The Melodic Jazz Drummer

 

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1796759678​​

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The aim of The Melodic Jazz Drummer is to use the drums to bridge the gap between the rhythm section and the melodic instruments in a seamless fashion.

A lot of teachers and books just give you a bunch of "beats" and "fills" so you end up repeating a static beat and occasionally throwing in a fill. The music kind of just trudges along while you play the beat. When you play a fill, it spikes up in intensity for a brief second before settling back down to where it was. The music never really feels like it goes anywhere on a macro level even though it seems like you're playing everything correctly.

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This book is more of a way to organize your thoughts when learning a piece as opposed to a bunch of exercises to be played explicitly. After you're done, every note you play will feel like it has a renewed sense of purpose.

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Jazz Drum Solos Vol 1​​

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVF2QDZ6​

 

​Jazz Drum Solos Vol 1 is a collection of 16 carefully crafted and idiomatic solos over popular jazz standards. It is a valuable study for the aspiring jazz drummer and a delightful read for the working professional. The pieces cover a wide range of styles including swing, bossa nova, afro cuban, second line, post bop, uptempo swing, and brushwork so that you don’t have any missing gaps in your game. They serve to help develop your vocabulary and technique while incorporating the rudiments in realistic situations.

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Beginning Snare Drum And Drum Set Method Vol 1

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3DHHDDD​

 

Beginning Snare Drum And Drum Set Method Vol 1 is an introductory book for the aspiring student who is looking to get into the world of percussion for the first time. It’s also a useful tool for the professional educator and is best used with a teacher. The concepts are introduced gradually, but the pieces aren’t necessarily in order of difficulty and can definitely be played out of order.

Each of the lessons introduces a new rhythm or concept like quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes, piano/forte, accents, sixteenth notes, eighth rests, buzz strokes, mezzo piano/mezzo forte, and crescendos/decrescendos. Within each lesson, there are a number of etudes, solos, grooves, fills, and overarching rhythms for improvisation. There is also space for you to compose at the end of each lesson so that you can begin to exercise your creativity as soon as possible. At the end, I have also included abbreviated sheet music for a handful of popular songs.

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