Drum Set Method Books

Paulson-Linear Drum Fills

Linear Drum Fills by Blake Paulson is a fun, practical approach for drummers of all abilities to learn, master, and create impressive, musical, flowing linear drum fills and s... 

Morton-Mel Bay's Easiest Drum Set Book

This book was written with the novice percussionist in mind. No previous musical experience is required to constructively make your way through this self-instruction course. B... 

Reed-Famous Drum Solos and Fills

Featuring exercises that can be played in practice and in actual performances, Drum Solos & Fill-ins for the Progressive Drummer contains 4-, 8-, and 16-bar solos plus fill-in... 

Rothman-Basic Drumming (Revised and Expanded)

Basic Drumming is an all-in-one drum method by Joel Rothman for beginner to intermediate students. It's 232 pages contain an in depth study of elementary sight reading,... 

Rogers-Solo Studies for Drum Set Book 1

This book, the first in the series of three, is the result of the need expressed by percussion educators for repertory for the student who is making the big step from the snar... 

Capozzoli-Around the Drums with Triplets 1

Paul Capozzoli's Around the Drums with Triplets will help any drumset player to learn basic triplet patterns and their applications to drum set. 

Capozzoli-Sightreading for the Drums

Improve you sight reading skills with this compilation of easy to intermediate sight reading patterns. 

Davis-Practical Analysis of Independence

PRACTICAL ANALYSIS OF INDEPENDENCE seeks to demystify four limb independece when applied to jazz. Rhythmic variations are presented in standard notation as well as a hand and ... 

Rothman-Recipes Special Stickings Around the Drums

Play different forms of paradiddles between the snare and tomtoms with Recipes: Special Stickings Around the Drums . It's fun! For intermediate players.  

Solomon-500 4-Surface Patterns

500 4-Surface Patterns was designed by Samuel Solomon to develop technique in any context requiring proficiency with four surfaces. The four spaces on the staff can... 

Brace-Time on Time

Bren Brace has createda method of playing time signature on top of each other to form new rhythmic feels. A great study for independent rhythmic figures. 

Rothman-Jazz Breaks in a Nut Shell

"Jazz Breaks In a Nutshell" by Joel Rothman contains nine separate parts, and each part deals with a specialized approach to playing jazz drum breaks. 

Peters-Stick Control for Drum Set 1

This series is written to provide the student with some basic calisthenics in developing a facility on a set of drums. Book 1 is devoted entirely to the use of triplets in ... 

Green-Killer Technique: Drum Set

Killer Technique: Drumset by Michael Green is a technique and daily study book inspired by Corey Christiansen's "Gig Savers: Killer Technique" book for guitar. This book provi... 

Lefevre-Prog Tech Stud/SD 1

PROGRESSIVE TECHNICAL STUDIES, due to its simple and efficient conception, is primarily meant for students interested in the study of drums. Nevertheless, it will be very usef... 

Rothman-Swingin' Doubles Around the Drums

Swingin' Doubles Around the Drums by Joel Rothman develops the ability to play open doubles between the large tom tom, small tom tom, and snare drum for use specificall... 

Hanna-Syncopated Big Band Fig. 1

A collection of solos that utilize syncopated jazz rhythms. Instrumentation is left open to your imagination. Great for study or performance. Now you can also practice all of... 

Chaffee-Odd Time Stickings

Odd Time Stickings is an extension of Gary Chaffee's popular method book, "Sticking Patterns, Book 1." Since the use of different meters has become much more common in contemp... 

Agostinelli-Crazy Hands Snare Drum Accents

Crazy Hands Snare Drum Accents by Mark Agostinelli drills you and challenges you on accents and at the same time it uses crazy hand configurations, adding to the challenge and... 

Bartlett-20 Short Solos for Drum Kit

Keith Bartlett begins all sections in each book with a short note of advice for the student which is both informative and fun. Musical terms and expressions are introduced thr...