Advanced Rhythm Studies: for the percussionist
General Info
Year: 2009
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Bachovich Music Publications
Cost: Book Cost - $25.00 | Supplemental Books - $0.00
Overview
Samuel Solomon's new method book - Advanced Rhythm Studies is a great tool for learning and understanding the complex rhythms found in modern music. With this book you will acquire profiency with highly syncopated rhythms of pop and world music, as well as the rhythms of music found in the music of Elliott Carter (metric modulation) or Charles Wuorinen.
Table of Contents
Contains a listing of the different sections, part 1-5 then the appendix.
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Student Reviews
"This book has a nice and well though out approach and appropriate progressive quality for a book like this. It outlines a rather interesting approach to working on not only independence but also working on counting, and it gets more and more difficult as it progresses. It also outlines the information in the book well with the introduction, and a well-defined explanation in each section of the book. Giving explanations of what not to do, and what to make sure and do. I would say that it isn’t a book for beginners, it is and will be most useful for advanced rhythm studies. This isn’t really a snare drum book, working fundamentals and teaching rudiments and other information specifically for snare drum. It is specifically for getting better at reading rhythms, and I feel would not only help with internal timing, but also sight-reading. I would say that this book should not be bought by a middle or beginning band teacher, this is more for the use of studio teachers in percussion and or super advanced high school level or more collegiate to professional level instruction of percussion playing and rhythm work. It works on very intense levels of rhythm studies towards the end of the text and is more of a further study and building of technique and ability, not really a book for playing etudes out of. It is a text to help one systematically ready though and get better at playing and reading complex rhythms by use of subdivision practice and other forms of rhythm analysis to build a player’s knowledge and ability to play."- Thomas Scott
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