Basic Drum Techniques
Gear Selection and Set up
Adjusting the Ride Cymbal
Angling the Crash Cymbals
Bass Drum Pedals
Choosing a Drumset
Drum Cases
Drum Cymbals
Drum Sticks
Drum Throne
Drum Tuning
Bass Drum Tuning
Maintaining Drums - Everyday Care
Other Drum Set Hardware
Placing the Tom-Toms
Playing the Hi-Hats
Positioning Drum Pedals
Putting Your Foot Down
Raising the Hi-Hats
Securing Snare Drum
Drumset Shells
Sitting on the Throne
Storing Drums
Tom-Tom Mounting Hardware
Where to Find Drums
Kit Playing & Stick Techniques
Basic Stroke
Beating the Bass Drum
Cross-stick
Dead-sticking
Double-stroke Roll
Drumstick Strokes
Flam
Matched Grip
One-handed rolls
Paradiddle
Rim-shot
Rim Stroke
Ruff
Single Stroke Roll
Snap Stroke
Hand Drumming Techniques
Bass Tone
Brushing Stroke
Closed Slap Stroke
Drone Tone
Heel-tip Stroke
Mastering Muted Tones
Muted Tone
Open Slap Tone
Open Tone Stroke
Palm Stroke
Thumb Stroke
Musicianship
Eighth-Note Feel
Half-Time Feel
Linear Grooves, Fills, and Solos
Mastering the Basic Beats
Metronome
Sixteenth-Note Feel
Speaking Softly or Big Sticks
Understanding Drum Sound