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Informationen zum Autor By Carmine Appice - Photographs by John Klicker Klappentext What makes a great drummer? Drumming legend Carmine Appice gives you all the tips and tools you need to start answering this question on your own-from an understanding of the drum set itself to the basics of reading music and playing. Whether you just want to be able to play along with your favoriterecordings, want to play gigs, or want to be the next big star, Knack Drums for Everyone will start you on the path to realizing your goals. With step-by-step instructions geared toward achievable results, 350 full-color photos, more than fifty music exercises, and a book's worth of audio tracks available at knackbooks.com/drums, it makes doing so easier than ever. 350 full-color photos covreing:Equipment * Drums * SetsTuning & Heads * DrumsticksPedals * Cymbals & Hi-HatsPractice * Stick HandlingDeveloping Your HandsPlaying a Rock Groove * Songs Zusammenfassung Knack Drums for Everyone is a self-instruction book for beginners to intermediates! fully illustrated with 350 full-color photographs and more than fifty exercises in musical notation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Knack Drums for Everyone with CD Contents Introduction Chapter 1: The Drums Acoustic Drums Drum Stand, Key, and More Parts of a Snare Drum Parts of the Bass Drum Tom Tom (Rack Tom) Floor Tom Tom Chapter 2: Equipment Hardware, Plus Snare Drum Stands Seats and Thrones The Hi Hat Stand Care of the Drums Cases and Covers Chapter 3: Types of Drum Sets Electronic Wood Drums - The Best Different Woods for Drums Drum Set Configurations Double Bass Drum Kits Getting Your First Kit Chapter 4: Tuning and Heads Tuning the Drums/Drum Heads Changing the Snare Bottom Head What Type of Drum Heads to Use What Notes to Tune to The Drum Tool Kit Muffling Drums Chapter 5: Drum Sticks Sticks Practice Sticks The Carmine Sticks Choosing Sticks Mallets and Brushes-Changing the Drum Sounds Stick Bags Chapter 6: Pedals Drum Pedals Beaters Pedal Adjustments Double Pedals for the Bass Drum Foot Positions for Pedal Playing The Metronome Chapter 7: Cymbals and Hi Hats Choosing Cymbals Hi Hat Cymbals Cymbal Packs Cymbal Short Sounds Wild Cymbals Choosing a Cymbal Setup Chapter 8: Drum Theory Music Theory for Drums Music "Sign Language" Counting Notes Eighth Notes Sixteenth Notes with Eighth Notes Note Combinations Chapter 9: Practice The Drum Practice Pad Drumhead and Foot Practice Pads Practice Pad Drum Sets Muffling Drums for Practice Mountable Drum Pads Practice, Practice, Practice Chapter 10: Stick Handling Holding the Sticks Traditional Grip / Left Hand / Thumbs Up Match The Carmine Grip Exercises for the Hands A New Time Signature Mixed Hand/Foot Practice Chapter 11: Developing Your Hands Right/Left Hand Four-Bar Phrases Exercise for Right/Left Hand Dynamics Simple Reading of Quarter Notes More Simple Reading Simple Reading of Eighth Notes Chapter 12: Quarters, Eighths, and Beyond Eighth Note Twelve-Bar Exercises Eighth Note and Rests Eighth Notes and Rests, Plus Sixteenth Notes and Quarter Notes Sixteenth Notes and Quarter Notes, Plus Sixteenth and Quarter Notes, and Eighth Rests Chapter 13: Sixteenths, Eighths, and Beyond Sixteenths and Eighth Notes, Rests Sixteenths and Eighth Rests, The Next Level Combo Sixteenths/Eighths/Rests Dotted Eighths and Sixteenths, Rests More Dotted Eighths and Sixteenths Review Exercises, First and Second Endings Chapter 14: Playing ...
