Published by Carl Fischer
A study in New Orleans Street Beats and Second-line Rhythms as applied to Funk

In this book, the reader will learn about the history of street beats, second-line, and the Mardi Gras Indians as well as the importance of clave to New Orleans drumming. The reader will also learn how to put a New Orleans spin on traditional rhythms like mambo, guaguanco, shuffle, and samba.
Stanton also teaches the reader how to play between the cracks, bring more inflection and variation to a groove, and how to incorporate a bit of Crescent City flavor into linear playing.
Drummers of all styles should pick up this book to improve your groove, expand your vocabulary and learn to Take It To The Street.

The downloadable audio includes performances by the Dirty Dozen, George Porter, and Ivan Neville.


Contents:

• A Brief History of Street Beats
• Clave
• Practice Tips
• Notation Key
• Chapter 1: A Traditional Approach to Second-line Rhythms
• Chapter 2: Playing in between the Cracks
• Chapter 3: A Modern Approach to Second-line Rhythms
• Chapter 4: LLRL-RLRR
• Chapter 5: Additional 3-2 Grooves
• Chapter 6: Mardi Gras Indian Grooves
• Chapter 7: Mardi Gras Indian Rhythms for Percussion
• Chapter 8: Inflecting and Varying the Groove
• Chapter 9: New Orleans Spin
• Chapter 9: New Orleans Spin
• Chapter 9: New Orleans Spin
• Chapter 9: New Orleans Spin
• Chapter 9: New Orleans Spin
• Chapter 9: New Orleans Spin
• Chapter 10: Tambourine Grooves
• Chapter 11: Linear... New Orleans Style
• Chapter 12: Fills

• New Orleans Jazz & Second Line Drumming
• Second Line: 100 Years of New Orleans Drumming
• A Modern Approach to New Orleans Drumming (DVD)
• Take It to the Street
• Studio Funk Drumming