Blues drumming lessons how tos, video instructions and more. With transcriptions of elvin jones, tony williams and others, and explorations of advanced comping ideas, this is a musthave for any drummer who is. The examples well look at are there to spark your creativity in your rhythm guitar playing. Whether it be keeping tempo or setting rhythm, the drums are the voice that, even when subtly voiced, create the backbone for all modern music. The recordings and exercises include techniques in early jazz, rhythm and blues, mardi gras indians, funk and brass bands both traditional and modern, in shortall a modern musician needs to know about these new orleans drum essentials. Part ii well see how country music influenced rock.
History of african rhythms drumconnection world djembe. One hundred one rhythm instrument activities for young children. Blues drumming lessons how tos, video instructions and. So the real revelation is that for about the first 50 years of u. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming by. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming is a mustevery inspired drummer needs to experience and learn from this masterpiece. Daniel glass the ultimate history of rocknroll drumming is truly a goto source book in order to understand and appreciate the timeline of contemporary drumming.
Diaries of early explorers are full of accounts that at times exhibit their biases about a culture they viewed as primitive and inferior to their own. In his brilliant 1968 analytical book on jazz, early jazz. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban african americans, at a time when urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat was becoming more popular. Jun 10, 2017 beyond bop drumming the followup to john rileys classic, the art of bop drumming, this book provides an indepth look at the techniques of many important modern jazz drummers. A guided tour through the musical era that birthed rock n roll, soul, funk, and hiphop, book. The verse of a conventional blues song comprises three lines.
Indian music is not metric in the way tonal rhythm is, and so its use in that system is entirely different from the way we use it here. He is recognized in the drum industry as an authority on classic american drumming and the evolution of american popular music. Pdf the commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming. Awesome resources for playing drums on your drumset. In 1964 the dixie cups, a female vocal trio from new orleans, crooned out a cheerful version of chapel of love and knocked the beatles from their number one spot on the pop charts. Bands in new orleans, however, did not sound like the others. Its a fun, informative and highly recommended read. The african influence on jazz, reggae, rhythm and blues, hip hop, rap and other popular forms of music that exist in america, asia, europe and other continents cannot be discounted. As author of the critically acclaimed and highly successful books. His first book in the series is listed as one of the 25 timeless drums books by modern drummer magazine. Learn about the early history of the drum set and its development learn to perform and improvise a new orleans brass band rhythm learn to play an early drum set rhythm called the shimmy beat as performed by baby dodds. The takadimi system as described in this book was developed in the early 1990s by several members of the theory faculty at.
Oct 01, 2005 daniel glass the ultimate history of rocknroll drumming is truly a goto source book in order to understand and appreciate the timeline of contemporary drumming. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming pdf. History of african rhythms drums, drumming and drum. The founding of atlantic records in 1947 by ahmet ertegun, a jazz fan and the son of a turkish diplomat, and herb abramson, a music industry professional, shifted the industrys centre to new york city. In the early 1960s, he brought about radical and fundamental changes to the basic concept of jazz drumming that continue to have profound implications for various fields of jazz study and performance. That loose, strolling, syncopated feel instantly identifies new orleans traditional brass band music, early jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, southern rock, mardi gras indian music, modern brass band music and many more. Peter erskine, drumming legend wweather report, steely dan, joni mitchell very interesting, and very informative. The african influence on jazz, reggae, rhythm and blues, hip hop, rap and other popular forms of music that exist in america, asia, europe and other continents cannot be. Unlike in either of these styles, however, the march feel is not consistently articulated by the combination of the bass and the snare. It developed over time through the in uence and contributions of many musicians. I started by reading dozens of books on the history of u. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming a guided tour through the musical era that birthed rock n roll, soul, funk, and hiphop. Rhythm and blues is a style of american music with roots in earlier africanamerican styles like jazz, blues, and gospel music. Weve seen how drummers progressed from being jazz drummers fitting into blues, and then developed a concept and style of blues drumming that had a tremendous impact on rock and roll.
While simple in concept, the shuffle, which features prominently in early jazz, blues, motown, soul, funk, rock n roll, and hiphop, among other styles, can be difficult to execute even for skilled drummers. Description of the book the commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming. The most influential masters of rock, funk, reggae, progressive rock, and even metal drumming cite the legendary jazz drummers and the music they created as at least part of their inspiration. At the time, their membership consisted of bassist lewie steinberg, guitarist steve cropper, drummer a1 formed into the finest consummate pop craftsmen the world. While simple in concept, the shuffle, which features prominently in early jazz, blues, motown, soul, funk, rock n roll, and hiphop, among other styles, can. Like jump blues and most early rhythm and blues music, the 2 nd line is played between the cracks, with a duple march beat underlying layered syncopations based on an uneven eighthnote pulse. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming. The first two lines are more or less the same, followed by the third. Drummer i am so impressed with what daniel and zoro have done to secure the heritage of the modern drum set. A guided tour through the musical era that birthed rock n roll, soul, funk.
This thesis focusses on the origins and development of snare backbeat in rocknroll. Alan freed early moments in rock music history level x conclusion. These chords, riffs and scales can be expanded in a. New orleans rhythm was never just a trendy beat or a snappy pattern, connected to a certain style or decade. The book will take you on a journey through our history and knowing where we came from will assist us in our vision for the future. The commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming by zoro. Written by zoro and daniel glass, drummer for royal crown revue, this book is loaded with history, photos, graphics, exercises, and transcriptions, and. Rock n jazz clinic twelve essential shuffles some of drummings most influential feels by rich scannella.
Sep 20, 2016 author mark puryear curated the rhythm and blues program that year and is now curator for freedom sounds. Some other accompanimental rhythms, such as cymbal rhythms, piano and double bass. Modern drummer simply put, this is an essential requirement for every drummers library. Artists like muddy waters, sonny boy williamson, and howlin wolf all came to. The blues teachers guide the beat of the blues film tieins african drumming feel like going home segments showing tribal drumming introductory exercise the rhythm of the blues has its roots in african drumming. Shuffle the commandments of early rhythm and blues drumming. A guided tour through the musical era that birthed rock n roll. American musicians pioneered this diverse genre that is heard around the world. Early moments in leveled reader aleveled book x rock. Daniel glass born may 16, 1966 is an american drummer, author, historian and educator. In 1953 they brought in wexler as a partner, and he and ertegun. Drumming is the life blood of music, and the blues are no exception to this. Topics include practice tips, developing the funky bass drum and hihat, creating and playing with loops, and what are considered the.
My motivation was a 19961997 reunion album with the members of the group journey the album we made was called trial by fire. I wanted to have a better understanding of rock music so i could address playing my drum parts with a deeper understanding of the actual roots of rock drumming. The term was coined in the late 1950s by billboard magazine writer. The takadimi system as described in this book was developed in the early 1990s by several members of the theory faculty at ithaca college in ithaca, new york. How to play blues rhythm guitar like the blues masters. A member of the pioneering swing group royal crown revue since 1994, glass has recorded and performed all over the world with many artists, including brian setzer, bette midler. Early moments in leveled reader aleveled book x rock music. With these simple blues drumming techniques, you will be fast on your way to becoming a knowledgeable blues drummer. But the musical genre that rock n roll identi es was not discovered or invented by freed.
Origins of second line drumming brass music second line drumming was first conceived by the bass and snare drummers of the citys legendary early brass bands. Blues rhythm section drums and bass soloed youtube. Being conversational with the kick drum bass lesson duration. In the last decades of the 19th century the style of brass music was widely popular throughout the us. Jazz, more than any other genre, embodies the creative spirit and the basic human instinct to push boundaries.