Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book with Online Audio | Sheet Music and Practice Tracks | Drum Songbook for Beginners to Advanced Players | ... Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer
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Groove Essentials 1.0 by Tommy Igoe is the modern drummer’s go-to play-along resource, designed to build real-world groove vocabulary from the ground up. This updated edition includes 52 drum grooves with over 100 variations, plus 88 audio tracks featuring top New York musicians across rock, jazz, funk, Latin, R&B, world, and hybrid genres. * * Presented as a complete percussion method and songbook, this volume is ideal for all skill levels—beginner, intermediate, and professional. From simple rock beats to complex world rhythms, every groove is supported with professional sketch charts and rhythmic notation that promotes clean timing, 4-way coordination, and musical feel. Three 15-minute “Global Tour” play-alongs take drummers through every style in a real-world band setting. * * This edition features 5 bonus grooves and 10 new tracks, giving players over 6 hours of streaming or downloadable content for endless practice flexibility. Use it in conjunction with the Groove Essentials instructional video series for a more immersive learning experience. * * Whether you're practicing at home, preparing for ensemble auditions, or teaching in a studio, Groove Essentials is an invaluable tool. A top-rated music teacher resource and an excellent gift for drummers ready to improve timing, creativity, and style behind the kit. Built to grow with you as long as you play drums. Review: Excellent insight - This book (1.0 & 2.0)is so different to any other ‘drum’ book. You get a real understanding about playing not just drums but music. Equally, you get the freedom to add your own versions. AND by the way, you don’t ever actually complete them. You can go back any time. Also great reference manual for world styles if you need a quick answer. Review: Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book - Good value for money. Thank you.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 474 Reviews |
N**R
Excellent insight
This book (1.0 & 2.0)is so different to any other ‘drum’ book. You get a real understanding about playing not just drums but music. Equally, you get the freedom to add your own versions. AND by the way, you don’t ever actually complete them. You can go back any time. Also great reference manual for world styles if you need a quick answer.
A**S
Groove Essentials 1.0 - The Play Along Book
Good value for money. Thank you.
J**E
Good value for money
I loved it - perfect book for the beginner who likes a bit of creativity and flexibility too. The book teaches you how to do the basics but also offers really good variations, essentially 3 variations for each song, and there's 47 songs here with a wide range of difficulty so I'd say grade 1-4 would find it useful. The book came in perfect condition too, definitely good value for money. Thanks!
S**D
It gives you some structure when teaching yourself and good quality backing tracks
Learning drums and the only book I have.It gives you some structure when teaching yourself and good quality backing tracks. Recommend.
M**S
AWESOME!!!
One of the BEST books out there! It's RAMMED with LOTS to do. Very well written content (often light-hearted and humourous too which makes for easy reading) and excellent transcribed grooves and scores. If you've not got it you're missing out. I wouldn't recommend it for beginners but if you've been playing a while and got your playing fairly together or you can read and want to expand your ideas and knowledge OR you've a teacher who can guide you through - GET IT! Get the DVD that goes with it - Tommy is just... awesome!
K**Y
Essential for every drummer and drum teacher
I love this book and turn to it for my own playing as well as teaching. The play alongs are a great standard and having 3 versions for each groove means they don't quickly get boring. Plus once you have mastered the grooves you can always start mixing them up. I personally love putting world grooves like the Mozambique into funk settings. The charts also start simple enough and add different symbols one at a time rather than all at the start which I find students really respond well to.
A**R
Replacement & still no audio file link ?
Hi, Great book, but maybe I’m being dim ? Book says there is a card containing the audio file download link - no there isn’t. Returned the 1st one due to above and sent a message. 2nd just arrived …… no audio link. If I’m wrong then apologies and I will adjust star rating post advice. If I’m right then please provide link, as advertised, or both to be returned. Thanks in advance.
E**T
Incredibly useful learning tool
Recommended by my drum tutor and it's a great learning tool, Tommy Igoe has an actual band out together and working through the various grooves slow and fast is a great way to work in hi hat technique and limb independence, also give you experience in 'feeling' the groove I played groove 4 slow and it really helped with my open hi hat control
M**E
Great book for all levels!
My drum teacher recommended this book to me and I enjoy my daily practice more. An excellent book for all level drummers.
J**R
Excelente
No duden adquirir este libro si desean tener a la mano el conocimiento de tocar varias ritmos, el audio viene por separado y es fundamental adquirilo también para cuidar la acentuación necesaria que describe el maestro así como para saber si están comprendiendo la lectura del mismo. Ojo.... Yo lo compré porque una chica baterista profesional a la que sigo lo recomendó en algún video que trataba de lo que necesitas para aprender a leer partituras pero una vez que me llegó el libro y comencé a hojear clarísimamente el maestro autor indica que este libro NO es para aprender a leer partituras y te dice que si no sabes leer entonces primero lo aprendas de algún maestro. El libro va para que aprendas a ejecutar muchos diferentes tipos de ritmos de manera correcta pero solo eso. También por cada ritmo te pone entre 3 a 4 niveles de ejecución diferentes.... Con el que comiences practicando y luego el último será el ritmo definitivo. Todo a base obviamente de la notación en el pentagrama.
N**S
Buen producto recomendado para todos los niveles
El libro es muy bueno, de lo mejorcito que leí en batería, sirve para todos los niveles, es muy intuitivo y fácil de entender. Vale la pena leerlo completo por más que seas un baterista avanzado, realmente tiene muy buenos grooves (ya anote mis favoritos). Desafortunadamente el libro solo está en ingles y no se consigue en Español, pero si entiendes algo de ingles entonces no te será ningún problema. El libro no viene con el DVD, pero en mi caso lo solucioné enviando un mensaje a Hudson Music y me otorgaron un link con un código para poder ver los videos.
M**O
Se sei un batterista ne hai bisogno.
E' un capolavoro di musica groove, da avere assolutamente nella propria libreria. Io studio musica e questo per me è essenziale.
K**R
Great teaching tool!
I learned some great things from this book, and will now pass it on to the next generation. Great ideas and interchangeable grooves. Will always stay a great teaching tool!
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