How To Read Drum Music Paperback – April 3, 2012

The graphic layout is clear and easily read (very important). The presentation of material is well thought out and clearly shown. No step is skipped, and it builds on knowledge gained. The associated videos are equally thoughtful and clear and easy to access. This is a perfect book to explain the basic facets of reading drum music and also helpful to understand reading non-drum music. Excellent book. I have over 60 years of experience playing drums,and find it useful as well to get back to the basics. I plan on sharing this with some young folks I know.

Fun and very interactive book which was more than I could have imagined. The video that can be access for free really help to understand the steps in the book. Awesome job on the videos and book. Thanks bunches

This book has been absolutely helpful and so easy to understand. Not very long, the videos on his website are simple and easy to understand. Very good job on being concise.

It is really helping my granddaughter!

I taught my self how to play by ear and I had a million bad habits because of that. I wanted to dumb it down to back to the very beginning as if I never played at all before to try to shake some of those bad habits. This book really helped me go back to the basics and have fun drumming again. I felt like I plateaued before but now I see the steep path up the mountain and I’m excited

Must read for beginners! Will keep you from developing many bad habits…

The book is really a book + a series of videos explaining the lessons in the book. I'm finding that to be super helpful when something you read is a bit fuzzy. I'm refreshing my ability to read music, but to provide some context, I learned to read music back in the 1960's when I was learning to play the cornet, so it's a 50-year refresh that's close to learning for the first time (though things are coming back as I go). In any event, reading each chapter and then watching a video lesson is working well to make the info stick. So far the reading is one page with an accompanying page of sheet music; the videos so far have been around 6-to-8 minutes. It doesn't take long to read and then watch each lesson, so a very appropriate and digestible chunk at a time. If you read fluently music already, this will likely bore you; if not, I think odds are good the pacing will suit you. So if you belong to the first group, this may not be the text for you (though you might still find value in having the information presented in a new context), but if you're in the second group, I recommend this book (or package if you will) to you. You should find it comprehendible, coherent, in an easy-to-handle size with the visual aspect of videos to be really conducive to learning.

I’ve learned the fundamentals on reading drum music from this book and was a great addition to what I’ve learned before. I had a question and took a chance emailing them and received a response in just two days. You expect that with most venders but not with them. Email explained my answer to my question very well and it’s obvious they truly are teachers that love teaching. We need of those in the world today.

A wonderful starter for any inspiring drummer.

Muy claro los pasos junto con los video que tiene vinculados a internet, para superar la barrera de poder leer las notas de una forma clara y entendible.

This is a straight forward no-nonsense approach to reading drum music. It assumes you are starting from scratch with no musical reading knowledge. This book will have you up to speed on reading drum music notation in a short amount of time. And there are even supporting videos for all the charts.

"How to Read Drum Music" is unique, brilliantly laid out and well written with lots of explanations and examples to back it up. Also, there is a web-site and YouTube videos that assist you in practicing what your taught in the book.

If you are a beginner, this book is easy to follow along with the online tutorials. Thank you, Stu and Jimmy.