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The Drumset Soloist – Drum Set Soloing Method Book with Online Audio

The Drumset Soloist – Drum Set Soloing Method Book with Online Audio

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Type: Drums
Brand: Alfred's Publishing
Category: Instrument Technique
Genre: Educational / Music Teaching

The Drumset Soloist Book and Online Audio

Build confident, musical drum solos with Steven Houghton's The Drumset Soloist. Includes play-along audio covering trading, vamps and improvisation.

The Drumset Soloist by Steven Houghton is a practical guide designed to help drummers develop the skills and confidence to create musical, engaging drum solos in any style.

Rather than relying on memorised licks, this book focuses on essential soloing concepts including trading, playing over vamps, interpreting kicks (figures), and constructing solos that flow naturally. Each lesson is reinforced with accompanying audio play-alongs, allowing you to hear the concepts in context and practise alongside real musical examples.

Suitable for intermediate to advanced drummers, The Drumset Soloist is an excellent resource for anyone looking to expand their solo vocabulary, improve improvisation skills, and become a more confident and expressive performer. 48 pages. 

Contents Includes:

  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • The Art of the Drum Solo
  • Solo Formats / Notes for the Soloist
  • About the Demos / About the Charts
  • Slow Blues
  • Medium Blues
  • Rhythm Changes Demo
  • Rhythm Changes
  • 3/4 Swing
  • Up Tempo Blues
  • 32-Bar Tune
  • Fast Modal
  • Medium Latin Demo
  • Medium Latin
  • Bright Samba
  • ECM Demo
  • ECM Vamp
  • Jazz Latin Vamp
  • Salsa Vamp
  • Vamp in "5"
  • Vamp in "7"
  • Fusion Samba Demo
  • Fusion Samba Vamp
  • Montuno Vamp
  • Hip Hop w/Kicks
  • Songo Demo
  • Songo w/Kicks
  • 3/4 Fusion Demo
  • 3/4 Fusion w/Kicks
  • "Weather Report" Fusion Demo
  • "Weather Report" Fusion w/Kicks
  • "Chick" Fusion w/Kicks
  • Fusion Swing Demo
  • Fusion Swing w/Kicks
  • Mambo w/Kicks

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