Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer [Paperback]

Ted Reed (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Pub Co (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882847953
• ISBN-13: 978-0882847955
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A major addition to the musician's cannon., November 11, 2000

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John E Lester (Bainbridge Island, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer (Paperback)

Syncopation is much more than a nicely graduated reading text. Used skillfully, and with a good teacher, this classic can go a long way towards teaching the elements of limb independance and co-ordination. Superimposing ostinato patterns over the "as written" notation reveals a world of possibilities.

Bass players, as well as others, can derive benefit from the complexities of reading the syncopated figures in this book. Each exercise places quarter notes in each measure so that the student can always see the relationship of the downbeat to the exercise.

Drummers, get this book, get Stone's Stick Control, get a good teacher, and you will be well on the way to the ranks of the musically monstrous.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, January 5, 2000

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Etan (College Point, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer (Paperback)

If you're a beginner and just learning how to read music (for drums) this is a great book. It is good to have a teacher go through this book with you, and maybe add in some things... it is always good and very helpful to count out loud while going through this book. The book is only snare + bass, and starts with quarters, then goes on to eights, sixteenths, triplets, and even sixteenth-note triplets. It also has a few rolls, and in the end it teaches you accents.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practice Practice Practice...., August 8, 2001

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Jonathan Schwartz (Chapel Hill, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer (Paperback)

This book at a glance looks simple, but there is so many deferent ways it is useful. It is goo d to practice slow and then getting faster, also using one hand, or you feet. I think this book will set you mind free of pattern. It will let to do anything with either hand making you a better drummer. You have to practice this and use it a lot to get anything out of it. It is a must have for a drummer of any level.