Make your rock band better, or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying CD, then play with your own band!
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"A thorough and practical guide that will enable you to begin making music with others right away." -- Russell Ferrante, Founding member of Yellowjackets
"Teachers are invaluable, practicing by yourself is critical, but performing in a band is the most valuable experience of all." -- Gary Burton, Executive Vice President, Berklee College of Music
"Teachers are invaluable, practicing by yourself is critical, but performing in a band is the most valuable experience of all." -- Gary Burton, Executive Vice President, Berklee College of Music
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This is the first-ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively how to listen, interact and respond, improvise, and become part of the groove. The book and play-along CD will help improve your timing, technique, and reading ability. Become the great drummer that everyone wants to have in their band.
Lessons throughout this book guide you through basic rhythms, beats, and subdivisions. Daily practice routines are designed for practicing by yourself or with other musicians. The accompanying CD features outstanding Berklee players and covers a variety of styles including rock, funk, jazz, blues, swing, and bossa nova.
Topics include:
- learning by ear
- theory and technique
- rhythmic interpretation
- improvisation
- comping
- reading
- song form
- interpreting lead sheets
This series coordinates methods for many different instruments, and all are based on the same tunes, in the same keys. If you know a guitarist, drummer, keyboardist, vocalist, horn player, etc., have them pick up the Berklee Practice Method for their own instrument, and jam together!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the advanced player!,
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This review is from: Berklee Practice Method: Drum Set (Paperback)
Just a quick note about this book: It it NOT for the advanced player, but rather the basic player that has a basic grasp on how to read music. The book is clear and takes you through basic concepts step-by-step in order to accompany the charts in the book and the tracks on the enclosed CD. If you already have experience reading in a band situation, this book will not help you. It seems to be designed more for the "drums as a second instrument" crowd.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a good starter drum book,
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This review is from: Berklee Practice Method: Drum Set (Paperback)
I would have to agree with the previous review, in that, this book is for a person taking drums as a "second instrument" or someone who wants a quick "cheat sheet" approach to drums. Already in my experience, any way to get around good old fashioned practice is just a waste of time. I personally wouldn't recommend this book, but rather Gary Chester's book "The New Breed" as it starts from the very basics and gives you something challenging to work with from beginners to experts, which is where this book lacks. Not recommended, sorry
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Listen Play, Don't Look Down, Leave Me Alone, Stick Control, Take Your Time, Hi-Hat Variation New!
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Listen to "Sweet" on the recording, and then play along. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Listen Play, Don't Look Down, Leave Me Alone, Stick Control, Take Your Time, Hi-Hat Variation New!
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- Mastering the Art of Brushes (Book & CD) by Jon Hazilla in Back Matter
- The Reading Drummer (Reading: Drums) by Dave Vose in Back Matter
- Brazilian Rhythms for Drum Set and Percussion by Alberto Netto in Back Matter
- Drum Set Warm-Ups: Essential Exercises for Improving Technique by Rod Morgenstein in Back Matter
- Mastering the Art of Brushes (Book & CD) by Jon Hazilla in Back Matter
- Rudiment Grooves for Drum Set by Rick Considine in Back Matter
- Berklee Practice Method: Teacher's Guide: Get Your Band Together by Jonathan Feist in Back Matter
- Beyond the Backbeat: from Rock & Funk to Jazz & Latin (Music : Drum Set) by Larry Finn in Back Matter
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