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    The Complete Drum Method
    The Complete Drum Method
    The Complete Drum Method
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    The Complete Drum Method

    By Albert Panagiotopoulos

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    A complete drum method. Rhythmic reading, technique - coordination, musical styles, odd time signatures, ideas for solos, chart reading.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781483544861
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      The Complete Drum Method - Albert Panagiotopoulos

      Epilogue

      INTRODUCTION

      Many years ago, even before 1985, I began to teach the drums. Through time and being affected by the dynamic interaction with my students, gradually a method of teaching settled on me and seemed to be efficient and above all pleasant. An important role in the structure of the book and in my general culture, played several books with important informations about the drums, a lot of transcriptions from different drummer’s playing,that I made as well as playing with several and sometimes very good musicians, composers and conductors in different music idioms. Also, a crucial role played my going through the musical scene of New York, the (Drummers) Collective and the clubs of the city, where I saw, learned and played with really great musicians.

      Taking into consideration the lack in bibliography of a method that is concise, comprehensive and covers as more subjects that refer to the contemporary drumming and then the exhortations of a lot of friends and students of mine, I decided to write this book, which in essence is a method of learning the whole art of drumming.

      I would like to note that this book is not a method without a teacher (although the musician can find by himself a lot of useful elements for playing the drums). A lot of studying of each chapter is needed, and in combination with a good guidance, a more ample and complete knowledge of the subject can be obtained. You can also study parts of the different sections of the book, at the same time.

      In this book there are some terms of my own as well as many elements of my personal method and playing. For the left handed drummers I have to say that when they see right hand or foot, they play left and reversely.

      Finally I want to remind you that freedom and comfort in playing comes after many lonely hours of hard practicing. But it’s worth!

      FIRST PART

      SECTION I

      BASIC THEORY OF DRUMS

      RHYTHMIC READING - STUDYING METHODS

      BASIC RHYTHMS - BREAKS - EXERCISES FOR ALL NOTES

      1. The drumset - basic terms: Rhythm, time signature, pulse, etc

      The basic structure of a drum set is shown in the picture that follows:

      In the stave that follows we see the position and the symbolism of the basic drum set:

      The numeration of the lines and the intervals of the stave is done from the lower to the upper part.

      At the beginning of each pattern or chart that we play we write the time signature. This is stated as A/B. The number B states the basic beat of the bar. It is the note based on which we count and play.

      Its duration is called time. The number A states the total number of the beats in each bar. The beats are always counted with serial numbers.

      Example: In the 3/4 the basic beat is the quarter note, while the total value of the notes written in each stave is always 3 quarters.

      In the contemporary folk music that we are studying, the basic beat is quarter (4) or eighth note (8).

      We call rhythm a repeated pattern that is usually completed in one or even more bars. Rhythm is generally called the arrangement of the notes in the bars.

      The time signature can remain invariable, while the rhythms change.

      With 1, 2, 3, 4 are symbolized the beats that the metronome counts.

      Proportional to the duration of the beats is the tempo- speed of the rhythm and the tune.

      The vertical lines that separate the bars are called bar lines. At the end of the last bar we write a double bar line.

      The characteristic indications of a bar are its pulse. The Pulse also states the good rhythmic behavior in playing. In the bars whose basic beat is the quarter, usually the pulse coincides with the basic beats, while in the bars with basic value the eighth, it is different.

      We notice that the notes that are found between the points of a pulse are united with each other. This forms a specific way of music writing. In another way, the time of the notes can exceed the points of the pulses.

      Symbols of repetition

      The symbolism(1) means repetition of the previous bar. The number X symbolizes the number of repetitions each time.

      The symbolism(2) means

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