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Coordination and Groove - Learn How To Play Intermediate To Advanced Drums (DVD) Review
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Verdict: The DVD covers a number of more unusual topics, such as playing in odd time signatures and incorporating a melodic approach into your playing. The program is certainly not for beginners, as it is lacking the basic content on technique and kit setup that many alternative packages will provide. However, neither is it a particularly advanced course. In fact, this DVD is more about picking up a particular, nevertheless useful, skill than about covering all the ground that intermediate to advanced players might need. The production of the DVD has strengths and weaknesses. The video quality itself certainly isn't up there with some of the other drumming DVDs on the market and this could distract you if you are easily frustrated by poor production. However, it has at least been designed with the learner in mind. Firstly, there are multiple camera angles, allowing you to see what each hand and foot is doing, an essential feature of any good drumming program. Secondly, on-screen drum tablature helps to show you what is being played. This is something you do not get with all drumming DVDs, and can be a particularly useful feature. A problem you may notice with Schechner's program is its repetitive use of the foot-operated cowbell. If you have one of these, this could provide a useful guide to how to incorporate it into your playing; if you don't, you may feel that this material is partly wasted. Having said this, an important lesson of Coordination and Groove is improvisation and adapting to your situation, and this will encourage you to start early! Don't let this put you off, but you will need to adapt what you learn to suit whatever kit setup you have. Coordination and Groove isn't
for everybody, but it could provide the inspiration you
are looking for. We would particularly recommend
Coordination and
Groove to drummers whose playing has become too
wooden, or who have come to rely too much on notation or
a small set of beats. Although it is not as
comprehensive as many similar products, it teaches a
useful set of skills and comes at a very reasonable
cost. Click on the button below to check out Coordination and Groove for yourself...
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