Afro-Caribbean Drum Grooves by Chuck Silverman, Drum Essentials by Peter Erskine, The Ultimate KISS Play-Along, The Making of a Drum Company - The Autiobiography of William F. Ludwig II, and Learn to Play Drums with Metallica.

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HAVE FUN PLAYING HAND DRUMS by Ben James

A Fun, Musical, Hands-On Book and CD for Beginning Hand Drummers of All Ages

This book is designed to build a solid foundation for you to play drums and rhythms in a fun, musical, and personal environment. The books and CD feature three of the world's most popular hand drums: the CONGA, BONGO and DJEMBE. You can also apply the techniques, games, and rhythms that are in this book to similarly shaped hand drums such as Ashikos, Doumbeks or Indian drums. Special sections such as the Drum Walk, the Drum Train, the Rhythm Evolution, and Give Yourself a Hand, make drumming fun and especially quick to learn.

The CD has interactive audio versions of the exercises and rhythms from the book and offers extra play-along group drum jams. 80 page book / 65 min. CD

TOPICS INCLUDE:

- Using your imagination to get the most out of your drum

- Playing the basic natural, bass, slap, and muffled tones

- Fun rhythm and drumming games

- Understanding and counting the beat

- Simple 'box' notation to read and write new drum rhythms

- Playing 2 and 3 part group drumming rhythms

- Creating your own musical drumming rhythms

- Learning traditional African and Caribbean rhythms

WB 0106B $19.95

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