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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | The finest material of its kind in the world, this excellent method book started a new contemporary teaching style for independence, rudiments, styles and more. A best-selling, progressive encyclopedia of rock/funk patterns for all tempos. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Charles Dowd | | Paperback: | 48 pages | | Publisher: | Alfred Publishing Company | | Publication Date: | 1987-02 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0739006630 | | Package Length: | 11.7 inches | | Package Width: | 9.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 4 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Pretty funky indeed. Oct 05, 2008
When I started playing the drums back in 2001, I had a friend that had been playing for nearly 25 years at the time. He immediately turned me onto this book: A Funky Primer for the Rock Drummer. I took one look at it and basically "judged it by its cover", as the saying goes. It appeared old and I wondered how much it could really offer to improve my playing.
I was wrong to judge it so quickly. After about 2 weeks of working out of this book I saw huge gains in my ability to play beats and my improvisation had increased significantly.
I took the book a page at a time. I found a beat in the book that looked like it was within my level of ability. I set the metronome to 60 beats per minute (bpm) and played through the beat for 2 minutes straight. If it was too simple, I moved on to a more challenging beat. Once I found one I again set the metronome to 60 bpm and played for 2 minutes. If I had trouble, I remained at the tempo until I could play it flawlessly for 2 minutes straight before increasing the tempo further and further until arriving at well over 110 bpm. This little practice technique proved invaluable seeing as how there are literally hundreds of variations of the rock beat in this book.
Additionally you will find a hefty rudiment section to improve your sticking ability. There are enough variations here to challenge even seasoned drummers who want to improve their hand dexerity, coordination and speed.
This book can be as helpful as you make it. The key to using this book and getting the most out of it are to practice with discipline. Work on areas of the book a section at a time. There are practically no instructional paragraphs in this book, its up to you to be able to read drum notation (you can find it on the internet if you don't already read it) and to apply the beats and rudiments found here to the drumkit.
This book changed my drumming forever and gave me a solid foundation from which to build on. I have used many other drum books since this one and always come back to A Funky Primer. I recommend this book to beginners just starting out, intermediate players who want hone their skills and tighten up their playing, and for professional drummer who are perhaps teaching students. This is a great book. Highly recommended!
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
wondeful Feb 14, 2008
very good book to learn to play with. starts out easy enough for someone whos never sat in a drum kit. progresses at an easy, yet challenging pace. not alot of words, just alot of drumming. perfect for me.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent starting place for drummers Jan 30, 2007
This is a really good book not only for beginning drummers, but for those interested in independence. The book does a very good job of introducing independence between limbs by not throwing it all at you at once. So it lets you get the hands down in a pretty significant way before throwing in the feet. Also there are some hidden gems in here. I noticed only after the fact that some of the hand exercises were excellent introductions to latin playing. So when I began to get into latin music I already had much of the coordinations needed.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
for beginner rockers Sep 09, 2004
one of the best books to learn drumset from! starts from basic sticking exercies and gets more complex as you progress; exercises incorporate snare, bass drum, open and closed hi-hat, and ride cymbal if you wish.
if pursued properly, the method offers an increase in speed and endurance of a drummer's hands and feet, knowledge of rock-oriented rhythms, basic independence of the hands and feet, and the mastering of soul and jazz-rock beats of famous 20th century drummers.
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