Sunday, September 30, 2012
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 Peter Magadini's Polyrhythms is acclaimed the world over and has been hailed by Modern Drummer magazine as "by far the best book on the subject." Written for instrumentalists and vocalists alike, this book/CD pack contains excellent solos and exercises that feature polyrhythmic concepts. Topics covered include: 6 over 4, 5 over 4, 7 over 4, 3 over 4, 11 over 4, and other rhythmic ratios; combining various polyrhythms; polyrhythmic time signatures; and much more. The CD includes demos of the exercises.
The author has the idea of polyrhythms right, and he explains it very well, and gives great audio examples. He also has right the idea of how to thoroughly teach polyrhythmic abilities, and enhance rhythmic dexterity.
The book provides the musician with some great new ways to think about rhythm. The problem is that the book advances too quickly to some really difficult stuff. If you sit with it for hours, and practice on your own, you can ascend its steep slope and help your rhythmic abilities. This takes a hell of a lot of patience, discipline, and work, and It would've been much easier if there were more exercises, which slowly increased in difficulty, rather than the few exercises which demand a leap in difficulty from one to the next. This book is a wonderful tool for those who are serious about musicianship. However, unlike most books which spend their lengthy breadth trying to lead you along "12 stupid-simple steps," this book spends its pages with application. You will not get anything from this book if you just want to read about polyrhythms. This book is for those who want specific practice on the subject, and "Polyrhythms: A Musician's Guide" does that very well. Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3). 69 pages Just download Peter Magadini - Polyrhythms: The Musician's Guide for free and leave comment for mates.  Novafile Download book
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Peter Magadini - Polyrhythms: The Musician's Guide
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Walter Martino - Minus-One
The pieces of music included in Minus - One are taken from Walter Martino's CD "Blue Street" (2002 Edizioni Bemolle). Walter played drums and composed and arranged all titles. Salvatore Scorrano collaborated to the score transcriptions. All titles have been remixed in order to provide useful accompaniment recordings for better practice.
The style varies from Rock to Funk, from Jazz to Latin, on different levels of difficulty. The scores feature all rhythm "patterns", "fills" and "solos" performed by Walter, faststrings.com. You will also find some helpful tips to perform all the pieces at best, faststrings.com. "Ghost notes", rhythm variations and original rhythm figures have been widely used as they are essential to understand how most musicians play the drums nowadays.
Contents:
Contents:
- Profondo Rosso
- Funk Mix
- Video Funk
- Hot Rhythm
- Blue Street
- Latin Suite
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Scott Williams - The Funky Six
The Funky Six provides a comprehensive method to develop the ability to play the funk shuffle and other jazz/funk/rock grooves that use a sextuplet (or 16th note triplet) feel. An understanding of these feels and the ability to play them well is an integral part of being a versatile contemporary player.
The Funky Six is the perfect book for drummers who enjoy playing in the jazz/funk/rock genre, but are stuck in a "straight 16th note rut" and would like to feel more comfortable playing triplet-based rhythms.
This book contains basic exercises to create a strong foundation, and progresses methodically to give the student the independence and fluency to musically create his or her own rhythms.
Mastering any style of playing takes time and commitment. The material in this book is no exception, faststrings.com. To become fluent with the feel of this material and the rhythmic ideas behind it is a learning process. It should be approached with patience and the understanding that results do not happen overnight. Plan on working on this material as a regular part of your practice schedule. With frequent practice and patience, you will find your ability and understanding of these patterns and ideas will deepen, and you will ultimately become quite comfortable playing them.
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
This book contains basic exercises to create a strong foundation, and progresses methodically to give the student the independence and fluency to musically create his or her own rhythms.
Mastering any style of playing takes time and commitment. The material in this book is no exception, faststrings.com. To become fluent with the feel of this material and the rhythmic ideas behind it is a learning process. It should be approached with patience and the understanding that results do not happen overnight. Plan on working on this material as a regular part of your practice schedule. With frequent practice and patience, you will find your ability and understanding of these patterns and ideas will deepen, and you will ultimately become quite comfortable playing them.
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Ed Roscetti - Drummer's Guide To Odd Meters
In this course designed from MI core curriculum programs, Ed Roscetti unlocks the secrets of odd time signatures, covering studies in 3/4, 5/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8 and other odd-time meters. Includes complete song charts with play-along CD tracks, rhythm guides and detailed analysis, the Five Steps to Musicality and more!
This approach helps the student and professional drummer to develop a library of rhythmic ideas for grooving, turnarounds to outline phrases, and soloing. I highly recommend Ed's book and CD.
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Vic Firth - Snare Drum Method: Book 2 Intermediate
Book 2 is a continuation of the Elementary Snare Drum Method, Book 1. This book continues with 6/8, 2/4, 4/4, and 3/4 meter as well as introducing C, 2/2, 3/8, 9/8, 12/8, and 3/2 meter. It deals extensively with grace notes, known in percussion language as fams, drags, and ruffs. Book 2 develops the open roll, triplets, and syncopation.
Also included are The 26 Rudiments of Drumming plus a section on bass drum and cymbal playing.
There are two duets in the book to be played by the instructor and student together. These duets offer the student the opportunity to concetrate and apply his techniques while performing with his teacher who is playing an entirely different part. This helps establish both musicality and musical independence.
In this book we are trying to develop a musical snare drummer: one who has control and fast articulate hands as well as a sense of rhythmic phrasing, interpretation, and concept of sound. He must treat the instrument as a rhythmic potential capable of countless musical subtleties. The book is presented as the second step toward the development of this objective.
Format: PDF, 35 pages
There are two duets in the book to be played by the instructor and student together. These duets offer the student the opportunity to concetrate and apply his techniques while performing with his teacher who is playing an entirely different part. This helps establish both musicality and musical independence.
In this book we are trying to develop a musical snare drummer: one who has control and fast articulate hands as well as a sense of rhythmic phrasing, interpretation, and concept of sound. He must treat the instrument as a rhythmic potential capable of countless musical subtleties. The book is presented as the second step toward the development of this objective.
Format: PDF, 35 pages
Monday, January 30, 2012
Vic Firth - Snare Drum Method: Book 1 Elementar
This book has been conceived and written with the following goal in mind: to develop a "musical" snare drummer in the classical and traditional sense of the word. Included in this book is an explanation of the basic stroke and playing position.
Examples of simple reading begin in 4/4 time and progress through 2/4,6/8and 3/4. Also discussed are flams, syncopation, the 5,9,13 and 17 stroke rolls as well as the long roll.
Format: PDF, 33 pages
Format: PDF, 33 pages
Friday, January 27, 2012
Gary Chester, Chris Adams - The New Breed 2
This sequel to The New Breed is a more advanced book that teaches a method for learning total independence and creativity. It was started by Gary Chester and completed by his student Chris Adams after Gary's death.
Topics covered include: cross bonuses, wac-a-chuck bonuses, disco, funk, swing, 8th-note triplet bonuses, 16th-note triplet melodies, odd times, and much more. Includes a special tribute to Gary Chester.
Format: PDF, 90 pages
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Gary Chester - The New Breed
Gary Chester was one of the busiest studio drummers of the '60s and '70s and played on hundreds of hit records. His systems have been used and endorsed by drummers such as Kenny Aronoff, Danny Gottlieb, and Dave Weckl.
This is not just another drum book, but rather a system that will help you develop the skills needed to master today's studio requirements. By working with this book, you'll improve your reading, concentraton, coordination, right and left-hand lead, and awareness of the click.
Format: PDF, 48 pages
Format: PDF, 48 pages
Saturday, January 21, 2012
John Riley - The Art of Bop Drumming
Well-known for his creative flexibility and musicianship, John Riley has worked with such jazz mainstays as Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillepsie or Miles Davis. This method icludes solos, patterns, tips, and exercises in time playing, comping, soloing, and brushes. Also included are Jazz essentials and charts.
The CD included features exercise examples and play along tunes with Bob Mintzer (tenor saxophone), Phill Markowitz (piano), James Genus (bass), and John Riley (drums).
The Art of Bop Drumming has been split into 7 main sections - time playing, comping, soloing, brushes, more jazz essentials, charts, and the appendix. Every section is packed with quite a lot of detail, and there are tracks from the cd accompanying the notated examples. It's all really easy to follow, and starting with some simple exercises, it takes you step by step to some more challenging stuff.
As well as the examples, the cd has some play-along tracks with the drum part removed, so you can play the drum part with the backing band. It's great fun too!
The section on time playing includes some good pages on using the ride cymbal, bass drum, and hi-hat to keep the pulse. There are also a couple of nice pages on practing including what to practice, goals, warming up, and keeping it fun.
The section on comping is really detailed, in fact it's the bigest area covered in the book. It helps get your limbs moving independantly, covers comping with the snare drum and bass drum, and accompanying a soloist.
There are around 10 brush patterns covered, all for different tempos and time signatures, and all with pictures of the brush movments. Really good!
As for the other sections, the pages on 'more jazz essentials' covers playing the shuffle, playing in "2", 3/4 waltz, samba, 12/8 feel, and mambo. The section on charts goes over some pretty standard reading info, and the appendix has a cool 'reccomended listening' area with great players like Max Roach, Art Blakey, Roy Haines, Philly Joe Jones, Mel Lewis, and Frankie Dunlop being featured.
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
The Art of Bop Drumming has been split into 7 main sections - time playing, comping, soloing, brushes, more jazz essentials, charts, and the appendix. Every section is packed with quite a lot of detail, and there are tracks from the cd accompanying the notated examples. It's all really easy to follow, and starting with some simple exercises, it takes you step by step to some more challenging stuff.
As well as the examples, the cd has some play-along tracks with the drum part removed, so you can play the drum part with the backing band. It's great fun too!
The section on time playing includes some good pages on using the ride cymbal, bass drum, and hi-hat to keep the pulse. There are also a couple of nice pages on practing including what to practice, goals, warming up, and keeping it fun.
The section on comping is really detailed, in fact it's the bigest area covered in the book. It helps get your limbs moving independantly, covers comping with the snare drum and bass drum, and accompanying a soloist.
There are around 10 brush patterns covered, all for different tempos and time signatures, and all with pictures of the brush movments. Really good!
As for the other sections, the pages on 'more jazz essentials' covers playing the shuffle, playing in "2", 3/4 waltz, samba, 12/8 feel, and mambo. The section on charts goes over some pretty standard reading info, and the appendix has a cool 'reccomended listening' area with great players like Max Roach, Art Blakey, Roy Haines, Philly Joe Jones, Mel Lewis, and Frankie Dunlop being featured.
Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3).
Friday, January 20, 2012
John Blackwell - Master Series
John Blackwell brings his R&B / funk / pop drumming mastery to this enlightening educational DVD. Filmed in front of a live audience, John demonstrates the musical skills that have made him the drummer of choice for artists such as Prince, Patti LaBelle and Justin Timberlake.
John performs his original compositions with a burning band: Gary Grainger (bass), Mike Scott (guitar), Corey Bernhard (keyboards). Interspersed among the performances, John touches on topics including grooving / playing in the pocket, foot technique, and showmanship, along with extensive commentary and demonstrations of the grooves and concepts that have influenced him. The three-hour DVD is divided into two main sections.
In the first section, Blackwell performs with the all-star band and then explains and demonstrates the drum parts. Not only does the master drummer discuss the way the song and groove evolved along with the specific techniques that are involved in the performance, he demonstrates the patterns at normal and slow speeds to provide students with a deeper, fuller understanding of the parts and their musical context.
The second part of the program covers topics such as playing musically, grooving and embellishing the groove without over-playing, fills and solos, showmanship and independence as well as Blackwell’s Jazz, R&B and Hip-Hop roots. Also featured: special guest Marcus Williams – John’s teacher, who leads an extensive master class segment on his amazing foot technique and soloing concepts, a PDF ebook containing transcriptions of John s grooves.
In the first section, Blackwell performs with the all-star band and then explains and demonstrates the drum parts. Not only does the master drummer discuss the way the song and groove evolved along with the specific techniques that are involved in the performance, he demonstrates the patterns at normal and slow speeds to provide students with a deeper, fuller understanding of the parts and their musical context.
The second part of the program covers topics such as playing musically, grooving and embellishing the groove without over-playing, fills and solos, showmanship and independence as well as Blackwell’s Jazz, R&B and Hip-Hop roots. Also featured: special guest Marcus Williams – John’s teacher, who leads an extensive master class segment on his amazing foot technique and soloing concepts, a PDF ebook containing transcriptions of John s grooves.
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Running time: 160 min
Quality: DVD5
Video: MPEG2 720x480 ~3 Mbps 30 fps NTSC 16:9
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 192Kbps 48 kHz
Booklet: Yes (PDF)
Size: 4.5 Gb
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Joe Morello - Master Studies
The idea is that you use Master Studies as a workbook to to get your hands and the sticks working as one. Coming from such a great player, you'd expect this book to really test you and make you improve. Let's see if it does...
Master Studies has been layed out with 7 sections - Accent studies, Buzz roll studies, Stroke combination studies, Control studies, Fill-in studies, Ostinato studies, and Flam studies. Once you've gotten through that, there is the Buzz roll studies section that again uses 8th notes and triplets with buzz strokes on different beats combined with accents on other notes as well.
A pretty interesting area is the Stroke combination studies section where you go from playing single to double strokes, single to double to buzz strokes and so on. There are also 5, 7, and 9 stroke roll exercises too. It all gets mixed up for a challenging workout.
If you're having trouble going from one sticking pattern to another, the Control studies section gives some good exercises to help you. As well as that, there are exercises to improve your subdivisions of time, endurance, velocity, and dynamics.
The last part of this section is the Stone "Killer", which is a tough exercise given to Joe by his teacher - George Lawerence Stone. The idea is to work each hand individually (LLLLLLLL then RRRRRRRR) then together whilst getting faster, adding accents, and playing each hand for longer and longer. It's hard work, but you'll reap the benefits. A real Killer.
Towards the end of Master Studies are the Fill-in and Ostinato studies sections which both offer a range of exercises to increase your capability and confidence. The Ostinato section is good and gives you patterns to play with one hand, while developing total freedom with the other hand at the same time.
Last of all is the Flam studies section that adds flams and accents in to the mix as well as different sticking patterns. Like the rest of the book it gives a good workout and expands the list of cool stuff you can make the sticks do.
Format: PDF, 97 pages
A pretty interesting area is the Stroke combination studies section where you go from playing single to double strokes, single to double to buzz strokes and so on. There are also 5, 7, and 9 stroke roll exercises too. It all gets mixed up for a challenging workout.
If you're having trouble going from one sticking pattern to another, the Control studies section gives some good exercises to help you. As well as that, there are exercises to improve your subdivisions of time, endurance, velocity, and dynamics.
The last part of this section is the Stone "Killer", which is a tough exercise given to Joe by his teacher - George Lawerence Stone. The idea is to work each hand individually (LLLLLLLL then RRRRRRRR) then together whilst getting faster, adding accents, and playing each hand for longer and longer. It's hard work, but you'll reap the benefits. A real Killer.
Towards the end of Master Studies are the Fill-in and Ostinato studies sections which both offer a range of exercises to increase your capability and confidence. The Ostinato section is good and gives you patterns to play with one hand, while developing total freedom with the other hand at the same time.
Last of all is the Flam studies section that adds flams and accents in to the mix as well as different sticking patterns. Like the rest of the book it gives a good workout and expands the list of cool stuff you can make the sticks do.
Format: PDF, 97 pages
Buddy Rich - Live in '78
This concert should definitely prove a winner for listeners who prefer the straight-ahead, swinging, Count Basie-indebted Buddy Rich ensembles of the mid-to-late 1970s to the somewhat rock-heavy sonic barrage of the band assembled by the legendary drummer and bandleader at the close of the 1960s.
Even though the video catches the band just after the departure of some key Rich players like trumpeter Dave Stahl and pianist Barry Kiener, it still features Rich's right-hand man, tenor saxophonist Steve Marcus, along with a tight-knit ensemble of players with strong soloists in all sections.
The program is a crowd-pleaser, including a Sammy Nestico swinger, a fusion pop chart (Joe Zawinul's "Birdland"), and one of Rich's two major drum solo vehicles ("Channel One Suite," the successor to "West Side Story"), on which he doesn't disappoint. Visually, the camera crew and editors are right on top of the action, intercutting long shots, close-ups, and angled shots that attentively follow the important musical developments, giving the viewer a chair right alongside the percussion phenomenon known as Buddy Rich.
The solos are closely miked and clear throughout, including the leader's solo turns, and the overall ensemble sound is good. On the other hand, the rhythmic support, including Rich's drum kit and ride cymbal, seemed excessively muffled and dampened, while the electric bass was occasionally penetrating and pinched.
Personnel: Buddy Rich: drums; Andy Fusco and Chuck Wilson: alto saxophone and flute; Steve Marcus and Chuck Wilson: soprano saxophone; Steve Marcus and Gary Pribeck: tenor saxophone; Greg Smith: baritone saxophone; John Marshall, Mike McGovern, Mark Ohlsen and Chuck Schmidt: trumpet; Glenn Franke, Dale Kirkland, George Moran: trombone; Bob Kaye: piano; Tom Warrington: electric bass.
Tracks:
The program is a crowd-pleaser, including a Sammy Nestico swinger, a fusion pop chart (Joe Zawinul's "Birdland"), and one of Rich's two major drum solo vehicles ("Channel One Suite," the successor to "West Side Story"), on which he doesn't disappoint. Visually, the camera crew and editors are right on top of the action, intercutting long shots, close-ups, and angled shots that attentively follow the important musical developments, giving the viewer a chair right alongside the percussion phenomenon known as Buddy Rich.
The solos are closely miked and clear throughout, including the leader's solo turns, and the overall ensemble sound is good. On the other hand, the rhythmic support, including Rich's drum kit and ride cymbal, seemed excessively muffled and dampened, while the electric bass was occasionally penetrating and pinched.
Personnel: Buddy Rich: drums; Andy Fusco and Chuck Wilson: alto saxophone and flute; Steve Marcus and Chuck Wilson: soprano saxophone; Steve Marcus and Gary Pribeck: tenor saxophone; Greg Smith: baritone saxophone; John Marshall, Mike McGovern, Mark Ohlsen and Chuck Schmidt: trumpet; Glenn Franke, Dale Kirkland, George Moran: trombone; Bob Kaye: piano; Tom Warrington: electric bass.
Tracks:
- Ya Gotta Trypic Little Train
- Best Coast
- Grand Concourse
- ‘Round Midnight
- Birdland
- Channel One Suite
- Big Swing Face
Year: 2006 (1978)
Country: USA
Running time: 75 min
Quality: DVD9
Video: MPEG2 NTSC, 4:3, 720x480, VBR 7500 kbps
Audio: AC3 2 ch, 48kHz, 1536 kbit/s
Booklet: Yes (PDF)
Size: 5.5 Gb
Monday, January 16, 2012
Jack De Johnette, Charlie Perry - The Art Of Modern Jazz Drumming
This book deals with the principles, techniques, rhythms, and concepts of progressive jazz. Topics include improvisation, interaction of parts, meter-within-meter phrasing, cymbal rhythms, triplet performance patterns, independent performance patterns, and much more.Contents:
- Elements of contemporary jazz drumming
- Progressive jazz drumming: Overview - Updated Swing Bebop Cool Era
- ABout Improvisation: Principles Of Drums-Band Interaction & Improvisation
- Cymbal Rhythms - Cymbal Line Interpretation
- Interaction of parts
- Meter Within Meter - Basic Rhythms Practice Routines
- Song Form And The Jazz Drummer
- Rhythm Section Graph
- Universal Rhythm: Clave
- Phrasing: Think Like A Horn
- Experiment With Muscular Tension
- Body Motion
- Performance Patterns
Format: PDF, 119 pages
