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Title: A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby, Robert Jackson ISBN: 0-9638801-2-8 Publisher: Dancing Hands Music Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the author's best work for drummers...
Comment: Alan Dworsky has provided great instructional texts for drummers. This book is probably best suited for musicians playing instruments other than drums, who want to understand rhythm better.
For those who are looking for a book to teach them how to play their drum, I would suggest Dworsky's other books, specifically, "How to Play the Djembe" and "Conga Drumming - A Beginner's Guide to Playing with Time". Both of these are excellent resources and probably the best books available for entry level instruction for these instruments.
Rating: 5
Summary: Even if you aren't a drummer don't discount this one!
Comment: As a bass player I'm always looking for ways to keep my grooves fresh. You always have to worry about falling ino the trap of laying out on the same rhythms all the time. This book will give you a kick in the pants though. As someone who has studied music at a college level, and knows how to read music I was concerned the charts would be a pain since I've known how to read music for years. However picking up on them was not confusing at all..and in fact it's very much tied into the way you count on regular notation and it's really not a problem. Afro-Cuban/Latin and African rhtyhms are the focus here but you can use this on anything. I found myself taking a latin rhythm and adding one note here or there, and changing the notes and turning it into a funk riff or something. I'm not nearly done working through this book..some of the exercises are a challenge, especially on a pitched instrument. However in the end they do serve to freshen up your grooves. I'm going to recommend this to all the rhythm players in my band. Thanks.
Rating: 4
Summary: musical notation
Comment: I am finding this book very useful. It teaches important rhythmic concepts in very direct ways. The only thing that I question is the decision not to use standard musical notation. The book is supposed to be for musicians of all instruments: why not write the rhythms in a language that will be understood almost universally by musicians instead of creating a different system (which admittedly is fairly simple and visual)? By doing this, perhaps they are opening up their audience to some non-musicians, but at the risk of alienating the musicians the book was meant for.
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Title: Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby, Jay Kendell ISBN: 0963880152 Publisher: Dancing Hands Music Pub. Date: 02 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: How to Play Djembe (Book/CD set) by Alan L. Dworsky, Betsy Sansby, Alan Dworsky, Joh Camara ISBN: 0963880144 Publisher: SCB Distributors Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Conga Drumming: A Beginners Guide to Playing With Time by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sanby, Betsy Sansby ISBN: 0963880101 Publisher: Dancing Hands Music Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Secrets of the Hand: Soloing Strategies for Hand Drummers by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby, Alan Alan Dworsky ISBN: 0963880160 Publisher: Dancing Hands Music Pub. Date: 02 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Forgotten Power of Rhythm: Ta Ke TI Na by Reinhard Flatischler ISBN: 0940795078 Publisher: LifeRhythm Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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