Description

Author: Joe Morello
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Snare Drum
Among the very few truly iconic drum method books, legendary drummer Joe Morello’s Master Studies is, according to Morello’s own preface, not a « how-to » book, but rather a workbook of material to use in developing the hands for accenting and controlling the different pressures used in single strokes, double strokes, and closed rolls. « You can go through the book using any technique you’ve been taught », Morello states, « and you can apply the ideas in this book to any style of music you want. » Chapters are broken down into subjects of accents, buzz rolls, stroke combinations, control studies, fill-ins, ostinatos, and flams. Volume II is a logical extension of the original book. « Like Master Studes », offered Morello, « it’s a workbook of material to use in developing the hands. It’s not a drumset or coordination book, although several of the exercises can be played on the drumset. The book can be used by the classical, jazz, rock or even rudimental drummer. »