Uncross The Arms Unlock The Drummer (ebook)

SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE PACK!

BOOKS #1-#5 Compilation.

UNLOCK THE LEFT HAND FROM UNDER THE RIGHT HAND SO BOTH HANDS ARE FREE TO  EMBELLISH THE CATALOG OF SONGS YOU PLAY-WITH EXTRA PERCUSSION.

Integrate-Into-Your-Performances - The Auxiliary Percussion Hook Patterns Found in Virtually Every Hit Song ever Recorded.

Take Your Drumming To Metrically Measured Higher Levels of Ambidextrous Multi-Surface Coordinated Abilities. 

These five books build upon each other and go into great detail; the possibilities Open-Hand Offers. 

This Series Can Be Used Alongside Any Other Drum Method Book That Focuses On "Straight" 1/4, 1/8th And 1/16th Note Styles and Feel Found in:

Rock, Pop, Disco, Latin Pop, Funk, World, Prog etc ..

If You Are A Beginner And Can Read The Simplest Of Drumset Exercises;

Book-1 Is Your Book.  

1. Each Book Is Built Upon The Other. 

2. Ambidextrous Fluidity Between Limbs Is The Goal.

3. Fluidity Begins With Book-1

4. The Author Created An EASY-TO-READ Staff System That Separates The Limbs In Such A Manner That  Comprehension Of The New Technique Is Immediate.

Learn The  Basic Technique- Apply Your New Limb Independence To Any Other Method Books.

Book-1 Begins By Showing The Student How To Seamlessly Switch Hands Between Cross-Hand And Open-Hand.

Book-1 Ends With Student Fully Understanding And Showing Basic Fluidity Between Two Left Hand Surfaces While Performing Challenging  One-Surface 1/4, 1/8th and 1/16th Subdivisions With The Right Hand. 

Your Sound Becomes Instantly Identifiable.

Increase Your Circle of Contacts.

Become First Call in Your Expanding Circle of Working Musicians

LEARN A HOST OF SOLID, MOTION FLUID, FULL SOUNDING FOUNDATIONAL LEFT HAND MULTI-SURFACE GROOVE PATTERNS.

REFERENCE THOUSANDS OF SOLID RIGHT HAND AUXILIARY PERCUSSION PATTERNS. BEGINNER TO ADVANCED. (lite-mid permutations all linked to table of contents for SUPER EASY REFERENCE.

PLAY BOTH HANDS TOGETHER AND ADD THE KICK FOR SOLID, CREATIVE FULL SOUNDING PERCUSSIVE- ROCK/POP/DANCE, LATIN-POP GROOVES.

HAND EXERCISES  ARE CHARTED SEPARATELY FOR EACH, PROVIDING CLEAR, DETAILED STUDY OF EACH HANDS  SEPARATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

If You Play a Left Hand Drum-Kit.

No Need Switching To A Right Hand Kit To Study These Books. (If You Play With the High-Hat on Your Right Side then ... L/H=R/H In Every Exercise).

This Series Can Be Used Alongside Any Other Drum Method Book That Focuses On "Straight" 1/4, 1/8th And 1/16th Note Styles and Feel Found in:

Rock, Pop, Disco, Latin Pop, Funk, World, Prog etc ..

Swing, Shuffle, Jug Band/Zydeco/Old Time and Poly-Pop Technical Applications are Forthcoming.

Notes

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In Books 1-5 The High-Hat Foot Responsibilies have stayed mostly dormant; besides two subdivided 1/8th note High-Hat Disco/Light Rock Swish Motif Exercises.

The reason is due to the Author's belief; Too many coordinated responsibilities added on top of the Core Concept (Ambidextrous Fluidity between Right/Left Hands), will ultimately be a distraction to the Core Concept.

Open Hand Beginner-Adv High-Hat  Studies Will Be the Theme of Book-6 In This Series.

*The Author Uses the Term "Performance Integration"  to describe a drummer combining percussion such as Cowbell/Agogo Tambourine etc... live; while simultaneously playing required drum-set beat. 

In the Studio, The extra percussive "feel" is usually recorded on a separate track.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

All Books we're written and "Designed" in MuseScore 2. By Matthew Forde, Former First- Call Cruise Ship Production Drummer.

Matthew naturally gravitated to playing Open Handed as a young student. He switched to Cross-Hand after seeing all the other kids playing crossed. 

He switched back to Open-Hand in 2003.

Attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 2012

Began performing all the top hits in all styles onboard ships in 2014.

Matt was chosen as the First Call Drummer for Carnival Vista's Inaugural Season Sailing the Mediterranean.

Like all those working aboard ships, world events forced Matt back to land where he now resides playing full time on a resort island.

He is in the process of opening a Cardio Gym Franchise Concept and is in the process of  developing training/certification courses in Basic to Advanced Stand-Up drumming techniques.

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Book-2 

If You Are New To This Series And Have Not Yet Studied Book-1,

The Author Recommends Completing Book-1 Before Making This Purchase.  

The Study Of Book-1 Is Essential In  Developing Basic Coordinated Fluidity Between The Right And Left Hands; An Absolute Necessity Before Moving Forward. 

If You Are A Left Hand Player - No Need To Adjust To A Right Hand Kit To StudyThese Books. Simply Remember L/H=R/H.

This 100+ Page Book-2 Is Packed With Exercises That Build Upon Book-1

Book-2 Is Short On Explanation (Thats What Book-1 Is For) and Long On Content.

Book-2 Offers Hundreds Of Right Hand Two-Surface Patterns Against The Familiar Book-1 Left Hand Back-Beats.

By Completing This Book In Proper Form, You Will Be Prepared For The Monumentally More Difficult Layering Patterns In Book-3 And Beyond.

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Book-3

Learning To Move The limbs In And Out Of Sequence With Each Other While Laying Down Smooth, Multi-Surface, Open-Hand Musical Percussion Patterns Is The Theme Of This Book.

This Theme  Continues Through Book-5 With Added Responsibilities.

The Left Hand Will Keep  Repeating Three-Surface Patterns While The Right Hand Adds Two Surface Musicality To The Mix!

Book-3 Offers Hundreds Of Right Hand Two-Surface Patterns Against A Collection of Solid, Musical, Full Sounding, Three-Surface Left Hand Grooves.

By The End Of This Book You Will Be Filled With A Never Ending Supply Of Creative Open-Hand Ideas. Your Natural Curiosity Will Be Hounding You To Take This Technique To The Next Step... Book-4.

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Book-4 Adds Yet-Another-Responsibility, To The Left Hand.

The Left Hand Will Be Applying Single Stroke 1/16 Grace Note Subdivided Snare Patterns, In-Between The Now Familiar Hi-Hat And Snare - 8th Note/Back Beat Patterns From The Previous Books. Applying 1/16 Gace Notes "Thicken" The Patterns Being Played By The Left Hand, Thereby Leaving Room For The Right Hand To Embellish The Style. 

The Right Hand Continues The Two-Surface Patterns From Book-3.

By Completing This Book, You Will Be Prepared For The Monumentally More Difficult Layering Patterns In Book-5 And Beyond. 

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Book-5

Contains Advanced Multi-Surface  Amidextrous Exercises Applied to the Drum Set and any Mounted Auxiliary Percussion such as- Tambourine, Agogo Bell's, Timbale, Bongo, Cowbell ("more cowbell!") C'mon, You know you thought it.

Before Purchasing This Book, Make Certain You Are Familiar With Exercises In The Prior Books. The Author Recommends Starting With Book-1. Each Book Builds Upon The Other.

The Left Hand Will Be Applying Single Stroke 1/16th Grace Note Subdivisions In-Between The Now Familiar Hi-Hat/ Snare/Kick - 8th Note Back-Beat Patterns That Were Presented In Prior Books.

The Right Hand Plays Three-Surface 1/8th Note Patterns- While Inserting 1/16th Grace Note "Flicks"  (Explained in Book-4).

It is not necessary to use Aux-Percussion to study this material but your creativity, excitement and curiousity will flourish with the addition of new sounds.