Play Drums Now 1.0

Here's your chance to jump-start your skills as a drummer! This book gives you a solid foundation of knowledge and playing abilities on the drums. It takes you through all the vital basics of training AND gives you some experience speaking the language of drumming, on the drumset and practice pad.

Written by professional drum instructor Adam Randall, this book represents nearly twenty years of field experience with students. It is the ideal start-up book for new drummers. Includes:
Equipment terminology, purchasing and setup guidelines (with pictures) Basic technique for hands and feet (with initiation exercises for each) Drum rudiment exercisesBasic rhythm-notation reading instructionsRhythm exercisesGroove exercisesDrum fill exercises (alone and combined with a groove)



There is only a page or two of each type of exercise, so progress through this book is easy and encouraging. It's a good size dose of training to help a student learn to have some fun with the drumset and be ready for more! (Also designed to be a useful book for drum instructors to have in their arsenal.)