Hal Leonard

A Beginner's Guide for Group or Private Instruction

Authors: Scott Burstein, Spencer Hale, Dave Wish, Mary Claxton
Format: Book with Media Online
Instrumentation: Drum Set

Winner of the 2021 "Best Tools for Schools" award for best method!

The Modern Band Method series provides a guided lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and many popular songs by the biggest artists of the day! This drum method works in tandem with the other instrument methods in the series, allowing students to play the same songs together as a full band!

Drum lessons include:

• How to hold your drumsticks
• Proper hand and feet techniques
• Limb independence
• Reading notes and rhythms
• Rudiments
• Rock, pop, Latin, funk, hip hop and island grooves
• Articulations and timbre explorations
• Auxiliary percussion instruments
• Composing a song
• Writing lyrics

Song List:

• Best Day Of My Life
• Can't Stop The Feeling!
• Heathens
• I Gotta Feeling
• Kick Push
• Oye Como Va
• Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
• Someone Like You
• Stir It Up
• Umbrella
• Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)
• Without You
• Zombie