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; Further Notation | Traffic Signs | “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 Signature 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