Publisher : Wizdom Media

"Play the Drums" is a 68-page book that comes with a data disc containing MP3 audio tracks and MP4 videos. The book is designed for beginners, and is laid out in an easy-to-read, user-friendly way. It presents a new approach to learning the drumset for beginners, containing grooves, fills, reading concepts and core rhythms in simple and clearly organized format. The book contains four units covering quarter-note, eighth-note, sixteenth-note, and triplet grooves, fills and reading exercises. Each unit is broken into the following sections:

• Play: Basic , core drum set beats
• Coordination: Beats to help you to learn to coordinate your limbs to play the drum set.
• Reading: Exercises to help you learn to read basic drum music.
• Theory: Explanations the various note and rest values and other concepts needed to understand music.
• Fun: Put it all together and play some fun beats and fills!
• Extra Practice: Slightly more advanced exercises to challenge you.

This package also includes:

• 62 MP4 videos of the author demonstrating various examples from the book.
• 30 original MP3 play along tracks to get you playing music right away!