My new book Max Roach: 5 Drum Transcriptions is now available for pre-order (eBook version). The book includes 5 drum transcriptions (drum solo, drum composition, trading fours) of some of Max Roach’s most remarkable drum performances during the iconic period of the ’50s, considering his solo works and the legendary recordings with Clifford Brown and Sonny … More Max Roach: 5 Drum Transcriptions – Pre-Order Now!
Created by the full-stack developer and musician Ahmed Abderrafie, ERHYTHM is an app to help musicians compose new rhythms and share, customize, and play world rhythms from the library. The project is based on The Geometry of Musical Rhythm (clock, rhythm wheel method), which allows users to see how rhythm works with an easy and … More ERHYTHM – Product Review
The Samai is a classical 10/8 rhythm of Ottoman-Turkish origin, very popular among belly dancers for slow sections. The Arabic variation of this rhythm is known as Samai Thaqil, also spelled Sama’i Thaqil. You can hear Samai in muwashah music (or muwashshah) for the musical accompaniment of poetic texts and other genres such as megeance, … More Samai Thaqil Drumset Groove
In the past few days, I worked on some exercises, new drum transcriptions, and books. Something I’ll be glad to share with you. It’s going to be a hot summer! Here’s a series of exercises to work on quarter note triplets, developing coordination and independence. We start off with the basic pattern on the snare, … More Quarter Note Triplet Exercises Part 1
Here’s the full drum sheet music for “La Villa Strangiato” by Rush, from the legendary album Hemispheres (1978) with Neil Peart on drums. The complete drum transcription is now available for purchase.
Here’s an exercise to develop your independence, playing various cymbal patterns on a 3 over 4 pattern between the bass drum and the hi-hat. We start with the first basic pattern on the bass drum, then with the second one we add the hi-hat, alternating the two pedals. On the second page of the PDF, … More Polyrhythmic Independence Exercise – 3 over 4
While Jeff Porcaro Grooves: 8 Drum Transcriptions hit the first 500 copies sold, I’m glad to introduce new books and projects coming out in the next months and in the next year. Max Roach: 5 Drum Transcriptions will be the first of a series of sheet music books. The book is a collection of 5 … More New Book – Max Roach: 5 Drum Transcriptions
No Doubt released their third album Tragic Kingdom on October 10, 1995, for Trauma and Interscope Records. The album uses a great variety of musical genres from ska to punk rock, to pop and rock, with elements of funk, new wave, reggae, flamenco, and Tex-Mex music. The third single was “Don’t Speak” a rock ballad … More No Doubt – Don’t Speak (Drum Sheet Music)
From punk rock to pop, to heavy metal and new wave, Josh Freese is one of the most prolific drummers in the world. He has appeared on over 400 records, performing and recording for: A Perfect Circle, Paramore, Nine Inch Nails, Devo, The Vandals, Sting, The Replacements, Guns N’ Roses, The Offspring, Weezer, Sublime with … More Better Call Josh: A Retrospective on the Career of Josh Freese
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