This book contains nine pieces for ABRSM's Grade 1 Drum Kit syllabus from 2024, providing drummers with everything they need to take ABRSM's Performance Grade exam.

If you're new to the drums, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This one-of-a-kind collection provides an accessible combo of drum notation and kit legends for the most popular songs drummers like to play from artists like the Beatles, Nirvana, U2 and Metallica. Songs include: American Idiot · Beast of Burden · Clocks · Free Fallin' · Give It Away · Hurts So Good · La Grange · My Generation · Peg · Shake It Off · Smells like Teen Spirit · Under Pressure · Walk This Way · Wipe Out · You Really Got Me · and more.

Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the audio to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks. The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio files are accessed online for download or streaming and include PLAYBACK+ features that allow you to adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Includes: Another One Bites the Dust · Billie Jean · Green River · Helter Skelter · I Won't Back Down · Living After Midnight · The Reason · 21 Guns.

This a new edition of the popular Hit Session series - the first version for drummers! Almost 100 famous songs from Rock, Pop and Metal are arranged with drum patterns and lyrics. The book offers a very good readability with clearly marked songparts and has the practical spiral binding.

If you're new to the drums, you are probably eager to learn some new songs. This book provides drum notation and kit legends for 50 of the biggest pop hits drummers love to play, including: Billie Jean · Blinding Lights · Can't Stop the Feeling! · Circles · Crazy in Love · Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover · Happy · Juice · Levitating · Livin' La Vida Loca · Only Wanna Be with You · Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) · Smooth · Uptown Funk · and more.

The Drum Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the drum should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The charts feature authentic transcriptions based on the original recordings! The lyrics are also included for reference. The audio is available online for download or streaming, and it is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! 8 songs: Another One Bites the Dust · Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Fat Bottomed Girls · Killer Queen · A Kind of Magic · Stone Cold Crazy · Tie Your Mother Down · We Are the Champions.

Authentic drum transcriptions of 30 pop and rock hits are included in this collection which also features drum kit legends and lyric cues. Songs include: All About That Bass · Can't Stop the Feeling · Ex's & Oh's · Get Lucky · Happy · Moves like Jagger · Roar · Rolling in the Deep · Shake It Off · Thinking Out Loud · 24K Magic · Uptown Funk · and more.

The Hal Leonard Handbell Method is designed for anyone just learning to ring handbells. Whether you're an experienced musician or you don't read music at all yet, this step-by-step guide will teach you the basic skills and techniques you need for ringing in a handbell or handchime choir. Instructions include: Ringing & Damping · Basic Music Reading · Practice & Performance Pieces · Staccato Techniques · Dynamics · Stretches & Warm-Ups · and more! A helpful Director's Guide is also included, offering insights and rehearsal suggestions for several pieces in the book. Instructional material is demonstrated clearly with photos and illustrations throughout.

The only method book specifically designed for intermediate to advanced conga drummers, the author, Michael Spiro, has packed it with exercises on every aspect of the craft. Spiro goes behind the superficial licks and shows you how to approach any Afro-Latin rhythm with the right feel, i.e. he explains the concepts of HOW to play correctly, not just WHAT to play. Includes complete chapters on: a clear, lucid explanation of clave, exercises on playing quinto, correct phrasing concepts, re-voicing ideas to give more depth to your playing, 12 coordination exercises, explanation of many different rhythmic styles, stamina exercises, agility exercises, heel-toe technique, and much more. Online audio also available.

Djembe Drums for everyone is a ground-breaking resource that supports both specialists and non-specialists in the delivery of dynamic and authentic whole-class djembe lessons. 

This beginner's guide takes you through the basics of the instrument and its techniques.