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Whether you are learning how to play drums or an experienced drummer, we have the books and music sheets for you at Columbus Percussion.
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Hal Leonard Baby Steps to Giant Steps - Turn It Up & Lay It Down Series - Percussion - Jim Rupp
Baby Steps to Giant Steps is a complete instructional jazz play-along package with a unique twist. The included minus-drums CD features 11 tracks that gradually step up in tempo from 100 to 310 BPM. Based on classic jazz standards, these play-along tunes give the drummer the opportunity to work on increasing his/her jazz drumming facility in a real-world musical fashion. Learn More -
Hal Leonard Groove Essentials - The Play-Along - A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer - Percussion
Represents a new-generation play-along package and a Gigantic leap over anything else previously available in this vein with over 6 hours of music, including 47 grooves and feels from all over the world-most in two tempos-88 tracks in all, truly professional sketch charts and incisive text by Tommy. Learn More -
The Encyclopedia Of Double Bass Drumming
Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Blue Öyster Cult and master teacher Michael Lauren from the Drummers Collective have put together the most comprehensive text ever written on the subject of double bass drumming. It features hundreds of innovative warm up, beat and fill exercises, tips for getting started, a discography of important double bass recordings, plus a timeline of the most important double bass drummers in history, including photos of their setups. A must for all drummers interested in improving their double bass technique! Learn More -
Harold Jones Interpretation of Big Band Swing Drumming. A Workbook by Danny Gottlieb and Harold Jones
This book features 76 drum parts in the style of Harold's performance with Count Basie. Learn More -
Rhythm by the Numbers by Ralph Humhrey
Rhythm by the Numbers provides a fundamental and comprehensive way to learn and use rhythm in drumming. Learn More -
Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer By Jim Riley
Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer contains 318 grooves and 124 fully produced play along tracks in every genre. From pop to swing, metal to latin, country to Motown, this book is the best resource for you to become a more well rounded drummer and will give you the tools to survive as a pro player. Learn More -
Jost Nickels Groove Book/BK&CD
In Groove Book, Jost Nickel not only shows what makes a good groove but also demonstrates how it is played. The book includes a wide variety of possibilities for creating your own great grooves and playing them in different ways to expand your own pattern repertoire. This book & MP3-CD set give you the necessary tools for your drumming to feel good, so the groove happens naturally. The good groove starts with you! Learn More -
Drumset Independence & Syncopation: A Unique Method That Integrates Independent Coordination and the Use of Syncopated Rhythms [Book] by Dave Black
This method explores the most common syncopated rhythms found in jazz and improves coordinated independence and reading skills. Includes sections on snare drum and bass drum independence, drum fills in context, section and ensemble figures, 1-, 2- and 4-bar ensemble figures, and ensemble "shout chorus" solos. 80 pages. Learn More