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Inside the Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind drum method that uses traditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazz ensemble as the vehicle to study beats, musical form, ensemble phrasing, articulation, and interpretation. For each arrangement, there is talk through information explaining how the composition is played as well as transcriptions of key beats and melodic information that connects the written drum part to the music. The 248 page book includes a 2.5 hour MP3 CD and an hour long DVD demonstrating every exercise in the text. Also included are anecdotes and interviews with legendary big band drummers and arrangers such as Louie Bellson, Jake Hanna, Phil Wilson, Mark Taylor and Bob Curnow.
Contents:
Notation and Terminology Drum Set Notation
Time Keeping Elements
The Chart Talk Through
Big Band Forms
Reading and Interpretation Ideas
Rhythmic Interpretation1
Alternate Notation for Time
Basic Chart Reading TerminologyThe Bass Drum
Exercises
The Hi-Hat
The Ride Cymbal
Swingin’ and the Groove (two and four/one and three)
Articulation Markings and Musical ShapeShort Articulation Exercise with Quarter Notes
The Big Band Sound
Short Articulation Exercise with Eighth Notes
Short Articulation Exercise with Quarters and Eighth Notes
Long Articulation Exercise
Long and Short Articulation Combinations Example One
Long and Short Articulation Combinations Example Two
Contemporary Interpretation Exercise One
Contemporary Interpretation Exercise Two Tuning
Set Up The Band!
Drum Heads
Cymbals
SticksParallel Motion
Preliminary Charts
Counter Point
Connector Material
Building a Fill Vocabulary for Band Figures
Figure Connector Study 1
Figure Connector Study 2
Figure Connector Study 3
Figure Connector Study in 3/4
Figure Connector Study in 5/4
Trumpet One Phrase Shapes
Tempo Transition Examples Preliminary Chart 1- Swing
Big Band Arrangements with Analysis
Preliminary Chart 2- Shuffle
Preliminary Chart 3- Ballad
Preliminary Chart 4- Samba
Preliminary Chart 5- Funk Blaine Street
Appendix
Bottom End Shuffle
Good Night Story
Swing Open
Tierrasanta
People and Places Solos and Transcriptions
Sing Sing Sing
Skin Deep
West Side Story
Drum Solo Breaks
Ensemble Shout Chorus Transcription Excerpts
Big Band Drumming Innovators and Innovations
Interviews
Big Band Recordings Discography
Drum Methods Discography