Creative Timekeeping for the Contemporary Jazz Drummer

Creative Timekeeping for the Contemporary Jazz Drummer. Percussion. Softcover. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Combining a variety of jazz ride cymbal patterns with coordination and reading exercises, Creative Timekeeping develops true independence: the ability to play any rhythm on the ride cymbal while playing any rhythm on the snare and bass drums. It provides a variety of jazz ride cymbal patterns as well as coordination and reading exercises that can be played along with them. Five chapters: Ride Cymbal Patterns * Coordination Patterns and Reading * Combination Patterns and Reading * Applications * and Cymbal Reading.