THINK BIG BAND DRUMS

Think Big Band Drums Ebook - £19.99

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About the Book

Think Big Band Drums contains the drum charts from the CD Leaving For Home by Big Band Byrne and is a play-along book for drummers. The charts are not graded in the level of difficulty by the order in which they appear. Leaving For Home is probably the easiest chart, next is As If Only, then Time To Remind Me. Demolition Baritone follows after although you may find this difficult without the benefit of a conductor to cue you in with the band. However as you play it again and again you will probably learn where the crucial point happens by listening. Talking and 1916 are both equally as difficult but without doubt, Crazy Monday is the most difficult chart in the book.

The charts are laid out so that awkward pages turns are avoided, however, you may find one or two turns where it was difficult to find another layout . You also may come across some pages with drummer jokes. This is again just to help you see the charts in a player friendly layout so no offence intended. The charts are also presented here exactly as they would be presented to a professional musician.

Some charts are through-composed, i.e. they are performed exactly as written. Other charts are what are known as 'blowing charts'. These charts have long open sections where solos can take place until the director instructs the band to carry on to the next section. One common trait of some of the best musicians I have worked with is that they all have pencils! It is a simple habit that you should try to develop for yourself. The performance notes will tell you how long the open sections are in the 'blowing charts' so get your pencil and mark these on the charts


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