With Elements,
drummer John Favicchia presents a comprehensive system to improve your
drumming vocabulary and improvisational skills. After presenting the
elements—one-beat variations of basic sixteenth-note and triplet
rhythms—Favicchia shows you how to execute accent figures in any place
in the measure, play accents in any desired position combined with
double-stroke rolls, orchestrate all your ideas in more creative ways
around the kit, improvise with much more freedom, recognize and execute
any given ensemble figure encountered on a chart, solo around the hits
while playing with a band (no matter where the hits fall), and more.
Included is an MP3/data disc jam-packed with examples from the book and play-along charts.