Performed by Jeff Bowders. DVD (Digital Video Disk). Published by Musicians Institute Press.

In this information-packed DVD, double bass drum specialist Jeff Bowders shows you tips and techniques for getting the most out of your double bass drum playing. Dozens of progressive, step-by-step exercises reveal the details behind: pedal technique and balance, mirrored double bass grooves, endurance and stamina exercises, fill and soloing technique and concepts. Featuring additional live performance segments, Jeff also shows how to put your double bass drum skills and ideas to work in a variety of grooves. 67 minutes. Includes instruction booklet.

(A Complete Guide to the Basics) Written by Scott Schroedl. For drum set. Includes instructional book and accompaniment CD. With drum notation, instructional text, instructional photos and introductory text. Learn To Play. 48 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and a professional-quality CD with 99 full-demo tracks and spoken instruction. This drum series can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the CD. This package offers a complete guide to the basics, covering: beats, songs and fills; all musical styles; playing tips and techniques; music notation and more.

Performed by Metallica, compiled by Greg Beyer. For drum set. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With drum notation, instructional text, instructional photos and introductory text. Learn To Play, Metal and Hard Rock. 62 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Cherry Lane Music.

This great book/CD pack includes everything you need to know to start drumming - using the music of Metallica to help you learn! Features instruction on the basics, rhythm, grooves and fills, and 31 of Metallica's best songs. The CD includes demonstrations of each exercise.

Dynamic Exercises for Increased Facility on the Drumset. Percussion. Size 9x12 inches. 80 pages. Published by Modern Drummer Publications.

The ability to move around the drumset with speed, control, endurance and accuracy is an extremely important asset for today's drummer. Drumset Control, written by the founder and publisher of Modern Drummer magazine, offers a progressive series of exercises designed to help drummers attain a substantial level of technical facility on the drumset. The book begins with basic triplet patterns around the drums, followed by 16th notes, 16th-note triplets, and 32nd notes. Comb-bound.

by Trevor Salloum. For Percussion method. Non-Series. Latin American. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 64 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Here's an entire book devoted to the all too often overlooked Latin instrument, the bongo drums. This text features jazz, rock, Danzon, Mozambique, and bomba patterns with fills, exercises, and performance techniques to get you going in these styles. Maintenance, characteristic rhythmic patterns, and important artists in the evolution of bongo technique are also covered in depth. The companion CD features recordings of the rhythm patterns discussed in the book.

Performed by Various Artists. Fast Track Music Instruction. Size 9x12 inches. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

The FastTrack songbooks are designed to let students jam with their friends learning other instruments in the series, so all the books have the same songs and are compatible. Each book includes the play-along CD in case a player doesn't have their own band available! The Level 1 songbooks feature 8 classic songs, including: Brown Eyed Girl, Great Balls of Fire, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Oh, Pretty Woman, Wild Thing, Wonderful Tonight, You Really Got Me and Your Song.

Performed by Jim Chapin. By Jim Chapin. Edited by Ray B. Percussion. 60 pages. Published by Warner Brothers.

The classic jazz independence book is now new and improved and with two CDs! Jim Chapin, known as the "Father of Jazz Independence," has written one of the most popular drum set books of all time. This classic work should be in every drummer's library as there is always something new to learn and develop from this masterful book. Whether for a beginner or an accomplished drummer, this system will greatly improve independence and coordination, sticking, power, and speed and endurance on the drum set. Dedicated to Sanford Moeller, this book proves Jim's teaching techniques like no other.

Written by Ted Reed. For snare drum. With drum notation, introductory text and instructional text. Rhythm. 64 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Alfred Publishing.

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.

A Beginner's Guide to Playing With Time. by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby. For Percussion. Dancing Hand. Contemporary. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.5x10.87. 160 pages. Published by Dancing Hands.

This is the only complete, step by step course on conga drumming in print. After working through only a few chapters of this book, you'll be able to jam with others in playing the irresistible rhythms that form the roots of Salsa. The clear text, illustrations, and easy to read charts make learning to play authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms easy even without previous experience as a percussionist. All 175 rhythms in the book are included on the companion CD.

Written by Peter Magadini. For drum set. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With drum notation, introductory text, instructional text and rudiments chart. Technique. 24 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Peter Magadini Publications.

Use your imagination to incorporate these rudimental etudes into new patterns that you can apply to the drumset or tom toms as you develop your hand technique with the Snare Drum Rudiments, your hand and foot technique with the Drumset Rudiments and your polyrhythmic technique with the Polyrhythm Rudiments. Adopt them all into your own creative expressions based on ideas you come up with while practicing.

by John Pickering. For Drum Set. technique. Rock & Jazz. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Size 9x11.75. 80 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Take your creativity to another level with this book! Rock music is, or should be, a form of personal expression. This text was written to encourage and develop the drummer's ability to create and develop his own ideas from a solid foundation. This is one in a series of books that deals with one of the most important aspects of rock drumming that of rhythmic improvisation. Topics covered in this book are: The Rock Feeling, The Variations and Development of a Basic Figure, Rhythmic Improvisation, Solos, and Cymbal Variations with the Right Hand.