George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the original classic, often called the
bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it one of the top 25
drumming books of all-time. In the words of the author, this is the ideal book
for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy,
power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with
extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable
book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced rhythms
and moves through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll
combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll
progressions.
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