First 15 Lessons - Drums

The First 15 Lessons series from Hal Leonard provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online metronome! The drum book features lessons on: drumset fundamentals, counting & rhythm basics, music reading, beginning grooves, fills, chart reading, rudiments, The Moeller Method, the shuffle, different time signatures, and listening suggestions. Includes drum beats from 14 songs: Another One Bites the Dust • Babylon Sisters • Bang Bang • Every Breath You Take • Everybody Wants to Rule the World • Free Fallin' • Hold the Line • La Grange • Minute by Minute • (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman • Sharp Dressed Man • Smells like Teen Spirit • Solsbury Hill • Whipping Post. Oxygen Music stocks a wide range of instructional and method books for drums including the First 15 Lessons Drums book from Hal Leonard publishing.