New Breed

[Clintuplet]

Has anyone gone through Gary Chester's 'The New Breed'? I'm about to start my own study of the it and would appreciate any tips from any of you who have 'navigated' this difficult yet rewarding material.

Thanks,
Clint

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[MethodAir]

For developing skills, this book can be worthwile, and Gary Chester describes in detail how he feels the book should be used.
Of course, as you develop, you find other ways to deal with the material.

MethodAir
webmaster www.electricmountain.com


[This message has been edited by MethodAir (edited October 21, 2001).]

[beats]

greetings you know,i recieved that book when i was 14-16,and i am STILL trying to get thru that thing(i'm 30).i am a slow learner anyways,but the concept of singing rests still has been retained.best of luck,it is a great book to develop reading,alas i have no advice for you,other than that i know that your reading will improve dramatically,and you will develop some interesting forms of independance.Weckl studied out of that book in his college days(though weckl had 12 hrs. inthose days to practice those concepts) from your n.w.neighbour.....beats

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[jonthibault]

I guess I'm in the minority here. I found it terrifically boring. Tough, yes, but boring. I would rather practice other things (time, phrasing, technique, etc.) than play weird ride patterns and bass/snare combinations that you're never going to play in a musical context anyway. It develops independence, sure, but so does practicing a really hard samba beat, and that's something you can actually use in a musical situation.

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Jack

[MethodAir]

I use the reading pages for a particular limb, and use my own patterns as the system, as I think he calls it. The idea is to do your own thing with it, I'd say.

MethodAir www.electricmountain.com

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[This message has been edited by MethodAir (edited October 21, 2001).]

[Nikk]

The deal with that book is, you gotta look at each system as being a piece all on its own. Pick ONE and work on it for a coupla weeks. Otherwise you'll get frustrated as Hell trying to work on a million at once.

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[Buckman]

the best thing its done for me is to sing the drum sound while playing it, whether or not it the "melody" you are reading, or one instrument from the "System". This way you get a vocal connection with what youre going to play, and thats how we communicate best, is hearing things in our head that we're going to "say".

its just good for being more precise, and definate.

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