New Drummer's ABC Band 2 - 168 pages; for intermediate players; Theory, technique, groove, standard rhythms, fills, ghosting, etc.; Text German; + Online material (audio, extra documents) incl. video playlist with the most popular grooves from rock & pop
With Volume 2 of the New Drummer's ABC method, Holger Hälbig, longtime percussionist and drummer in the Bundeswehr Big Band and head of the Drums & Percussion department at the music school Langenfeld/Rheinland for many years, presents a true compendium for the modern drum set. Attractive and practical rock and pop grooves emerge from the great wealth of progressively ordered pop and rock patterns, fills, specials and technical units, which can be used directly in the band context. Through systematic variations on the cymbals and dynamic gradation of the instrumentation, a variety of grooves are introduced, practiced and developed - from soft to hard, from pop ballads to hard rock, Latin, blues and jazz. A guarantee for more motivation when practicing are the numerous concrete song examples from several decades of pop music, to which Hälbig refers to many grooves: With these, what has been learned can be implemented directly using well-known pieces and also promotes the development of a song repertoire - an important goal for every ambitious drummer. Due to the modular structure of the textbook, more advanced students can jump flexibly between the topics. Less-experienced drummers benefit from learning in small increments, as comes from the carefully thought-out order of the grooves.
The more than 150 play-along tracks with and without drums can be downloaded free of charge using the download code in the book. Additional exercises and help for playing in the band are included as a download (PDF). New Drummer's ABC lives up to its name! It not only contains all exercises for a solid basis, but also goes into depth on many levels. This volume is an excellent, well-structured and always practical collection of creative exercises that offers the student a wide range of expression without being overloaded. New Drummer's ABC is the most eclectic and richest book of its kind I've seen! Sebastian Winne (drummer with Jan Böhmermann/Neo Magazin Royale, RTO-Ehrenfeld, Three Fall)
