Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


“alan dworsky”

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “alan dworsky”
Skip side bar filters
  • How to Play Djembe

    West African Rhythms for Beginners

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    This book is a complete, step-by-step course for beginners on how to play djembe. Right from the start you'll be learning interlocking parts for some of the most popular West African rhythms: Kuku, Djole, Kassa, Madan, Suku, Sunguru Bani, and Tiriba. While you learn the patterns, you'll also learn how to make each of the basic strokes--bass, tone, and slap--with proper playing technique. We use ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Secrets of the Hand

    Soloing Strategies for Hand Drummers

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    This book is for any hand drummer who wants to learn to improvise and solo. Whether you play djembe or conga, the practical hand-pattern strategies explained here will help you get the most out of your hands with the least amount of effort. And whether you want to solo in a traditional African or Afro-Cuban ensemble, in a drum circle, in a band, or in your living room along with your favorite CDs ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • A Rhythmic Vocabulary

    A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising with Rhythm

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    This 208-page book is 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 ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Conga Drumming

    A Beginner's Guide to Playing with Time

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    This book--which won the 2000 DRUM Magazine Readers' Poll for "Best Instructional Book"--is a complete, step-by-step course on conga drumming. It's the book we looked for but couldn't find when we were first learning to drum. We did everything we could to make it user-friendly, so even non-musicians could understand it. The book teaches families of drum parts for several authentic Afro-Caribbean ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • World-Beat & Funk Grooves

    Playing a Drumset the Easy Way

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    If you've got a drumset and you know how to make the basic strokes, you're ready to get started. This book uses an ingenious method that makes complex rhythms magically emerge out of simple sequences of body movements. Within days you'll be playing world-beat and funk grooves that usually take months to master. The method is based on a style of playing called "linear drumming." "Linear" simply ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Slap Happy

    How to Play World-Beat Rhythms with Just Your Body and a Buddy

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    Slap Happy is for kids of all ages. It turns drum rhythms into body rhythms you can step, clap, and slap with a buddy. Right from the start, you'll be learning traditional dance rhythms from West Africa and the Caribbean: Kuku from Guinea, Sunguru Bani from Mali, Kpegisu from Ghana, Bomba from Puerto Rico, and Conga from Cuba. You can do Slap Happy in pairs or in groups, indoors or out, at home or ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Hip Grooves for Hand Drums

    How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum

    by Alan Dworsky ...
    You don't need a drumset to lay down a groove. All you need is one drum. It can be a djembe, a conga, or anything else where you can fit both your hands on the drumhead. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, play in a church group, or just drum along with your favorite CDs, this book will show you how, step by step. Please note: audio files of the CD that comes with the print ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • Tomas Cruz Conga Method Volume 1 - Begining

    Conga Technique as Taught in Cuba

    by Tomas Cruz ...
    Comes with access to online video. In Volume I, Tomasito reveals the time-tested conga method which he himself studied with "Changuito" and other master congueros at the ENA conservatory in Havana. Volume I starts at the absolute beginning and is designed for the person who has never touched the congas, but is also of great value to the advanced player who wishes to understand the foundation and ... Read more

    $25.36 CAD

  • John Bonham

    The Powerhouse behind Led Zeppelin

    by Mick Bonham ...
    Bonham is a complete portrait of the drummers' drummer written by his brother Mick Bonham. With exclusive interviews and previously un-published photos from the Bonham collection, as well as a complete Led Zeppelin chronology and history of Bonham's earlier musical career. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Born to Drum

    The Truth About the World's Greatest Drummers--from John Bonham and Keith Moon to Sheila E. and Dave Grohl

    by Tony Barrell ...
    “An engaging journey into the wild and wonderful world of drumming.”—CLEM BURKE, BlondieTo have a great band you need a great drummer. For the first time, Tony Barrell shines a long-overdue spotlight on these musicians, offering an exciting look into their world, their art, and their personalities. In Born to Drum, he interviews some of the most famous, revered, and influential drummers of our ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Grade 2 drum kit work book

    by James Packer ...
    The Grade 2Drum Kit Work Book is a series of work books that follows the syllabus across all examination boards at that particular level allowing the student to expand their knowledge and repertoire of beats, fills and rudiments, whilst learning what needs to be learnt at that level.It works along side any type of grade exam the student is doing or if the student doesn't wish to take the grade ... Read more

    $9.34 CAD

  • Drum Beats Vol. 1

    Rock

    by Kamel Sadi ...
    Series Book 1 - Drum Beats
    This eBook is the first part of series of rhythm patterns. For beginner to intermediate student and teacher. 50 beats and 50 audio tracks. Objectives: to learn the basic beats and to build a collection of essential beats. Note Values: Quarter and eighth notes. Tempo: all beats are played at 100 BPM. Time signature: the time signature is a 4/4. Audio tracks (link under each drum notation): the ... Read more

    $8.01 CAD