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