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A Rhythmic Twist: Preview Lesson
August 13, 2010A Rhythmic Twist: Triplet Concepts for Drumset will give you a huge vocabulary of creative triplet grooves and fills to play in every style. The book does this by taking common, comfortable 16th-note patterns and adapting them into a triplet feel. The results are amazingly musical and refreshingly creative, and will give any drummer tons of new ideas to play within any swing-based groove.
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Baby Steps to Giant Steps
February 9, 2010A free play along chart and mp3 from Baby Steps to Giant Steps, from Pete Retzlaff and Jim Rupp. This book and CD package is a fantastic method for learning the basics – and beyond – of jazz and swing drumming.
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A General Guide to Jazz Drumming
April 22, 2009Sherrie Maricle contributes this straight-ahead article on some proven methods for developing techniques utilized in jazz and swing drumming.
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