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As a drum teacher for almost 20 years, I am constantly looking for the best teaching resources to use in my lessons. I have my go to books but also am constantly looking for something better.
Here are some of the resources that I use with my students. If you have any to add please feel free to leave a comment below with the link.
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Fast Track Drum Method: Book 1
English Version Version Francais
This was one of the books that my parents bought me when I was a kid and just starting out. I didn't have a teacher and so this was my teacher at the beginning stages. Perfect for the beginner. Takes about 1 year to go through for a student who practices regularly (3 days or more per week).
Fast Track Drum Method: Book 2
The FastTrack method series is a fresh, user-friendly approach to learning with a method book which blends traditional lessons and songs with modern elements of humor, wit, and pop culture. Each book includes a play-along CD plus songs that are the same in all the FastTrack books so that friends can form a band and jam together.
Learn to Play the Drumset: Beginning Drum Method
This method has been written to teach the basics of the drum set in the shortest amount of time. The method is unique in that it is a beginning course that starts the student out on the entire drum set. Book One covers basic set-ups, reading and improvisation, coordination of hands and feet, and features a variety of contemporary and basic rhythm patterns with exercise breakdowns for each. Book Two continues instruction with more improvisation exercises, playing triplets, flams and flam beats, practical musicianship tips, equipment selection and many more techniques and skills.
Voted second on Modern Drummer's list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993, Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums. Created exclusively to address syncopation, it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills. This book includes many accented eighths, dotted eighths and sixteenths, eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos. In addition, teachers can develop many of their own examples from it.
At long last, the secrets of David Garibaldi's groundbreaking funk/jazz fusion drumming techniques are presented in this innovative book and CD. Whether you play rock, heavy metal, jazz or funk, you'll learn to incorporate Garibaldi's contemporary linear styles and musical concepts into your playing and develop your own unique drumset vocabulary.
