Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer

Voted second on Modern Drummer’s list of 25 Greatest Drum Books in 1993, Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer is one of the most versatile and practical works ever written for drums. Created exclusively to address syncopation, it has earned its place as a standard tool for teaching beginning drummers syncopation and strengthening reading skills. This book includes many accented eighths, dotted eighths and sixteenths, eighth-note triplets and sixteenth notes for extended solos. In addition, teachers can develop many of their own examples from it.

NOTE-READING RHYTHMS/EXERCISES
Lesson One: Playing quarter notes, quarter rests and half rests
16-Bar Exercise
Lesson Two: Playing quarter notes, quarter rests and half rests in unison
16-Bar Exercise
Lesson Three: Playing quarter notes, quarter rests and half rests independently
16-Bar Exercise
Lesson Four: Playing eighth notes and quarter notes
20-Bar Exercise
Lesson Five: Playing dotted eighth/sixteenth notes and quarter notes
20-Bar Exercise
Lesson Six: Playing eighth-note triplets and quarter notes
16-Bar Exercise
Lesson Seven: Playing eighth-note triplets, eighth notes and quarter notes
16-Bar Exercise
Lesson Eight: Playing eighth-note triplets and dotted eighth/sixteenth notes
16-Bar Exercise
Lesson Nine: Playing sixteenth notes and quarter notes
20-Bar Exercise
Lesson Ten: Playing sixteenth notes and eighth notes
20-Bar Exercise
Lesson Eleven: Playing sixteenth notes and eighth notes
40-Bar Exercise
48-Bar Exercise
Lesson Twelve: Playing eighth notes, eighth rests and quarter notes
48-Bar Exercise
SYNCOPATION
Syncopation Set 1
Syncopation Set 2
Exercise One
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
Exercise Four
Exercise Five
Exercise Six
Exercise Seven
Exercise Eight
Exercise Nine
Lesson One: Accented eighth notes
28-Bar Exercise
Lesson Two: Accented dotted-eighth/sixteenth notes
28-Bar Exercise
Lesson Three: Accented eighth-note triplets
36-Bar Exercise
Lesson Four: Triplets with mixed sticking
Lesson Five: Accented sixteenth notes