World-Beat and Funk Grooves : Playing a Drumset the Easy Way

by Dworsky, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780786647835
• ISBN10: 0786647833
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-26
• Publisher: Mel Bay Pubns

Summary

"This book for the beginning drummer uses an ingenious method that allows complex rhythms to magically emerge from simple sequences of body movements. Within days, the student will be playing world-beat and funk grooves that normally take months to master. The book's method is based on a style of playing called linear drumming, which simply means playing one note at a time. Instead of having to learn separate parts for the hands and feet and then layering them on top of each other, the student only needs to learn a single pattern that moves note by note from limb to limb."

Table of Contents

Who this book is for and how it works	7	(4)
How to read the charts	11	(4)
Stepping the pulse in six	15	(10)
The basic dance in six	16	(4)
Tumbao in six	20	(5)
Stepping the pulse in four	25	(10)
The basic dance in four	26	(4)
Right foot on the pulse	30	(5)
Stepping off the pulse in four	35	(14)
Tumbao in four	36	(3)
Bomba, conga, l and the world-beat foot-dance	39	(4)
The backbeat funk-dance	43	(6)
New ways to play the pulse in six	49	(18)
Left foot only and left foot first	50	(4)
Feet on the pulse - RLLR	54	(4)
Shuffle with a backbeat	58	(3)
Right hand on the pulse	61	(6)
Stepping the upbeats in four	67	(12)
The upbeat foot-dance	68	(2)
Call and response	70	(4)
Rumba with right hand on the pulse	74	(5)
The one-bar clave and two-bar funk patterns in four	79	(14)
The one-bar clave foot-dance	80	(3)
Creating in the bass	83	(2)
Two-bar funk	85	(3)
Rumba guaguanco	88	(5)
The 3-pulse in six	93	(14)
The basic dance in three	94	(4)
Stepping the upbeats	98	(3)
3-pulse funk	101	(6)
Working with the Timelines CD	107	(8)
The 6/8 bell - the timeline in six	109	(2)
The son clave - the timeline in four	111	(4)
Glossary	115	(4)
Sources for further study	119	(4)
Also available from Dancing Hands Music	123