Customer Reviews

Ultimate Drum Play-Along: Green Day (Book & CD)

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I'm not a huge Green Day fan, but there isn't much sheet music for learning the drums and this is a pretty fun way to pick up some punk drumming. The transcriptions are easy to read and accurate to my ear. All the songs are fun to play although beginners should be warned that some have very fast tempos that can be challenging. My only complaint is the CD that comes with the book has a VERY loud click track that can be extremely distracting. I prefer the way the Hal Leonard play along series have the click drop way back in the mix for silent portions and go away all together when the band is playing on the music minus one portions.

The click is mixed way too loud and I know of no way to get rid of it (it literally gives me a headache). The illusion of playing along with other live musicians is ruined. I have about 10 play along CDs and I will not buy another from this publisher simply because of the click.

Playing along with a click is a great practice tool, however I prefer play along CDs to have no click after a count off so you are focused on locking in with the other musicians.

If the click was fixed I'd give it 4 stars.

I have purchased other books by this publisher and this is the worst of them. (The others were good.) I wonder if it was an earlier release compared to the others.

This book does come with the TNT software to mute the drums, change the tempo, and adjust the pitch. But it does not include, as the others did, a way to mute the click track.

I have to agree with another reviewer that the click track on the backing tracks ruins the play-along feature for me. It's way too loud and annoying. And it sounds like the other instruments in the backing tracks have something wrong with them. Almost like they are cutting out.

I would still recommend it however, because you get the full tracks without the annoying click track. And you can still slow it down to hear the drum parts as you follow along with the sheet music.

I bought this for my son, as he loves some of Green Day's songs. It is well presented and easy to read. He has learned most of the songs from it. The CD is fine, but he uses the original Green Day albums to play along with, so it doesn't get much use.
Good for any Green Day fan who is learning or playing drums.

Wow wonderful book in great condition once it arrived expected it a bit earlier but boy it was worth the wait, very good cd and informative book great to actually have the proper words for the songs.
Thanks
Mary