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Check This Stuff Out: Books

Not a complete list, but here are some of my go-to study books:

  • Mel Bay’s Complete Modern Drumset – Frank Briggs (Mel Bay)
  • Rhythm & Meter Patterns – Gary Chaffee (Alfred Publishing)
  • The New Breed – Gary Chester (Modern Drummer Publications)
  • Rudiment Grooves – Rick Considine (Berklee Press)
  • Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset – Duduka Da Fonseca and Bob Weiner (Warner Bros.)
  • In-depth Rhythm Studies: Advanced Metronome Functions – Libor Hadrava
  • Rhythmic Illusions – Gavin Harrison (Warner Bros.)
  • Rhythmic Perspectives – Gavin Harrison (Warner Bros.)
  • Mastering the Art of Brushes – Jon Hazilla (Berklee Press)
  • Rhythm Knowledge Volumes I & II – Mike Mangini (Rhythm Knowledge)
  • The Drum Set Crash Course – Russ Miller (Warner Bros.)
  • Extreme Interdependence – Marco Minnemann (Warner Bros.)
  • Drum Set Warm-Ups – Rod Morgenstein (Berklee Press)
  • Advanced Concepts – Kim Plainfield (Alfred Publishing)
  • Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer – Ted Reed (Alfred Publishing)
  • Stick Control – George Lawrence Stone (George B. Stone & Son, Inc.)
  • The Frank Zappa Guitar Book – Steve Vai, et al (Munchkin Music/Hal Leonard)
  • Contemporary Drummer + One – Dave Weckl (Alfred Publishing)
  • The Commandments of R&B Drumming – Zoro (Alfred Publishing)

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