Hudson Music Playing Techniques: A Complete Curriculum for Contemporary Drum Set Skills (4 Volumes Available)
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The Playing Techniques series marks the culmination of legendary drummers Ralph Humphrey and Joe Porcaro's deep contribution to drum set education. Covering the study of everything pertaining to the proper technical performance of music on the drum set, the materials are presented in a systematic manner similar to a college course, which the authors refined over decades of teaching at Musicians Institute and Los Angeles College of Music.
Book 1
Book one covers the basic approach to hand technique; stick grip, fulcrum, rebound, and accents; foot technique; phrase development; doubles and diddles; and Category 1, hand-to-hand, and straight sticking concepts. Throughout the course, all the hand techniques, strokes, and rhythms are coupled with foot ostinatos to develop a strong set of playing skills that are applicable to all styles of music.
96 Pages.
Book 2
Book two covers category 2 & 3 sticking; flams, flam paradiddles and other flam rudiments voiced on the drums; buzz rolls; continued development of foot technique and independence; continued use of foot ostinatos with hand patterns in 4/4 and 12/8; melodic phrasing around the drum set; ruff and drag rudiments; and continued control development.
112 Pages.
Book 3
Book three covers flams applied to various stickings; poly-pulse ostinatos in 3/4 and 12/8; bass drum groove exercises; category 3, 4, & 5 sticking development and phrasing; more rudiments and rudimental etudes; intro to note groupings and changing note value rates; more diddle, double, and flam applications combined with sticking and phrasing exercises; amd 3-note groupings.
116 Pages.
Book 4
Book Four covers more advanced exercise building on previous concepts, including: all sticking philosphies including categories 1-6 applied to various time signatures and groupings; the remaining advanced rudiments and etudes; Ralph's (and Mike Packer's) Rudimental Challenges; advanced ostinatos and hand phrases; right-hand lead patterns; note groupings; hand ostinatos; rhythmic coordination; and quintuplets and septuplets.
120 Pages.
- Formats: Softcover
- Width: 9.0"
- Length: 12.0"
- 180 pages
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