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An internationally acclaimed performer,
educator and author, Peter Magadini has played with
artists including Diana Ross, George Duke, Mose Allison,
Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker and John Handy. He as also
played percussion with The Berkshire Music Festival
Orchestra at Tanglewood, The Toronto Symphony and The
Formm Festival of Contemporary Music at Carnegie Hall.
In addition, Peter has performed as a studio musician
in the US and Canada and has been featured on many
recordings with his own quintet.
Mr. Magadini holds degrees from both
the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University
of Toronto and includes among his teachers drummers
Don Bothwell, Roy Burns, Timpanist Roland Kohloff and
North India tabla master Mahapurush Misra.
He is a celebrated educator and the
author of many popular and critically acclaimed volumes
such as Musicians Guide to Polyrhythms, voted
6th on Modern Drummer Magazine's list of the
25 greatest drum books.
Peter is currently teaching drumset
for the Brubeck Institute (University of the Pacific),
at the Jazz School in Berkeley, at Haight-Ashbury Music
and in his own private studio in Marin County California.
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In this information-packed DVD, master jazz drummer
and clinician Peter Magadini reveals the essential ingredients
of jazz drumming. Inspirational live performances, concise explanations,
demonstrations and exercises provide a comprehensive overview
of traditional and contemporary jazz drumming styles and techniques,
including: playing the jazz ride cymbal • playing with a “two” feel • the
ride cymbal and independence • jazz form and structure • Latin
and Latin jazz patterns, including Samba, Cascara and more • techniques
for improvising on the drumset • playing fours and eights • how
to trade solos with the band • brush technique • interpreting
drum charts in all styles • jazz-rock fusion • and
more. Includes a booklet with notated examples of the exercises
and patterns on the DVD, with extra details of on-screen demonstrations.
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Use your imagination to incorporate these rudimental etudes into new patterns that you can apply to the drumset or tom toms as you develop your hand technique with the Snare Drum Rudiments, your hand and foot technique with the Drumset Rudiments and your polyrhythmic technique with the Polyrhythm Rudiments. Adopt them all into your own creative expressions based on ideas you come up with while practicing. The recording includes demonstrations of the rudiments and four drum solos utilizing all of the rudiments. |
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Peter Magadini's Polyrhythms is acclaimed the world over and has been hailed by Modern Drummer magazine as “by far the best book on the subject.” Written for instrumentalists and vocalists alike, this book/CD pack contains excellent solos and exercises that feature polyrhythmic concepts. Topics covered include: 6 over 4, 5 over 4, 7 over 4, 3 over 4, 11 over 4, and other rhythmic ratios; combining various polyrhythms; polyrhythmic time signatures; and much more. The CD includes demos of the exercises. |
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An extensive step-by-step method on the application of polyrhythms for the drumset. Expands drum solos and fills by incorporating polyrhythms to basic time. This book also lends itself as a source for extending rhythmic comprehension while the drummer is improvising. |
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This method has been written to teach the basics of the drum set in the shortest amount of time. The method is unique in that it is a beginning course that starts the student out on the entire drum set. Book One covers basic set-ups, reading and improvisation, coordination of hands and feet, and features a variety of contemporary and basic rhythm patterns with exercise breakdowns for each. Book Two continues instruction with more improvisation exercises, playing triplets, flams and flam beats, practical musicianship tips, equipment selection and many more techniques and skills. |
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The Spanish-language version of this popular method that was written to teach the basics of the drum set in the shortest amount of time. This unique method is a beginning course that starts the student out on the entire drum set. Book One covers basic set-ups, reading and improvisation, coordination of hands and feet, and features a variety of contemporary and basic rhythm patterns. |
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