4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set Paperback Author: Marvin Dahlgren | Language: English | ISBN:
0769233708 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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- Paperback: 56 pages
- Publisher: Alfred Music (July 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0769233708
- ISBN-13: 978-0769233703
- Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
There are a few books that I believe belong in every drummers library. The absolute essential books are Syncopation For the Modern Drummer, Stick Control and 4-Way Coordination. Of course there are many other great books out there such as New Breed, Accents and Rebounds and many others but these are essential.
Why is 4-Way Coordination essential? Well, as far as fluidity on the drums this book has definitely helped me the most. By the time I worked through just the first page my skill level increased dramatically. It did take a few weeks to work through the first page, I didn't just blow through it so even though this book will elevate your skill level quickly, it still takes time to really work through each exercise.
This book has helped me in all aspects of drumming. This book is focused on limb independence but the exercises will help you gain speed, off-hand development, control and fluidity. This is because each limb is exercised, the exercises don't favor one side or the other, you exercise both sides evenly.
I have heard reviewers complain that the exercises in this book don't have any groove to them. This is true, but this should not have a negative impact on the quality of this book. The purpose of this book is to gain limb independence and it definitely does that. There are plenty of books out there that teach crafty grooves, but this is not one of them and it doesn't try to be. If you can work through this entire book then you will be a MUCH better drummer, limb independence is definitely one of the keys to great drumming. Don't go in to this book expecting to learn crafty drum beats, but go in expecting you will gain so much limb independence that you will be much more creative behind the kit, which leads to crafty drum beats.
but it still warrants 5 stars or 20 stars
I'll explain what I mean.
When you consider how most of us learn how to drum, (let's assume that we're all right handed to simplify this discussion), we learn to keep time with the right hand and to then have a very dominant right hand, and largely a weak left hand that can never lead. As for the feet, forget it. If you're a self-taught pop/rock drummer, you just memorise a few key patterns with your right foot and your left foot tries to raise the hi-hat to make an exciting sound (for most of us the left foot is basically useless).
So this books sets out with a program to give every limb a chance to develop. Someone here was complaining that it had no grooves, or that it was boring, or whatever. Even the patterns on first page of actual examples, are impossible to do the first few times, until you get your 'head' around them.
The main idea of this book is to develop all the useful permuations of Right hand/Left Hand/Right Foot/Left foot that you would just never even think of doing if you just happened to either be playing the drums or accompanying some musicians. And with good reason. You have to work very hard indeed to embed these patterns. Once you do, you find that your whole previous emphasis on leading with your strong right hand and just playing the bass drum patterns for the beats you knew and having a weak left hand and a non-existent left foot just ends. And the first set of exercises are all sequential limbs playing (never two things at once). After that it's one hand and one foot at any one time and finally any combination of up to 4 things (the most demanding)
The whole drum kit opens up to you bilaterally (left and right and also , hands and feet).
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