Drum Books by Alain Rieder
Time Initiation Drum Book
It is aimed at both beginners and experienced drummers who want to review the basics with a balanced and constructive approach.
It presents innovative and interesting concepts, such as Pattern Morphing and Universal Fills, which will be useful for advanced drummers.
Its clear pedagogical structure makes it an essential tool for students and teachers. The book is bilingual - English & French - and includes a section on music theory focused on rhythm and drums. It is designed to be studied before or in parallel with Time Manipulation.
- With more than five hours of downloadable audio.
See the Table of Contents
Where to Buy:
Lulu Bookstore (paperback)
Lulu Bookstore (coil)
Amazon (paperback)
Hudson Music (eBook)
Time Manipulation Drum Book
It is an advanced approach, yet accessible to drummers with basic reading knowledge.
Polyrhythms, beat displacements, metric modulations, and other advanced concepts—all are present to fuel your creativity.
It is the perfect book to continue developing the Pattern Morphing concept introduced in the Time Initiation drum book from the same author.
Spanning 140 pages, accompanied by downloadable MP3 audio files, this book is available in English or in French.
- With more than one hour of downloadable audio
Where to Buy:
Lulu Bookstore (paperback)
Lulu Bookstore (coil)
Amazon (paperback)
Hudson Music (eBook)
It is a very well thought-out book. I really liked the examples of beats you used. It seems to give an immediate result without sounding technically overbearing. Great work! Joey Baron
Alain Rieder has carefully assembled and designed this collection of beats (with various accompanying ostinatos), and it's suitable for drummers of most every level. As an adjunct to a musical course of study, I can recommend it. Peter Erskine
I find that Alain's book "Time Manipulation" can help in many different areas such as reading, coordinated independence and phrasing. Used as a tool in a complete organized practice routine, I recommend it. Dave Weckl
When I immersed myself in the pages written by Alain Rieder, I quickly realized that the book was worthy of the greatest interest. Alain Gozzo, Batteur Magazine
These practice-oriented contents were already up-to-date in 1992, and they have remained so to this day. It is very good that this classic textbook is now being published in an extended new edition.Sticks Magazine (D), 2018
Fun, inspiring, and educational Modern Drummer Magazine (USA), 2019
The material is sophisticated, precise, highly informative and very musical. Drums & Percussion Magazine (D), 2019
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