Musical Time (A Source Book for Jazz Drumming)

Musical Time presents a logical and music approach to jazz drumming.  This book is ideal for drummers at any ability level who want to learn correct concepts and techniques and develop the proper "basics" for jazz performance. Topics include coordination studies, comping patterns, playing with balanced dynamics, and how play non-repetitive ride patterns. Online access to downloadable play-along and performance tracks is included.

Contents:

• Section 1: Introduction

• Section 2: Some General Ideas About Set-up

• Section 3: The Ride Pattern

• Section 4: Preliminary Quarter-note Exercises

• Section 5: Subdividing the Quarter Notes of the Ride Rhythm: The Shuffle

• Section 6: Combinations of Quarter Notes and Double-eighth Notes

• Section 7: Playing Combinations of Singles and Doubles to Create Non-repetitive Ride Patterns

• Section 8: Non-repetitive Ride Patterns with Double-eighths ("Shuffle") on Snare and Bass Drums

• Section 9: Single Eighth-note Offbeat Exercises (The Third Note of the Eighth-note Triplet)

• Section 10: Single Offbeat Eighth- and Quarter-note Combinations

• Section 11: Accent Technique Exercises

• Section 12: The Challenge