Mad Beatz for Beginning Drummers

Mad Beatz for Beginning Drummers teaches school band and music students how to perform four types of beats - Funk, Caribbean, Hiphop, and Rock - as well as the story and cultural context behind each genre. Our unique learning system, the Mad Beatz Method, teaches kids to listen, move, say, and then play, building confidence and an organic grasp of active listening, steady beat, rhythm, music reading, and improvisation. Finally, Mad Beatz for Beginning Drummers is the most versatile...
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Mad Beatz for Beginning Drummers teaches school band and music students how to perform four types of beats - Funk, Caribbean, Hiphop, and Rock - as well as the story and cultural context behind each genre. Our unique learning system, the Mad Beatz Method, teaches kids to listen, move, say, and then play, building confidence and an organic grasp of active listening, steady beat, rhythm, music reading, and improvisation. Finally, Mad Beatz for Beginning Drummers is the most versatile beginning drum book available! It is adaptable for virtual or in-person learning, private lessons or a whole music class, battery percussion or bucket drumming, and best of all, every line in the book can be played along with woodwinds, brass, guitars, and keyboards. Play a dancehall beat along with Ode to Joy, or a southern hiphop beat along with a Taylor Swift melody. Mad Beatz for Beginning Drummers is all two and four bar loops, with endless possibilities for mashups and jams!