The Drummer’s Link to Sight Reading | Table of Contents
Basics
Lesson 1 – Quarter Notes & Rests | Eighth Notes | Repeat Bar Sign | Exercise 1
Lesson 2 – Larger Note Values | Half Rest / Dotted Half Rest / Whole Rest | Exercise 2a & 2b
Lesson 3 – Repeats & Coordination | Ostinato | Exercise 3
Lesson 4 – Basic Rock Beats | Exercise 4 | Pencilquiz 1
Lesson 5 – Kick & Snare Drum Melodies | Exercise 5 | Song Exercise 1 Intro/Fills/Breaks/Dynamic Markings / Traffic Signs: Rehearsal Letters & Double Bar Line / “Junk Magic”
Lesson 6 – Ties & New Time Signature 3/4 | Exercise 6
Lesson 7 – Eighth Rest & Dotted Quarter Note | Exercise 7 | Song Exercise 2 1st & 2nd Endings | Traffic Signs: D.C. al Coda | “Uncle Thorne”
Lesson 8 – Fills Exercise 8 | Pencilquiz 2
Lesson 9 – Sixteenth Notes | Exercise 9
Lesson 10 – Rock Beats 2 | Exercise 10a & 10b | Song Exercise 3 Slashes/Fill/12 Bar Blues/Fermata | “Dead Cat Runnin” | Song Exercise 4 Two Bar Repeat / Half Time Feel | Traffic Signs: D.S. al Coda | “Filler Up”
Lesson 11 – Sixteenth & Eighth Note Combinations | Exercise 11
Lesson 12 – Rock Beats 3 | Exercise 12 | Song Exercise 5 Break | Traffic Signs: D.S. al Fine | “Pick-up Sticks”
Lesson 13 – More Sixteenth & Eighth Note Combinations | Exercise 13 | Song Exercise 6 Intro/Stick Changes/Anticipations or Pushes/Tips | “The Next Mile”
Lesson 14 – New Time Signatures 6/8 & 12/8 | Exercise 14
Lesson 15 – Rock Beats 4 | Exercise 15 | Song Exercise 7 Vamp Til Cue | “Funky Weather” | Song Exercise 8 Shuffle | Straight Eighth’s vs Swung Eighth’s | “Blue Terrain”
Lesson 16 – Sixteenth Rests | Exercise 16 | Song Exercise 9 Time Signature Changes / Drum Solo | “One Eye Shy”
CD Contents
Appendix Traffic Signs | Dynamic Markings | Tempo Markings | Multiple Endings