"A Rhythmic Vocabulary" (download package deal)

by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby  This 208-page book won the DRUM Magazine Readers' Poll as Best Percussion Instruction Book. It's now out of print as a physical book but it's available here in PDF format. It's the first systematic, comprehensive approach to learning about rhythm. It's for any drummer or other musician playing any style of music. It organizes and analyzes hundreds of African and Afro-Cuban patterns to give you a deeper understanding of rhythmic structure. It also teaches rhythmic concepts and variation techniques you can use to create patterns of your own. Learn to groove and solo with greater rhythmic freedom and express yourself with a richer rhythmic vocabulary. The book comes with the following as downloadable mp3 files: 2 Patterns CDs containing recordings of every pattern in the book and a Timelines CD for you to play along with while you practice.  The Timelines CD contains recordings of the son clave and 6/8 cowbell patterns at multiple tempos. As a bonus, you