The following list represents the most popular and, in our opinion, the most useful set of resources you can find to teach yourself to play the drums. The list below comprises drums books, guides, software, DVDs, CDs and online tutorials and videos. Some are digital products, meaning that you can immediately download the software, videos and tutorials or watch them online. Others are hardcopies, where the books, CDs and DVDs will be delivered to your door. The best products give you a combination of all these formats.
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Learn And Master Drums |
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Above all else, Learn and Master Drums is comprehensive. You will struggle to find another product that
covers the same variety of techniques and repertoire, caters to as
broad a range of ability levels, and covers all the different learning
styles. If you want a long-lasting and complete drum course, with
this product you can't really go wrong. The first
and most obvious advantage is the multimedia nature of the course.As well as the invaluable opportunity of video instruction, you
are provided with CDs, a jam-packed printed...
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Learn And Master Drums
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Jojo Mayer: Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer |
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Jojo Mayer: Secret
Weapons of the Modern Drummer is a fantastic tool for self-taught and tutored drummers alike.
The first thing you notice is the quality: produced and
filmed to
a high standard, there is nothing distracting you from learning
everything that Jojo has to teach. The setting is minimal,
the
color scheme simple and the presentation beautiful. This
truly is
an exceptionally well made program. Jojo's skill on the drum kit is
extraordinary and it is a real pleasure to have the opportunity to
watch a master at work. The quality of Jojo's instruction is
also
difficult to fault...
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Jojo Mayer: Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer
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Rock Drumming System |
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One of the best and highest quality drumming DVDs available, Tommy Igoe: Getting Started on
Drums offers a clear and comprehensive guide on everything you need to get
started. Aimed at absolute beginners, it covers
the basics of every aspect of setup and playing from unpacking your new
drum kit to learning basic fills and grooves. Everything is
explained as simply and as comprehensively as possible, without cutting
corners of skipping anything important. Several features of Getting Started on Drums prove that it has been created with thoughtfulness and care...
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Rock Drumming System
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Tommy Igoe: Groove Essentials |
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Tommy Igoe: Groove Essentials is both a learning tool and a diverse library of
grooves in nearly every common style imaginable. Throughout the
program, the 47 grooves become gradually more difficult to master,
making it perfect for drummers who are looking to improve and expand
their repertoire at the same time. However, it is also possible
to pick and choose which grooves you work on, using the DVD as a
personal library of grooves. The breadth of
genres is the real strength of the DVD. Whilst many drummers will
want to specialize in a particular genre, great drummers...
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Tommy Igoe: Groove Essentials
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Steve Smith: Drumset Technique / History of the U.S. Beat |
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The feature that separates Steve
Smith: Drumset Technique/History of the US Beat from most
DVDs and other packages in this category is its historical content.
Not only does it provide a whole DVD of this, but it is linked
cleverly with the content on technique so you can put your playing in a
historical context. This is a very useful skill, particularly if
you are looking to explore new styles or to take your playing to the
next level. The disc covers an impressive range of genres of a
broad time period, and you are likely to discover something new to
excite you. Anyone interested...
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Steve Smith: Drumset Technique / History of the U.S. Beat
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Tommy Igoe: Getting Started on Drums |
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One of the best and highest quality drumming DVDs available, Tommy Igoe: Getting Started on
Drums offers a clear and comprehensive guide on everything you need to get
started. Aimed at absolute beginners, it covers
the basics of every aspect of setup and playing from unpacking your new
drum kit to learning basic fills and grooves. Everything is
explained as simply and as comprehensively as possible, without cutting
corners of skipping anything important. Several features of Getting Started on Drums prove that it has been created with thoughtfulness and care...
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Tommy Igoe: Getting Started on Drums
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Watch And Learn: Introduction to Drums |
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Easily one of the cheapest and best value drum tuition DVDs available, Watch and Learn: Introduction to Drums will surprise you with its host of useful features. If you have
tried out a large number of tuition DVDs, you will probably have a list
of features in your head that you know make learning a lot easier.
This DVD has most of them: split screen, different camera angles,
close-ups, on-screen music, and a "bouncing ball" to show you which
note to play when...
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Watch And Learn Introduction to Drums
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Steve Gadd: Master Series |
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Steve Gadd: Master Series certainly makes good viewing. It is well produced, shows off a
master drummer at his best and dives into some interesting areas of
drumming technique. It should be made clear that this is not a
straight-forward tuition course, nor is it suitable for beginners.
The skills Steve explores assume a prior knowledge of basic
drumming technique, and without this you are unlikely to gain much from
the DVD. The different topics are covered as they are discussed,
and not necessarily in the most simple order to follow. Most
importantly, the things Gadd talks...
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Steve Gadd: Master Series
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Coordination and Groove - Learn how to play intermediate to advanced drums |
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Coordination and
Groove - Learn How to Play Intermediate to Advanced Drums is likely to be a useful tool for drummers lacking inspiration or who
are unsure of how to advance their skills. Alan Schechner's
'Transformations' concept will help encourage a broader use of the drum
kit, a more interesting use of different genres and greater confidence
at improvisation. Seeing a new approach to drumming allows
you to look at your playing in a new way, helping you to keep your
playing fresh and expand your...
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Coordination and Groove - Learn how to play intermediate to advanced drums
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Ultimate Beginner Series: Drum Basics |
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Ultimate Beginner Series: Drum Basics doesn't do anything extraordinary or particularly unique, but what it
does it does well. At a total of sixty-five minutes, it is
considerably shorter than many drum tuition DVDs on the market.
However, it manages to cover a good range of material. If
you have no previous drumming experience whatsoever, and are even a
complete musical novice, this program will get you playing. Most
of the vital information you need to start playing is here: sitting
position at the drum kit, the theory of note values, and how to hold
your sticks. Admittedly, there are some details...
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Ultimate Beginner Series: Drum Basics
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