Written by drummer/educator
Dave DiCenso, Universal Rhythms for Drumset is a workbook with a
concept designed to help demystify the drummer’s creative process.
Working from the notion that the majority of Western music is built upon
five simple rhythmic phrases, DiCenso offers creative tools that
demonstrate how to identify, interpret, and manipulate this five-rhythm
alphabet in order to improve one’s understanding of rhythm as a language
and one’s ability to speak it on a set of drums.
By applying an
innovative eight-step "mastery system" to each lesson, the reader is
challenged to go beyond muscle memory and improve cerebral skills such
as pulse/space/shape awareness within any groove, fill, embellishment,
or solo; getting ideas to flow seamlessly from mind to limbs to drums;
understanding the space other musicians occupy to make informed musical
choices and create a deeper band pocket.
Lessons that include
over 500 exercises covering 28 drumming styles are all based upon only
five rhythms, and all examples in the book are performed by the author
on the included MP3 CD.