythms
   Sixteenth Notes for the Left Hand
   Two Consecutive Sixteenth Notes
   Bass Drum Variation with Two-Handed Sixteenth Notes
   Breaking up the Single-Stroke Roll
   Closed and Open Hi-Hat for Two-Handed Sixteenth Notes
   Two-Measure Beats

Chapter 7: Sixteenth-Note Funk Beats with Eighth-Note Hi-Hat
   Sixteenth-Note Bass Drum Development Exercise
   One-Measure Beeats
   Adding Sixteenth Notes on the Snare:Alternate Perspective
   One-Measure Funk Beats with Sixteenth Notes on the Snare
   Funk Beats with Two Sixteenth Notes on the Bass Drum
   Two-Measure Beats
   Hi-hat Variations
   Cross-Stick Technique
   Play-Along Funk Tune

Chapter 8: Ghost Notes
   James Brown's Drummers
   Building Blocks for Ghost-Note Beats
   The Rimshot
   Different Snare Drum Sounds
   One-Measure Ghost-Note Beats
   Bass Drum Variations
   Two-Measure Ghost-Note Beats
   Three-and Four0Note Phrases with Ghost Notes
   Ghost Notes with Syncopated Left Hand
   Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat Pattern with Ghost Notes on the Snare
   Play-Along Tune in the Style of James Brown

Chapter 9: Funk Grooves with Triplets
   Eighth-Note Triplets
   Accenting Triplets
   Eighth-Note Triplets with Rests
   The Shuffle
   Funk Shuffles
   Two-Handed Triplet Hi-Hat Beat
   Grooves Using the Single-Stroke Roll
   Half-Time Shuffle
   Two-Measure Ideas
   Half-Time Shuffle with Ghost Notes
   Two-Measure Beats
   Open Hi-Hat
   Sixteenth-Note Triplets
   Sixteenth-Note Triplet Beats with FLL Sticking Pattern
   Additional Orhestrations
   Other Funky Possibilities
   Sixteenth-Note Triplets with Bass Drum
   Combinations
   Hip-Hop Shuffle Beeats
   New Orleans Funk Drummers
   Two-Handed Sticking
   Adding Triplets
   Double Paradiddle Funk Beat
   Dennis Chambers Triplet Beat

Chapter 10: Drum Fills and Groove Embellishments
   Four-Measure Practice Applications
   Classic Funk Fills
   Hi-Hat Barks
   More Hi-Hat Barks
   Thirty-Second Notes
   Thirty-Second Notes as a Double-Stroke Roll
   Groove Embellishments with Thirty-Second Notes
   Thirty-Socond Notes on the Hi-Hats
   Thirty-Socond Note Drum Fills

Chapter 11: Advanced Funk Styles
   Broken Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat Beats
   Additional Broken Sixteenth Notes on the Hi-Hat
   Paradiddle Funk Beats
   Inverted Paradiddle
   Mixed Stickings
   Paradiddles as Thirty-Second Notes
   Drum 'n' Bass
   Drum 'n' Bass Grooves
   Cross-Under Technique
   Linear Playing
   Linear Vocabulary
   Linear Funk Beats
   More Linear Funk Beats

Conclusion
   Listening Guide