MILITARY DRUM BEATS for SCHOOL and  DRUM CORPS by George Lawrence Stone

Rudimentary Drum Exercises that every new drummer needs to know.

Military Drum Beats for School and Drum Corps Including Exhibition Beats and The Original 26 Rudiments of Drumming By George Lawrence Stone Including Marching Taps - Roll Offs - Street Marching Beats - Individual Competition Beats and the Original 26 Rudiments of Drumming by Strube. Invaluable for the rudimental drummer.

 George L. Stone was the teacher of hundreds of students including some of the greatest Jazz drummers including Tom Morello.

George L. Stone carved a reputation for himself as a Tutor of some renown. He was known to start each lesson with some rudiment study.  Being a firm believer in knowing the basics, he would have the student open and close one of the standard 26 rudiments for up to thirty minutes.  He also three different stick heights. These heights being 2", 9" and 18" off the drum head. After this he would have the student play one of the rudiments using these different stick heights for various strokes of the rudiment. His method has launched the careers of thousands of drummers the World over!

 

Also, Stone found that many drummers had difficulty in controlling secondary strokes (those found in rolls, diddles, triplets, etc.).  He believed that this flaw was a direct result of an unnatural preliminary upswing.  He helped correct this problem by developing a system to allow a more natural flow of arms and wrist action and by using different stick heights.

While we don’t have the benefit of George L. Stone’s presence to show us his approach to drumming technique, his book will guide the student drummer with a view to developing a disciplined yet lyrical drummer. This is a rare book, now out of print and we believe that we have most of the remaining stock – we ship world-wide –