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Author's Note:

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The backbeat is the accent on the second and fourth beats of a measure, most commonly played on the snare drum by drummers. It serves as the foundation for rhythms found in a wide range of contemporary musical styles. Musical genres such as pop, rock, funk, R&B, blues, and others differ in their pulse, stylistic elements, and interpretation, but the backbeat is the unifying element that connects them.

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The chapters of this workbook include the following exercises and tasks:

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• Basic coordination exercises on the drum set;

• Exercises that prepare and develop fundamental rock rhythms;

• Advanced exercises for improving technique and coordination on the bass drum in sixteenth-note grooves;

• Ten different hi-hat variations for advanced drummers;

• Exercises in triplet grooves with hi-hat variations;

• Variations with sixteenth-note triplets;

• Exercises for basic and advanced hi-hat openings;

• Ghost note exercises in triplet and sixteenth-note grooves;

• Practice tasks and space for your creativity.

The material in this workbook consists of exercises I encountered and gathered during my education, as well as those I developed and documented throughout my teaching career. It is carefully designed and structured to progressively and methodically cover almost all practical and musically useful combinations that are common and beneficial for playing the dominant musical styles of today.

Master of Musical Arts
Goran Evetović