A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm Summary and Reviews

A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm
by Alan L. Dworsky, Betsy Sansby

A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm
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Author: Alan L. Dworsky, Betsy Sansby
Illustrator: Robert Jackson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08
ISBN: 0963880128
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Dancing Hands Music

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Book Review: A wonderful and inexpensive way in
Summary: 5 Stars

I absolutely love this book. I agree with another reviewer who suggested that it for all musicians and not specifically for drummers; to me (a non-drummer), this is a virtue. The book does not discuss drum technique at all; rather it helps you explore two "timelines" - a clave pattern in four, and a pattern in six. All you need are way to play the included CD and something to make sound with - an instrument, your voice, a drum, or a tabletop. I don't know any other music instruction book that strikes such a perfect balance of simplicity and richness.

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