초급, 중급, 고급의 세 권 합본으로 출판된 이 책은 드럼 연주에 관심있는 사람이라면 누구든지 바로 시작할 수 있게 구성되어 있는 드럼 종합 레슨교본입니다.
초급 섹션에는 스틱 테크닉, 스네어 드럼 루디먼트, 액센트, 다이내믹, 드럼 악보 보는 법 등이 소개되어 있습니다.
중급 섹션에는 3연음, 스윙 8비트, 셔플 비트, 플램과 드랙, 고급 루디먼트, 지구력 향상을 위한 연습방법 등이 다루어져 있습니다.
고급 섹션에는 멀티플-바운스 롤, 16분 음표 펑크 비트, 고급 16비트 코디네이션, 드럼 필을 만드는 시스템, 그리고 블루스, 아프로-쿠반, 브라질리언, 재즈 스타일 등의 다양한 예제들이 실려있습니다.
이제 막 시작하는 초보 드러머나 자신의 연주를 더 향상시키기를 원하는 드러머 모두에게 도움이 되는 교본이라 할 수 있습니다.
부록 CD에는 교본에 수록된 예제들의 데모트랙이 MP3 파일로 들어있습니다.


- Contents -

Beginnig Drumset

About The Author
Introduction
The Drumset

CHAPTER 1 - Basicterminology and Notevalues
   The Staff, Measures and Time Signatures
   Note Values
   Note and Rest Value Tables
   The Metronome and Reading Exercises
   Drumset Notation

CHAPTER 2 - Snare Drum Technique
   Holding the Sticks
   Basic Stroke Technique
   Rudiment:Single-Stroke Roll
   Rudiment:Double-Stroke Roll
   Rudiment:The Paradiddle
   Short-Roll Combinations
   Snare Drum Solo

CHAPTER 3 - Accnet Studies and Dynamics
   four Basic Movements
   Combination Studies
   Dynamics

CHAPTER 4 - Basic Drumset Coordination:Rock Beats
   The Bass Drum
   The Hi-Hat
   Snare,Bass Drum and Hi-Hat Rock Beats
   Syncopated Beats
   Changing the Hi-Hat Sound
   Half-Time Rock Beats
   Double-Time Rock Beats
   Stepping the Hi-Hat; The Ride Cymbal

CHAPTER 5 - More Eighth-Note Rock
   Practice Considerations for the 20 Beat Patterns and Bass-Drum Reading Source

CHAPTER 6 - Introducing Sixteenth Notes
   Sixteenth-Note Transition Exercises
   Sixteenth-Note Reading Exercises
   Sixteenth-Note Accent Studies
   Applying Accents to the Drumset

CHAPTER 7 - Getting Around The Drumset
   Bass Drum and Snare Drum Workout
   Moving Around the Set with Single Strokes
   Moving Around the Set with Double Strokes
   Hand and Foot Combinations Around the Set
   The Crash Cymbals and Single-Strokes

CHAPTER 8 - Sixteenth-Note Beats
   Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat Beats
   Adding Sixteenth Notes to the Snare Drum
   Adding Sixteenth Notes to the Bass Drum
   Eighth-Note Hi-Hat with Mixed Sixteenth-Note Beats
   Changing Sixteenth-Note Rhythms Into Beats
   Dotted Notes
   Two Sixteenth Notes on the Bass Drum
   Playing Offbeats on the Bass Drum
   Single Sixteenth-Note Bass-Drum Exercise
   Double Sixteenth-Note Bass-Drum Exercises
   Progressive Sixteenth-Note Bass-Drum Exercises

CHAPTER 9 - Getting Started With Drum Fills
   Developing the Four-Bar Phrase
   The Eighth-Note Fills that End on Beat 4
   Short Fills Using Sixteenth Notes
   Longer Fills Using Sixteenth Notes
   Resolving fills on the "&"of Beat 4

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Intermediate Drumset

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 - Warm-Up Exercises
   Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles
   Accented Single-Stroke Roll Warm-Up
   One-Handed Endurance Warm-Up
   Bass-Drum Warm-Up Exercises
   Hand and Foot Combinations
   One-Handed Warm-Up Around the Set
   Two-Handed Warm-Up Around the set
   Practice Considerations

CHAPTER 2 - Eighth-Note Triplets
   Triplets with a Single-Stroke Roll
   Accents within Triplets
   6/8 and 12/8 Time
   Various Stickings for Eighth-Note Triplets
   Eighth-Note Triplets Around the Drumset
   Swing Eighths

CHAPTER 3 - The Shuffle
   Bass-Drum Variations for the Shuffle
   Other Variations on the Shuffle
   Adding Triplets and the Open Hi-hat to the Shuffle
   The Half-Time Shuffle
   12/8 Shuffle Beats

CHAPTER 4 - Triplet Drum Fills
   One-Beat Triplet Fills
   Two-Beat Griplet Fills
   Three-Beat Triplet Fills
   Four-Beat Triplet Fills
   Resolving Triplet Fills On Different Parts of the Bar

CHAPTER 5 - Flam and Drag Rudiments
   Flam
   The Drag/Three-Stroke Ruff
   Practicing the flam and Drag Rudiments

CHAPTER 6 - Triplet Rhythms
   Quarter-Note Triplets
   Sextuplets
   The Four-Stroke Ruff
   The Five-Stroke Open Roll
   The Paradiddle-Diddle
   The Seven-Stroke Roll
   Sixteenth Notes and Sixteenth-Note Triplets
   The Half-Note Triplet
   Sixteenth-Note Triplet Reading Exercise
   Triplet Reading Exercise
   Triplet Family Reference Chart

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Mastering Drumset

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 - Drumset Warm-Ups
   Sextuplet Warm-Ups
   Bass Drum Warm-Ups with the Drumset
   Paradiddle Workout

CHAPTER 2 - The Multiple-Bounce Roll
   Multiple-Bounce Rolls for Sixteenth Notes
   Multiple-Bounce Rolls for Eighth-Note Triplets
   Multiple-Bounce and Open-Stroke Foll Exerxies

CHAPTER 3 - Sixteenth-Note Beats For Drumset
   Sixteenths on the Snare and Bass Drums
   Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Rhythms

CHAPTER 4 - Sixteenth-Note Coordination Workouts
   Hand Rhythms(Part1)
   Hand Rhythms(Part2)
   Sixteenth-Note Bass-Drum Grooves(Part1)
   Sixteenth-Note Bass-Drum Grooves(Part2)
   Sixteenth-Note Bass-Drum Grooves(Part3)

CHAPTER 5 - Exercises For Developing Your Own Drum Fills
   One-Beat Ideas
   Combining Ideas
   Combining Ideas to Form a One-Measure Drum Fill
   Orchestrating the Ideas on the Drumset
   One-Beat Ideas Between the Hands and Feet
   Combining Hand and Foot Ideas
   Longer Ideas

CHAPTER 6 - Song Form and Chart Reading
   Writing Your Own Drum Chart
   Chart Analysis
   Additional Chart Terms and Signs

CHAPTER 7 - The Blues
   Basic Blues Theory
   Traditional 12-Bar Shuffle Blues
   Blues Endings
   Funky Blues
   Slow Blues
   Listening Guide for Blues Music

CHAPTER 8 - Brazilian Styles
   Bossa Nova
   Bossa Nova Bass Drum
   Bossa Nova with Brushes
   Cross-Stick Variations
   Bossa Nova with Bass and Piano
   Samba
   Partido Alto Rhythm
   Surdo Drum Variations for Samba
   More Samba Variations
   Baiao
   Brazilian Music Listening Guide

CHAPTER 9 - Afro-Cuban Drum Styles
   Clave
   Mambo
   Cascara
   Tumbao
   Cha-Cha-Cha
   Guaguanco
   Songo
   Mazambique
   Afro-Cuban 6/8 Grooves
   Afro-Cuban Music Listening Guide

CHAPTER 10 - Jazz
   The Multiple-Bounce Roll for Time Keeping
   The Dotted-Quarter Cycle
   The Hi-Hat as Time Keeper
   Floor-Tom Beats
   The Ride Cymbal
   Snare/Bass Drum Interplay
   Snare and Bass-Drum Coordination Workouts
   Coordination Workouts
   Coordination Workouts with Triplets
   Workout with Mixed Triplets
   Ideas for Using the Coordination Workouts
   Jazz Song Form
   Jazz Music Listening Guide
   In Conclusion

APPENDIX - JOE MORELLO INTERVIEW: PART 3