In the darkest hour of a freezing Midwinter, a night-walking witch adopts a newborn baby and carries her off in her house on chicken legs. She names her Chingis and teaches her the Three Magics. She grows into such a powerful witch that she rouses the jealousy of Kuzma, the bear-shaman. The Czar of this cold realm fears his newborn son, Safa, will out do him, and so imprisons the baby at the top of a tall tower, to live and die there without ever glimpsing the real world. Loneliness and confinement drive him to rage and despair until Chingis hears the crying of his trapped spirit and frees him. But now their enemies unite against them, with steel and deadly magic. Chingis and Safa's fight for freedom will take them even through the Ghost World into the Land of the Dead. A timeless and atmospheric tale of fierce magic.

Explores the construction, performance and technique of drum set grooves. Includes discussion and many examples and exercises. The CD contains more than 200 MP3 files of grooves and exercises.

If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

Miscellaneous Percussion Music - Mixed Levels

This is a small booklet of drum machine patterns, designed to fit in your pocket. It is a companion to other small travel-friendly music-making devices you might have.

With Freeman Kwazdo Donkor and Abraham Adzenyah. Based on four Ghanaian rhythmic groups (Sikyi, Adowa, Gahu and Akom), this book and CD will provide drumset players with a "new" vocabulary based on some of the oldest and most influential rhythms in the world. A groundbreaking presentation!

If you are a drummer looking to expand your knowledge of musical styles, Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer is the book for you. From pop to country, metal to jazz, and Latin to Motown, Jim Riley (drummer and musical director for Rascal Flatts) has crammed his considerable stage and studio experience into this amazing resource. The book includes 124 play-along tracks which were meticulously recorded with just the right musicians for each recording, creating an authentic and inspiring library. Tempo software and audio performance of each of the 318 grooves are also included making learning these grooves even easier. From beginner to advanced, this book truly has something for everyone. If you dream of taking your drumming to the next level, Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer is the book that can help you make that a reality. For the first time, groove tracks are now downloadable, so you'll have everything you need in one place.

(Drum Instruction). Designed for anyone just learning to play the drumset, this comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide is based on years of teaching drum students of all ages. It includes hours of audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video lessons by drum master Gregg Bissonette! Lessons include: drum setup & fundamentals * tuning & maintenance * basic music reading * grips & strokes * coordination & basic techniques * basic beats for many styles of music * 8th notes, 16th notes, dotted notes & triplets * drum fills * and more.

The ultimate guide to drumming styles by the co-author of the best-selling instructional book The Best Beginner Drum Book. Brandon Toews and Drumeo present... THE DRUMMER'S TOOLBOX! The Drummer's Toolbox presents drummers of all skill levels with the most comprehensive introduction to 100 different drumming styles from the past century. This ultimate guide includes more than 900 groove examples, as well as listening suggestions for 1000 recommended recordings. Throughout the book, drummers will also learn about the history of each drumming style, effective techniques for playing them, and how to break down different grooves limb-by-limb. The Drummer's Toolbox is for any drummer who's serious about expanding their musical vocabulary and becoming more versatile behind the drum-set. You will learn how to play: - Rock: Surf Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock... - Jazz: 4/4 Swing, Up-Tempo Swing, Contemporary Jazz... - Blues: Texas Blues, Chicago Blues, Flat Tire Shuffle... - Country: Train Beat, Two-Step, Rockabilly... - Soul & Funk: Motown, Neo-Soul, New Orleans Funk... - Metal: Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore... - Electronic: Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Trap... - Afro-Cuban: Mambo, Nanigo, Songo... - Afro-Brazilian: Samba, Marcha, Bossa Nova... - Afro-Caribbean: Merengue, Reggae, Zouk... - And many more!

Learn how to play 238 of the worlds Most Famous & Popular Drum Fills, Breaks, Licks and Solos, performed by the biggest names in drumming. Never before has there been a LARGER collection of Famous Drum Fills taught anywhere else before. This unique and extensive 258 PAGE book is an Easy to Follow, Step-by-Step Guide revealing how to play 100's of the worlds COOLEST fills from over 180 Songs! Just think of all the legendary drum licks available at YOUR finger tips! A powerful resource that drummers like yourself can use to vastly expand your drumming vocabulary, dip in and out of when you want to learn your favourite licks, or just simply want something new and FUN to practice. This book will give you YEARS of drumming ideas and inspiration! BOOK STRUCTURE * 238 Famous & Popular Drum Fills! * 188 Classic Songs! * 96 Drumming Legends! * 258 Pages of Lessons! Each individual drum fill features its own specific Drum Lesson teaching you not only WHAT to play, but HOW to play it too. Each lesson also includes extra notation, suggestions and practice tips where required. Check out just SOME of the songs found in this book below... 1. Achilles Last Stand 2. Africa 3. Aja 4. All Right Now 5. All The Small Things 6. Always 7. Angels Of Death 8. Apocalypse Please 9. Assassin 10. Avon 11. Baba O'Riley 12. Back In The USSR 13. Bargain 14. Basket Case 15. Behind Blue Eyes 16. Black Dog 17. Black Night 18. Blaze Of Glory 19. Blinded in Chains 20. Blood On The Ground 21. Blue Monday 22. Born To Be Wild 23. Brick House 24. Bullet In Your Head Rage 25. Bullet The Blue Sky 26. Cars 27. Chameleon 28. China Girl 29. Chuck E's In Love 30. Come Together 31. Dani California 32. Dark Eternal Night, The 33. Davidian 34. Day In The Life, A 35. Dazed And Confused 36. Diamonds and Pearls 37. Digital Bath 38. Digital Man 39. Don't Ask Me Why 40. Don't Look Back In Anger 41. Don't Speak 42. Don't You Forget About Me 43. Drive In Drive Out 44. Drop Dead Legs 45. Drum Also Waltzes, The 46. Duality 47. Dyer Mak'er 48. Every Breath You Take 49. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 50. Exit Music For A Film 51. Fat Bottom Girls 52. Fear Of A Broken Planet 53. Final Countdown 54. Fire 55. Fireball 56. First Date 57. Firth Of Fifth 58. Fool In The Rain 59. For Whom The Bell Tolls 60. Forgotten 61. Get Off My Cloud 62. Gimme All Your Lovin' 63. Give It Away 64. Good Old Music 65. Good Times Bad Times 66. Goodbye 67. Grudge, The 68. Head Over Heels 69. Heart Of The Sunrise 70. Heir Apparent 71. Helicopter 72. Hella Good 73. Hey Joe 74. Hey Jude 75. Highway Star 76. Hocus Pocus 77. Hold The Line 78. Honky Tonk Woman 79. Honour Thy Father 80. In Bloom 81. In The Air Tonight 82. Instant Karma 83. Invisible Man, The 84. Iron Man 85. It's The End Of The World 86. It's The Same Old Song 87. Jack & Diane 88. Jamie's Cryin' 89. Jammin' 90. Josie 91. Judith 92. Just Like Starting Over 93. Kashmir 94. La Grange 95. La Villa Strangiato 96. Learn To Fly 97. The Lemon Song 98. Little Lies 99. Little Wing 100. Living On A Prayer 101. London Calling 102. Lounge Fly 103. Love 104. Man In A Suitcase 105. Manic Depression 106. Metalingus 107. Minerva 108. Misty Mountain Hop 109. Misunderstood 110. Moby Dick 111. Money For Nothing 112. Murder By Numbers 113. My Generation 114. My Own Summer 115. Neon Moonlight 116. Never Enough 117. Next Year 118. Nightmare 119. No One Knows 120. No Quarter 121. Of Wolf And Man 122. One More Red Nightmare 123. Open Secrets 124. Painkiller 125. Paint It Black 126. Parabola 127. Passenger 128. Peaches En Regalia 129. People Of The Sun 130. Pretty Noose 131. Pretty Visitors 132. Pure and Easy 133. Quiet 134. Rain 135. Rat Salad 136. Revealing Science Of God, The 137. Rock With You 138. Root Down 139. Rosanna 140. Ruin