Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer
- Voted second on Modern Drummer s list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993, Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer/ is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums.
- Created exclusively to address syncopation, it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills.
- This book includes many accented eighths, dotted eighths and sixteenths, eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos.
- In addition, teachers can develop many of their own examples from it.
- Ted Reed’s ‘Syncopation for the Modern Drummer’ is a classic drum book, voted No.2 drum book of all time in Modern Drummer Magazine (behind ‘Stick Control’).
- As well as being an excellent book for working on sight reading and learning syncopation, it has the potential to be played numerous ways, and adapted to any style of music. It really is only limited by your own imagination.
- The following series of exercises will give you some ideas on how you can begin to unlock the huge potential of this excellent book.