Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play-Along Book/Online Audio - Drum Book with 52 Grooves and over 100 Variations

Groove Essentials/The Play-Along represents a quantum leap over anything previously available in any play-along instructional package. With over six hours of music, including styles from all over the world; truly professional sketch charts; and groove variations for every song; Groove Essentials is designed to be your groove companion not for a month, or a year, but for as long as you play drums—forever.The new 2020 Edition contains 5 Bonus Grooves and 10 new tracks.Groove Essentials/The Play-Along offers a focused and interactive groove experience for all levels of drummers with rhythm tracks that feature some of New York City's top musicians. You get a chance to not only learn all 52 grooves, but also to learn how to play them in a real band with real musicians. Additionally, you'll find three “Global Tour” tracks that are 15-minute journeys through all the grooves you've learned. This book works in conjunction with the Groove Essentials Instructional Video, a three-hour-and-forty-minute program that features in-depth instruction by Tommy on all forty-seven grooves, as well as a free Groove Essentials poster. The audio files can be streamed or downloaded and playable on any of your devices.• BEGINNING DRUMMERS will enjoy playing simple rock beats with a real band, giving them a chance to play the drums with good, solid time, utilizing 4-way coordination.• INTERMEDIATE DRUMMERS will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-note grooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing good, swinging jazz.• ADVANCED AND PROFESSIONAL drummers will find twenty challenging world grooves to master, as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on jazz shuffles, jazz waltzes, and R&B tunes. Read more