4-WAY COORDINATION: A METHOD BOOK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE ON THE DRUM SET
BY MARVIN DAHLGREN AND ELLIOT FINE

DRUMSET BOOK
INSTRUMENT: DRUMSET
FORMAT: BOOK
PAGE COUNT: 56

DESCRIPTION:
-PROFICIENCY AS A DRUMMER HAS ALWAYS COME FROM GREAT HAND DEXTERITY. HOWEVER, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN DRUMMING TECHNIQUES, IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY NECESSARY TO GAIN COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF BOTH THE HANDS AND FEET. WITH VARIOUS RHYTHMIC EXERCISES IN EASY-TO-READ NOTATION, 4-WAY COORDINATION IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE THE DRUMMER FROM SIMPLE PATTERNS TO ADVANCED POLYRHYTHMS. THROUGH THE STUDY OF THIS METHOD BOOK, THE STUDENT WILL GAIN INVALUABLE LISTENING SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT TO DRUMMING IN ALL STYLES.

CONTENTS:
-INTRODUCTION
-MELODIC COORDINATION (DEFINITION)
-MELODIC COORDINATION (EXERCISES IN 8TH NOTES)
-EIGHTH NOTE SOLOS IN MELODIC COORDINATION
-MELODIC COORDINATION (EXERCISES IN TRIPLETS)
-TRIPLET SOLOS IN MELODIC COORDINATION
-COMBINING 8TH NOTES AND TRIPLETS IN SOLOS
-HARMONIC COORDINATION (DEFINITION)
-TWO-PART HARMONIC COORDINATION (EXERCISES IN 8TH NOTES)
-EIGHTH-NOTE SOLOS IN TWO-PART HARMONIC COORDINATION
-TWO-PART HARMONIC COORDINATION (EXERCISES IN TRIPLETS)
-TRIPLET SOLOS IN TWO-PART HARMONIC COORDINATION
-COMBINING 8TH NOTES AND TRIPLETS IN SOLOS
-FOUR-WAY COORDINATION
-FOUR-WAY COORDINATION ON THE DRUM SET (USING THE RIGHT HAND ON THE RIDE CYMBAL)
-STUDIES TO DEVELOP THE LEFT FOOT
-ADDING THE LEFT HAND
-COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE IN 2/3, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4 AND 6/4 TIME
-STUDIES FOR PLAYING THREE-BEAT IDEAS IN 4/4 TIME
-SOLOS WRITTEN IN COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE
-ADVANCED POLYRHYTHMICS