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Guided Practice Routines for Drums – Foundation Level

$19.99

Designed for beginner to intermediate drummers, this book shows you exactly what to practice and why, so you can develop the essential techniques, coordination, and musicality to play with confidence. What’s more, you’ll practice along with live audio that includes instructions and advice from the author.

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Categories: Drum Books, Guided Practice, Technique Tag: Buster Birch
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Description

Make every practice session count and build rock-solid drum skills in 10 guided routines

  • Are you struggling to make real progress on the drums no matter how hard you practice?
  • Do you ever feel overwhelmed, not knowing what to practice next?

Every musician struggles with practice – especially the what, how and when. The answer is a structured plan that will yield tangible short and long-term improvements. Guided Practice Routines for Drums – Foundation Level is a step-by-step practice plan that takes the guesswork out of your drum practice and helps you focus on the right things.

Designed for beginner to intermediate drummers, this book shows you exactly what to practice and why, so you can develop the essential techniques, coordination, and musicality to play with confidence. What’s more, you’ll practice along with live audio that includes instructions and advice from the author.

A Focused Practice Course That Yields Immediate Benefits

Guided Practice Routines for Drums – Foundation Level is a complete, 10-week guided practice course with 129 step-by-step exercises. Through it, you’ll develop three essential drumming skills:

Stick control – improve your hand technique on the snare

Coordination – get your hands and feet working together smoothly

Movement – learn to move around the kit efficiently and musically

But this book is about musicality as well as technique! Following the practice routines, you’ll learn to…

  • Play musically useful grooves and fills for pop, rock, funk, blues, and more
  • Learn common time feels like 4/4, 3/4, 12/8, and shuffle-based grooves
  • Develop control, timing, and dynamics – key for playing with other musicians
  • Build fills that actually sound good in songs, not just technical patterns
  • Learn advanced articulation approaches to sound like a pro

A Clear, Simple to Follow Practice Structure Focusing on the Right Things

Your instructor, award-winning drummer Buster Birch, has been teaching drummers for more than 30 years. His guided practice routines work because each weekly routine has a clear focus, and the exercises build from simple to complex, always combining technique with creativity.

  • No more guessing about what you need to practice, it’s all planned for you
  • Avoid common pitfalls like random noodling and aimless jamming
  • An approach proven to help self-taught players form a proper foundation
  • Makes sure you practice the right way, forming habits that stick

Guided Practice Routines for Drums – Foundation Level provides a solid foundation for your playing by giving you skills that translate directly to real-world musical situations, and the confidence to lay down grooves, play authentic fills, and move around the kit with purpose and control. This 10-week course will transform your practice sessions and you’ll rapidly hear the improvement in your playing.

Complete Audio Guide

Each exercise is accompanied by high-quality audio tracks, including full-length guided practice sessions. Buster’s coaching ensures you stay motivated and on track, turning practice into a fun and engaging experience.

Get ready to build an unshakeable drumming foundation and become the confident drummer you’ve always wanted to be with Guided Practice Routines for Drums – Foundation Level.

Buy it now!

 

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Over 1,000,000 happy customers.

No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.

Over 10,000 5* Reviews

Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.

Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!

Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer

Instant Delivery

Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.

Learn from legendary musicians

We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.

“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”

Mike Stern

“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”

Dr Martin Taylor MBE

“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”

Tommy Emmanuel

“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”

John Patitucci

“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”

Ulf Wakenius

“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”

Jennifer Batten

“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”

Oz Noy

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