Uncross The Arms Unlock The Drummer Book 4 (eBook)

SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE PACK!Learn How to:Integrate Into Your Performances -The Auxiliary Percussion HookPatterns Found in Virtually Every Hit Song ever Recorded.UNLOCK THE LEFT HAND FROM UNDER THE RIGHT HAND SO BOTH HANDS ARE FREE TO EMBELLISH THE CATALOG OF SONGS YOU PLAY- WITH EXTRA PERCUSSION.LEARN A HOST OF SOLID, MOTION FLUID, FULL SOUNDING FOUNDATIONAL LEFT HAND MULTI-SURFACE GROOVE PATTERNS.REFERENCE THOUSANDS OF SOLID RIGHT HAND AUXILIARY PERCUSSION PATTERNS. BEGINNER TO ADVANCED.(lite-mid permutations all linked to table of contents for SUPER EASY REFERENCE).PLAY BOTH HANDS TOGETHER AND ADD THE KICK FOR SOLID, CREATIVE FULL SOUNDING PERCUSSIVE- ROCK/POP/DANCE, LATIN-POP GROOVES.HAND EXERCISES ARE CHARTED SEPARATELY FOR EACH, PROVIDING CLEAR, DETAILED STUDY OF EACH HANDS SEPARATE RESPONSIBILITIES.If You Play a Left Hand Drum-Kit.No Need Switching To A Right Hand Kit To Study These Books.(If You Play With the High-Hat on Your Right Side then ... L/H=R/H In Every Exercise).This Series Can Be Used Alongside Any Other Drum Method Book That Focuses On "e;Straight"e; 1/4, 1/8th And 1/16th Note Styles and Feel Found in:Rock, Pop, Disco, Latin Pop, Funk, World, Prog etc ..Swing, Shuffle, Jug Band/Zydeco/Old Time and Poly-Pop Technical Applications are Forthcoming.PLEASE READ BELOW BEFORE PURCHASING THIS METHOD BOOK.Book-4 Contains Advanced Multi-Surface Amidextrous Exercises. Before Purchasing This Book, Make Certain You Are Familiar With Exercises In The Prior Books.The Author Recommends Starting With Book-1, For Each Book Builds Upon The Other.Book-4 Adds Yet-Another Responsibility To The Left Hand.The Left Hand Will Be Applying Single Stroke 1/16 Grace Note Subdivided Snare Patterns, In-Between The Now Familiar Hi-Hat And Snare - 8th Note/Back Beat Patterns From The Previous Books. Applying 1/16 Gace Notes "e;Thicken"e; The Patterns Being Played By The Left Hand, Thereby Leaving Room For The Right Hand To Embellish The Style.The Right Hand Continues The Two-Surface Patterns From Book-3.By Completing This Book, You Will Be Prepared For The Monumentally More Difficult Layering Patterns In Book-5 And Beyond.NOTESVisit openhanddrums.com - Check for UPDATED LINKS for audio/video captures of the entire book.In Books 1-5 The High-Hat Foot Responsibilies have stayed mostly dormant; besides two subdivided 1/8th note High-Hat Disco/Light Rock Swish Motif Exercises.The reason is due to the Author's belief; Too many coordinated responsibilities added on top of the Core Concept (Ambidextrous Fluidity between Right/Left Hands), will ultimately be a distraction to the Core Concept.Open Hand Beginner-Adv High-Hat Studies Will Be the Theme of Book-6 In This Series.*The Author Uses the Term "e;Performance Integration"e; to describe a drummer combining percussion such as Cowbell/Agogo Tambourine etc... live; while simultaneously playing required drum-set beat.In the Studio, The extra percussive "e;feel"e; is usually recorded on a separate track.ABOUT THE AUTHOR.All Books we're written and "e;Designed"e; in MuseScore 2. By Matthew Forde, Former First- Call Cruise Ship Production Drummer.Matthew Naturally gravitated to playing Open Handed as a young student. He switched to Cross-Hand after seeing all the other kids playing that way.He switched back to Open-Hand in 2003.Attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 2012Began performing all the top hits in all styles onboard ships in 2014.Matt was chosen as the First Call Drummer for Carnival Vista's Inaugural Season Sailing the Mediterranean.Like all those working aboard ships, world events forced Matt back to land where he now resides playing full time on a resort island.He is in the process of opening a Cardio Gym Franchise Concept and is currently developing training/certification courses in Basic to Advanced Stand-Up drumming techniques.Stay tuned.Contact Matt@openhanddrums.comwww.openhanddrums.com Matt@drummersize.com