4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set [Paperback]

Marvin Dahlgren (Compiler), Elliot Fin (Compiler)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999

A method book for the development of complete independence on the drumset.

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769233708
• ISBN-13: 978-0769233703
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Instruments & Performers

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75 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authors Marvin Dahlgren and Elliot Fine, August 12, 2001

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Mark Smith (Colorado Springs, Co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set (Paperback)

Folks, this book is a gem for drumset development, one of the drum bibles. Exercises are thorough in exploring different permutations of hand and foot rhythmic sequences. Working this book will open up those synaptic nerve paths and program your muscle memory for every possible rhythm pattern. This is the perfect preparation for Gary Chester, Jim Chapin, etc. Even if you don't have drums, you can work this book on the drum pad while tap-dancing your feet on the floor, and you will have a rhythm vocabulary the very first time you sit down at the drums.

61 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not really a review -- an explaination..., January 10, 2007

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D. Kolton (The Great Northwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set (Paperback)

Most reviews touch on what this book is about, I just want to add what you get
when you get it. Endless permutations of rhythms that break the
standard mold of a "normal" drummer. Forget snare on 2&4 or straight eights
on a hi-hat. The books seeks to break you down from the "normal" rhythms
of the kit and to enable you to hit linearly -- any joint at any time in any
order at any point on the kit.

But...

You don't need a drumset to work it -- all you need are hands and feet to
get better. the "score" is set out in various patterns of LH,RH, LF, RF
(left hand, right hand, left foot, right foot). So if you can't get
enough of drumming, take this on the road with you for vacations, work
trips, whatever and work on breaking the mold. The floor, your knees
and any flat surface in front of you will do for practice.

This is one of the few drum books you can literally practice from
anywhere at anytime with nothing but the book and you.

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this one...(period), July 19, 2004

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R. Bell "There ain't nothin' like a good book!" (San Berdoo) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set (Paperback)

This book has been around for at least 40 years, originally (c)1963. It is a fantastic book, with great exercises, mostly written in eighths and eighth-note tripletts. You won't be three lines into the exercises on page 4 (the beginning page of exercises, after a couple of pages in introduction and explanation), before you will find yourself doing stuff you've only dreamed of doing.

You can (should) do the exercises with a metronome, forcing you to count and driving you to keep up and not despair. If you have an auto-stepping metronome, you'll find yourself playing the exercises open-close, and increasing to speeds (from the very beginning) that will surprise you. This book, like G.L. Stone's "Stick Control" is one of the all-time great books, proven many times over.

And, wait until you see the pics of Dahlgren and Fine on the inside front cover...you'll never think of yourself as a geek, again. Get this one; you will not regret it--but only if you use it.