Thanks for the link, I will check them out.They're actually designed so that you can work on them in any order you choose. You can work the sections in random order and you can even work from two (or more) books concurrently.
They're cleverly designed for you to more or less do as you please with them.
Forum member Mighty joker did an excellent series on YouTube that I've found beneficial. Worth checking some of them out: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jonathan+curtis,+gary+chaffee
Thanks for your reply.....Im kind of a beginner so am looking for a sort of guide to work through the books from that perspective.I've been studying with Gary for the last two years and I too say that you can work on them in the order you feel like depending on what you want to develop and where you are at with your drumming. That being said, I often will have students start with the Fat-Back exercises (found in Time Functioning Patterns) or the first studies found in the Sticking book.
Steve those books are some of the best work ever written for drums, but they are not for you YET. You´ll be only able to play the fat back exercises if anything.Thanks for your reply.....Im kind of a beginner so am looking for a sort of guide to work through the books from that perspective.
So is there an order you would have students work through generally until they reach a point where they need individual study material (hope that makes sense).
Steve B
Well, it always depends on the individual. Everybody learns in a different way. So try to go through the fat-back stuff with eight notes on your hihat to start with. Then, when it feels comfortable, do it again with a different cymbal ostinato, maybe quarters or 16ths. Then, improvise with it to make it your own.Thanks for your reply.....Im kind of a beginner so am looking for a sort of guide to work through the books from that perspective.
So is there an order you would have students work through generally until they reach a point where they need individual study material (hope that makes sense).
Steve B
This question should be decided by your teacher. The Patterns series wasn't really intended for self-study; probably, it was assumed the owner of the book would use them, while having the guidance of teachers in lessons or courses. In my experience, beginning students need some assistance with interpreting the rhythms correctly, choosing a reasonable tempo, and establishing a frame of reference for dynamics, evenness of spacing, and sound.Thanks for your reply.....Im kind of a beginner so am looking for a sort of guide to work through the books from that perspective.
So is there an order you would have students work through generally until they reach a point where they need individual study material (hope that makes sense).
Steve B
Hey, thanks for the plug. I have actually been thinking about updating these videos recently, as they are pretty old now, and my ability and production techniques have come a long way since then.They're actually designed so that you can work on them in any order you choose. You can work the sections in random order and you can even work from two (or more) books concurrently.
They're cleverly designed for you to more or less do as you please with them.
Forum member Mighty joker did an excellent series on YouTube that I've found beneficial. Worth checking some of them out: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jonathan+curtis,+gary+chaffee
With students, Time Functioning gets the most use by far, but this is after the student is pretty comfortable learning a song, and has gone through some simpler materials w.r.t. coordination, fills, and groove playing. The student truly learns to coordinate the bass drum, and develops enough facility to improvise with it, or learn any bass drum pattern they happen to hear in a tune. It's usually difficult for a student to read the bass and snare part, while coordinating it with unseen 8ths in the right hand. Up to this point, students will swear in their lives that they are good at reading rhythms, but the Fat Back exercises always kick their butts, haha.Can anyone speak to which book they found most-valuable? Maybe that depends on what you feel you need to work on.
Yeah that would be coolHey, thanks for the plug. I have actually been thinking about updating these videos recently, as they are pretty old now, and my ability and production techniques have come a long way since then.