Publisher: Berklee Press
Format: Softcover Media Online

Russ Gold will help you expand your vocabulary by using standard rudiments and exciting rhythmic concepts, making your playing more conversational, dynamic, and focused.

First, you'll learn a core set of phrases that are the basis for all the exercises.
Then, each of the 50 lessons applies rudiments and innovative stickings to the phrases to explode the rhythmic potential of standard practice routines. This process will give you a comprehensive drum set vocabulary that you can bring to all groove styles.
52 minutes of video demonstration and audio play-along tracks are accessible online for download or streaming, using the unique code inside this book.

You’ll learn to:
• Translate standard rudiments into rhythmic phrases
• Develop a vocabulary of essential phrases, which then serve as the basis for groove patterns, fills, and solos
• Play with greater facility and power by applying sticking concepts
• Translate these rhythms to a variety of grooves, including jazz, funk, and Latin
• Speak easily and freely on the kit, expressing yourself with spontaneity and confidence