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Resources for learning drums

Short Simple Loops To Practice Drums Beats To

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Highly recommended for enthusiastic adult students. 

How do we make the following simple grooves sound irresistible? 

The "famous one page drum basics" practice regime.
​Remember the goal is to make it sound happy, steady, and snappy at various tempi.  Here are some tracks using the beats of measures 17 and 20. 
Simple American Drum Beat
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Books and more for Beginners

1. There are 192,000,000 results to the question of "how many drum videos are on YouTube.
2. For young kids "Drums for Kids" from Hal Leonard is terrific. The pieces are short, the music is real: Queen, Green Day, Judas Priest, Zeppelin, and more.
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3. For the mature crowd "A Fresh Approach To The Drumset by Mark Wessles and Stanton Moore will get you a spot in the band.
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4. For next level players "A fresh approach to the snare drum" will prepare you for concert band or symphony participation. 

There are hundreds of books. Here are 4 classics. 
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