| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- Part 1: Setting a Solid Foundation -- Part 2: Digging into the Drumset -- Part 3: Dressing up Your Drumset Skills -- Part 4: Pounding Out the Beat: Traditional Drums and Percussion -- Part 5: Choosing, Tuning, and Caring for Your Drums -- Part 6: The Part of Tens -- Appendix -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Setting a Solid Foundation |
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Chapter 1 Drum Basics -- Picking a Drum Apart from Head to Shell -- Exploring How Drums Create Sound -- Deconstructing the Drumset -- Appreciating the Old-timers: Traditional Drums -- Swingin' Sticks and Slapping the Skins -- Chapter 2 I've Got Rhythm . . . -- Developing a Sound Vocabulary -- Adding Some Drumming Definitions -- Becoming One with the Pulse (and I'm Not Talking Heartbeat) -- Feeling the Meter -- Embracing Odd Meter -- Chapter 3 Tapping into Drumming Techniques -- Talkin' Technique: What You Need to Know -- Perfecting your posture -- Preventing injuries |
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Hitting the drum: It's (not) all in the wrist -- Speaking Softly and Carrying Big Sticks -- Holding the sticks -- Understanding drumstick strokes -- Painting a Variety of Textures with Brushes -- Getting to know brush styles -- Getting a grip on brushing techniques -- Forging a Foundation with Rudiments -- The single-stroke roll -- The double-stroke roll -- The paradiddle -- The flam -- The ruff -- Getting the Most Out of Your Practice Sessions -- Starting slowly -- Counting out the rhythm -- Thinking it through first -- Toughing out practice -- Knowing when to stop |
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Chapter 4 Getting a Handle on Hand Drumming Techniques -- Taking Matters (and Tones) into Your Own Hands -- Opting for Open Tones -- Basic open tone stroke -- Thumb stroke -- The open slap tone -- Bass tone -- The rim stroke -- Mastering Muted Tones -- Basic muted tone -- The closed slap stroke -- The palm stroke -- The heel-tip stroke -- Venturing into Some Alternative Strokes -- Brushing stroke -- Drone tone -- The snap -- Trills -- One-handed rolls -- Keeping Your Options Open -- Part 2 Digging into the Drumset -- Chapter 5 Settling In Behind the Drumset -- Setting Up Your Drumset |
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Sitting on the throne -- Positioning the pedals -- Securing the snare drum -- Placing the tom-toms -- Adjusting the ride cymbal -- Angling the crash cymbals -- Raising the hi-hats -- Putting Your Foot Down -- Beating the bass drum -- Playing the hi-hats -- Working Out: Exercises to Improve Your Hand- and Footwork -- Chapter 6 Rolling into Rock Drumming -- Harnessing the Backbeat -- Mastering the Basic Beats -- Eighth-note feel -- Sixteenth-note feel -- Half-time feel -- The rock shuffle -- The half-time shuffle feel -- Dressing Up the Basic Beats -- Mixing up the hi-hat -- Moving the backbeat |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Electronic book |
| Subject |
Percussion instruments -- Methods -- Self-instruction
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Drum set -- Methods -- Self-instruction
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Percussion instruments
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Drum set
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Drum -- Instruction and study
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Percussion instruments -- Instruction and study
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| Genre/Form |
Methods (Music)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781119695530 |
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1119695538 |
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