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Swing Interpretations - Modern Groove Applications

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Stephane Chamberland
May 31, 2017

Triplet Fills - Swinging Your Phrases

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Rich Redmond
May 31, 2017

Rock Perspectives - "Playing Rock Music Is Not Dumb"

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by David Garibaldi
May 25, 2017

Drum Soloist - Jo Jones -"Adlib"

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by Richard Egart
May 25, 2017

Teacher's Forum - Drumset Applications of The Reed Syncopation

This article is a compilation of exercises by Mr. Breithaupt and two of his advanced students, Karl Ott and Peter Retzlaff.

by Robert Breithaupt
May 10, 2017
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Concepts - Developing Good Time

Many drummers are capable of playing good time even though they may not know exactly how they developed this ability.

by Roy Burns
May 10, 2017

Strictly Technique - Bass Drum Control

When I wrote Bass Drum Control in 1964, it was at the request of drummers who wanted exercises to practice for hands and bass drum.

by Colin Bailey
May 10, 2017

Show And Studio - Charles Collins: Up Close

Things really started happening for Charles Collins when Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson pulled him out of Dionne Warwick's road band in 1971.

by Bruce Nixon
May 10, 2017

Drum Soloist - Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich Paul's Tune

by Chuck Kerrigan
May 10, 2017

Jazz Drummer's Workshop - The Music of the Drums - Part 3

This article will cover two related ideas: How to make the study of drum method books musically more useful, and some technical exercises that can he used to aid this development.

Barry Altschul
May 10, 2017

Rock Perspectives - Modular Rock

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Modern Drummer
May 10, 2017

Hone Your Human GPS - Setting Goals, Defining Problems, and Devising Solutions

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Mark Schulman
Apr 26, 2017
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Septuplet Permutations - Diving Deep Into an Odd Subdivision

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Aaron Edgar
Apr 26, 2017

Playing Melodically - Part 1: “Billie’s Bounce”

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Peter Erskine
Apr 26, 2017
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