Knack Drums for Everyone

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 Eighth Note Triplets

Triplets, Eighth Notes

Triplets, The Next Level

Sixteenth Notes and Triplets

Review Up To Triplets

Sixteenth Note Triplets

More Sixteenth Note Triplets

Chapter 15: High Level Triplets

Eighth Note and Sixteenth Note Triplets

Two-Triplet Twelve-Bar Exercises

Accented Eighth Note Triplets

More Accented Triplets

Accented Eighth Note Triplets, The Next Level

Twelve-Bar Accented Eighth Note Triplets

Chapter 16: Fun Rudiments

Rudimental Hand Workout

3 Stroke Ruff

4 Stroke Ruff

5 Stroke Ruff

5 Stroke Roll-Ruff Combo

Paradiddles and Mixed Stickings

Chapter 17: Playing a Rock Groove

3 Line Playing-Rock Quarters

3 Line Quarters and Eighths

Quarters and Eighths with Rests

Review 3 Line Quarters-Eighths-Rests

Sixteenths and Eighths

More Sixteenths and Eighths

Chapter 18: Groovin'

Dotted Eighths and Sixteenths

More Dotted Eighths and Sixteenths

Drum Fill Vocabulary

Advanced Sixteenth

“Hot Legs” – Rod Stewart

“Crazy in Love” – Beyonce

Chapter 19: Songs

“Revolution” – The Beatles

“Harder to Breathe” – Maroon 5

“Hey Ya” – Outkast

“Hungry Heart”

“Honky Tonk Woman” -- Rolling Stones

“Paper Planes” – Slum Dog Millionaire

Chapter 20: Resources

Drums

Cymbals

Sticks

Drum Heads

Schools

Books, Magazines, Web Sites