Blues Drums Method , within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, contains over 250 examples of blues Drum patterns and technique-building exercises! Subjects covered in this book are: The History of Blues Drumming; Choosing Your Instrument and Getting Your Sound; Exercises for Development of Technique (Sticking and foot patterns specific to playing blues); Blues Shuffles & Swing Beats, Slow Blues, Ballads and the Triplet Groove (12/8 Time); Blues Rhumba, Calypso Beats and Samba Feel; Two-Beat/Cut Time; Early Rock 'n' Roll and Surf Beats; New Orleans, Soul and Funk Influences; and Build-ups & Fills. This book is accompanied by an online audio recording of all examples played on the Drums with the backing of the School of the Blues All-Star Band. It is recommended that you also purchase Blues Drums Play-Along Trax to have full-length play-along trax for you to apply what you learn in this book. Includes access to online audio.
| Arrangement | Drums |
| Genres | Blues |
| Format | Instrumental Tutor |
| Level | 2 |
| NumberOfPages | 56 |
| Media | Downloads, Sheet Music |
| Series | School of Blues |
| Publisher | Inc, Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Barrett, David (Author) Coggins, Kevin (Author) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780786696949 |