These Books...

[drumman]

These books are enough for all around learning? The Patterns Series by Gary Chafee

[matricks]

I really get alot out of them. If you are innovative at integrating them into your practice routine they are quite good. There is alot of information to utilize. It is presented in a way that gives you a variety of rhythms written in single melody line format. You kind of have to be creative and apply them to other parts of the set if you want to use them polyrhythmically or use them for independence exercises. I really dig them; hope this helps a little.

[Manos]

Those 5 books are all I work from aside from Chapin's book and a double kick book.

[hanayalator]

Are those the same ones that Vinnie talked about using or not?

[Manos]

Probably - he studied with Chaffee, I know that much.

[FuseU1]

Yes, those are the books with basically/largely the patterns 'prescribed' by GC in his teachings to VC, SSmith, & other 'prominent' students...Rick Gratton [who, along w Virg, wrote the forward liner notes in Marco M's "Extreme Inter-dependence" book] is also a creative exponent of these ideas in patterns, linear, & odd-groupings...
n a slightly diff note, another great book to study fr is Gary Chester's New Breed [there might even be a GCNB vol. 2 out there?]... i also hear Weckl's Contempo Drummer +1 is good....

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 22, 2004 07:11 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>