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The Drum Method Volume 2

ISBN 9798419628632

basics

Harald Genau

Volume 1:

Dotted notes, ties, pickup measures, meter changes, the dynamic levels 'forte' and 'piano'.

Volume 2:

Upstroke/downstroke, the flam, crescendo/decrescendo, accents, the rim click, the stick shot, the open hi-hat sound.

Volume 3:

The closed roll, alla-breve-measures, the tap, ghost notes, tempo changes.

Volume 4:

The double stroke, tempo changes, the ruff (drag).

Volume 5:

The paradiddle, swing-coordination

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THE DRUM METHOD

basics

Important!

This book should not be worked through page by page. After a short introduction there are thematically different chapters, which - according to the needs of the respective student - can be worked on simultaneously.

Depending on the students preferences, abilities and experience you can start with any chapter; during the process you will find yourself working on various chapters at the same time.

This system gives the teacher the opportunity to arrange individual practice schedules without neglecting crucial aspects in the long term perspective. Notes in the book indicate when a technical topic has to be mastered first to continue with the next piece or exercise.

Technique Drum Set Drum Fill Lab Warm-Ups SNAREDRUM

DRUMSET FILLLAB

Snare Drum

Play-Alongs

TECHNIQUE

WARM-UPS PLAY-ALONGS

Snare Drum No. 1 - 19 Mickey's March (Solo) Turn Me Off! (Solo) 9 - 39 24 36 Play-Alongs Old MacDonald Had A Farm Funky Freddy Earth Mover Space Invaders 40 42 44 46 Technique Crescendo and Decrescendo Accents Accent Exercises The Rim Click The Stick Shot Downstroke/Upstroke The Flam The Open Hi-Hat Sound 48 51 52 54 54 55 56 62

Table of Contents

Glossary

Note Values, Dynamic Markings, Tempo Markings, Repeat Signs

Drum Set Notation Key Punching Bag (Duet) Black Eddie Hippo Party Push It! Teamwork (Duet) Big Fun Fast Lane (Duet) Take The Money And Run! 65 66 70 74 78 80 84 86 90 Drum Fill Lab A - E 92 Warm-up Exercises Snare Drum Drum Set Eigene Übungen 94 99 100

Hello! My name is Max.

I will guide you through this book and help you become a great drummer.

This book gives you the opportunity to take your drumming skills to the next level.

All it takes is regular practice!

Follow your teacher's instructions and include the practice sessions into your daily routine.

On basics-drum-book.com you can find more info and material that goes with the book. This book belongs to:

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Reminder

Play the snare drum exercises in this book several times with each symbol standing for a different style of playing:

The first time play the pieces on the snare drum standing up; count aloud and walk on the spot.

The speech bubble tells you how to count, always walk on the beats that are underlined.

The cube means that you play the same piece on the drum set. Instead of walking, your feet play the bass drum and the hi-hat as a backing throughout the exercise. On the right side of the cube you can see when the bass drum is played and on the left side when you have to play the hi-hat with your foot.

Here you only count the quarter notes aloud, so no more 'and's or 'ta ta's (for triplets).

Finally you play the exercises along with a metronome.

After a while you can work on different exercises in this book simultaneously.

to do done

Every exercise with this symbol can be played with music, which you can find on the book's website

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Your teacher will mark your progress: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Work through these exercises the same way you did in Volume 1. Whenever you come across any new rhythmic figure that seems to be too hard to play, try to clap it first and then speak it using syllables like 'ta' or 'tam'.

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9 SNAREDRUM 1 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + =

The next piece is written in 6/8-time. This means that you count to 6 in each measure.

But here you do not count quarter notes, but eighth notes instead. From '1' to '2' it is only an eighth note step. When playing a piece in 6/8-time, you walk on '1' and '4'. These are the beats being felt in a 6/8-time.

You should start now with the flam exercises on page 56.

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11 SNAREDRUM 2 = 1 2 3 4 5 6 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

If this figure causes you problems, pick one of the two rhythms on the left side and play the crossed out notes on the rim of the drum. If that works, you can finally play those notes 'in the air' and you're almost there!

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13 SNAREDRUM 3 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

In the next exercise, you'll be playing triplets (three notes evenly spaced on one beat) for the first time.

In the first and the third line count '1+2+3+'.

In the second and in the fourth line count '1 ta ta 2 ta ta 3 ta ta'.

You will notice that the 'straight' eighth notes have a different feel to the 'round' triplets. In this exercise you always have one measure of silence to switch between the two feels.

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19 SNAREDRUM 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 2 3 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 2 3 1 ta ta 2 ta ta 3 ta ta 1 ta ta 2 ta ta 3 ta ta 1 2 3

7 1 + 2 + 3 + / 1

2

3

=

1 ta ta 2 ta ta 3 ta ta 1 ta ta 2 ta ta 3 ta ta 1 ta ta 2 ta ta 3 ta ta

ta ta

Count 'as needed' means: '+' for eighth notes and 'ta ta' with triplets. This way of counting applies to all exercises where eighth notes and triplets co-occur.

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Count 'as needed' means: '+' for eighth notes and 'ta ta' with triplets.

21 SNAREDRUM 1 2 3 4 * 1 2 + 3 4 ta ta 1 2 ta ta 3 4 8 = 4 ta ta

Play the upper line. On the website of this book you can find the teacher's part as a play-along for practicing.

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Duet

33 SNAREDRUM

Play-Along

Funky Freddy

42 R L L L R

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43 PLAY-ALONG R L R L R L R

Play-Along

Clap the notes or try different percussion instruments.

Earth Mover

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45 PLAY-ALONG

The Open Hi-Hat Sound

You create this sound by hitting the hi-hat cymbals precisely at that moment when you open the hi-hat with your foot.

You can hit the hi-hat cymbals with the tip of your stick or with its shoulder, which will produce a bigger sound.

Practice both ways.

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Left stick plays the hi-hat

Step quarter notes on the hi-hat

Simultaneously you play the snare drum with your right hand

Add the left stick on each '+' on the snare drum

When you feel comfortable, try switching the left stick from the snare drum to the hi-hat cymbals - done!

Right stick plays the hi-hat

Step quarter notes on the hi-hat

Simultaneously you play the snare drum with your left hand

Add the right stick on each '+' on the snare drum

When you feel comfortable, try switching the right stick from the snare drum to the hi-hat cymbals (crossing over the left arm).

63 TECHNIK

Drum Set Solos und Duets

Preceding each solo piece there is a page of rhythms (a) and a page of fills (b).

The rhythms (a) should be practiced each on its own first, finally you can do the whole page (a) as one piece (playing each measure twice).

The fills (b) should be practiced in combination with a rhythm of your choice. In the last measure on each page you can compose your own rhythms and fills in the style of that page.

On the book's website you can find the teacher's drum set duet parts as a play-along for your practice at home.

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Crash Cymbal Hi-Hat Ride Cymbal Bass Drum Snare Drum High Tom Middle Tom Floor Tom

Notation Key

The Drums

Rim click on the snare drum

Stick shot on the snare drum

On the rim of the snare drum

The Cymbals

The Hi-Hat

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Snare Drum Bass Drum High Tom Middle Tom Floor Tom Closed, Open, played with the stick played with the stick played with the foot Ride Cymbal Crash Cymbal

Duet

Play the upper line. On the website of this book you can find the teacher's part as a play-along for practicing.

Punching Bag

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67 DRUMSET

Practice each rhythm separately until you can play it at least four times in a row.

Finally practice the whole page as one long piece, playing each measure twice.

72 II

Jam Track II 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + R L R L ...

a

Play each of these fills alternating with a rhythm of your choice as follows: 2 measures of rhythm/2 measures of fill - 2 measures of rhythm/2 measures of fill etc.

Play the fills at the same tempo as the rhythms.

73 DRUMSET

Jam Track II

II b

Hippo Party

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75 DRUMSET

Take The Money And Run!

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(Play softly when repeating)

91 DRUMSET

Drum Fill Lab

In the Drum Fill Lab you have the chance to experiment with your own solo ideas.

Pay attention to the correct tempo of the fills and to the transitions between the rhythms and the fills. You can find the music for these exercises on the website of the book.

own ideas

Keep it simple at first and play the given figures on the the snare drum until you feel comfortable. Then you can start spreading them all over the drum set.

92 B A Fill Fill

You can visit the drum fill lab as often as you wish whilst working through this book.

93 FILLLABOR E D C Fill Fill Fill Fill

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