Drums For Beginners: The Ultimate Drumming Course For Kids provides the essential practical and theoretical tools for any child to get started on the drum kit. It includes technical exercises, a step-by-step system for learning to read standard rhythms and drum kit notation, development of fundamental rock drumming beats and fills, and songs with backing tracks to play along to. It is designed to work through systematically from front to back at a gradual pace, and upon completion the student will be more than ready to begin Grade 1 with any exam board. Areas covered include warm up exercises, crotchet rhythms, coordinating the hi hat, snare and bass drum, playing in time with music, quaver rhythms, using the tom toms and cymbals, basic rudiments, semiquaver rhythms, and creativity and improvisation. All rhythms are taught with the standard counting system. Unique to this book are 9 specially created songs to play along to. Each song employs the rhythms and patterns of that section of the book, and provide an excellent way to perform for an audience without putting a whole band together. If you are looking for a thorough and well structured start to the drums, one that will teach your child everything they need to know in advance of beginning Grade 1, then this is the book for you.
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