All you need is one drum. It can be a Djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CD's, this book will show you how, step by step. This book is filled with great dance grooves. Many of them are adapted from drumset patterns used in rock, pop, and funk music. Others are based on traditional African or Afro-Cuban rhythms. You can play all these grooves in a wide variety of musical styles and settings, and you can hear how each one sounds on the CD that comes with the book.
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About the Author
Dworsky and Sansby are authors of Conga Drumming, A Rhythmic Vocabulary, World-Beat & Funk Grooves, and How to Play Djembe. They live in Minneapolis.
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Hip Grooves for Hand Drums Book/CD Set: How to Play Funk, Rock & World Beat Patterns on Any Drum
Jun 15 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I find this book very useful. The CD helped me to hear what the groove should sound like when played up tempo and the play along practice track is also very useful. This is a great skill to learn for musicians who do not have access to a drum set or prefer not to drag one around. Its especially good for parties and small jams.
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By J. M. Hamm
Format:Paperback
"Hip Grooves" is a good beginning to intermediate book for developing drumming rhythms and timing. Although there are some instructions and illustrations for how-to obtain basic sounds for large handdrums, this book is not recommended for the raw recruit. However, if you know your way around your drumhead, you'll find this book rewarding in both style and variety of rhythms. What I like best is the drum tablature which is easy to learn and follow along with the CD. Each section (ranging from a tumbao to hip-hop to funk) begins with an explanation of the rhythmic style and a layered approach involving several steps culminating in an intricate rhythmic pattern. By building on patterns already presented the authors managed to keep the pace of learning both a challenge and a pleasure. The CD follows the steps of each rhythmic example at a comfortable tempo for learning. The rhythms can be played alone (with touch/"ghost" tones included) or can be incorporated in a group setting. If you are looking for a book to help you sharpen your drumming chops, give this book a try. Although the book is promoted as useful for "any" handdrum, I would not suggest it for those who play doumbeks or frame drums which require finger technique. This book is best suited for djembe, conga, or other large hand drums.
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
My title summarizes my main disappointment with this book. It sounds great but when you get it, it seems to give relatively little in all those pages. Lots of filler, not enough content.
I was especially disappointed with the notation. Although conga players use this chessboard notation, it's not standard in music generally, which means you can't show it to a drummer or the songwriter in your band and expect them to know what it means. Music notation exists for very good reasons -- it communicates rhythms with great accuracy. Letters in little boxes just don't.
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