All About Drums

A Fun & Simple Guide to Playing Drums

For Drums

Plus a CD

By Rick Mattingly

Have you struggled through tedious lessons and boring instruction books in your desire to learn to play the drumset? If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to motivate you in your drumset playing quest, then this is it: All About Drums is for you. Whether it's learning to read music, playing by ear, creating your own beats, or all of the above, this enjoyable guide will help you to finally start playing the beats and fills to your favorite songs in many different styles.

The book includes:

1.    learn interesting tid-bits on drumset makes & models

2.   care and maintenance

3.    additional percussion instruments, and other fun stuff about the drumset.

4.    An introduction to the drumset

5.    Step-by-step music reading instruction

6.    How to create your own beats, fills, & solos

7.   Background on various styles of music, including dozens of favorite songs

8.    Performing tips

9.    CD includes over 90 tracks for demo and play-along

10.                     Over 40 favorite songs

11.                     Learn songs by the Beatles, Bon Jovi, James Brown, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, Funs N’ Roses, Roy Orbison, the Police, Queen, Van Halen, Yes, & others

Details:

Publisher:  Hal Leonard, 2006

ISBN:  1423408187

Pages:  198

Condition: very good – unmarked.  The first few pages are turned up on the corners